Would you want Palace to lose?
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 monkey  Sittingbourne 14 May 24 4.28pm |
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I do a 90 mile round trip drive up from Kent, we’ve had major road works down here for about 3 years now, depending on kick off time it can be a poxy journey traffic wise. If I let the train take the strain, there can be engineering works, strikes, cancellations, people topping themselves jumping under the train I’m on(three times now) ……….so do you think with the effort I put in to be at Selhurst I’m honestly going to want us to lose? Would I bollocks is the answer. I may go expecting to lose, but that’s a different story A mate of mine comes up from Devon for games, I know someone who comes up from Cornwall, someone who travels up on her own from Brighton, someone I see on Twitter comes over from Northern Ireland…..I’m pretty sure I know what they’d say as well
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beak  croydon 14 May 24 6.10pm |
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Probably Paper talk,you support a team thick and thin.
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| monkey Sittingbourne 14 May 24 6.16pm |
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Originally posted by beak
Probably Paper talk,you support a team thick and thin. It’s not paper talk, it probably runs into the thousands spurs fans wanting them to lose tonight, I’ve heard loads of them on the radio
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| Eaglecoops CR3 14 May 24 6.36pm |
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Originally posted by Badger11
Is the correct answer. I don't understand people who bet against their own team either, I just couldn't do it no matter the odds. I do it for a slightly different reason. I am the worst gambler on the planet so my betting on Palace to lose is a sure fire way to improve our chances of winning.
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| eaglesdare 14 May 24 6.45pm |
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As the years go by I care less and less about Brighton. I've never met any Brighton fans or know any. Sure they are all mostly Chelsea fans anyway. I would not really care. I would want us to win our game.
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| Palace Old Geezer Midhurst 14 May 24 6.51pm |
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This just goes to show the fickle and fragile nature of the Spurs fan base. I've been reading this nonsense about them wanting their team to lose tonight so as it kicks Arsenal in the teeth. As the posts on here testify, you'll be hard pressed to find a Palace fan who would EVER want us to lose a match. Of course NOT, regardless of the circumstances we'd always be cheering for a win. I certainly would. If Spurs had been more successful earlier in the season they wouldn't be in this 'knife edge' situation.
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| monkey Sittingbourne 14 May 24 7.04pm |
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Originally posted by Palace Old Geezer
This just goes to show the fickle and fragile nature of the Spurs fan base. I've been reading this nonsense about them wanting their team to lose tonight so as it kicks Arsenal in the teeth. As the posts on here testify, you'll be hard pressed to find a Palace fan who would EVER want us to lose a match. Of course NOT, regardless of the circumstances we'd always be cheering for a win. I certainly would. If Spurs had been more successful earlier in the season they wouldn't be in this 'knife edge' situation. If spurs had won a few more trophies over the years I doubt they’d be so bothered about Arsenal winning the league this season, but spurs fans know they’re a laughing stock because they’re such a big club that’s won sod all for 16 years. Even the spammers are laughing at them after winning a trophy last year
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| whatton Stirling 14 May 24 11.03pm |
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I remember when Millwall won the old 2nd Division in 1988. They clinched the title before the end of the season. We would have reached the playoffs if Millwall beat Blackburn on the final day of the season, and if we beat Man City, by a wide but not insurmountable margin. It was reported that before the match, the Millwall fans were in the pub, singing “We’re going to stuff the Palace.” Millwall put up a lame performance and lost 4-1. The reporter from the BBC said that “the large shirtsleeved crowd didn’t seem too bothered.” I would very happily return the compliment if there was no impact on our league position, and we relegated Millwall or stopped them getting promotion. I probably wouldn’t feel the same way about Brighton.
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pssguy  14 May 24 11.22pm |
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Originally posted by whatton
I remember when Millwall won the old 2nd Division in 1988. They clinched the title before the end of the season. We would have reached the playoffs if Millwall beat Blackburn on the final day of the season, and if we beat Man City, by a wide but not insurmountable margin. It was reported that before the match, the Millwall fans were in the pub, singing “We’re going to stuff the Palace.” Millwall put up a lame performance and lost 4-1. The reporter from the BBC said that “the large shirtsleeved crowd didn’t seem too bothered.” I would very happily return the compliment if there was no impact on our league position, and we relegated Millwall or stopped them getting promotion. I probably wouldn’t feel the same way about Brighton. Of course we had karma on our side. We got promoted the following season and then did the double over Millwall as they fell out of the top flight never to return
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| doombear Too far from Selhurst Park 15 May 24 9.20am |
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Perhaps I'm naive, but to me celebrating your own team's defeat because it stopped a rival winning something is basically saying "I hate the rival more than I love my own team".
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| Hrolf The Ganger 15 May 24 10.45am |
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Spurs could have qualified for the Champion's League. For the bigger clubs, it seems that your rivals winning stuff is a big deal.
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| CrazyBadger Ware 15 May 24 11.17am |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Spurs could have qualified for the Champion's League. For the bigger clubs, it seems that your rivals winning stuff is a big deal. Spurs are unique in that they really should have won something over the past 15 years that fans have started to measure success by stopping their (more successful) rival, Arsenal, winning the league over their own - because they cannot get any of that success themselves. I'd venture to suggest that Most rivals in Spurs place last night would want to win and beat the current behemoths of the league. Then, when then inevitable happens their disappointment is placated by the fact that it a meant less success for their rival.
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