Excellent dogged defending from a make shift back 4. Ground out the win well and deserved it. Atmosphere was awesome in the Holmesdale, cracking job by the HF and decent pre match entertainment. Great day all round.

As for winning the cup over Premier League status... cup every time. When I’m lying on my death bed one day, I want to remember the day Palace lifted a trophy. Not how we achieved mid table obscurity in Premier League for 10 straight seasons. Do we really care if we get relegated one day? As long as we have a team, I’ll be supporting them, regardless of what division we’re playing in.

Wins breed confidence, it’s a welcome distraction. Not many Prem teams left, we’ve got a chance of going all the way. We don’t often have chances to win trophies, we’ve got to go for it now.

Agree with goal machine, let's take this theory one step further- would you take 17th (and below Brighton) and cup, or 9th and above Brighton but out in 5th round? See no reason why we can't go for it and retain our prem status.

Great result - good play on the break - some great performances - in particular for Andros and Jules but also Wickham who looks way better than Benteke (didn't think I would ever say that!).
Van Aanholt had once of the worst 90 minutes I have ever seen a Palace player have - he can only do better.
I saw Wilf briefly after the game - he didn't look best pleased for some reason.
Hey ho - good day at the office - roll on the next ten days - very important games to say the least!

Wilf poor, Andros magnificent, PVA poor Speroni magnificent. Centre backs good, Meyer good, lots to be cheerful about. However, as much as I would like to go on a cup run I would not swap that for being in the premier league and I cannot believe some people are saying that but hey each to their own.

Well done Palace, good result today

you have to be joking Benteke put more of a shift in his short time on the field than Wickham did in the whole game but saying that it was good to see him score AT man of the match

Think the criticism of Wilf is harsh. He's been playing most of the season as a loan striker and had virtually no service. I think due to this, his mindset has changed slightly because of feeding off scraps he's trying to do too much. I think a few games back out wide where he see's a bit more of the ball and with a striker for him to look to will help his game massively.

It must be hard for him at times to be the player with the most natural ability on the pitch but to rarely see the ball and when he did get it have no option but to try and beat a few players as we had no support around him.

With Wickham and Benteke back, I expect him to start getting back to his previous form and better.

Edited by JohnB (27 Jan 2019 9.03pm)