I think the less said about the cup game at Man City the better.

My dad asked me to send him updates, and fifteen minutes in I texted him saying, “This will either finish 5-0 to City or 1-0 to Palace.”

I guess in a way my predictions came true, which was probably the only positive to bring home with me.

He replied by promising £10 to charity if the line-up Pardew went with was able to score, so once you’ve finished reading this Dad, get your wallet out mate.

Not that many of us in the away end stuck around long enough to see Delaney’s header fly in.

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Pardew made no excuses for our display and it was clear he let the players know that it wasn’t good enough, as the performance against United on Saturday was a near perfect response.

Apart from a brief period in the first half when they were in control, we dominated the Red Devils and with a bit more luck on our side, we could easily have scored four or five.

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For all their pretty passing around the back four, United offered nothing and, effective as their tactics may have been so far, they have become an incredibly boring team to watch under Van Gaal.

They’re a bit like the popular kid at school that everybody else looked up to because they were dating the hottest girl in our year and had a fake I.D.

They were pretty cool at the time, but once we left school and moved on, it turns out the ‘popular’ kid is actually a bit of an idiot and can’t progress in life based on reputation alone.

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This is Manchester United post-Ferguson – nobody gives a damn any more that you were captain of the rugby team when you were 15.

It must be pretty demoralising as a United fan, reminiscing of the days of Ronaldo and Giggs charging down the wing, only to snap out of your day dream sat in your seat at Selhurst Park to look up and see Marouane Fellaini and Ashley Young being thrown on in a frantic attempt to try and score a goal away to little old Palace.

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Talking of fans that are stuck in the past, we travel to Liverpool this weekend, who must be sick of the sight of us by now.

They say bad luck comes in threes, so after ‘Crystanbul’ and then ruining Steven Gerrard’s leaving party, it seems only fair that we spoil Jurgen Klopp’s honeymoon period before it’s even begun.

When Luis Suarez was scoring for fun for them, I was convinced that I hated him.

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Since he’s left, I’ve realised I actually really, really like him and all along it was just Liverpool that I hated.

I’ll be honest, I used to have a little bit of a soft spot for them, mainly because I loved Michael Owen.

One of the first football matches I ever watched on TV was when England beat Germany 5-1 and Owen scored that hat-trick.

I didn’t know much about football so I decided I was a Liverpool fan based entirely on this one match.

My dad tried to reason with me.

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“No Harry, we support Palace,” he pleaded in desperation.

“No I don’t, Liverpool till I die!” I screamed back, before storming out of the house to buy a season ticket on The Kop and get “You’ll Never Walk Alone” tattooed on my forehead.

My childish rebellion didn’t last long as I soon got over Michael Owen and fell in love with Andy Johnson.

My younger brother went through a near-identical phase a few years ago, substituting Owen for Gerrard, so it seems to be a rite of passage in my family before we can truly call ourselves Palace fans.

We’ve both seen sense and grown up now and hopefully we’ll both be celebrating Palace winning at Anfield again come Sunday evening.

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