Makes sense.....at present JRS reminds me of James McAtee in the early/ mid part of his loan spell at Sheff Utd.
You can see JRS has loads of talent (definitely has ability to reach PL level) but he drifts in and out of games, has longish spells where he goes missing.
Like McAtee he can be great on the ball but without the ball....JRS is quite poor and still learning. He's also inconsistent, like most youngsters.
We're one of the best teams in the league so we can afford to play a "luxury player" who has off days
where as Palace are fighting a relegation battle, he'd never be risked as a starter and might even struggle with the pressure.
Palace would just use him as a last throw of the dice, bringing him on as sub for the last 10 minutes of games....that's hardly going to develop him.
He's making good progress here (mainly his out of possession game) but isn't yet Premier league standard
......unless Palace pick up loads of injuries and become desperate then think he'll stay here for the season.