I woke up this morning with no concerns as Palace had hit the magic 40 against all the odds.

I carefully removed my jottings with all the relegation teams fixtures and likely points they would achieve. I satisfied myself that Norwich wouldn't get 9 points in their last 4 fixtures.

I then got worried as I had nothing to worry about and then it happened.

1. Our result at Cardiff is going to be void! Where's my bit of paper?

2. Swansea have been "interfered" with by an outsider? Surely not Moody again!

3. Now Aston Villa are sacking coaches following our victory over them! What has Gerry Francis being doing?

4. My brain keeps going back to being relegated with 49 points especially as I celebrated we were safe with an 8 point lead with 3 games left.

It now feels like it Xmas Eve and some sod has nicked my turkey. Is it just me being paranoid or is this what being a palace supporter is about?

If they aint gonna deduct points from Sunderland who fielded an ineligable player for 4 games then they couldn't justify deducting us point for what is basicly hearsay and even if true is more of a problem for Cardiff and their members of staff choosing to leak stuff

Rachid Harkouks passport was lost in the post ......Honest.

Team of the 80's, well we were for a few months in the autumn of 1979...
(Insert name of latest manager) Red And Blue Army
RIP staffie most helpful hol member and all round good bloke.

This whole Cardiff thing is really irking me. It's pathetic that they are trying to get the game void and replayed. A desperate attempt to save their skin. I feel that even if we did know their team line up way before we should have, it wouldn't have made a blind bit of difference. Why? Because they were so crap that day we would have beaten them whatever.
It's typical isn't it? We think we're safe and now we have this to worry about. We can't just have it plain and simple can we? f*** Cardiff. Never liked that horrible little club and it's w***er fans.
No you're not the only one matey, I have a bad feeling about all of this. We know how inconsistent the Premier league is with it's punishments. I just wish this whole thing to be over with.

Agreed. Cardiff could actually come off worse from this. Look at the supposed timeline and they knew about the 'leak' well in advance of the game they now claim was unfair. They were wrong to not report this straight away. Wrong to let the game go ahead without any hint of a complaint. They seem to have thought they were going to win the match and then would be able to deal with the incident 'on the quiet' behind closed doors, as it is actually their staff who have broken the rules (as long as Moody has not offered any financial benefits). They got spanked, however, and then decided to try and come after us. In light of this I think that they will get a fine regardless, and we will only be punished if concrete evidence exists of wrongdoing and that punishment will be a fine.

Be fair. You've got to give the people at the FA a chance to stop laughing first.

Wrong doing, what "wrong doing" since when was it a crime to text someone and ask them for info, and just because that person gives that info does not mean it's a crime, it means there's no loyalty from them towards Tan.