 Afternoon Gary. Hi how are you? Yeah good thanks obviously disappointing result against Chelsea but something we've seen from your sides in this last 10-12 fixtures is every time you've suffered the defeat you've responded with a victory. Is there something you've done off the back of a defeat to do that and I presume you'd be turning exactly the same for the game this weekend? Yeah not really Mark I think we yeah we always try and prepare and regardless of what's gone before I've said it a lot this season regardless of what's happened in the game before we try and give ourselves the best chance of winning the next one. The real disappointing thing around the Chelsea one was that we didn't I mean there are different ways of deserving things but we the way the game went the XG how well we played for long spells is we should we should never have lost that game so then the nature of the defeat was disappointing but yeah Crystal Palace will be a very different challenge very good side Roy's done a great job well organized only concede a couple of goals from from open play since he's gone in and you can see why they're a tough team to break down so a lot of work this week on on getting ready for Crystal Palace and also trying to add some stuff to what we've been doing to try and move us forward. The Crystal Palace going here at the Vitality was probably you'd admit one of the worst performances you'd seen whilst you have been the manager of the club clearly a different manager what have you seen from your analysis about how much Palace have changed under Roy compared to Patrick? Yeah there are some differences still fantastic players real individual talent in there you look at the attacking threat they have not only on the top line but from sort of the the midfielders as well as a Shlup, Zaha, Alisa the Coray's been excellent as a sort of holding midfielder since he's come in there so yeah they have some real really good players like the centre-back pairing as well of Anderson and Gehe so yeah they're a good side Roy's obviously gone in there managed to freshen things up a little bit sometimes fresh set of eyes he knows the group well as well from when he was there before yeah and has managed to get a real good tune out of them so we'll be a tough afternoon Celest Park's never an easy place to go always an intense atmosphere but yeah a good opportunity for us to win another game of football hopefully and push onwards up the league. Under Patrick they were the worst performing team when it came to collective distances run during Premier League matches slightly different now under Roy and when they've got so many players like Eze, Alisa, Zaha that can hit you on the break which is something that you've got the ability to do almost sets it up quite nicely to be quite an end to end game. Yeah I mean hopefully it isn't hopefully we can control that a little bit but yeah they are a threat on counter definitely yeah they're physically they're a very very good team so if the game does get chaotic and open and yeah Zaha Alisa as I've said they can hurt you that they're strong as well around the loose balls and things that drop in the middle of the park which is one of the main issues we had here really that when apart from we conceded two soft goals when the game got a little bit messy and scrappy they seem to grab control of it a little bit so yeah a good performance from us will be needed definitely because they're yeah I know they've had a season that they probably feel like they're below where they should be but a very very good side as you can see with the the turning results since Roy's gone back. There's only a point that separates Palace and Bournemouth in the league table now we know that there's in excess of three million at stake for every single position you finish in the Premier League as Neil or Richard reminded you that it'd be nice to put one over on them and and leapfrog them because that could be worth a few quid in the summer. No yeah I mean I'm well aware of how important it is that we finish as high as possible but there's probably 200 million at stake next year for trying to stay up again as well so obviously things that we can do now that can help us as we look at next season as well so yeah as always a real focus on this game and what it needs to look like from us but because of the work that the lads managed to do we do have we do come into the last few games of the season with with a more of yeah less pressure on every result so we can we can go into games we can start to add things maybe things that I've wanted to add that we haven't been able to because of the nature of the next game being another cup final and we need every point being so precious so the next few weeks does give us a little bit more freedom to to have a look at some things as well as try and get results. And what's the injury update with regards to a few players that are possibly out of the game anyone you're looking forward to having back? Junior Trail Race still out very hopeful that we'll see him back on a you know on the pitch before the end of the season. Tav's still out you might have to remind me well so we have I think the rest of them are in a good place yeah the rest should all be available so we have a yeah we have a strong group available to us. Keith is back after his concussion coach. Yeah Keith is back so that'll be a plus obviously he's come come off the bench a couple of times recently and yeah he gives us another another attacking outlet so yeah please Tav Keith are back available. And obviously you said after the last week's game that Bournemouth pretty much safe there's a nine-point gap to you and the side third bottom both with three games to play mathematically you could be safe this weekend how nice would that be although it feels like you're safe anyway just to confirm it. Yeah I think that that's the thing that you we've got 39 points and 