We’re on the right track. We play like an academy team really lack some edge and game management. I think Mcarthur is so key this side. We get a decent striker in and a new right back and we’ll be top half next season really is fine margins. Letting goals in after a minute at elite level away from home you’re asking for trouble. Then get back into game after a half time bollocking and miss the penalty when we’re all over them and their heads are gone. It’s all about decision making and moments but the general approach and philosophy is correct for me under Viera. Needs some tweaking and a few signings but keep the faith. 70 % possession away from home is not to be sniffed at albeit without too many chances created. I personally feel Edouard gets in the starting 11 every week for me but TBF he’s often not taken his chance but feel he needs 6/7 games on the spin. Benteke and Mateta are not prem level end of. Have moments of course but consistently their all round games are not good enough as the main striker for a prem team end of story. Anyway onwards and upwards a point keeps us just enough out of bother in my opinion a point or win at Brentford and I think we’re good to go with ragards relegation and can crack on see how many points we can get. I’m really worried though if we get dragged into a scrap defo not got the minerals or away form for a relegation scrap. Let the games begin lol..eagles!

Well I thought Zaha had he’s best game in months for us. Hardly saw him moaning tonight. He looked nearly like the Zaha of old to me. As for the team, the problem is that if it wasn’t for Zaha’s worldly goal we wouldn’t have drawn. We could have won after that with the penalty and perhaps we wouldn’t be moaning now? We were too slow in our build up and unlike the first part of the season we aren’t getting numbers in the box. The penalty move and one Schlupp pass back from the goal line was the most dangerous moves. Olise didn’t get past his marker other than cutting in or passing back. Not having a go at him but the team aren’t moving forward enough or being adventurous. It’s just easy to pass it back / sideways rather than going for the throat and getting the ball / players in the box. The substitutes, especially the last two also made us weaker which was a shame. They just fitted in playing the same way without giving us an edge - strange?

I'm not a fan of Luka these days, but I really wanted to see him take the penalty and the free kick on the edge of the box. Just might have.......

Oops duplicated this. Apologies!

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Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

After the early goal and a couple of scares we completely dominated. Wilf the only player to put it in the net and in some style so give him a break. He also played Mithell in for the pen, which he clearly missed because he slipped. Not his best game, but he stayed calm.

People talking about Vieira's job being under threat are bonkers. He's had just over half a season in the PL and has met his remit to improve our performances while still getting points. We're finally winning at home and we're playing some good football. The only thing missing is being a bit more clinical. Watching all the teams below us we are a much better team and I'd be amazed if we don't comfortably stay up. This is the best we've played in our PL stint this time around and as we develop results will come.

I think you might be overreacting just a tad. Vieira isn't under any pressure and we don't need 6 points minimum. A win and a draw from these games would give us 29 with 11 games to play. All the teams in the bottom 6 would give an arm and a leg to be in that position.

Another two points thrown away. Palace should be comfortably over 30 points by now. Norwich aren’t good enough to stay up and I don’t think Burnley will score enough, so there is one relegation place left. I think Palace will get more points than Watford, Brentford and Leeds so should be safe. A win on Saturday would make me feel a lot more comfortable.