I'll be honest...

[grummitts gloves]

Having read all 4 pages, it is clear to see many of the contributors to this thread really do need to "Man UP" and get a grip!!! keep the faith FFS!! we will win this play off semi final, just stay confident and positive and everything will be just fine!

Now just GET A GRIP!!!!

Yeah but we're Brighton and we don't generally do optimism, even though I keep going through our 1st team options and think we have so many more quality players than they do. Wish it was Friday night, about 10pm, so I know what we've got to do in the home leg. Either way, C'MON THE ALBION!!!!!

 

[grummitts gloves]

here's how it will go tomorrow -

Palace will throw everything at us in the opening 20 minutes - there will be a couple of scares and the ball will be bouncing around the Albion goalmouth like a hot potato. Eventually we will weather the storm and the game will calm down with the Albion frustrating Palace by playing our possession stuff.

Then just on the half hour mark Orlandi will let a worldie go from 30 yards that screams into the top corner with the fat Argy rooted to the spot. A stunned silence around the ground and pandemonium in the Albion Arthur Wait. Palace are rocked by the goal and Albion take complete charge and on the stroke of half time Ulloa pounces on a loose ball to put us 2-0 up.

Relaxed drink at half time and the second half sees Palace resort to kicking tactics. Ten minutes in and Jeditwat elbows Ulloa and gets a straight red. Within 5 mins of him leaving the pitch another piece of tippy tappy magic sees the Eagles wide open again and Buckley taps in number three. The stands start to empty and in the dying seconds a manic Zaha chases back and upends sub LuaLua in the box and Spanish Dave sends the fat Argy the wrong way to make it 0-4.

Monday evening a stroll in the park with the Albion taking the piss and ease it 2-0 on the night.

"Now relax , wake up you're back in the room"

I'll have a drop of that

 

[janee]

I've gone past confidence and shitting it and entered an almost zen like state of calm with the belief that fate is at work here and regardless of my emotional state what will be, will be. I suspect this period of calm will shatter into a million pieces at precisely 7.45pm tomorrow evening, at that point I will revert to a gibbering slack boweled mentalist frothing at mouth and shouting incoherently at my television. I may be in Millview by Monday.

This

 

[smeariestbat]

I'm still struggling to come to terms with, that after an entire season of 46 games, we have to play Palace in the play offs.

When you think of the clubs history over the years, if this goes well, Hollywood blockbuster!

 

[S'hampton Seagull]

I can get past the thought we will commit a heinous error and **** it up, like last time at Selhurst

 

[BUTTERBALL]

After watching these 2 teams tonight, I am more confident than ever. Bring it on!!

 

[Bigtomfu]

I'm very worried that there are injuries we don't know about.....
Koosh
Bridge

In particular

Getting nervous

Me too. Especially given Gus's penchant for keeping teams guessing and then neither player materialises for the game.

Casper v Murray and Painter v Zaha/Bolasie.


BROWN TROUSERS TIME.

 

[oldalbiongirl]

whats to worry about? - its our time. We waited so long for the ground. We got it, we established ourselves and now its time. Believe it. The palace fixture is written just for us, with the home leg being last to show even more why its us who need to be going up out of the division, with our full house and great stadium.

 

[JBizzleBeard]

Holy google...

 

[Jbanged]

Just got in from having a few drinks with another xpat. He is a palace fan. Normally he is full of it, when I asked him tonight what he thought the result tomorrow would be.... "I haven't actually seen them (palace) play much this season so I can't say" he is bricking it. Told him to wear his shirt tomorrow, I'm going to savour this moment!

 

[Comedy Steve]

Had a chat with uber-Palace fan Kevin Day this evening. We both agreed it's 50/50, but he reckons the pressure is off Palace as we're in the better form. It's strange but that almost sounds like an advantage to them. Nervy times.

 

[Sussex on Leith]

Had a chat with uber-Palace fan Kevin Day this evening. We both agreed it's 50/50, but he reckons the pressure is off Palace as we're in the better form. It's strange but that almost sounds like an advantage to them. Nervy times.

I'm sure it's been discussed plenty in the past, but so many excellent comedians are Palace. As well as Kevin Day, there's Eddie Izzard, Mark Steel, Jo Brand, Sean Hughes...er...Ronnie Corbett. And lots of other folk that I admire lots (Mark Butcher off of the cricket, JimBob off of Carter USM). My twitter feed is full of people I like hoping that we get humped tomorrow.

So I'm hoping for two things:

1) My Twitter feed tomorrow night, and again on Monday night, is full of lots of my favourite Twitter people sounding thoroughly depressed;
2) I don't end up being blocked by lots of my favourite Twitter people for the gleeful messages I send their way on Monday night/Tuesday morning.

At the moment I'm quietly, fractionally confident. I know the play-offs are meant to be a lottery, and I know it's Palace; but man for man, and manager for manager, we're much better than they are. I wanted to get them in the semis because all the other candidates were better than they are, and despite the fact I'm absolutely cacking it, I still think that's true.

Another whisky I think. UTA!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Kevin Day is a comedian

 

[Deleted member 18477]

Put £500 on a Palace win tomorrow night. That'll calm you down.

20 notes on palace to win. Wish i could afford to lose 500 quid!

If that scummy team are going to win they're paying for my beer!

If brighton draw or win then ive paid 20 quid for a right result. Wont mind that one bit!

 

[WhingForPresident]

I feel so so so sick

 

[hitony]

Kevin Day is a comedian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Day

But I take your point.

 

[hitony]

I feel so so so sick

Don't be, it will be fine, we will draw away and win at home......Job done

 

[Barrow Boy]

Sounds like some of you need to calm down and take inspiration from the wise words of Mr Chopper Reid!

NSFW

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

...I'm absolutely shitting myself now.

I feel so so so sick

Both of these to a degree; I can't sleep either but am putting all three down to yesterday's chemo. Why do I always seem to be dosed on the day of, or before, a Palace game?
Seriously though, if I didn't this crap circulating inside me I'd be in a worse state worrying about tonight, like most on here.
Hopefully, the weekend supply of Ondansetron and Loperamide (Imodium) etc should definitely see me fit for a celebratory visit to the Roost on Monday evening.

 

[The Wookiee]

I will be more nervous on Monday