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Thought Smallbone had a pretty decent game considering it was his first league start for a while.

After Palace wasted chances to go 2 or 3 up early on, I'm more than happy with a point. We put in a much better display at Selhurst than Everton did on Sunday at least. Yes it's frustrating that, once again, we can't hold on to a lead and give away another sloppy equlaiser. But we scored two very good goals to drag ourselves back into the game. Have to follow it up with a win against Brentford on Saturday though, so I can understand Ralph taking Broja and Tella off to keep them fresh. Just a shame that injuries currently force us to bring on two replacements who should be nowehere near the PL at this stage in their careers.

Gained I would say. We looked so bad early on and were lucky not to be 2 or 3 down.

Djenepo tripping over his own feet as usual.

Dunno where they've got 5 from!

That ball from Djenepo was a thing of beauty.

I know this hasn't been great, but whatever happens between now and FT I have to say we have looked a lot better here tonight than Everton did on Sunday.

How does Zaha escape a booking there?

Maybe he hasn't quite recovered from the injury that forced him off on Saturday and with Adams and Armstrong both injured we need to protect him for the weekend. Seems sensible to me.

Exactly. He made the initial save.

Long's first touch on target.

I would hook Tino now. On a yellow card up against Zaha is a recipe for disaster.

That was truly awful defending.

Oh balls!

He's fine. It's all part of the game management. Every game, a player goes down on 60 mins to give the bench a chance to relay instructions.

Uh oh. Benteke coming on.

Tella down injured. EXACTLY on 60 minutes.

Yes I thought so from the replay.

http://www.hesgoal.com/news/93781/Crystal_Palace_vs_Southampton.html

Lyanco really does need to learn not to over-commit doesn't he.

Not quite the same 😉

Oh my word!!!!! Broja!!!!!

I don't doubt his ability to score a direct FK from that position. I do, however, question his ability to deliver a corner or FK because they have been gash this season.

OK, back on terms. Let's see what we can do from here shall we.

Right, please just stop with these 'long' throw ins from Salisu. They are pitiful and just put us under pressure when we inevitably lose the ball and he's out of position.