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 Bexley Eagle  Bexley Kent 15 May 19 11.59am |
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Originally posted by KAOS
People - including me - were gutted when Allardyce & Pulis left but would they have done any better than Roy in the last 18 months?! I doubt it very much. The football would have been arguably worse too. Yep, we can hark back to when Roy took Fulham on a European tour and Allardyce got West Ham well up the table another time but the games changed so much since then ... that we can't expect managers at this level to do that. 49 points considering we haven't broke the bank and got stung on bad signings again is another Hodgson masterclass IMO. He has a system ... and it works! Well said sir. Those moaning that we lost to Brighton twice and Watford 3 times are conveniently ignoring that we won at City, could have won at Liverpool, took 4 points from Arsenal etc etc. In fact over the last 15 games of the season we were only bettered by Liverpool and Man City. An extraordinary achievement. If we can continue with that level of consistency for next season we will all be delighted (well maybe with one exception who always seems to put a downer on things).
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| ChrisGC Wantage 15 May 19 12.14pm |
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Originally posted by Bexley Eagle
Well said sir. Those moaning that we lost to Brighton twice and Watford 3 times are conveniently ignoring that we won at City, could have won at Liverpool, took 4 points from Arsenal etc etc. In fact over the last 15 games of the season we were only bettered by Liverpool and Man City. An extraordinary achievement. If we can continue with that level of consistency for next season we will all be delighted (well maybe with one exception who always seems to put a downer on things). Could have won at Liverpool? Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. I'm on the same page as you all which is the point you're all missing. You say let's carry that form on, I'm saying we should've hit that form earlier. The result is the same: we should have, and are capable of having more points. I don't understand how I'm the negative one for expecting more and believing we've got the talent to do better, yet you're all the positive ones for thinking 12th place and nearly beating Liverpool is fantastic. The reality is I'm the positive one. You're all negative and happy with falling short of our potential. Anyway, roll on next season. Seems we're all agreed that we can achieve a better league place.
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| Beanyboysmd 15 May 19 1.02pm |
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If we had picked up 9 more points at home, we would be watching the FA cup final to see if we could get into Europe...The difference could as been as fine as beating Brighton both times and finding 1 more win... We had an excellent season that didnt really get excellent until quite late. In the end in the opposition forums, nobody looked confident about beating us, not even the top 6 sides. Having a decent striker turned it round for us in the end. Having a preditory striker and a tank who beats most defenders in the air make a massive difference to a side like ours... I think we need a proper quality striker, genuinly go big on it, then possibly a midfielder who can pop a few from range. A premiership version of Ambrose and we could achieve amazing things next season!
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| si_1967 Surrey 15 May 19 1.10pm |
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Originally posted by Cucking Funt
Back of the net yet again, mate. Great post. Agreed. And 'careful what you wish for' springs to mind. However, I wonder where we'd have finished if we'd had fit strikers from August -January. Or a Batshuayi, scoring at a rate of 1:2 all season?
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kenbarr  Jackson Heights, Queens, New York ... 15 May 19 1.22pm |
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Originally posted by ChrisGC
Thanks for the advice, great job! I'm glad you've taken the time to give such constructive and in no way patronising advice on how I should formulate my opinions about palace: subject to your approval of course. As you're obviously the type of person who appreciates open and honest exchanges let me reciprocate: Please, have a great summer, pick up a book about soccer, educate yourself. Perhaps do some math(s) and see where we could be in the table if we beat our rivals who are s*** and come back with a positive, can do attitude: Top 8 here we come, Go Eagles! FYI I was All NYC at Stuyvesant HS in the 1970s as an outside right playing in a WM formation. I go back to the New York Generals & Skyliners of the original NASL. Then there were the Apollo of the ASL. I learned the game from English & Scottish counselors at YMCA Camp Brooklyn, where I was a #2, 4, 7 & 11. I was also a referee at both youth & military levels until my oft sprained & broken ankle gave out. I seen Pele live playing for Santos as well as Brazil & the Cosmos, especially his debut at Downing Stadium on Father’s Day, scoring the equalizer in a 2-2 draw with Kyle Rote, Jr.’s Dallas Tornado in a friendly. I follow both the sport and CPFC because it’s fun and s din’t obsess on particular results. For that, there’s the zero sum experience of politics. Now, since you have bored me to tears, go bother someone else. I want to enjoy the latest videos on eagles.cpfc.com with a pint bottle of Dirt Ginger Ale.
