After his side picked up their second win this week with a comfortable 2-0 victory at home to Cardiff City, new Crystal Palace manager, Tony Pulis, has spoken of the importance of their two consecutive home victories:
"They were important games... It's alway difficult for promoted teams to stay up, because the league is so relentless. But we needed the points this week. It was a very important week for us because we have a few difficult away games coming up."
"At this point, it was vital to be with the pack and that is where we are now. Hopefully when the transfer window opens we can bring in one or two players which will push us on further, and help us to get a good run going to give ourselves a chance of staying up."
Both Marouane Chamakh and Cameron Jerome were singled out as the stand out players today by Tony Pulis, who described there performances as "wonderful":
"Those two [Jerome and Chamakh] have been brilliant. They have been examples to the rest of the team because of the way they work. Chamakh was wonderful today... if Jerome does what he is good at, he is a threat to anybody."
"Arsenal would not buy a player if they didn't have any quality. Chamakh has quality, it is just about getting it out of him."
