amazingly we've scored!... murray puts us 1-0 up...

full-time: Forest 0 Palace 1

a welcome 3 points. great win.

got to be pleased with that result... hopefully that gives us a kick-start again in the league especially with the busy christmas period approaching... i'm very pleased tonight.

it's good to stop the rot and get the confidence going again.
that's put us 10 points clear of the drop zone, too.

Sounded like a tough one, but great to get the win.

Finally a full week break now, to get some rest!

I didn't go but a good friend of mine went. Speaking to him last night he said it was a case of "winning ugly". Once again we proved how difficult we can be to break down when we put our minds to it.

It's a good three points and considering the way we capitulated against Forest in both games last season it's good to get one over on them (although TC won't want to be hearing that! Sorry, mate!)

^ Heheh, no you're alright mate, I'll take that one on the chin....just hope I don't end up talking 'em on a League One chin next season!

from everything i've heard the only thing forest are lacking is someone to stick the ball in the net... they knocked the ball around well, created chances but with no end product... get that sorted and they will surely rise up the table in the second half of the season...

is Zaha about to pen a new 5-year deal with us?

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lets hope they've put a clause in there saying he can't be sold for anything less than £10million!

Dougie hoping to bolster the squad once again in January.

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Sooo another week, another game on TV. The Sky viewers must be loving us.

Can't say I'm too optimistic about tonight tbh, with Zaha suspended - not sure how we'll do without him.

An early goal would be nice though, to warm things up.

Nothing on TV for Months , then two home games in a row that should be it for the season .

Zaha will cost a bit if he moves in the next couple of years now , he has signed a five & half year contract , according to HOL

good news about Zaha. confirmed that he has signed the new deal.

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tough one tonight. we've only beaten them once in their last 8 visits to Selhurst.

Great news about Zaha.

Tonights team:

1. Julian Speroni, 2. Nathaniel Clyne, 4. Jonthan Parr, 5. Patrick McCarthy, 6. Anthony Gardner, 7. Darren Ambrose, 8. Kagisho Dikgacoi, 11. Sean Scannell, 15. Mile Jedinak, 17. Glenn Murray, 35. Chris Martin

Subs: 40. Ross Fitzsimons, 10. Owen Garvan, 19. Jermaine Easter, 31. Calvin Andrew, 38. Peter Ramage

that was a dire first half.
0-0 at the break.

Crystal Palace 1 - 0 Birmingham

First half was instantly forgettable but much better from us in the second half. Good to see KG get the winner. That's back-to-back wins, now, after our sticky patch and up to 8th.

definitely a hard-earned victory but based on the 2nd half performance it was a deserved victory...
gets tougher... it's southampton at st marys next!

really looking forward to it. at least we've come in to a bit of form again which is vital when you look at their formidable home record!


have a great Christmas fellow Palace fans.

we've not lost on boxing day since 2004 so long may that continue!


merry christmas guys.

Commentary of Southampton v Palace on 5 live Sports Extra today

today's line-up:

Speroni, Clyne, Parr, McCarthy, Gardner, Ramage, Dikgacoi, Scannell, O'Keefe, Zaha, Murray.

Subs: Price, Ambrose, Garvan, Easter, C. Martin.

Sounded a pretty comfortable win for The Saints , we were never really in the game .

we definitely seemed to be suffering a Christmas hangover.
hopefully we're more up for Millwall next.