September 14 2002

Trevor Francis

Trevor Francis was happy with Palace's 4-2 win at home to Wolves, but felt the Eagles still wasted too many chances.

Palace allowed Wolves to twice pull goals back and it could have been a repeat of the Portsmouth game where Palace threw away leads.

Francis said: "I have been satisfied in the way we've been playing but our superiority has not been reflected in our results.

"Although we won convincingly I'm still concerned with the number of chances we missed. But I am not going to dwell on that now because we got a well-deserved victory.

"One particular miss was by Danny Butterfield when we were one nil up and that would have given us a perfect 2-0 advantage. Thankfully in the end we scored at the right time."

Wayne Routledge had another terrific game, making his full league debut and scored after just 45 seconds with a great finish.

Francis said: "He is a lad who has natural talent and I have been impressed with him since I arrived. I included him in the first team pre-season matches and I think he benefitted from that.

"Wayne is dangerous in possession and can play in various positions, so he gives us plenty of options."