Maybe straw clutching but now the dust has settled we can treat this as a point gained rather than two lost after leading and letting in a late goal. The last five minutes of each half tends to be a bit nerve shredding so let's take the positive of four points from the last two games rather than the hoped for three.

I'd of settled for the point beforehand therefore saw it very much as gained post match. We had our entire midfield missing plus are without (arguably) our most talented attacker in Olise, and best prospect in Franca.

I don’t think too many would disagree with this. Funny enough, Selhurst was not its usual ‘bouncy’ self on Saturday. We always have a player that when gets the ball everyone gets excited about what he is going to do next. This was clearly missing on Saturday - though a few times when Jes had the ball the crowd reacted.

Olise-esque.

I think Jes has the ability, he just severely lacks confidence which I'd think it extremely harsh to put him down for, he's a young lad breaking into the PL for the first time.

My hope is that we do blood him well and with a bit more confidence gained we'll see the finished article at some point. May just be me but the sense I got of him was that he is currently stifled by the necessity and inclination to just 'not f**k up' which is prominent at the top level now (look at the boring Arsenal vs City game yesterday).

I perhaps optimistically like to imagine with a loosening of inhibition and risk aversion, we may see the full potential of what he has to offer as a winger and attacking player. Either way, he should have our full support until then.

Olise-esque.

I think Jes has the ability, he just severely lacks confidence which I'd think it extremely harsh to put him down for, he's a young lad breaking into the PL for the first time.

My hope is that we do blood him well and with a bit more confidence gained we'll see the finished article at some point. May just be me but the sense I got of him was that he is currently stifled by the necessity and inclination to just 'not f**k up' which is prominent at the top level now (look at the boring Arsenal vs City game yesterday).

I perhaps optimistically like to imagine with a loosening of inhibition and risk aversion, we may see the full potential of what he has to offer as a winger and attacking player. Either way, he should have our full support until then.

All in all, a good performance everything considered.

I'm not sure any manager around can do what Roy does. Its isn't pretty, but they make it very difficult for teams to play against. ITs certainly not progressive but I'm glad we have him to navigate us at the moment.

The positives are that we've got a really solid defensive unit. and tactically everyone knows what to do.

Add Olise, Eze and the future balon dor winner Franca into the mix and that looks like a very good team. And a much more healthy squad.