There was a degree of early season promise and optimism which has somewhat dissipated to an extent but I always believed there would be bumps in the road on our journey.

We have spent nigh on £76 Mill, signed some good players and play more attractive football,so perhaps just avoiding relegation with a points total less than we have attained before in the PL might be considered somewhat disappointing by some supporters.

In terms of being in a "Camp", at the start of the season, given the players we signed, I was cautiously optimistic about our prospects and I had 3 others teams to slip through the relegation trapdoor.

Edited by Willo (14 Feb 2022 11.05pm)

I don't remember Palace ever being called 'the team of the 70s'. We were once called 'the team of the 80s', but that accolade evaporated after a few months of reality

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

Indeed, I was there! That's why I said: "a few months" ie after the euphoria of May 1979.

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

The current objective has to be just to stay up, if we play to our current average points total we will make 38/39 points, safety will only be assured when our points total cannot be surpassed by the teams in the bottom three positions. just for the record in 2002 West Ham were relegated with 42 points (38 games season) and ourselves 1993 with 49 points (42 games season).