First of all the main thing about today was paying our respects to a young man taken from his family far too early. The applause before the game and at the 38 minutes was a fitting tribute and fair play to the Palace fans who joined in both.

However the game that followed was a microcosm of our season. No creativity, no pace no tactics other than a hoof up to Carroll, no Plan B and no entertainment. Allardyce has stifled all the skill and passing ability out of the players as all he is interested is how far up the field they can hoof it. Assuming we do stay up then is will be exactly the same next season because no players of any ability will want to sign for this dinosaur. We have to get rid and ignore those who say that he is guaranteed to keep us up. But for a couple of very lucky results against Norwich and Hull we would be deep in it. And to be honest we deserve to be relegated based on performances this season. According to Allardyce it's NEVER his fault. For him to place part