Well done, Crystal Palace! Been a credit to the Championship this season

[DanielT]

You'd have nothing left to talk about. You're not allowed to talk about your financial status, you're not allowed to talk about your management, you're not allowed to talk about who pooped in the shower.
That just leaves little old old us.

I do hope they spend a decent chunk of the money on the away end.

 

[Red'n'Blue]

Palarse will end up bottom of the Premier League next season with no more than 15 pts, if that.

Then their truly placcy fans who are already, as we speak clammmering for tickets will all leave again and they will be down to 10-14k AGAIN !!!
Hollowank will be sacked by halfway through the season,
Coppel will take over AGAIN !!! and they will still be relegated.
Save my post and tell me at the end of the season if I was wrong !!

They had a lucky break !! I PERSONALLY wish those C***S absolutely no success whatsoever !!
What is it with some so called Albion fans coming on here and wishing them luck and oooh we were beaten by a better side etc etc etc !!
They got a lucky break on the day so what !!
I have had to bite my tongue with some of my pals on Facebook who ive been friends with all my life and be a man about it but really FFS some people on here are sickening.

F**K off to Shithurst Park next season and watch Palarse then as you obviously think more of them than you do Brighton.
I detest the wankers always have always will do.

Without trying to sound rude, I am starting to wonder if you are a little special.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I believe this season some Brighton Supporters have shown more hate for Palace than love for the Albion - and that suggests an inferiority complex.

Well done to Crystal Palace for gaining promotion. All things considered, I think it was well deserved. But ulitimately I am indifferent to their successes and failures. I care only about the Albion.

The atmosphere around me in the Playoff semi at the Amex was toxic and some were more concerned about Zaha making a fool of himself than Albion playing well and winning. This has to end if we are to play our part in taking club up to the top level. I honestly believe we could have beaten Leicester or Watford.

At least next season we can focus on US a little more now we don't have to play Palace - although I fear this may be a tougher season in general .....

Let's get behind OUR TEAM and who cares about the rest!

Quite right. I'm old enough to remember when Palace meant nothing to us. We had no rivals, albeit some older people mentioned Portsmouth, but like Palace they were in another league. I don't need a lecture about 'Boxing day', the trips to shitehole park in the 70s, Rachid Harkouk, Mullery's 'you're not worth that', having rocks thrown at me after a game etc . . . but its all nonsense really. I think some people have whipped up the hatred just because they enjoy a bit of Tabasco on their Saturday experience. Surely the meal is tasty enough when we in (any game)?

That said, a bit of baiting the oppos its fine if its fun whoever it is, and I am happy to reach for the Tabasco when we beat anyone, including Palace, but beating Hartlepool to get the goal difference advantage that kept us in the league, and beating Chesterfield in the brown card game means much more to me than any Palace memory. I got sucked into the frenzy when we went up there a few years ago, only to lose 0-5. Couldn't speak for 3 days. After that I decided to keep my glass half full, and remind myself that our results are the only ones that matter, and Palace are irrelevant.

I feel sorry for the people around me (like 'cunningplan' says) who lost the plot last season when Murray scored against us. And I feel embarrassed that half the fans walked out in our last game. The Dortmund supporters stayed and applauded their team after Bayern beat them last week. That was class. I don't think enough of our supporters have the same class. Palace haven't done anywhere near enough for me to truly hate them, and I could never imagine celebrating a victory against them the way I celebrated the defeat of the tories in the election at the end of the 1990s, where it was just as much about the other *******s losing as 'us' winning. A Brighton win is a win for me, and its a big win only when there is something important in it for us, not because there is something bad in it for another team. Not even Palace.

Mind you, I wouldn't complain if and when we relegate them one fine day not too far in the future . . . . but I'll just smile a lot - I won't be tweeting 'Eddie Izzard, Jo Brand, Simon Jordan, can you hear me (down there) Ron Noades, your boys took a hell of a beating' . . . . . ;-)

 

[Captain Haddock]

Lucky or not they showed real character in the playoffs, something that I feel is missing from our team. The next manager will have to get the players to instill a bit more backbone into our squad. We now know from experience that pretty football alone won't do it. A few tweaks and a team with belief should see us kick on. Gonna be exciting once this fiasco is sorted..I hope.

Agree with a lot of what Goldstone Rapper says, but I think the above quote best sums it up for me.

