Plus and minuses from yesterday

[Giraffe]

... and EVERYONE in the North Stand stood throughout the whole game, not just the people towards the back. There were no problems and, as far as I know, no complaints.

Indeed this. And yet Barber still had a bizarre old rant in the programme. What an old woman.

 

[MICK PATCHAM]

We won , thats quite positive.

 

[Norman Potting]

Pluses: We beat Palace 3-0.
Minuses: ...

...I didn't go

 

[Giraffe]

I'd like to know what Kuszczak did after we scored the third goal, can't help thinking perhaps he had a cheeky celebration in front of the Palace fans, as when I looked across, you could see a few small objects were being lobbed at him. He was also making the linesman and stewards aware of stuff being chucked. Presumably coins, but I did see something white land in the box too.

Er this maybe?

[Albion] PIG celebrating goal.

 

[MICK PATCHAM]

Indeed this. And yet Barber still had a bizarre old rant in the programme. What an old woman.

Agreed. That barber rant was pathetic .....what a wetwipe

 

[5mins-from-amex]

Well i cant think of a single element from yesterday that could possible be taken as a negative!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I've just spotted there is an entire thread devoted to TK and his fun with the away fans. I missed that, sorry. It's been a long and emotional weekend

 

[ditchy]

I'd like to know what Kuszczak did after we scored the third goal, can't help thinking perhaps he had a cheeky celebration in front of the Palace fans, as when I looked across, you could see a few small objects were being lobbed at him. He was also making the linesman and stewards aware of stuff being chucked. Presumably coins, but I did see something white land in the box too.

He really wound up the Palace by cheering at them and putting 3 fingers up and basically whooping with delight . was a great sight to see

 

[5mins-from-amex]

He really wound up the Palace by cheering at them and putting 3 fingers up and basically whooping with delight . was a great sight to see

What a legend! plan to see that he understands what this fixture means to the fans.

 

[seagullwedgee]

So, let me get this straight Edna, you looked down at the box and you think you saw something white landing in it....

Was this during the game, or was it part of the post-match horizontal celebrations you may have engaged in..............

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

So, let me get this straight Edna, you looked down at the box and you think you saw something white landing in it....

Was this during the game, or was it part of the post-match horizontal celebrations you may have engaged in..............

Something going down in the box, and it's white, I presume you have removed Zaha from your investigations then Edna?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

So, let me get this straight Edna, you looked down at the box and you think you saw something white landing in it....

Was this during the game, or was it part of the post-match horizontal celebrations you may have engaged in..............

 

[Lethargic]

So, let me get this straight Edna, you looked down at the box and you think you saw something white landing in it....

Was this during the game, or was it part of the post-match horizontal celebrations you may have engaged in..............

Well it certainly wasn't the ball that did get anywhere near him.

 

[SeagullSongs]

Pluses: We beat Palace 3-0.
Minuses: ...

Er, THIS!

But a few more pluses.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Another small highlight was that we were able to reclaim that 60's classic "Glad All Over!" and it was sung heartilly in the Battle.

Always like that song but, as a Palace anthum, have often switched it off whenever it's come on the radio.

 

[Lower West Stander]

Indeed this. And yet Barber still had a bizarre old rant in the programme. What an old woman.

This was my main negative. Rightly or wrongly Barber has a habit of coming across in an incredibly pompous way. He needs to remember he's talking to passionate fans - not customers or employees.

As HT said earlier on this thread this 4 row standing thing has caused problems and Barber needs to accept responsibility for that on behalf of the club rather than taking a holier than approach.

 

[Kumquat]

To be fair to the stewards in the North there was no attempt to make us sit down. They must have been instructed or just knew that it was Palace and therefore it is our right and privilege to sing our hearts out and get behind the team.

Yep. They were conspicuous by their absence. Was a bit bemused by Barber's column in the programme. I'm mostly with him on where he's coming from, but he does seem to want to pick a fight. I thought the tone of his article was completely wrong. The scenes in the North stand at half time at the Huddersfield game should, in my opinion, have invited a little bit of common sense reaction from the club. But instead we got this kind of "you don't understand the whole standing thing bullshit". If it's that important, why exactly did they let us do it against Palace?" yet against Huddersfield we're not allowed to. What annoyed me most was his argument that so many stewards are quitting after each game and that was somehow our fault. If I was a steward and one week I'm told to tell people to sit down and the next week, well leave it, it's a derby, i'd tell them to do one.I think the reason they are quitting has probably as much to do with how they treat them as we do.