39 should be enough but until it's done you know you're always there's always at all they've managed to win again so the longer it goes the the more nervy it can start to feel again so yeah let's let's get it done officially as soon as we can take care of it ourselves on Saturday with with a point or three and then yeah importantly for me the performance and trying to put a few things right that we've we've suffered with recently. Brilliant thank you. Tell us more about that freedom you feel now to try things out with the sort of longer term plans in mind how how rare is that how unusual an opportunity and how keen are you to take advantage of that. Yeah no I don't want to oversell that the main focus is getting points tomorrow definitely but of course if if we were on 29 points going into tomorrow's game there would have been 100 focus on like we have to take something from this game whereas now there is yeah we are desperate to take something from this game but next season is coming and there are things that we can start to put in place obviously there's a big been a big thing made about defensive set plays and the amount of goals we've conceded so it has to improve has to improve by next season sometimes difficult to change that in a in a short period of time so next season will come and we we can't concede as many goals next season from set plays as we have this season. Defending the penalty area crosses and things so yeah a lot of work this week on trying to move things on whereas maybe if if the situation was different maybe we'd have held off on that till the summer. Mark mentioned the game here against Palace can you remember how low you felt after that. Yeah it was a tough period for us I think um yeah I remember feeling quite low the the whole way through that spell I think Burnley was around then Brentford away we were in a in a tough spot but as always for me a clear yeah view of where we were and what the situation was and what I expected from the players throughout that and they still kept giving me it so I felt we were short at that moment with the injuries that we had and even you know I think Palace Lloyd he's just come back in from a long spell so there were things going on at that time that meant we weren't at weren't at our optimum level so now it is very different but Palace have also improved from that point so two teams that have improved since we played here that day and hopeful that we can yeah we can show that we can go away to a good side at a tough place to go and and yeah secure a big result. That day was the first time I think Bill Foley went onto the pitch to acknowledge the crowd to be introduced to the crowd so it felt like a sort of a big party day in a way and then the obviously the performance followed with him being so ingrained in sport for so long I presume well how was he after after the the results do you remember? Yeah a bit Bill would have been disappointed with the Palace result I'm sure yeah the same as the same as we all were of course when when the owners in town you want to put on a decent performance but there is another Premier League team that turns up that day who have good players and they want to put on a good performance as well so yeah in the Premier League even if you're one of the best teams not every day goes your way we work very hard obviously to try and make sure more of them do than don't and that's that's the reason that we've managed to get to 39 points. With with Palace when Roy Hodgson came back there was an immediate bounce I think they won three in a row the last four games they've only scored in in in one of those games have you noticed from from analyzing them that you know it was a sort of a bounce that's faded if that even happens outside us talking about it have teams worked out a slightly different way of playing against them as have you noticed why there's been that sort of change in their form? I think in their last performance they were excellent they went away to Tottenham and I thought they were very good I thought they were well organized about the ball I thought Tottenham struggled to create chances I thought Palace were a threat the 1-0 loss was probably not a fair result on the on the performance so yeah no I think they they score a lot of their goals from individual quality you know you get Zaha one-on-one enough you get Elise one-on-one enough they they create real problems for you so obviously some days that can click for them sometimes find margins it might go past the post or so yeah there's there's obviously small reasons why things can look different but the Spurs game as a whole when I watched it I was very impressed with what I saw because I know now how good Spurs can be and the players that they have so for Palace to go there and put on a performance that they did I thought was an impressive impressive performance so no I mean he's done a good job I think everyone thought they were in a in a bit of trouble before he came in obviously I always felt that they'd managed to pull themselves away I thought they had too much they had some fixtures coming up around a lot of teams below them that I thought they would be able to pick up results in but that doesn't mean it's easy Royce to let to go in and do the job so yeah fair play to him and the players they've secured another another season in the Premier League next year and we go there hopefully to put a couple more points on the board whether it be one or three and secure ours and Gary this is your last Premier League game in your 30s I think have the last six months aged yeah yeah I saw some guys managed to pop to my old golf club the other day I haven't been there for about a year and as I walked in they were like football management must be tough and I was like yeah this has been an interesting few months yeah so yeah they said I was age in it I need to look after myself so once the season's done I'll try