It’s a funny old game!

Great result poor performance, especially the first half.
Alcaraz bought the energy we needed in the second half to turn things around but let’s be honest palace should of been home and hosed by 65 minutes, probably could’ve scored 4 or 5

Moyes has got out of jail here with some good early subs which made the difference so he deserves credit for that.

I do like Moyes and everything he has done over the two spells he’s had here but I feel he can’t move us forward to the next step. However we are in 8th position so we can’t complain too much.

On the striker front we need one who knows how to trap a ball and isn’t a donkey but for now Beto starts every game as Barry sadly is a dud. I preferred him in Winnie the Pooh as Eor!

For once I’ll be glad to see a pesky International Break.
This one hopefully will see Branthwaite and Röhl given more Time to recover.

I also noticed Keane and Ndiaye showing signs of needing a break.

Hopefully, we will have a full strength Team, come our encounter with City.

Then January is in sight, where I would like to see at least three Solid signings, that are PL ready.
A Clinical Striker, a RB and a LB, both with Bundles of pace please.

Based on that 2nd half Alcaraz deserves a start next game…. Can Dewsbury-Hall play holding midfield role to give Gana a break?

Super win and very good match report. Great to win when we were 2nd best!

Agree with Paul #2: we’re in desperate need of reinforcements in certain key positions

3 points against a very good team.
We were second best for most of the game, but “found a way to win”.
Performances of Mykolenko, Barry, and Beto were cause for concern.
Still very much a work in progress, but moving in the right direction.

Well, to say that I didn’t see that result coming (even after the first 5 minutes) is a massive understatement!

First off I was hugely impressed by Palace. Every player knows his role, they are so much greater than the sum of their parts. Definitely a team to aspire to (and a manager too, although if he carries on like that bigger teams will want him).

But at least we showed some balls in the second half! To be fair I felt that for every chance we created we offered up a gilt edged one to the opposition, but at least we went for it. Very much a case of fortune favouring the brave!

I'm pleased for Palace that they have had some success recently. They're an unfashionable London team and they plumped for a coach not so well known in England and what a job he's done with them! They also beat the loveable Reds recently. What's not to like?

I will also add that I am absolutely delighted that their run came to end against us in a match we were second best in for maybe 75% of the minutes played!

This was a huge win. We had been very fortunate to still be in the game just after the hour mark. I had been clinging to the hope Palace would suffer fatigue in the closing stages when Mateta’s effort rolled a foot wide of the post. That miss, coming as it did only minutes after O’Brien’s headed clearance off the line, was pivotal.

Palace players held their heads in their hands knowing a second goal would almost certainly have sealed the points. They then wilted under the pressure our players applied in the final twenty minutes. Our substitutions paid off as players with a point to prove showed their determination to make a difference.

That Alcaraz and Beto work effectively as a duo was evident last season especially in away matches at Palace and Fulham. Neither is the perfect solution but at present in a team which too often looks pedestrian with its movement and passing they offer a directness which, sometimes at least, makes things happen in the opposition half.

We were also fortunate the unplanned substitution of Iroegbunam for the injured Keane worked in our favour. I think Tim had his best half hour of the season adding energy to our midfield and disrupting the control which Adam Wharton and company had applied in the first hour.

Sometimes a win against the odds can represent a turning point in a season. Hopefully this result, if not the overall performance, will establish a belief among the players they really can compete in the top half of the table.

Plenty to take away from yesterday's game.

I thought Dibling was constantly out of position and so was never in the right place to receive the ball. As a result he couldn't affect the game in any positive way. It was literally like playing with a man less.

Barry had a very poor game. He is completely devoid of any confidence. He chased down their defenders half-heartedly, he couldn't hold the ball up and that chance he got where he had one defender to beat by the centre circle and he'd have been clean through he just looked like he didn't have a clue what to do.

Alcaraz was the game changer and had an excellent 2nd half.

Ndiaye was anonymous in the centre but good on the wing.

So on that basis if KDH is out leave Ndiaye on the right and bring in Alcaraz before Dibling.

Beto played well. He always seems to play better when he comes off the bench (as does Barry). We need a new first choice striker.

Iroegbunam had his best game for a while. I think he's got loads of potential. Remember how good he was in the first 3 or 4 games of last season before he got injured? But that was a long time ago now so he needs to show more like he did yesterday.

I hope we can keep Grealish beyond this season. He is a class act and with him on one side and Ndiaye on the other we actually have quite a good team to watch.

Finally, a little shout out for Palace's Fuck UEFA and Maranakis chant. Made me chuckle.

john Raftery

You just jogged my memory on the Alcaraz Beto combination.
last Season, Alcaraz provided Beto with some lovely passes.

Chris Keher
I thought Tim Iroegbunam was a totally different player.
God knows what he would have done, if he had come on earlier.

But we seem to have so many players, who seem to show their mettle, only when they are introduced as Substitutes.

It’s more often than not when our backs are against the wall, so it could well be a release the Beast attitude.

I echo a lot of what has been already said. I have been impressed with Palace on the box for some time now, but I didnt realise just what a tough nut to crack they have become until I saw them in the flesh. Having sold their best player I expected their standards to slip, but I see similarities to ourselves the season after we sold Rooney. I wouldnt bet against them getting into Europe with somebody else's money.

As JR points out. We were very fortunate to still be in the game and if I'm honest I spent the early part of the second half with my fist clenched mumbling those very words. "Stay in the game". I suspect Mateta will get a bagful this season so I was very relieved he didnt bring his shooting boots with him on Sunday.

Having let a footballer go to Leeds for nothing, I'm finding it very frustrating watching attack after attack break down in its infancy as soon as either Beto or Barry become involved. It makes things very difficult for the rest of the team to build anything at all when the ball keeps bouncing off them. Neither have enough footballing skills, but you have to hope one of them starts finding the net to ease the pressure they are clearly both feeling. The level of Barry's confidence was there for all to see when he tried to take on their last defender. He simply didnt believe he could do it. A couple of tap-in's would change all that.

I've been very quick to criticise Moyes for waiting too long to make changes. So I feel it only fair to praise him for ringing the changes early enough to give his team a chance to wrest control from a very powerful opponent.

Lucky ? Yeah, but I'll take it. We've all had a bellyful of the alternative.

Paul @11 Agreed

We used to call it the boot-up-the-arse effect. Bench a player,let him stew, then bring him back hungry and with a point to prove.

I would like to think Moyes will take Charlie and Tim to one side. Show them clips of earlier performances. Then show them clips of their energy-packed show on Sunday. A subtle reminder that this is where their energy levels need to be. ALWAYS...He may want to take the talented Mr dibling along too