Yes, it is a building process and perhaps Pardew, Parish and the American backers thought we were further ahead than we are. The objective has to be mid table / staying up. For the last couple of months I was sure we were heading down to the championship with this new style of play. I think unlike us fans they were thinking Palace were a top six side? Yesterday was back to basics and I have a bit more hope in Pardew now. However one swallow doesn't make a summer, so we shall see how the next few matches go. We need a result at Hull and the old backs to the wall spirit for the Moan Utd and Chelski matches. If we see that attitude but still lose to those two then that's okay with me but we need to cut out silly mistakes in our defending. We got away with it yesterday as Southampton were awful. Hull won't be as bad and nor will the two after. In January we need two probably three quality defenders and a defensive midfielder together with a forward. Our squad (mostly Pardew buys) is poor out of the first 11 - we shall see?

Yes, it is a building process and perhaps Pardew, Parish and the American backers thought we were further ahead than we are. The objective has to be mid table / staying up. For the last couple of months I was sure we were heading down to the championship with this new style of play. I think unlike us fans they were thinking Palace were a top six side? Yesterday was back to basics and I have a bit more hope in Pardew now. However one swallow doesn't make a summer, so we shall see how the next few matches go. We need a result at Hull and the old backs to the wall spirit for the Moan Utd and Chelski matches. If we see that attitude but still lose to those two then that's okay with me but we need to cut out silly mistakes in our defending. We got away with it yesterday as Southampton were awful. Hull won't be as bad and nor will the two after. In January we need two probably three quality defenders and a defensive midfielder together with a forward. Our squad (mostly Pardew buys) is poor out of the first 11 - we shall see?

I agree with these opinions. It seemed we got back to basics yesterday and ground out a win. It wasn't pretty but we were desperately in need to just to win a game, and if it was a bit ugly and we got a bit of luck then so be it. Let's not forget Southampton are a good team and they struggled to break us down. Delany was class. It seemed like we won every header at set plays. It felt like the Palace of old under Pulis which is the vibe we need right now to get some points on the board.

Its not often I agree with your views, but you are spot on here.

Some of the posts are unbelievable, what do people want. We produced a back to basics solid performance against a good Saints side, most people expected us to lose. It seems people just don't want to give credit.

If that performance was say, under a different manager, everyone would be praising him.

WTF is wrong with some of you people?

I have been a staunch critic of AP lately but it's clear to see that the things that were costing us lately weren't happening. At defensive set pieces Benteke on the front post instead of trying to mark people, and winning any ball in the air that came near him. Defence organised, communicating and disciplined. We were on the spot to punish Southampton when they made mistakes. Most importantly, we didn't go to sleep or do anything stupid ourselves and we closed the game out authoritatively.

OK, Southampton had a bad day at the office and 3 - 0 maybe flattered us but a worse performance than shipping five goals to Swansea through stupid errors? Seriously?

Credit where it's due.

Oh, and one other thing. Delaney was a colossus.

Edited by chateauferret (04 Dec 2016 9.19am)