They showed the replay after the match and it was clear both Cabaye and MacArthur should have got closer to the Chelsea players in the middle, and Puncheon and Ward allowed way too much space to the crosser.

The commentary here, and analysts blamed them. Not Hennessey or Dann. I'd agree.

If you come to a fork in the road, take it.

I like the posts from inapickle.

Why can't other posters be equally positive and optimistic?

We weren't so far away from nicking a point.

Dann to blame for the goal. If he'd have attacked the cross instead of watching Costa they wouldn't have scored. Didn't even get off the ground..

That was our best performance for quite a while! Defensively we were much more organised and looked solid again. Hennessey played very well and made some outstanding stops. Chelsea's defence was the key and really snuffed out everything we tried but against a lesser team we would have got much more today. With a piece of luck we might have got a point, but our luck has been very thin in recent times. There is no reason why that will continue though so every reason for optimism.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Didn't look like 3 at the back more like 5!

Thought we played pretty well apart from Benteke. What a lazy arse! If you compare how he played at Villa with how he's performing now it's a disgrace. It's a shame Wickham is injured as if I was Pardew I'd drop him to give him a kick up the arse.

Yes, he's scored a few goals but Palace has always been about giving 100%. AJ was the epitome of what the club is about. He worked his socks off every game.