not just this season, but he has put in some splendid long spells of consistency in all his years with us. Also, his loyalty to Palace is beyond any doubt. We are lucky to have such a big man in a position that is notoriously difficult to fill in any squad - a longstanding dependable shot stopper.
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PS before i get too carried away with the love-fest , even the best players need a whippersnapper under them trying to take their job off of them.

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Laughing at Charlton - Every London Clyub's fourth or fifth most hated team -
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He didn't have a 'busy day at the office' yesterday.

But, having said that, still pulled a first class save out of the hat (the low one, that he scooped out with his right hand).

So my Speroni man-crush continues.

And, without hijacking the thread too much, his lack of a 'busy day at the office' is a great compliment to the rest of the team.

When the time comes, I want die just like my Dad - at peace and asleep.
Not screaming and terrified.
Like his passengers.

Yup.

Mignolet or Jules?

No brainier at the moment.

When the time comes, I want die just like my Dad - at peace and asleep.
Not screaming and terrified.
Like his passengers.

Anyone who knocks Speroni, needs to revisit the last 10 years or so. More than any player he's earned the right to be the Palace number 1 in the premiership. There are better keepers in this league, true, but none of them would ever consider playing for us.

And besides, we'd be a league 1 or 2 team if it weren't for him. In our very lean years he was worth more than a 20 goals a season striker.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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Speroni has had a few in his time, all of whom have been rated good in their own right, most they've got is one or two games a season, and their teeth smashed out in the reserves.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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He did not take stick unfairly. Most of the comments were not insulting and were quite objective. The bottom line is that he is playing in a system which effectively has four centre backs and six defenders most of the time. The way Pulis sets the team up is going to make almost any half competent goalkeeper look good. Furthermore, the one thing Jools has always been good at (the reflex save) is the one area where he can continue to shine and, indeed, he stills pulls off the spectacular save as he always has done. But with four centre backs and six defenders, while his shortcomings as "in the box keeper" remain, they really don't cost us that much because there are plenty of bodies to clear the ball without needing to rely on the keeper. Jools is very lucky. He's playing for a team set up to make him shine though no doubt, recently, shining is what he is doing.

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.