You're heavy favourites this time around though, our form, your form, 2nd leg at Amex etc. Be interesting to see how you handle it.
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Ian holloway
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You're heavy favourites this time around though, our form, your form, 2nd leg at Amex etc. Be interesting to see how you handle it.
Form means absolutely zilch. Your manager has made the final at this level twice in the last 3 years.
dejavuatbtn
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Once their players forgot how Freedman operated, and Holloway got his methods established, Palace went downhill at a great rate. Holloway is overrated and talks a lot of b******s. I just don't think he has a clue how to utilise the players at his disposal.
Horses Arse
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More interesting to see how the officials handle the pressure and diving from certain characters. Don't want a false result like the previous one at Selhurst.
Interesting
INTERESTING
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Try nerve jangling, pant wettingly, brain fryingly, scaremongus.
Anyone writing you off is full of bravado or a moron.
Dougie
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He hasn't got a clue , rumour has it he has lost the players and the plot .
You're favourites for the game on Friday, so let's see how your team handles that.
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Bevendean Hillbilly
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Rumours are wrong. They are going into this with a huge reprieve after a spectacular end of season collapse. If they are still in the playoffs after the dross they've played recently...they have to think the Gods are smiling on them.
That's very flattering. I'm doubt we'd hold on to Gus as long as Swansea held on to Rogers, and I'd anticipate struggling.
Take Ulloa out of our side and all we're left with is the team than beat Blackpool 6-1 the other week.
BensGrandad
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Obviously hoping we can at least get a draw at Palace but as has been said 1 bit of magic from any one player could change the picture completely. Any player is capable of that piece of magic or they wouldn't be playing in the Championship play off semis.
Not really. He was the one positing their improvement and chances based on ONE positive(ish) palace game out of ten, whereas he then chose ONE negative(ish) BHA game out of our TEN game unbeaten run to do down our chances.
EDS
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I truly hand on heart believe that if he gets the chance(doubtful with the Ferguson news) and is helped a bit more by the coaches(not skill wise but decision making) then I truly believe he could be a top top player. The only other player I have felt that about was Ian Wright and he never turned out to bad did he. I used to play football with SWP and he was not even one of the best players, but he had the right connections.
EDS
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Is the right answer in my opinion
EDS
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Mellotron is one of the people so blinded by hatred for us that his brain becomes all fried and he talks turd
HastingsSeagull
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hope he stays there long enough next season to take them down
I will need a bath after typing this, but...
I agree - Zaha has the potential to be a great player, but it's entirely dependent on his development from here. He currently dribbles too much (from what I've seen) and would be more effective if he got his head up and looked for a pass more often than not.
Will he be humble enough to accept that he needs to adapt and can't just try and do everything himself? He can get away with that at Championship level with Palace, but no chance at Utd. He'll also need to cut down on the diving - super slow-mo replays in HD will soon catch him out, with the press & away fans getting on his back...
It's all about his mindset - big time Charlie, or decent pro...?
The Wizard
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Spot on. Nowadays so many young players, especially English ones, have a bundle of talent but no brains at all or willingness to change. I don't know enough about Zaha in order to judge hs character but time will tell whether he can acomplish his potential. I'm much more worried about Bolasie than I am Zaha for the two games against us, know nothing of their current form but Bolasie has performed better against us in the past and I actually think he's a better player than Zaha.
The two games will be interesting to say the least- whoever wins will have bragging rights for quite a while, and it will be hell for whoever loses but hey ho that's football as Gus would say. What will be will be. We can't control the outcome, we can do our bit to support them but ultimately its on the Manager and players shoulders to put out the right team and perform on the day.
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northstandsteve
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Zaha was quite good at the AMEX this season in the first half, but once Bridcutt got in his face he disappeared. I expect the Albion to do the same again tomorrow night. The boy has talent and decent crosses could mean chances for FFS, however we have Upson and he has made a huge difference. If Palace start at pace, could have problems, as we haven't started well on occasions. I expect palace to have chances, its how we cope. One thing i am happy about is our form (all players) doing well, and good choices on the bench. Bolaise scared the shit out of me in December but now, not so sure. Williams is very good and Garvan could make a difference. I think we can get at the palace back four and Speroni is good but has made mistakes this season..Bring it on