It would be great to have won 3 - 0 and played more offensively, but sometimes you have to dig deep and defend heroically to come away with 3 precious points ... I may be wearing blue and white tinted spectacles, but who gives a ****, we’re 7 points above Palace ! :-)
I have very fond memories of going mental to a chorus of ‘Doot, doot, doot, doot ... Maty Ryan’ after his penalty heroics away at Stoke last season, and can’t get used to the newer (?) version :)
I’m not sure if he genuinely is a lazy player, or if it just appears that way as he is confused by our tactics, e.g. When should he press, when to drop, when to track back, etc. I’ve seen him a number of times and he always seems hesitant and ponderous, as if he didn’t really understand what he...
Selling Peter Ward to Forest (1980).
Not being able to see Maradona grace the Goldstone pitch in the ECWC (1983).
Mick Ferguson named as striker when we didn’t turn up vs Stains in FA Cup quarter final (1986).
Warnock’s anti-football win at Wembley (1991).
Zaha beating us in the play-off semi...
I’ve gone for 8, but hoping we can grab a few extra bonus points on our travels :)
West Ham, (H) - 3
Newcastle, (A) - 0
Wolves, (H) - 1
Everton, (A) - 0
Cardiff (A), - 1
Leicester, (H) - 3