February 25 2002

Gregg Berhalter

GREGG BERHALTER has pleaded to Palace fans to stop the berating of new signing Ade Akinbiyi.

After the bad performance against Sheffield United at the weekend, BERHALTER made his views known about Akinbiyi's current sitation.

He said: "It's not Ade's fault he's not getting the right balls. When you look at the amount of chances we created on Saturday, no striker could have scored.

"We have to work to get him better service and I'm sure he will score. It's up to us to help him."