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| kenbarr Jackson Heights, Queens, New York ... 15 May 19 1.27pm |
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Originally posted by ChrisGC
Could have won at Liverpool? Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. I'm on the same page as you all which is the point you're all missing. You say let's carry that form on, I'm saying we should've hit that form earlier. The result is the same: we should have, and are capable of having more points. I don't understand how I'm the negative one for expecting more and believing we've got the talent to do better, yet you're all the positive ones for thinking 12th place and nearly beating Liverpool is fantastic. The reality is I'm the positive one. You're all negative and happy with falling short of our potential. Anyway, roll on next season. Seems we're all agreed that we can achieve a better league place. One more thing. If you’re going to quote the US Army get it right. The full list is “horse shoes, hand grenades & tactical nuclear devices.” Now kindly start pushing up Selhurst Park until I get good and properly knackered.
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| ChrisGC Wantage 15 May 19 2.04pm |
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Originally posted by kenbarr
FYI I was All NYC at Stuyvesant HS in the 1970s as an outside right playing in a WM formation. I go back to the New York Generals & Skyliners of the original NASL. Then there were the Apollo of the ASL. I learned the game from English & Scottish counselors at YMCA Camp Brooklyn, where I was a #2, 4, 7 & 11. I was also a referee at both youth & military levels until my oft sprained & broken ankle gave out. I seen Pele live playing for Santos as well as Brazil & the Cosmos, especially his debut at Downing Stadium on Father’s Day, scoring the equalizer in a 2-2 draw with Kyle Rote, Jr.’s Dallas Tornado in a friendly. I follow both the sport and CPFC because it’s fun and s din’t obsess on particular results. For that, there’s the zero sum experience of politics. Now, since you have bored me to tears, go bother someone else. I want to enjoy the latest videos on eagles.cpfc.com with a pint bottle of Dirt Ginger Ale. Good for you, would you like a medal? I'm not sure how any of that is relevant although I find it ironic that you complain of being bored to tears when you're the one trotting out their life's story, like I should care about your minor, insignificant achievements or that it qualifies you in some way to tell me how I should support Palace. Enjoy your ginger ale, great job! No need to be so negative
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| ChrisGC Wantage 15 May 19 2.13pm |
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Originally posted by kenbarr
One more thing. If you’re going to quote the US Army get it right. The full list is “horse shoes, hand grenades & tactical nuclear devices.” Now kindly start pushing up Selhurst Park until I get good and properly knackered. One more thing, if you're going to try and score points, do a quick Google search first. The quote is first attributed to the Lincoln daily news in 1915 "close only counts in horseshoes" with hand grenades getting tacked on in the 70s by American baseball player Frank Robinson. The fact that the US military have claimed it as their own and added "tactical nuclear devices" to it doesn't surprise me. Surely a close proximity doesn't really count with Nukes anyway, so there's an illogical addition to an otherwise funny saying.
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 Cucking Funt Clapham on the Back 15 May 19 4.24pm |
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Originally posted by ChrisGC
One more thing, if you're going to try and score points, do a quick Google search first. The quote is first attributed to the Lincoln daily news in 1915 "close only counts in horseshoes" with hand grenades getting tacked on in the 70s by American baseball player Frank Robinson. The fact that the US military have claimed it as their own and added "tactical nuclear devices" to it doesn't surprise me. Surely a close proximity doesn't really count with Nukes anyway, so there's an illogical addition to an otherwise funny saying. It's just an observation, like, but whenever there are snide and patronising comments flying around here, you seem to be at the epicentre of it all. Why is this, do you think?
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| thechaddyboy Peterborough 15 May 19 6.03pm |
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done OK but far from remarkable, we finished 12th but it's sure as hell not progress
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| rollercoaster Cornwall 15 May 19 6.24pm |
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Originally posted by ChrisGC
Watford did the treble over us and Brighton did the double, that's pretty memorable for me. Not good enough. On to the next one. Done the double over Wolves (great team, Wolves), Burnley (7th last year why cant we do that?) Leicester (league champions couple of years ago...). Beat Man City, Arsenal, point at Old Trafford. Matched our best premier points total... Clearly the Brighton and Watford results are all that really matter. Perhaps ask Chris Houghton and many Brighton supporters and you might get a different answer. Of course, like you, I would have liked us to have done better against both Watford and Brighton but give it a rest.
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| Tickled pink Cornwall 15 May 19 6.33pm |
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Originally posted by ChrisGC
Could have won at Liverpool? Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. I'm on the same page as you all which is the point you're all missing. You say let's carry that form on, I'm saying we should've hit that form earlier. The result is the same: we should have, and are capable of having more points. I don't understand how I'm the negative one for expecting more and believing we've got the talent to do better, yet you're all the positive ones for thinking 12th place and nearly beating Liverpool is fantastic. The reality is I'm the positive one. You're all negative and happy with falling short of our potential. Anyway, roll on next season. Seems we're all agreed that we can achieve a better league place. The problem has been taking a game to the opposition at home and finding ways to get through competent compact defences when they also concentrate on the players we have who have that ability to cause them problems ..and doing that with a team who can struggle at the best of times with fairly straight forward passing and movement, we basically have too many players either lacking confidence or ability on the ball when playing teams at home.
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