My final say. Since we drew (albeit 0-0, I think he predicted 1-1), like all idiots he will reverse engineer the facts to support his prediction doubling down on the "fact" that it was unlikely we would win four in a row. A bit like people saying evolution is impossible because it's so unlikely.

Well something had to happen.

It's hard for anyone else to look that much of an idiot so long as Crooks is employed to give an opinion. Sutton has actually done pretty well with his predictions in an unpredictable season for the PL. I don't like him, but I think he's a long way from being as bad as Lawrenson. I also think he at least tries to say something other than a long list of clichés.

He is a joke. The above is an insult to the players he mentioned and the club. Maybe Wilf was upset at being injured again, I don’t know nor does he. Salah often takes his shirt off, not seen Crooks mention that. Kane goes to ground more easily than most, has Crooks criticised him? He appears to be throwing mud at the club ( probably as we had the audacity to sack our black manager), unfortunately some of it will stick.

Crooks is one of those for me who labours under delusions of grandeur and has a chip on his shoulder for 'only' being a footballer however thinks he is some sort of contextual intellectual. A real 'dwarf amongst midgets', apologies if that offends anybody, reminiscent of the failure that is Frank Lampard.

I have read countless articles and opinions of his, on games I have watched (not just Palace) where it is quite clear he has not, yet he airs his uninformed opinions as though they are of some sort of lofty value. He comes across as quite simply thick, aloof and malcontented but also extremely invested in himself.

Unfortunately, whenever I have seen him in any 'live' context, he is usually allowed to get away with his act given the company he is in. I, for one, would love to be present and challenge him on much of his nonsense. One particular bug of mine is where he picks his BBC 'team of the week' and occasionally puts a Palace player in who may have got a goal but otherwise had a terrible game and omits others who played blindingly. He'll then provide some commentary on the match and player which makes it quite plain he didn't watch the game.

Mug!!! (that's me shouting it quietly from a crowd where I can avoid any identification and therefore confrontation )

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Even by Crook's biased standards, this is absurd. If anything, we have been too clean, too fair, not inclined to play dirty and we have paid for this. I agree with the stupid Ayew moment, but clearly his emotions got the better of him. The last sentence finally acknowledges the contribution of Eze (and Olise) but why is Eberechi place in Olise's position?

Crooks has had a problem with us ever since Vieira was let go. As others have noted, one of his comments was that he was unconvinced that the results would of been different if Vieira had stayed and that in actual fact, Hodgson's arrival had made no difference at all. Despite the fact that it's disrespectful to Hodgson and Ray for the results that we've got since they've come in and has a complete disregard for the way we were playing before (low energy, no goals for how long) it does seem to have an ulterior motive and accusatory tone which I find very distasteful, especially given the diversity that we have in the current Palace squad and historically.

Feels like he's desperately digging around in the dirt to try and justify his weird vitriol for Palace since Vieira left. Alright, I would of preferred Ayew not to get booked for taking off his shirt, but I doubt I'll see Crooks criticising Richarlison for doing the same on Monday and to have a go at Eze for the penalty, the ref and VAR gave it and we've seen lighter ones then that given against us. Wilf has always moaned when he's taken off and I assumed it was due to coming back from injury along with minutes before being taken off, he was moaning at Ayew and Doucouré so perhaps Roy thought he was throwing his toys out of pram.

There's more drama at the frothing of the mouth of Crooks writing that article and trying to prove his Vieira v Hodgson argument, than anything happening at the Palace.

What a tw@t.

Edited by SnapperKain (03 May 2023 12.36pm)

The trouble with computers, of course, is that they're very sophisticated idiots