We have got a lot right and WHEN we do get promoted we'll do it in style (TB will retain our passing football philosophy) but its character and a bit more belief that we need - plus a few squad tweaks of course - to step on and make that bit of difference we need to clinch promotion....AND stay up afterwards.

 

[W.C.]

ffs, Palace were so average in the semis and final. Can we stop the 'they got it right' 'they wanted it more' bollocks. They played it tight, they made a few chances count. Apart from that, they were 'ok'.

 

[Glenn-Murray]

ffs, Palace were so average in the semis and final. Can we stop the 'they got it right' 'they wanted it more' bollocks. They played it tight, they made a few chances count. Apart from that, they were 'ok'.

Watford had three chances of any description in the game, two of which were in extra time. Palace should have been 3-0 up in normal time and if Murray was playing instead of Wilbraham, probably would have been. In terms of attacking threat, we were 'ok', but only because first Brighton then Watford were completely stifled and were unable to play football due to Holloway's tactics.

Say what you want about "Wurzel", he was spot on in the playoffs and Jedinak proved why he's the best defensive player in the division.

 

[*Gullsworth*]

You'd have nothing left to talk about. You're not allowed to talk about your financial status, you're not allowed to talk about your management, you're not allowed to talk about who pooped in the shower.
That just leaves little old old us.

And what will you talk about if it surfaces that one of your lot pooped in the shower numbnuts?

 

[Sweeney Todd]

And what will you talk about if it surfaces that one of your lot pooped in the shower numbnuts?

I am convinced that it was someone from Palace that did it: an agent provocateur.

 

[the wanderbus]

Watford had three chances of any description in the game, two of which were in extra time. Palace should have been 3-0 up in normal time and if Murray was playing instead of Wilbraham, probably would have been. In terms of attacking threat, we were 'ok', but only because first Brighton then Watford were completely stifled and were unable to play football due to Holloway's tactics.

Say what you want about "Wurzel", he was spot on in the playoffs and Jedinak proved why he's the best defensive player in the division.

Can't dissagree with much there apart from Jedinak who should've been off in the 1st leg. Every arial challenge he was involved in one of our players had his elbow in their head/face, the he got away with it again yesterday.
I look forward to seeing palace regularly humiliated next season and expect to be celebrating their relegation before I finish my christmas dinner........

 

[TheMajor]

The one thing I will give Palace credit for is their expert art of creating a myth.

Within the space of a couple of weeks some Albion fans are now saying they easily deserved to beat us in the Play Offs and they play brilliant football - did you not attend the first leg at Selhurst ? where only one team was trying to play football (the Albion) and we created several clear cut chances that were saved or missed. Palace were outplayed and there for the taking that night

In the Amex fixture Buckley & Barnes x 2 had excellent chances to put us into the lead and give us a lead which would have changed the game and probably resulted in us going to Wembley not them. However, it now seems that Holloway and Palace were tactically brilliant. The Albion would have put up a far better effort of coping in the Prem than Palace will. Some on here even believe the myth that their supporters always sing and support their Club when they are losing - do they not remember the St Patricks Day Massacre when they vocally disappeared at half time and tried to leave the ground well before the end?

Credit is due where deserved - so how about giving the Albion credit for finishing fourth over 46 games despite having a side peppered with League One players and only one season of Championship experience.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

A bit more backbone from some Brighton fans wouldn't go amiss in times like this. It's not being able to face the music of what yesterday's result tells us that ultimately puts Albion fans in a downward spiral. Instead of this, why not see what clues the match offered about how to win promotion to the top flight?

This business of missing out on promotion to the top flight this season - we'll survive it. How do I know? Because we've survived it every time it's happened over the past thirty years. Crystal Palace being above us in the league - we'll survive it. How do I know? Because we've survived it every time it's happened over the past thirty years.

4th place in the Championship is a great finish. Over 90% of clubs in the Football League would have preferred to have finished where we have and losing a Play-Off Semi-Final, to where they actually finished. When people talk of grieving, it completely dishonours what a great season we have just had. We're not that far off being an automatic promotion side, never mind one that gets there via the Play-Offs.

I have followed the Albion since 73 so i would like to think i have backbone and there are many more on here of the like. I hardly think the majority of fans are in a downward spiral as you call it, just pissed off that the squad was good enough but at times Gus got found out when managing.
Being so close and turning so many games into draws that should have been wins is what makes me grieve more with frustration than sadness the fact that we even got involved in the play-offs, we all know the play-off is a lottery.

