Crystal Palace fans left unimpressed with defender despite Huddersfield win

A Luka Milivojevic penalty and a Patrick van Aanholt strike earned the Eagles a 2-0 win over Huddersfield and condemned the visitor to relegation.

But despite the clean sheet, fans were left talking about the side’s defensive effort.

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Dann 'n' Out?

Aaron Wan-Bissaka was praised once again, but one man who seemed to be the target of a lot of stick was Scott Dann.

The former Birmingham and Blackburn Rovers centre-back who has featured in Palace’s last four games after coming back from a serious knee ligament injury came under the spotlight.

With Mamadou Sakho ruled out for what's thought to be the rest of the season, Dann has been the preferred option alongside James Tomkins at the heart of the back four.

Since signing in 2014 the 33-year-old has amassed over 120 league games for Palace, but after Saturday’s performance at Selhurst Park many have been left thinking if his time in the top tier is coming to a close.

Here are what some of the fans think:

Scott Dann is finished at this level isn’t he?

— WarrenB (@WarrenAJB) March 30, 2019

Get Scott Dann some heelys ffs, slow moving fool

— henry 🦇 (@HenryKerrG) March 30, 2019

Interesting that the club have recalled Jaroslaw Jach after Dann’s performance on Saturday & with Sakho likely to be out for rest of season. Even more surprising that he’s likely to start Wednesday. #cpfc

— L.i.am (@GilesyL14) April 1, 2019

Few thoughts from today; Dann is probably the best CB in the air, but he’s a yard off the pace and Kelly should start. Still praying for Luka Kouyate and Meyer as a 3. AWB is the best player wearing red and blue now. & me encanta Vicente 🙌🏽 #cpfc

— Mark Pratt (@MarkyP7) March 30, 2019

Guiata,AWB and Jimmy Mac were the best of a bad bunch today. Appalling finishing by Michy, Andros and Wilf. Dann looks finished at this level. Schlupp is not a centre mid. Meyer was shit. Roy must go in the summer- that first half sums up our home form this season. #cpfc

— Carl Tushingham (@Tushydog) March 30, 2019

Scott Dann runs like he's got 20kg weights on his feet. Painfully slow and very poor today.

— Talk Crystal Palace (@TalkCPFC) March 30, 2019

Thoughts on today:

- Dann shocking. Shame to see because I love the man
- Guaita is so good, but his kicking isn’t
- AWB is a genuine freak of nature
- The worst game Michy will ever have for us
- Fair play to Roy for going 442 at HT
- Benteke made a huge difference#CPFC

— CPFC HQ (@CPFCHQ) March 30, 2019

Few thoughts from today - negatives first:

- Dann is done at Prem level, sadly.
- Luka gets away with murder because he scores a few penalties. He isn’t capable of dictating play.
- Someone needs to explain the offside rule to Michy.#cpfc

— L.i.am (@GilesyL14) March 30, 2019

Has Dann actually got worse, or have we just just got used to Tomkins and Sakho? He was really poor yesterday.

— paul adams (@pauladams52) March 31, 2019

Good performance from Guaita. AWB sorted out a flaky back line on several occasions with key interventions. Scott Dann lack of pace evident & time to play Kelly next to Tomkins. Meyer isn’t good enough. Wilf & Milo were the Game Changers. Big Win❤️💙👍

— neil ogilvie (@neiog) March 31, 2019

My pet Tortiose is quicker than Scott Dann and it pains me to say that because he was an excellent defender,but I fear his knee injury has done him for pace.

— Dean Woolford🦅🇬🇧 (@22deans) March 30, 2019