Crystal Palace boss Peter Taylor says he is bored of reports linking him with the sack after another disappointing 1-0 defeat away at Plymouth Argyle.

Peter Halmosi's 50th minute strike was enough to seal Ian Holloway's men first home league victory of the season and condemn Palace to defeat on the south-west coast last night.

Taylor position as Palace chief has been the subject of intense speculation in recent weeks after his side's dismal start to the Championship season.

Former Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock is rumoured to be in line to take the Palace job - but Simon Jordan has stuck by Taylor despite the indifferent form.

And Taylor has hit back at claims that Tuesday's 1-0 defeat to the Pilgrims has heaped more pressure on him.

He said: "I don't feel under pressure at all.

"The players have been superb lately and I've got to say that some of things about how much pressure I'm under is starting to get a bit boring to read.

"To be fair to the chairman he has been very supportive and he has been pleased with the players' commitment.

He added: "I'm sure he is very disappointed to lose the game, like any other chairman would be, but that doesn't mean all of a sudden he is going to sack the manager." Immediately after the final whistle Taylor stormed onto the pitch to confront referee Rob Shoebridge and his assistants.

And the Palace chief admits he was far from impressed with the men in the middle.

"I was very disappointed with the officials, said Taylor.

"Paul Dickov has been absolutely smashed to bits in one incident and didn't even get a foul.

He added: "My main complaint is with the assistant referees because they are closer to the crowd and they give more decisions to the home team."

After a very slow start to a dour game it was the home side that created the first clear cut opportunity of the game on 32 minutes when Nick Chadwick's goalbound header from Barry Hayles' cross was tipped onto the bar and over for a corner by Julian Speroni.

Palace had a great chance to open the scoring on 36 minutes when Danny Butterfield's cross found Besian Idrizaj unmarked in the box - but the Liverpool loanee mistimed his free header from 10 yards.

Chadwick missed another great chance two minutes before the break after combining with Hayles again - but his 12 yard drive was well saved by Speroni.

Taylor introduced out of favour Clinton Morrison at half time in a bid to add some much needed attacking impetus - but it was the home side who struck the killer blow five minutes into the second period.

Palace somehow failed to clear a routine cross by Hayles which left Halmosi to strike home a sweet half-volley from 12 yards past Speroni and the despairing Tony Craig who got the final touch before the ball crossed the line.

Not even the introduction of Ben Watson, who was dropped from the starting line-up after playing three games in 11 days, could stir Palace into some sort of fightback as they left Home Park pointless.