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The argument is over the balance of goals conceded from open play and those from set pieces. With us, it is too heavily toward the latter and hence the highest number of those type of goals in the PL. You survive/prosper by small margins at this level and small mistakes are punished heavily by...

The stats don't lie. We concede far more goals from set pieces than any other side. Every side in the PL is trying to whip quick balls in. They all know that they are difficult to defend. So defenders are constantly under pressure to find ways to keep the opposition out. We all know we have been...

Clearly the one big flaw in Dunk's very good game at the moment. Sadly, the same goes for Duffy as well. They are two big guys and are good headers of the ball and should be sticking like glue to the good headers in the opposition. But over and over again, this season, they keep losing their men...

By save percentage ( saves per goals conceded ) 1) De Gea....................81.2% 2) Pope........................79.4% 3) Fabianski.................70.6% 4) RYAN.......................70.1% 5) Lloris........................69.7% 6) Ederson...................69.7% 7)...

Same here. He was always on my bucket list and eventually about 10-12 years ago, I got to see him. The theatre was packed and the show started at 7.30pm. The first interval was at 9.45pm ( ish ) and there was a second short break about 11.20pm. He finished about an hour later ( i.e about 12.20am...

Inside the ground, an embarrassment. Had a pillar completely blocking view of far goal. Had no idea what was happening with crosses, shots or the numerous corners that Everton got. Worst viewing for years. Narrow, cramped, uncomfortable wooden seating. Small, overcrowded concourse. Appallingly...

If you think these recent posts are only prompted by Knocky's petulance yesterday , then you are way off the mark.

Yes, no problem.....just read the last sentence.

I assume you are the Mel Blyth of Palace and Saints fame ? ( for us slightly older ones )

Same here. My Father was always amused by Wally's habit of spitting, sometimes when he was in full flight. He used to joke about not standing ' down-wind ' of Wally or too close to the touchline. Early memories of a good player. R.I.P.

Those that expected him to light up the PL, were, I'm afraid, wearing rose-tinted Championship spectacles. We all indulged his foibles, his tantrums, his slight eccentricity in the 2nd tier because of his potential to win games at that level but we needed to examine more closely whether his...

Oh I was involved in it alright, every ugly inch of the way. From those mid 70's days in the 3rd Div. Mullery, Venables, Horton, Ward, Cannon, Harkouk, Stamford Bridge, Ron Challis. From the seeds of antagonism to full blown hatred. Been there, got the tee-shirt. Chased, attacked, punched...

Oh but to dream. I would die a happy man if the natural order was restored and we could go back to the 70 years of rivalry between Palace and Millwall and our little spat could be consigned to the dustbin of history, where it belongs.

My son is a STH and has been to 11 out of 14 away games this season and is still short of the points required on Day 1.

I don't know about Pele but it was part of Max Boyce's routine about 40 years ago. " Small boy listening to the crowd outside Cardiff Arms Park, as Wales took on England, turns to a steward and asks what happening. The steward says...oh, its a disaster, fourteen Welsh players have gone off...

No one outside South London and the South Coast gets the rivalry, it just doesn't register anywhere else. Secondly, we are two smallish clubs in PL terms, with little widespread interest. No different from considering Huddersfield v Stoke or Swansea v Bmuff or Burnley v Saints. You just don't...

Once was enough for me, years ago. Now take extra, extra care zipping up.

If you offered me a draw now, I would bite your hand off for it. We all know that if they are in the mood and fancy it, they can blow us away. Just too much class. However. just lately..........

Sums up general disenchantment with kick off time , location and pricing.

There were a lot of parallels between the two clubs up to about 20 yrs ago. Both spent the immediate post war years in Div 3 South and like a lot of clubs, found it almost impossible to get promoted ( only 1 club went up ) Then we both had spells in the basement between longer spells in the 3rd...