If anyone looked like winning it was your.

Our goal was a surprise has to be said.

The finishing on both sides wasn't great.

Zaha naturally was dangerous and Gallagher impressed.

Shame for you Eze isn't fit..

We could all do with that striker to get goals!

Without doubt we have the two worst full backs in the league. They both cannot play the way PV wants them to higher up the pitch, both have technical issues whereas losing possession and then being out of position for a counter attack. Dont know whether Ferguson is good enough for that or if he ever will play for us. If we sign a winger i can see JRS going out on loan just to Jan perhaps to see how he does. A new striker is also a no brainer.

We were the better team. We created more but couldn't finish. It's an age old story for us. We also conceded the obligatory soft goal, also the same old story for us. Actually we played well for quite large parts of the game. Mateta wasn't bad but blatantly lacks composure in front of goal/can't finish. Blew some rust off anyway. We could score two or three another game playing the same, hopefully against West Ham. I hope Gallagher won't get fed up carrying our midfield.
I suspect Viera is not happy and suspect he's had a word with a couple of players. Let's see how we react against the squatters in our next game before we collectively piss our pants.

Red and Blue Army!

Agreed!

Agree. PV needs to work on his team and system. Which to be fairness looks to be working. Apart from the scoring bit.

Would be interested to hear the chat between PV and Parish this morning.

Having gone last night, although the result was disappointing, there were positives, the passing and approach play was much better. The 3 new signings are clearly improvements on what we had, Andersen for example certainly has an eye for a pass !
A difficulty in scoring goals is hardly a new phenomenon !!
Vieira would not have come to Palace without proper assurances that there would be significant funds available for investing in the team (his reputation is also at stake) and we assume that spending has not finished and that the striker situation is yet to be tackled (there has been a rumour of Mateta being released early from his loan).
Another typical Palace thing, which also doesn't help matters is that the new manager was appointed right on top of the start of pre-season so there has not been a great deal of time for the players to get accustomed to a different playing style.