When Bolasie left, he was quoted as saying he was looking forward to moving to a 'bigger club' and progressing his career at an 'ambitious club' - understandably that upset some Palace fans.

I wasn't thrilled to hear that quote but seeing we were getting circa £30m, enabling us to fund the purchase of Benteke; I figured it was good business all round and a positive move for all concerned. Now, whilst I would admit I don't want Bolasie to go on to become a superstar for another team, I was pretty shocked to hear a bunch of lads sitting near me and my fiancé calling him a 'f***ing c**t' and was equally bemused to hear fans around us singing "your just a sh*t Wilfred Zaha". Given that Wilf was having one of his less memorable games, the irony was not lost on me. This also made me think about the fact that only a few weeks ago Wilf himself said he wanted to leave for Spurs. Am I therefore to expect him to call called a 'f***ing c**t' in January if the club decide to cash in and upgrade?

Fortunately with it being Friday night and a good 5 hour drive, there were quite a few spare seats so we simply moved and found ourselves surrounded by likeminded palace fans and were able to enjoy what was a fantastic performance by the lads. Pardew is getting is right and palace are on the up. As for Bolasie, he remains a powerful, entertaining, passionate footballer who will perhaps never quite fulfil his potential, but let's not vilify him for choosing to try - and remember that it was only a few weeks ago that we were singing "going down the wing for me".

Football at its fickle best.

Up the Palace.

No,it was one of the few yellow cards that was actually warranted last night.However, Bolasie doesn't have a malicious challenge in him it was honest but clumsy.Unfortunately clumsy can still break a leg and therefore a yellow was justifiable.For some peculiar reason Koeman did a bit of a Pardew with Bolasie last night and pushed him in a more central position.I think it helped us more than them as he had less space to operate in and it lessened his threat.I questioned AP when he did it but now Koeman has tried it they must see something I don't.

Edited by citizensmudge (01 Oct 2016 9.21am)

I was pleased that our players didn't react to any of the challenges made by Bolasie last night. There were some potential flashpoints especially with his foul on Ward.

Regardless of whether Bolasie left for the money, he was a passionate player whilst at Palace and was a supporters favourite (anyone who thinks differently now has a very short memory). I was at last night's match and felt quite ashamed of those who turned on him so vocally. It could have backfired as I've seen it before where a player becomes fired up gets the winner.