I think it comes down to pressure you put yourselves under. BHA have a Premiership set up and feel they deserve to be in that league on many fronts, whilst other teams like Palace, Burnley, Bournemouth etc don't have that expectation and pressure and that has helped them to either get straight...
Whilst I agree that Lescott deserves a lot of bad press this season, I just think it's a bit rich coming from Collymore. It's fair to say that Collymore was a huge box office signing for Villa, but he also let them down with his attitude, general performances and stupidity off the pitch...
The only things we have over Palace is a much nicer stadium and bigger gates, but let's be honest, most of our home fans weren't seen for dust during the Withdean and Goldstone ground days.
Until we get promoted (which we will either this season or next), I suggest we leave Palace alone as we...
I really think we need to stop worrying about Palace, and concentrate on ourselves joining them next season. If they can get to the position they are in, then so can we. We have to remember we currently have a Premiership set up already, whilst they didn't when they got promoted. We just need to...