Absolutely agree.
Brighton's players as a group are superior footballers to Crystal Palace's
The reason Palace went through is Brighton's players didn't perform to a high enough level and Palace's got every bit out of their mob.
The reason?
Wrong tactics? Lack of motivation? Complacency...
Managers should play to the strengths of their players.
Gus's problem wasn't the lack of a plan B, it was plan A didn't use the strengths of his players - especially CMS and Vicente.
Zola's problem today was his big players didn't play up to their potential, whereas Zaha and Jedinak were...