Well that really was a woeful half. Granted Chelsea are miles more talented than us but still, need to do better. Way too much space being given them and resulting in a lot of sloppy challenges around our 18yd box.

Now to see how PV will react to the play so far.

Success will lie to you but failure always tells you the truth.

Tough times ahead !! Palace have not laid a glove on Chelsea Viera in this first half must already realise the task he faces ahead in keeping us in the premiership Will happily accept a 3 goal defeat against title winners favourites

Slightly harsh on Ward he has been a lot better than Mitchell on the other side.

We shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that Chelsea are a very good team. Can’t really criticise Mateta who hasn’t even had scraps. Midfield being overrun by an excellent unit

Afraid this team is weaker at the moment than last season’s 11. Hopefully new players still to come in to strengthen our weaker areas. Ayew is lost on the right, it’s like playing with 10. I fear the second half as it’s the midfield of ours that need strengthening and there’s no one on the bench to change that. Chelsea making us play so deep that forward players don’t get a look in :-(

Ayew loves to dribble all the time, never ever thinks of a pass or clearing lines as a first thought.

There was one particular occasion where he was literally trying to dribble out in the middle of own half and I'm thinking "where is your football IQ mate?!"