Good grief, do you really you think Oscar is better than Pulis? :p
And no, Pulis has not got us playing hoofball. Ask any Spurs fan that was at White Hart Lane 2 weeks ago and they will say we passed them off the park in the first half. If we had a striker that could finish we'd be well clear...
Admit it Soggy, despite your bravado, deep down you're crapping yourself at the thought of us staying up, you know with Pulis in charge we have a decent chance of survival, anyone of 3 from 11 teams could go down.
A bloke who had good intentions at heart but had no idea on how to run a football club, Mark Goldberg. People like Venables and agents took advantage of him.
Just because clubs spend money doesn't mean it will bring guaranteed success, if that was the case then the top 20 wealthiest clubs in the country would be in the Premiership.
The only players we spent big on (both transfer fees and wages) during Simon Jordan's era where Akinbyi, Kuqi and...
Fluking it? We went 14 games unbeaten at one stage and were the 2nd highest scorers in the divison. You're still bitter over the Play Off defeat obviously :glare:
So you value you mates opinion (who may well be imaginary) over a top player who played over 500 professional games in the top 2 leagues?
And it's not just Merson, a lot of other pundits on Sky and MOTD praised us and said we were unlucky as did the write ups in the Sunday papers.
Absolute BS. So blinded by rivalry :glare:
Here is a neutrals take on the game:
http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/crystal-palace/9092132/palace-showing-promise
You're easily pleased then! 2 games each played over the Xmas period, 1 win each, 1 defeat each. The difference being we win at Villa and lose narrowly to Manchester City whereas you beat an under strength Blackpool and lose to Charlton, shipping 3 poor goals in the process :D
The signings in the first 3 months looked poor, I'll give you that. But players like Bannan, Chamachk, Guedioura, Puncheon, Mariappa, Gayle and Jerome have really stepped up in recent weeks and all look lower half Premiership players now. So given this, it seems to me that the real problem was...
You were the one gloating about your superior squad!
To be fair, I am posting (without being abusive) on a thread about my club so I don't see what the problem is?