This doesn't even take into account today's fine win at Arsenal:

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If you look up the previous five seasons we've been in the league, the tables looks similar.

The team has been a counter attacking one since Freedman put it together in the championship, making us better suited to away wins than home ones (drastically so, plainly) and every attempt since then to change playing style has led to burnt fingers.

Personally, if 8 years ago I'd have been offered promotion followed by six years of what's on the link, including a cup final, a new training ground and new main stand on the way, I'd have bit your hand off. Just take a minute to think back to where we actually were.

At the same time, most of us watch the team at home of course, and it hasn't always been easy.

So, honestly, would you have taken what we got? Would you prefer to see them winning championship home games? Would you be happy with another few years of the same?

Makes you think. Well, it's made me think anyway, but then I've had a beer on account of the great away win today...

I think we’ve become victims of our own success. Like the above, the dream was to get to the Prem, now we’ve achieved it and been here so long it’s become a bit dull. Mid table obscurity is not a fun place to be, my interest switched off about 6 weeks ago and that’s never happened.

There is so much negativity around. People on some threads are even criticising Hodgson which is frankly mind blowing. He’s the ultimate gent and has us firing. It’s the best Palace team I’ve ever seen. Possibly 50 points this season.

Atmosphere is getting gradually worse as there is a sense of entitlement now. Tourists wearing a half and half scarves.

Perhaps the next dream is Europa League/winning a cup. Would I change the last 8 years... undecided. Beating Brighton in the playoffs and Puncheon scoring in the cup final will stay with me forever, but the Championship was more fun.

I suspect that people's views on this will vary according to their age and length of support for Palace. There will be some who have no experience of being in the top division until this spell. It is hugely understandable that they would like us to kick on.

All I would say to them is look what happened to many of the clubs of our size who thought they were "established", then tried to "kick on", such as Charlton or Bolton.

For those of us with a longer perspective (I have been watching since 1963) this is the first time we have had so many years in the top flight. Previously we had four years from 69-73, being thrashed every week by other London teams especially (watching The Big Match with Brian Moore was a nightmare). We had the occasional high, such as beating Man Utd 5-0 in Dec 72, but we still got relegated that season, and the one after for good measure.

We then had two seasons with "the team of the 80s", so tragically ruined and broken up by Venables, and slipped down two divisions again.

The late 80s/early 90s spell was a highlight, Wright/Bright, cup final, finishing 3rd, almost a team full of internationals, but we still slipped away after 4 seasons.

After that the yoyo existence, up/down/up down etc .

So, we have now had six full seasons in the top flight, and this season have beaten four of the top ten away from home. We won at Manchester City, the moneybags team, the only team to take even a point from there. We won at Arsenal, for the first time in 25 years. I know the home form has been disappointing, but this is nirvana compared with the past.

Be careful what you wish for, and enjoy it whilst you have it.

Yes I would sign up again and I am as addicted as ever. The home form obviously has been disappointing lately but could possibly get better with a couple of right fit signings. I would add that away games have a completely different feel and perhaps more people should travel a bit more to give a more balanced feel to things. I know some tickets are hard to get but the Arsenal tickets were available for ages and even if we had lost it would be an ok day out but it was in fact fantastic and keeps me coming back for more.

With absolutely no respect for your lack of ambition born from a personal fear of failure, none of that is relevant.

Be careful what you wish for is a self fulfilling prophecy. As is enjoy it whilst it lasts.

You seem certain in your own mind that we will go down eventually, what a bleak outlook. Why bother supporting Palace through all those years of s***e just to wait for the day that the bad times return? Shades of Stockholm syndrome.

In fairness, I agree, relegation is coming so we should enjoy negative football and 4 home wins a season whilst we can. Eventually we will go back down with an incompetent board and mediocre manager kept in jobs by fans with small-team mentality. I predict next season. Then it's not a case as "be careful what you wish for", more "what might have been".

And as for this: look at Charlton bull s***, can we all have more respect for ourselves than to keep trotting this out? f*** Charlton, their history has absolutely no baring on our future.

If we're going to trot out irrelevant and unrelated club histories to compare our own ambitions against, why not Barcelona?

We could be the next Barcelona as much as we could be the next bloody Charlton. It's all about attitude.
7 years is not an achievement. We are an established premier League team. Let's kick on.
Anything other than top 8 next season and a trip to Wembley is failure.

Mid-table obscurity is indeed dull. Imagine being an Everton fan! Year after year of 9th place finishes. I've often wondered how they (the fans) do it.