We cannot afford to lose to any club below us so in that respect it's a BIG game. It will be a fascinating second half to the season but always better to be looking down at the competition than looking up at them.

Denial is not just a river in Egypt

Seeing Mamadou on the pitch would be a start!

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

Not if you are David Wagner it isn’t. He said something like, it is good to be in the relegation zone because at least you can worry about what is ahead of you, rather than looking over your shoulder. It was a quite remarkable quote from a man who knows that he is in trouble. He would have been pilloried on here if he was our manager.

we'll thrash toon, i'm on my annual away day next week where we will humiliate everton, some of our top class crocks will come back, the new boys will prove a revelation (a fully fit squad will now be pretty awesome if the newbies are up to scratch) - at some point tekkers, wikkers and sollers will be vying for one or two places up front, we'll finish top half, and after loan replacements/arrangements have been sorted over the summer we'll do a Burnley next season as a curtain raiser to our magnificent new stand which will attract better players bring in more revenue, trophies and Europe here we come. the only way is up - starting with the demolition of those under-performing under-funded underachievers who oppose us today

It is a big one for sure, a win and we are 9 points away from the Baggies and up to 11th. Gutted that Brighton won yesterday, trust West Ham to roll over twice against them.

Home advantage wins the day. Wouldn’t fancy us today if we were on route to St. James’s, Don’t think Newcastle will fancy themselves coming to selhurst . Home win, same scoreline. Relax ,we’re decent.