I agree, no passion. Don't think Sam could sort it out either at this stage . I suppose on the bright side at least it's not 3 points gone .

To be fair, nothing wrong with a bit of self-depreciating humour.

Yes, it was dire.

Roy must take some of the blame.

Maybe the League Cup isn't what it used to be (although Mourinho seems to want to retain it) but I, for one, travelled to Bristol hoping to get to a quarter final of a cup competition and put ourselves two games from Wembley.

Going back to Roy... to put out a complete second team without even one of the potential game changers on the bench was absolute suicide.

Once the game turned against us, no wonder the heads dropped... they knew that there was no-one on the bench who could come to the rescue.

I was looking forward to seeing a strong team put out against lower opposition with a view to restoring our confidence. I was left just wishing I hadn't wasted £24 on two tickets (thank goodness they were only £12 each) for me and the missus. Add in the cost of the diesel for a 360 mile round trip from Rochester plus a couple of burgers!

Anyway, that's 10 hours of my life that I'll never get back. Maybe I'll have a bizarre fond memory one day in the distant future but, at the moment, even last year's trip to Swansea to lose 5-4 was better than tonight. At least we were having a go under Pardew even though we couldn't defend for toffee.

Angry? Not really. Heartbroken probably comes closer to describing how I feel.

£70k per week? I wouldn't pay them 70 pence for tonight's performance.

The only positives for me are that Hennessy has lost his place to Jules forever now and Puncheon has no way back either because he looked completely useless even playing for our B team against lower opposition. Why does he turn away from the opposition goal every time he gets the ball?

Had to return home to Kent thorough central London (as opposed to using the M25 which was f***ed both north and south) to stop at my favourite Kebab shop (in Fulham) to cheer myself up. A silver lining in an otherwise grim night. Going to cry myself to sleep now. The missus was so bored she sat down for most of the game (when all around were standing).

Was impressed with Ashton Gate as a stadium though. Knocks the spots off of Selhurst and I was actually jealous of them being a second tier side with such a nice stadium. So much for the American investors' £50 million.

Great post by The_Aviator earlier in this thread.

Agree with everything. Ashton Gate is a top stadium for a championship side, makes Selhurst look like a cowshed. So much for having billionaire investors.

Nothing about last night gave us any hope that our situation can improve, each week we hit a new low, we are laughed at by everyone and it’s embarrassing to call yourself a Palace fan at the moment.

The decline of Palace is like watching a much loved but terminally ill family member slowly pass away before your very eyes.