Tony Pulis is looking like a man with the Midas touch after steering struggling Crystal Palace to their second consecutive victory on Saturday, 2-0 over fellow promoted side Cardiff City.
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Palace were short of Premier League points and seemingly bereft of quality when Pulis took over from Ian Holloway last month but suddenly they appear like a team heading in the right direction.
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Cameron Jerome opened the scoring in the sixth minute against fifth from bottom Cardiff and forward partner Marouane Chamakh made sure of the points in the 57th with his second strike in five days.
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"It's going be a massive task for us (to avoid relegation) ... because this is such a relentless league," Pulis told reporters.
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"We needed to get points this week. It was very important because we have some very tough away games coming up so we needed to be with the pack and that's where we are."
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Pulis has a proud 21-year record of never having been relegated as a manager and Palace are now third from bottom, on the same total of 13 points as West Ham United but with an inferior goal difference to their London rivals.
Every Crystal Palace player played fantastic football today and that is good for the club.
Very good one.