Not much fun to be had once again at Loftus Road on Monday night.

Ainsworth looked up for it - including the outrageous hand ball in the second half which he was very lucky to get away with!

I thought Dyer looked quite good, but unfortunately there were times when Palace just ripped the defence to shreds. Big Dan had a bad game, Santos was rubbish as usual, and even Bignot had trouble, particularly after set pieces that we had in their half where we lost possession and they hoofed the ball up for Morrisson to chase after.

Birch was bustling, but still strangely ineffectual compared to a couple of seasons ago, and Doherty was disappointingly quiet. Cook had a few good runs, and interchanged well with Dyer at times, but also had plenty of times where he didn’t release the ball quickly enough, and we lost possession as a result.

Up front, Furlong was excellent but frustrated by lack of service, whilst Moore was anonymous. Langley and Baidoo came on late in the day, but neither of them imposed themselves in any way.

On balance, I thought Palace thoroughly deserved the win.

Not much fun for me having to travel back to West Dulwich (hint: that’s West Dulwich, within walking distance of Crystal Palace).