August 10 2008

Action

How did the Crystal Palace players rate on the first game of the season?

Speroni 8

Clean sheet and made a superb diving save from Jobi McAnuff in the first half to keep Palace in the game.

Butterfield 6

Solid display from Palace's dependable right-back but distribution needed to be better.

Lawrence 6

Generally handled Tamas Priskin well but looked a little out of sorts, maybe due to missing most of pre-season. Mistake almost resulted in a goal.

McCarthy 6

Good debut for the Irishman and he looks a competent replacement for Mark Hudson.

Hill 6

A typical wholehearted performance with the usual tough tackles but too many hoofs forward.

Derry 6

Palace's new skipper wasn't as influential and failed to take control of a busy midfield.

Carle 6

Showed nice touches but disappointing game for the debutant after so many impressive matches over pre-season.

Moses 7

Probing runs threatened the Watford defence and should have score from two decent opportunities.

Scannell 6

His pace troubled Watford but his end product was not good enough. Was later substituted.

Scowcroft 6

Won a few knock ons but failed to make an impact, as usual giving away a large number of free-kicks. Another who missed a lot of pre-season.

Soares 5

Failed to get involved and looked like he wasn't totally fit.

Subs:

Ifill 5

Andrew 5

Ratings by Peter Guntrip

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