I don't think it is a lack of ambition from fans but the realism that Roy Hodgson is as good a manager as a club like ours could keep hold of. He also has a budget that is tiny compared to the top clubs. We are currently punching above our weight but like all fans we dream of something better.
Watching negative performances like yesterday is frustrating but we must keep things in perspective. I want to see some goal scorers and cretivity coming in to the team but top players cost top money. We have to be smart in our transfer business. Our two most expensive players are two of our worst.

But were our best under the previous manager!

Perhaps I’m reading more into this as well but I also thought the body language of our team looked wrong as they walked out later than Chelsea for the start of the match and the second half start? Looked the same last season for those last 8 matches?

Ok the previous,previous manager.

Just look at the fouls on the BBC live text, they basically stopped us attacking....

5' Jordinho on Sakho, 10' Azpilicuerta on Eze, 11' Jordinho on Ayew, 23' Havertz on Zaha, 23' Azpilicueta on Eze, 37' Hudson-odoi on Eze, 47' Silva on Zaha, 61' Havertz on Eze, 64' Azpilicueta on Eze, 69' Jorginho on Milivojevic, 70' Kante on Ayew, 70' Abraham on Townsend ....by this stage of the game it was well and truly over for us, the thing to remember is we are only going to score when defences are being stretched and when freekicks are awarded to us the opposition is able to organise themselves accordingly, Chelsea just did a brilliant job on us with their professional fouling until we eventually made a mistake then go for the kill with more mistakes.

Eleven fouls on our players moving through midfield who were quite obviously trying to move forwards should not just be waved away, Chelsea were always going to have more of the ball because they can just practically buy who they want to achieve that, poor old palace haven't that luxury.

Edited by Tickled pink (04 Oct 2020 8.21pm)

Protesting about the long walk and wanting the same time as Chelsea in the dressing room at half time. Roy was negative before the match on TV and tactic were negative and was all about trying to keep the score down when Plan A was blown! At half time before Chelsea came out I would have had my CP team ready facing down Chelsea like All Black do.. but they came out causal and Chelsea did the business like last season!!