October 5 2008

Neil Warnock

Boss Neil Warnock reckons Crystal Palace put out their worst away performance of the season against Forest.

Palace ran out 2-0 victors thanks to goals from Paul Ifill and a rare strike from Shefki Kuqi and Warnock was grateful for the three points.

He said: "I thought the players were superb - and so too were the fans. In some ways it was our poorest away performance of the season because we could easily have won the others as well, but you could say we were quite professional about it.

"Having said that, half-time could not come quickly enough because Forest put so much effort into the first half and had their chances. But we managed to sort it out at half-time and it went our way in the end.

"It's been a good week for us after a poor start to the season. But you only find out about your team when you are not doing well. We have had to ask a few questions in the last 14 days."

Nottingham Forest boss Colin Calderwood said: "We had plenty of chances in the first half but Palace controlled it more in the second with their know-how and experience.

"I still have no doubts we'll get out of the bottom three. No disrespect to Neil Warnock but it's easy for opposition managers to praise us after they've taken points off us.

"We've got to be careful that doesn't become a recurring theme throughout the season."