ONE of the reasons we’ve stayed up is because of the support. Like it or not, it is. Therefore if we go down it could be a factor. If we go down just because, if it’s our time or whatever then I’ll have nothing to complain about. If it’s because of a view that people didn’t want any work done to see if a good one elsewhere could be found then I may reduce my attendance.

You may think ‘Relegation? So be it’, or the days of George Wood slicing his kicks into the white empty Arfur with 10 year olds in the Croydon Advertiser block in the main stand is an acceptable place for us to steer ourselves towards but I don’t.

We should be okay this season but who knows what tests we may face this season and next, and I do not accepyus going down with a whimper and lots of ‘meh’ thoughts about it.

COYP

Another over dramatic post. Keep it up. Just because I say Ivd been supporting for 47 years snd will continue to do so, you bring up 'blasts from the past' and insinuate I wouldn't care if we get relegated. Grow up.

Rudi, first of all I think your one of HOL's better posters, but throughout this thread, whenever you post, you come over as though you are stating facts, when in fact you're just stating your opinion. That's all, nothing more, nothing less. And your opinion is no more valid than anybody else's. Just because someone disagrees with YOU, it doesn't make them all wrong.

This is a debating forum, not who shouts loudest is right.

Watch the highlights of the Huddersfield game on palace tv.
We are behind the goal.
Sounds like we are at home.
Can’t even hear Huddersfield.
We won assisted by our singing.
Any real palace fan must understand that as a club we are all about noise, pride of south London the famous palace boys.
It is imperative our core singers get behind the goal in the Homesdale where they always were so we can make Selhurst properly seem like home again.
It is no fun when Southampton out sing us.

Right, time to look at the reality. Over the last 4 seasons Palace have scored 5 more points away than at home. Probably the only team in premier league history to have such a record over the course of 4 years. Let’s not say our home support is what’s kept us up, stats do not back this up.

Why did we even bother then? Why did we bother with supporting our promotion run? Why did we bother supporting the Pulis team THAT MUCH? They would’ve done it without us anyway? Same for most of the other seasons the summer shenanigans started us in the drop zone? Actually why don’t we just watch Prem football on the laptop? We don’t provide anything that tv money doesn’t so why?

Do the players and managers agree with you? Doubtful. As I said, the aim is to improve on that. Having a mute home atmosphere isn’t what I’d call a help. Maybe I’m wrong, along with Hodgson and any other previous manager, players and current players that comment on the contrary to you.

Or is it because the longer we’re here in the Prem the more we take it for granted, expectation, apathy, etc etc, because it now shows without the catalyst for noise there won’t be any the management and players value. Are we big time already and a mainstay in this league?

COYP