It was better but still not great.

I said the same thing once the game had finished, lack of quality up front. I thought Benteke was poor today although in his defence he had no service but the few occasions he got the ball his touch was poor, no doubting the effort but no quality especially with the ball at his feet.

I actually think we will go down with AP in charge, he looks a beaten man and I don't believe he can get us out of this hole he has dug us into.

We're 3 points off bottom albeit with a much better goal difference, I can't see us beating Watford and we never beat Arsenal so I can see us propping up the table in January.

Time for Parish to act and get rid of teflon

And that's why Pardew is still in a job.
I said last week we will have three glorious defeats and somehow screw up at Watford. I'm 50% there after today.
We have put up two really good showings, set up solidly and really deserved a point from each game. Many will disagree, I know, but we did.
Credit to Wilf for once again sacrificing his game to protect Kelly and it worked as Kelly was far more assured, even to the point of getting forward and putting in two of the best crosses of the day. Trouble is, in his current form we really need Wilf getting at them, not babysitting.
Once Chelsea were in front and we tried to push Wilf on, Chelsea just stopped the supply to him and Benteke and took them both out of the game and for the last twenty minutes the end of game push I expected, never materialised.
Such a shame Hennessey gifted them the goal just before half time and once again an individual error cost us the game, possibly?

That's Life
And as funny as it may seem
Some people get their kicks stompin' on a Dream.
KEEP THE FAITH!!!!!

..Chelsea are a very hard nut to crack and they prevented Benteke and the balls to him from hurting them at will...this is because they are Chelsea and we are Palace.

..I'm sure Mr Pardew understands that his team need to win this game to save him and I'm expecting them to really go for it, I can see a win, especially after today's strong sturdy performance.

Watford is now a must win game to keep us out of the bottom 3, which is guaranteed if we lose both to them and Arsenal.
Pardew must be given one more chance at Watford and should we lose, he should be fired after 2 years in charge and 2 years of excuses in a results driven business, for God's sake!!

So OK as you say then and not EXCELLENT?

If you watch the games again it's like watching attack v defence drills. Hopefully it'll do us some good because nothing super well below average Al does has any effect.

COYP