Due to the fact we now have a manager (and staff) that knows what they are doing during the week on the training ground. Add to that, let the players play to their strength.

Remember seeing us win 4-3 against them with a rare goal from John Humphrey.

“ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ”
—United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld

It was funny that Pardew was there as it reminded me of the games we used to see under him where we always looked like scoring and always looked like conceding! A very entertaining game that we thoroughly deserved to win. West Ham looked dead on their feet though. They were second to every ball and it wasn't clear what their plan was other than to fill the 6-yard box at corners.

I had reservations about the return of Roy, but it's hard to argue with what he has delivered so far. Whoever is manager next season we do look like a team that is a couple of players away from a really good team. How long we can hold on to Olise is a big question though, as he is looking like he is going to go all the way to the top. Hopefully reports of him wanting to stay for at least another season are true.

Indeed very relaxed after the 4-3 victory which saw us reach that 40 point barrier.Even I was relaxed after the game, shedding some of my negativity !!

Mr Hodgson accepted the invitation to take up the reins until the end of the season but at his ripe age of approaching 76, a short-term assignment is one matter, a longer term at the helm is a different 'Kettle of fish'.
Furthermore he works in tandem with Ray Lewington, and it is the model of plausibility that Ray might have no desire for an extended contract and a short-term stint is more to his liking.

Edited by Willo (30 Apr 2023 11.03am)

I did notice...against wolves we had so many corners and we could rarely beat the first man...this week we played the short corner and tried to work it. Perhaps because our team does not have much height and trying somthing different?

I understand he intends to pause a few years and then stand for President

Did OLise get credited for assisting Zaha goal? And what about the 1st goal of the game? When counting assists, it says nothing about which team you make assist for....

A little aside to yesterday....

In the build-up to the game, the BT Sport lovely and Crouch and Joe Cole interviewed the two managers at the side of the pitch. There was clearly genuine warmth between the two of them. Moyes said that when he was taking his coaching course, all candidates had to visit a professional club and 'shadow' the coach as he went about his business. He chose to go to Udinese where Roy was the manager. He said he would be eternally grateful to Roy for the warm welcome he gave him, how kindly he treated him and for everything that he taught him. Interesting what you learn; certainly the three interviewers had never heard of this before.

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

I think we benefited from having rotated our midfield during the week and having Wilf return which gave us a threat from both sides.
I was also struggling to understand why the ref did not blow up after the 6 minutes of injury time had passed and struggled to see where the additional 2 1/2 minutes came from. There would have been up roar if West Ham equalized in the additional time added on.
Loved the Eze penalty technique.
It's nice now to ponder which teams you want to see go down instead of us. Everton are one i want to see go and Forest ( to prove you can't go out and buy premier league safety )

Was disappointed at the time but as you say we reaped the benefit on Saturday. The Spammers on the other looked "leggy" and Rice didn't show much for them. Demands of a long European journey probably taking a toll. Could be sweating even more on the last 2 games of the season.

“ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ”
—United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld