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No issue with that. Last season when I watched him against us in our first meeting he was pressing hard and tracking back, he was working really hard for Palace. He is not lazy.
This. He used to have to put in a hell of a shift under Pardew too, where he and Townsend were usually pushed back so deep they were basically wing backs in a counter attacking formation. No work rate concerns for me.