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Other than that, he's ok
That is sort of the point there's a lot of weaknesses in his game that make you think we don't need him every week because you can only really play him in a game where the opponent presses you and leaves space which very few sides do against us because it would be suicide.
Chelsea did take that gamble as will City as they'll back their players to deal with it but yesterday he was a problem for Chelsea because there was open space for him to attack.
The issue yesterday wasn't really James it was another big game where Bruno had an off day as did Rashford and our set piece delivery was really poor. Put those 3 things togethere and it's hard for Utd to really create any chances. Generally speaking our best moment in the game all had James at the heart of them.
However, against Palace who basically defend with 11 men I wouldn't have him anywhere near the starting XI as that's not a game for him.