Yesterday was painful to take , any last minute goal against any team you support hurts, however , after a kip I’ve woken up a bit more optimistic , we’ve scored late goals this season to win or nick a draw , this season against West Ham and Man Utd , it’s sickening to concede so late but that’s football and an away point against a very good Brentford side I do not think any palace fan would have turned that down before the game , at 4.50pm if you offered me a point I would have spat in your face but still a point is a point.
I saw a poster say that Eze needs to be first name on team sheet going forward , I absolutely agree with that, yes he can go missing at times , so can Wilf but it only takes 1 bit of magic from him to turn a game on its head ,

Anderson was fantastic , what a gem we have there !
I’m concerned we now have an injury to Mitchell not sure how bad it is ?

I’m not sure what to do up front , Mateta just doesn’t fit in this side , we’ve seen he does have quality but he seems to fall over hisself or lose the ball between his legs , however he is a nuisance to defenders where as Edouard can be marked out of a game,

Zaha looks to be out for the Liverpool game aswell so I think we start with same lineup apart from putting eze in for schlupp and richards in for Mitchell ,

I have no doubt we are in a relegation battle regardless of viera saying he’s not worried about it but I do think we have done enough and will do enough again in remaining games to keep our heads above water ,

Southampton winning yesterday worried me, Bournemouth not so much as wolves are pony aswell but I had Southampton and Bournemouth bankers to go along with hoping Leeds fall , however that result will really energise saints now , so there is still 3 places up for grabs and I believe anyone from 20th up to us isn’t safe and will be a really big fight , Liverpool and Chelsea havnt helped the relegation battle getting beat by anyone Willy nilly, and Fulham Brentford and Brighton going on this Amazing run and being where they are has meant that anyone is really beating anyone , it really could be a high points total to stay up this season! Normally there is a team or two rock bottom who you can write off but you really can’t write anyone off this season.
I thought we played with a bit of passion yesterday , and that’s what we need , with McCarthur and Zaha to come back will only help with this ,

We need a win, one win and our tails will be up that’s what made conceding so late yesterday gutting all the more , but we will be ok ,

West Ham to lose today and we will all feel a bit better? Right?

COYP

“This is a crisis, a large crisis.... in fact if you have a moment, it’s a 12 storey crisis, magnificent entrance hall, carpeting throughout, 24 hour portage , and an enormous sign on the roof saying “This , is a large crisis” - Edmund Blackadder

I like that, i would have McArthur, if fit, instead of Lokonga

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

I echo your sentiments about there being no bankers for relegation, but I do think Vieira (it is turning out) has a similar pragmatism to Roy in that it seems the first priority is 'don't get beat'. That does mean that when we are the underdogs we play like it, but it has also meant we've continued to steadily pick up points even in tough fixtures. Given we've picked up points in this really tough run of games it is hard to imagine we won't pick up at least another dozen points from our remaining fixtures whether through luck, hard work, or some divine intervention.

Personally I'm not sure how much we'll miss Mitchell as he's been average at best in many games this season. Despite not being at his best in many games I think we also have to accept that Wilf is still far and away our player most likely to score from open play. I had hoped someone else might step up in his absence, but Olise isn't quite there yet and Eze has struggled for form, while as you say, Mateta has been poor. I imagine most PL managers feel more confident when they don't see Zaha on our team sheet. Thankfully it seems he should at least be back for when we start playing the teams below us.

The viera/ hodgson not getting beat thing is that because we just don’t have the squad? Last season wasn’t like that, it really does show how much we miss Gallagher on my opinion

“This is a crisis, a large crisis.... in fact if you have a moment, it’s a 12 storey crisis, magnificent entrance hall, carpeting throughout, 24 hour portage , and an enormous sign on the roof saying “This , is a large crisis” - Edmund Blackadder

PV should get his old team mate Ian Wright down a few times a week to work with the strikers. He would improve Eduard, Mateta and Ayew with their finishing and runs in the box etc.

Good shout but you all know this is not going to happen.