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 NEILLO  Shoreham-by-Sea 02 May 18 12.08pm |
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I thought we would go down as it seemed to be a ' Perfect Storm ' in terms of change of manager, poor transfer windows and probably worst of all, the injuries we sustained. What Roy and Ray have achieved is amazing given the 0 goals and 0 points from the first 7 games. And the majority of the players have given their all for the cause...
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| Mr_Gristle In the land of Whelk Eaters 02 May 18 12.25pm |
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Originally posted by thetopgeezer
Me last summer: Thank God we got someone really cool and progressive like FdB and avoided that ancient and redundant old fool Hodgson. Sums me up too. Great reference in the username, by the way ;-)
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| mansekotka Congleton 02 May 18 12.48pm |
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I always thought FDB was the wrong appointment and was equally unimpressed by the thought of RH stepping in. To me he was just someone who happened to be available at the time. Even after a few wins and improved performances I could not help feeling pessimistic - and the injury crisis just underlined my fears. That's why I'm so elated that Roy and the boys proved me wrong.
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| eddiqc Tunbridge wells 02 May 18 1.40pm |
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I backed FDB until his last game, because I wanted to see him succeed. I was hoping that he could improve our youth academy and bring in some young future stars! My other mistake was believing that Benteke would improve after a few wins when Hodgson joined. Given up on him now!
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| Deleted11 02 May 18 1.49pm | |
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I had my doubts about FdB, not really because I don't think he's a good manager, but because I don't think we have the personnel to play the Ajax way. Also, there's managers that can just walk into a big club and make it work, but give them a Palace and they would struggle, which was the case. I was very happy when Hodgson came on board, because, he's not your typical British lump it forward coach. We actually play some decent stuff and I really want Parish to give him a 3 year deal.
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| Aray South London 02 May 18 1.58pm |
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When Roy was appointed I thought - safe pair of hands and also I remembered his sterling work at Fulham. But I was wrong about Hennessy. He's no longer calamity Wayne. He's turned it around. I want to be wrong about Benteke - it aint easy buying good strikers for our budget and selling one perceived to be a bad one will cost us. If he then goes and then bangs in 25 for Wolves or someone we'll feel like Roma fans do about Salah right now! Unlikely, I know.
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| paperhat croydon 02 May 18 2.00pm |
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Originally posted by Aray
I want to be wrong about Benteke - it aint easy buying good strikers for our budget and selling one perceived to be a bad one will cost us. If he then goes and then bangs in 25 for Wolves or someone we'll feel like Roma fans do about Salah right now! Unlikely, I know. this is Palace after all. i'd say it would be an odds on cert.
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| IMpalace London 02 May 18 2.11pm |
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Originally posted by leejaneagles
Joel Ward playing against Leicester - I berated this choice before kick off quite loudly where I sat in the Holmesdale. I said I love Roy but think he's stubborn sometimes and this will cost us. About 10 minutes later he cleared a Vardy goal off the line. What struck me was my neighbours around me were so quick and gleeful to pat me on the back and say "oh thought you knew more than Roy". I was quick to say clearly I don't and glad I'm not the Manager. Again, not one bit of me hoped Vardy squeezed that in to prove me right about Ward! To be fair, Vardy only had the chance because Ward was 3 years behind the rest of our backline and playing him onside! Joel has been unreal for us over the years but if AWB wasn't coming through the ranks he would be one of the players I'd be looking to upgrade.
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| YT Oxford 02 May 18 3.30pm |
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Please can we re-name this the “hands up” thread? For my part, I did once bemoan that “draws won’t be enough” but on reflection I failed to “respect the point” or “respect another game unbeaten”.
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| YT Oxford 02 May 18 3.32pm |
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Originally posted by IMpalace
To be fair, Vardy only had the chance because Ward was 3 years behind the rest of our backline and playing him onside! Joel has been unreal for us over the years but if AWB wasn't coming through the ranks he would be one of the players I'd be looking to upgrade. I keep re-watching the incident and I think Vardy was offside.
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 berlinpalace  berlin 02 May 18 3.53pm |
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Originally posted by YT
I keep re-watching the incident and I think Vardy was offside. He wasn't but he should've been.
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| leejaneagles 02 May 18 5.20pm |
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Originally posted by YT
Please can we re-name this the “hands up” thread? For my part, I did once bemoan that “draws won’t be enough” but on reflection I failed to “respect the point” or “respect another game unbeaten”. Mods I'm happy for the title change as I didn't expect this topic to catch on and it's certainly a catchier title! I done the same thing with the draws. Even up to as recently as Watford away. I thought that wouldn't be enough because Leicester would be a very difficult game with a tense and nervy performance - wrong! I thought the two Bournemouth draws and Watford draw were not good enough off the top of my head, I'm sure there's more - but just those 3 are of course 3 extra points and those 3 points look like saving us once again.
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