Andros Townsend has been here before. The Palace winger bears the scars of 2016 with Newcastle United, which ended with the Geordies plunging through the trap door.
He knows that relegation does not discriminate and that nobody is immune, regardless of ability. He knows the importance of not getting carried away on days like Saturday, where the classy, powerful performance Palace delivered at snowy Huddersfield made you scratch your head at why they are in the thick of a desperate fight to escape the drop.
Townsend is an intelligent footballer. He is always worth listening to and, following a dominant 2-0 victory against their fellow strugglers which lifted Palace out of the bottom three, he spoke with impressive good sense.