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[Albion] Palace Fans Biggest Fear
- Thread starter Tim Over Whelmed
- Start date
Sadly not this year considering the bottom 8 inc. Palace are so poor. Between them in their last five games they have only managed 3 wins and 8 draws. That's P40 W3 D8 L29= 17 points. There's no way any of those below Palace will suddenly go on a good run let alone three or four of them
- Apr 5, 2014
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The league should be a bit stronger next year if Leicester, Leeds and Southampton come up. Actually, it'll be the same as the season before this. But I think Palace will end up in their eternal 11th-14th again. (8 out of 10 seasons- the others being 10th & 15th)
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super-seagulls
Soup! Why didn’t I get any Soup?
Erm….?
The league does seem really split this season, The top 3 are way ahead, the bottom 2 way adrift, and then two sets of middling teams who have not a lot to play for. Its clear you have not had as good a season as last, and yet you are still in 8th, while as said we will probably finish 13th +- 2. The proposed change to spend being related to revenue will just keep the big getting bigger and the small getting smaller. We will definitely fall into the smaller bucket, but do you think you will continue to progress, or will the change impact you? I guess all the time you are able to pull Chelsea's pants down and get over the odds for average players, you will get bigger
- Apr 5, 2014
- 25,902
Rationally speaking, I'm not sure it will get better for clubs outside the bigger spenders. Maybe the occasional incursion. Brighton have been the best of the rest for a couple of years (depends if we include Aston Villa in the rest or not). But as it stands best of the rest doth butter no parsnips. We have to be performing exceptionally on and off to pitch to hold that position and I'm not convinced that will always happen. When clubs get to the Premier League there is a ceiling whether we kid ourselves or not. There is just too much to get right. Not least the constant turnover of players who go to big money that cannot be matched.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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I guess it depends on what you/we consider continuing to progress. No club of our size is going to be able to consistently challenge the top 6 let alone the top four or for the title so with that in mind there's clearly a limit to upward league position progression and I think we're pretty much at it.
What we can do is progress the club to a point where we're a solid mid table team who can expect to be sniffing round the fringes of the top 6 fairly regularly(one season in 3 maybe with the other seasons being 9th-13th or something similar). But even that is a pretty tough ask long term.
In terms of the new rules affecting us I don't think they will that much, at least not our current set up. We're already punching above our weight so it's not like it'll suddenly force us to readjust downwards and the 'model' is pretty sustainable so long as we don't bollocks up the various parts.
So there's a glimmer of hope for you...
Would any Palace fan care to explain why their club has voted down the EFL tv money deal, when their club has been in administration twice before?
On the surface, it’s pretty shameful in the same week as Torquay and Reading are in real danger of going out of business. They are always pretty swift claiming the moral high ground, I’m curious if they are also as quick to justify their vote.
On the surface, it’s pretty shameful in the same week as Torquay and Reading are in real danger of going out of business. They are always pretty swift claiming the moral high ground, I’m curious if they are also as quick to justify their vote.
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Palace were one of them, Brighton wasn't.
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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I just watched most of their game against a hapless Forest who couldn’t cross past the first man all game. I thought this new fella was meant to be expansive? It was exactly like Roy dinosaur ball again. Everyone behind the ball and time waste and play for set pieces. They’re so lucky there are points deductions and 2 terrible sides in the league this year again. Turgid.
It feels like the 4-1 thrashing has dented all their confidence - especially the fans who were silent.
It feels like the 4-1 thrashing has dented all their confidence - especially the fans who were silent.
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Silent Palace fans - Nooooooooooo! it cant be
Listened on the radio,(5live) while driving to see family,
The commentator said, just after the Palace goal that they were already practicing‘game management’ I.e. time wasting.
Palace scored on the 11th minute.
This new manager laddy seems like a clone of Hodgson.
The commentator said, just after the Palace goal that they were already practicing‘game management’ I.e. time wasting.
Palace scored on the 11th minute.
This new manager laddy seems like a clone of Hodgson.
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
- 29,319
Yep they certainly were time wasting from the 12th minute. Only consolation was Forest being one of the worst at the Amex last season - a ground and club that agree with playing football purely.
I really expected Palace to be running rings around Forest....they've just had a THREE WEEK break, with relatively few international call ups....Almost as good as a pre-season. Perfect for the new guy to get his methods across. Oh well...
Seagull58
In the Algarve
Meet the new guy, same as the old guy.
VAL1850
Well-known member
Yeah
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
About as much impact as that punch you took outside the Amex