It looks like they should play to our strengths, as opposed to recent more savvy teams who have exploited our weaknesses. Therefore we must score early and keep pressing to the end. Thankfully Johnson hasn't inherited Guaita's kamikaze time-wasting tactics. Assuming no new injuries 3-0 Palace. Otherwise buttock clenching 0-0 stalemate.

The bottom half of the EPL is a mini league and therefore this is a game we cannot afford to lose and really need to win after the loss to Everton at home.

If Olise starts and Doucoure is back, I can see us getting a 2-0 result from a hard fought game.

If the manager relapses into his default plan for away games then we could get beaten.

But if Eze and Olise both start and there are no cock-ups at the back we should win by two or three goals but, as others have said, this is a potential 'banana skin' so we should not take them lightly.

Anything less than a win will be humiliating and not conducive to finishing in the top 10.

2-2. We should never have let Townsend go. Hope it doesn't come back to bite us.

From what i've seen of Townsend at Luton i would say we were totally correct to move him on. I will be disappointed and surprised if we don't leave Luton with 3 points given we have a virtually full strength squad and Luton have a number of players out with injuries. The tight pitch should not inconvenience as Selhurst is not a big pitch either.
Only concern for me is that Doucoure, Ayew and Lerma and all coming back from having played abroad and maybe suffering from fatigue.