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I hate to be a pedant, but we didn't score against Palace, they scored all four goals. But otherwise I agree...it's not lack of scoring that's usually the problem so much as letting the other team score too.

It's incredible how, like Trump, he's created this false story about himself and so many fall for it. I've got a mate who I've known for 30 years, has a well-paid job and a reasonable level of influence in a big UK company. He was an early adopter of Tesla here having wanted one from whenever...

Leicester was a weirdly tense and joyless experience for me regardless of the score, all down to the lottery of who your seat puts you near. Didn’t see bundling but had aggressively twattish groups nearby in front and behind behaving in the kind of way that puts everyone around them on edge. The...

Ted and Ralph were amazing characters. Paul Whitehouse does poignancy incredibly well. These two scenes particularly: Also Rowley Birkin

I suspect it's been recognised via the complex stats model that a bit like how if ravens leave the Tower of London it'll collapse, the absence of a Pascal in our squad in recent weeks has led to a downturn in performance. This looks like a timely, and good, solution.

Granted not everyone will have the mobility or opportunity but I walk in and back from Lewes and think if you have the time and fitness it's so worth it to avoid the transport issues. Along the dual carriageway it takes 1h30 max, over the hills (much more pleasant) adds an hour. I've wondered in...

Resolving it also extends beyond the players - I remember the psychologist for the England team saying that one of the best things Southgate did before the World Cup in Russia was set an attitude and language and 'style' for every aspect of the England set-up so it was congruent and consistent...

I don't know about squad harmony, though something I've noticed is that in the summer when the club showed a snippet of Hurzeler's team session he was telling the players how they need to be applauding every good move, recognise the effort of each other and generally telling each other they're...

I was about 7 and asked why the local shop was selling “stocking fillers” and was told. Mini-Exile is nearly 17 and we’ve never told her…we say it’s up to her if she believes or not but he might not come if she doubts (cue much eye-rolling and derision, though she loves keeping the excitement...

It was perhaps an illusion but Palace playing fast one touch passing seemed to emphasise that we don’t, but slow it down and take another touch or two. But when we do move fast - Pedro’s flick for Mitoma in the first half - we look much more dangerous.

I heard a rumour they’ve been delayed because the application form for an Arts Council grant to support their performance choreography is taking longer to complete than anticipated. Mrs Williams, their tutor in class 9B, has offered to help tomorrow though.

When the club was founded 14 years ago they managed to keep a lot of the fans of the previous club with the same name

I think it’s great that you did it and imagine the response was because many people aren’t great at receiving feedback and conflate polite honesty with rudeness rather than kindness. Businesses can fail if everyone is too “nice” to share when something isn’t right but just stop going there...

I don't think it's helpful for a player or for a team culture - though I think it's good when a player comes out and says that they weren't good enough (as I believe Dunk has, and Webster). Mourinho is often great at distracting attention away from poor player performances and that must build a...

This was in IKEA a couple of years ago and I had to take a photo just to convince myself it was real.

I'm not sure I've missed 2 consecutive games in any season the past few years and generally that means any lows have a high relatively soon after, but this is the last one I'll see this season before Ipswich on Jan 16th so I'd be desperate for a win whether it was Palace or not, but especially...

This is a fascinating thread. In the military sense I had a great uncle who I remember meeting once when I was very young - he was already in the army at the outbreak of WW1 despite only being 16, was in the BEF that fought at Mons and survived the war taking ammo to the front by horseback for...

Based on their exodus last time very few of their own fans would see them come back either.

Reading the Amateur Drinking thread, and with the Bell cheeses at Work thread being a favourite of mine, just wondered if there's some unholy Venn diagram crossover opportunity for tales of the worst/most cringesome/most outrageous work Christmas parties. My contribution: there was a place...

Because sometimes life changes after getting a ticket, and even if we could sell the ticket on (which we can’t) or return it (which we can’t) what we personally get from the game we do see outweighs the disappointment of missing the end. You’d rather leave an empty seat for 90 minutes than give...