Towards the end of his career he had Stoke playing better footie then I have seen us playing in the last 10 years at least. 2 pacey skillful wingers and quality strikers with some quality in the middle of the pitch with the likes of Adam.

Stoke was a fortress and he continually got great results against the best teas in the country arguably some of the best teams in the world were nullified and beaten.

For me that's the dream, yeah if we play like tripe for the rest of the season and stay up by 1 point its the most successful season we have had since the early 90s. Give me 'plastic Arsenal fans' at the Emirates over 'real' Barnsley fans on a tuesday night all day long.

There is another myth about Pulis that he hates youth players!

Bollocks. Had the youngest captain in the league, and developed plenty during his time with Stoke, such as Shotton and he bought Butland etc, the squad had one of the youngest average ages, with more British players in the squad then a lot of other Premiership teams.

Let's not forget, our team is crap, we have heard it all season from managers 'not the most gifted but full of spirit,' that all comes from TP and if he keeps us up it's a miracle and then we will see some major changes.

Edited by coulsdoneagle (16 Mar 2014 11.45am)

My first comment about TP. I can see the reasons for why he is having Palace play the way they are. Have a solid defence first and second, then try score.

The most frustrating thing for me is when go behind there seems to be a lack of urgency to draw level or when drawing to go ahead. I can fully understand that after going behind the last thing a team wants is to concede again but out style of play stays the same, Is there a plan B?

The most simplistic way I can describe it is, defend, defend then attack with the hope to create and score but then quickly go back to defend again.

I take it this way of playing comes from management not the players taking the decision to play like this.

How much confidence does TP have in Palace that he feels that if we attack for any long spells that the opposition we easily break and walk through our defence and score? Fear before freedom.

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Get the ball on the floor and start passing a bit like at Man City(fantastic preformance)

These players can play football - I have seen it earlier this season. But we saw very little football from them on Saturday. They struggled to even stand up, kick the ball to a team mate, run with the ball or get the ball anywhere near the opposition's goal. Why was that? It's not that they don't have the ability.

I can't recall a time they played 'attractive' football in the first half of the season. Stoke, United, Swansea, Southampton, Liverpool, Fulham etc. were dire. The only difference between then and now is we're not shipping 2/3 goals a game and we're getting points.

Yes, the football on Saturday wasn't great and aspects of the passing was woeful. I'd argue it's because it's a game we had to not lose. A win was unlikely, but had we lost, we were in a very tough position. Therefore, people weren't really bombing forwards and it makes gaining territory a lot more difficult because your passing options are restricted. On top of that, Sunderland tactically sussed our attack out and Bridcutt stopped anything we had going forward. Most important thing though is we limited them to two shots on target and we're still 3 points up on them. Sunderland would have viewed Palace (H) as a nailed on 3 points and they blew it. It's a results business at the moment and that result suited us a heck of a lot more.

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Good post. Also, our goal difference is gradually improving - not sadly by actually scoring goals but by letting in fewer than our immediate rivals for relegation. This could be a factor at the end of the season?