As the end of their thrashing at Arsenal approached, Crystal Palace fans unfurled a large banner which made clear their frustrations with the club's current predicament.
It read: "Wasted potential. On and off the pitch, weak decisions. Taking us backwards."
A defeat for a side in the bottom half of the table at title-chasing Arsenal is not, in isolation, a poor result.
But for the Eagles' supporters it was the latest in a bad run of form that has them sliding closer towards relegation trouble - they are 14th, five points above the drop but 18th-place Luton have a game in hand.