As a Palace fan...

[spanish flair]

Ah good old Ollie , he got us there so I'd never knock him .

Now there's me and Paddy McCarthy thinking it was the Palace coach driver sh*tting all over the dressing room floor that really got you there.

 

[Barham's tash]

Do football fans only experience heart ache when in the Premier League then?

And don't forget only since 92/93 as well!

To answer the OP's original question I would have to say that in my personal opinion this squad has a much better blend of youthful exuberance, experienced pros and the right smattering of skill with it seems pace in abundance to really push on and take us there.

Add to this that there seems to be no hangover for the players who played last year and who to a man have all upped their games considerably in such a short space of time then I really think CH has worked wonders.

I consider this the best chance to make it in my life time. I really do think that.

 

[Triggaaar]

I consider this the best chance to make it in my life time. I really do think that.

We had a better chance just prior to the second leg of the semi final against Palace.

 

[Leyton Gull]

We had a better chance just prior to the second leg of the semi final against Palace.

Maybe Barnham is an extremely young child prodigy.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

We had a better chance just prior to the second leg of the semi final against Palace.

True - as we were 'almost there'... to paraphrase Obi Wan Kenob, this time 'Let's just say I'd like to avoid any play-off entanglements. '

 

[Justice]

We had a better chance just prior to the second leg of the semi final against Palace.

Watford would of done us anyway.

 

[Leyton Gull]

Watford would of done us anyway.

They probably would have done if we'd played like we did against Palace but then we would not have played like we did against Palace otherwise we would not have got to the final which we didn't anyway.

 

[SweatyMexican]

Watford would of done us anyway.

You say that, but they had a shocking play off final. We thought they'd smash Palace. If they played like that, we might have nicked it.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Watford would of done us anyway.

Didn't we beat Watford away that season?

 

[Triggaaar]

Watford would of done us anyway.

We'll never know, but from that position (2 games to go) we had a better chance off going up than we currently do this season.

 

[Justice]

You say that, but they had a shocking play off final. We thought they'd smash Palace. If they played like that, we might have nicked it.

To be fair your right It just annoys me that some think all we had to do was beat Palace which we should of if Poyet had some balls.

 

[Barham's tash]

We had a better chance just prior to the second leg of the semi final against Palace.

I don't know if its hindsight or because it was them up the road but I'm convinced that something didn't smell right that evening. Also pretty certain that Watford would have put us to the sword as they did in the league.

Maybe Barham's Tash is an extremely young child prodigy.

Lol.

 

[Triggaaar]

pretty certain that Watford would have put us to the sword as they did in the league.

I'm fairly sure that wouldn't have happened. We could have lost, we could have won, but we wouldn't have got a repeat of the league game, where we left our half empty for their pace attack to exploit.

 

[mona]

I don't know if its hindsight or because it was them up the road but I'm convinced that something didn't smell right that evening. Also pretty certain that Watford would have put us to the sword as they did in the league.



Lol.

Big difference against Watford would have been that Upson had replaced El Abd who Vydra had taken apart. But this is all hypothetical and things weren't right at the club as you suggest.