How much trouble are we in?
Well, on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is no trouble and 10 is deep in the brown stuff, I reckon we are somewhere between 11 and 12!!

We are not in trouble yet. Just having the second half of last year out of the way first this season!

But seriously it will cause major problems attracting decent quality players in January if we don't show some improvement starting this weekend!

We don't want another wacky loan arrangement gamble like the Adebayor deal for a players at the end of the next transfer window because there's no other possible options left open to us.

We have shipped 26 goals in 13 games which if it (God forbid) were to continue at that rate would mean letting in 76 goals by the end of the season.
Injuries aside we look like a team that does not know what to do or how to get out of the trouble we are in.
As per the Cup Final - on Saturday when we went 4-3 up did you see AP calling Dann over or Cabye etc and getting a new game plan out there.
WE MUST NOT LOSE springs to mind - DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE THIS WIN STICK - some words of encouragement and get men behind the ball, man mark.
I didn't see anything except another "we've scored a goal" celebration.
I accept that players like Benteke do not look interested but he is being blamed for everything bad on the field now.
Why are Centre Forwards marking their players - leave him somewhere else - HE IS NOT A DEFENDER!!!!!!!
So much wrong I am afraid and we are in deep, deep do-do right now!
I don't want Allardyce but I bet he would keep us up - I do not have the same faith in our current Manager.

Quite, if we'd done amazing in the previous six, and then lost six, it'd be different. Except we didn't, we've been consistently bad and arguably worse than we were throughout 2016 last season.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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I felt I had to write something today, I hardly ever post on here, my late father first took me to palace when I was about 6 yrs old, he wasn't the biggest palace fan in the world, but could see how much I've enjoyed it, as some people say I've been on the so called palace roller coaster ever since,been through every emotion that OUR great club can put you through, I've cried, laughed, shouted & every other emotion that you can think off. But events in South America in the last 24 hours have really put things in prospective!
Before I found out about the terrible news today, I was going through one of the normal emotional of the week that palace have put me in on many a time, especially the last 6 weeks, no prizes for guessing ANGER!
But I'll be there Saturday as usual, even after saying to my son at 16-50 last Saturday never again (me my son & 2 nephews season ticket holders for many years) I've been going up the palace for 46 yrs now, & one thing I've learnt is that 99 times out of 100, a negative reaction will only produce a negative result, I'm not asking everyone to cheer & scream with happiness during & before the game, but we are part of this club/family & we need to get behind the players/staff (Pardew included) they need that amazing atmosphere that we can produce more now than ever.
I know they are well payed & probably have a life style most of us can only dream of, but I know for a fact that at the moment there are thousands of family, friends & fans in South America that would give everything to be where we are! We really have to put things into perspective, people will probably say this is easy to say now after what did happen in South America, they are right it is easy to say/write, but I'm lucky enough to still be here & write this down & post it! Bill Shankly once said football is more important than life itself, it's not! Ask the loved ones who have lost their loved ones in South America today!
Get behind YOUR club on Saturday & again put things into prospective!
Sorry if I've gone on too long, but just needed to express my feelings!
COYP