Took almost 3 minutes to confirm Giroud's goal last night. Three minutes. You couldn't do that with a crowd in could you? Well you could, but the abuse the Refs would get would be massive.
Like many on here, I'd been SO looking forward to this. Had to get through the weekend with no meaningful football and then, finally, we get to see the Albion. And then what happened, happened
There's a comment from a Palace fan in one of the papers today which says "Thrashed them 2-1...
Every time I think "that's not a penalty", it's given, with the commentariat meekly agreeing. What happened to the crackdown on diving?
This will be a non-contact sport in 5 years. Is that really what people want?