To summarise go to the Palace board and suck them there not here...................please.

 

[the wanderbus]

The one thing I will give Palace credit for is their expert art of creating a myth.

Within the space of a couple of weeks some Albion fans are now saying they easily deserved to beat us in the Play Offs and they play brilliant football - did you not attend the first leg at Selhurst ? where only one team was trying to play football (the Albion) and we created several clear cut chances that were saved or missed. Palace were outplayed and there for the taking that night

In the Amex fixture Buckley & Barnes x 2 had excellent chances to put us into the lead and give us a lead which would have changed the game and probably resulted in us going to Wembley not them. However, it now seems that Holloway and Palace were tactically brilliant. The Albion would have put up a far better effort of coping in the Prem than Palace will. Some on here even believe the myth that their supporters always sing and support their Club when they are losing - do they not remember the St Patricks Day Massacre when they vocally disappeared at half time and tried to leave the ground well before the end?

Credit is due where deserved - so how about giving the Albion credit for finishing fourth over 46 games despite having a side peppered with League One players and only one season of Championship experience.

wurzel got the tactics right for the last 45 minutes of the 2nd leg , we shouldve sewn it up in the first 45 minutes of the 1st leg the other 90 were pretty even. It's Speroni that should be getting the credit for dragging palace to the premiership, the effort from Barnes looked a certain goal plus the saves from Buckley and Hammond and the stops he made yesterday. Iam still 100% certain we are a better football side than them but they rode their luck, took their chances and came away with the glory, and thats all that counts

 

[Originunknown]

I do not appreciate this thread.

If the season had 2 additional fixtures Palace would have slid right out of the frame.

Hope we get them in the cup next season.

 

[TheMajor]

wurzel got the tactics right for the last 45 minutes of the 2nd leg , we shouldve sewn it up in the first 45 minutes of the 1st leg the other 90 were pretty even. It's was Speroni that should be getting the credit for dragging palace to the premiership, the effort from Barnes looked a certain goal plus the saves from Buckley and Hammond and the stops he made yesterday. Iam still 100% certain we are a better football side than them but they rode their luck, took their chances and came away with the glory, and thats all that counts

Mostly Agree. I said on here straight after the game that over the two legs Speroni won it for them. The two Barnes chances came in 2nd half of Amex tie so I don't agree that Holloway got tactics spot on - Gus would have been hailed as a tactically hero if either had gone in. We were a better side than them as the final league standings prove. However, the two injury time equalisers / goalie schoolboy errors conceded at Forest & Birmingham cost us automatic.

 

[Phat Baz 68]

Without trying to sound rude, I am starting to wonder if you are a little special.

You seem to spend more time on NSC than Brighton fans do you sad little man!!

 

[BHAZiggy]

Watford should have been promoted. They finished higher in the league. That's the point of a league. Play-offs are just about money. We have 38 matches to decide who is best. That should be the end of the season.

 

[Noldi]

We had enough chances to win the semis if we had only put them away. The final came down to one miss timed tackle.

 

[Caveman]

Can't dissagree with much there apart from Jedinak who should've been off in the 1st leg. Every arial challenge he was involved in one of our players had his elbow in their head/face, the he got away with it again yesterday.
I look forward to seeing palace regularly humiliated next season and expect to be celebrating their relegation before I finish my christmas dinner........

Looking forward to that tit Holloway get grief from the fans after about 5 games.
Just so I can clarify I ****ing hate them.

 

[Caveman]

We had enough chances to win the semis if we had only put them away. The final came down to one miss timed tackle.

Yep, I believe if Barnes shot that was tipped onto the bar had gone in we would have won. Fine margins and so tight this year in the championship, worzel got it right, but a winless streak in the premiership will see him clueless again mark my words.

 

[Y Ddraig Goch]

Watford should have been promoted. They finished higher in the league. That's the point of a league. Play-offs are just about money. We have 38 matches to decide who is best. That should be the end of the season.

I actually agree with you, the oddest thing about the play offs is that the team that finishes second in the league are in a kind of no mans land - not champions and no visit to Wembley.

That said, I am sure that like me if your team had gone up you could learn to with it.