You know the old saying "You can't polish a turd"?

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Yeah, it's contoured to fit with the surrounding countryside.

FYI:

coun·try·side [kuhn-tree-sahyd] Show IPA


noun

1.

a particular section of a country, especially a rural section.


2.

its inhabitants.


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Origin:
1615–25; country + side

In a recent survey 94% of Palace fans described countryside as mass female genital multilation.

 

[The Last Dodo]

Ah, what we have here is a philosophical debate about architecture. In the Brighton camp we have a building reflecting aesthetic modernism yet in sympathy with its surroundings, a product of the natural assymetry of the Downs. A modern day Segrada Familia that even Gaudi might have been pleased to see. In the Palace camp we have strict functionalism, the likes not seen since the heyday of the Bauhaus movement in 20th century middle Europe.

Both styles have their merits but unfortunately in this particular battle of wits there can only be one winner because Crystal Palace have reverted to type and put up frigging net curtains. Jesus wept, net curtains. What is it with you Palace fans and your propensity for naffness? I bet there's probably a Welsh Dresser on the other side of those windows with Toby Jugs hanging down.

You like big words don't you?

 

[The Large One]

In a recent survey 94% of Palace fans described countryside as mass female genital multilation.

Hardly.

Those words are far too big for them.

 

[Buzzer]

I am more than aware of my club's history and the fact that we previously played at The Eagles Nest.
Oh I see, you thought I was referring to Selhurst as a shit hole?
Shit hole or not, it's a Premier League ground.
Howzabout yours?

A premier league ground with net curtains and bay windows.

And a supermarket.....


Living the dream.

 

[The Large One]

You like big words don't you?

Translation: "I don't understand what he said, innit..."

 

[Buzzer]

You like big words don't you?

Yep, guilty as charged. Are big words not your thing, then?

 

[theboybilly]

It makes me laugh how Palace fans deride The Valley as a WigWam or Big Top but in truth if their club had gone through the trials of Charlton, or indeed the Albion, they'd most likely have folded without a fight.

 

[The Last Dodo]

A premier league ground with net curtains and bay windows.

And a supermarket.....


Living the dream.

And a dream is all it can be for you.

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

 

[Nibble]

You like big words don't you?

He used the required words to bring to life his marvellous and absolutely correct post. You're clutching at straws here kid, of course you should defend your ground, it's your team, you should be proud no matter what state it's in. However, to try and hold Selhurst Park up to compare favourably with the Amex? Come on, you really cannot expect to be taken seriously?

And yes, technically it is a Premiership stadium, which is what makes it all the more pathetic that it is the dive it is.

 

[The Last Dodo]

Yep, guilty as charged. Are big words not your thing, then?

I don't mind them I suppose but I find that they can be used pompously by people on footy forums now and then.
Do you like big words when they're not used in a pompous manner?

 

[edna krabappel]

Selhurst Park's new cladding, this morning.

 

[edna krabappel]

I don't mind them I suppose but I find that they can be used pompously by people on footy forums now and then.
Do you like big words when they're not used in a pompous manner?

Indubitably.

 

[Buzzer]

And a dream is all it can be for you.

And what a dream it is: Net curtains, cladding, Sainsburys, goal music and Ultras. I'm not sure I'm ready for that sort of excitement.

 

[The Large One]

Ah, what we have here is a philosophical debate about architecture. In the Brighton camp we have a building reflecting aesthetic modernism yet in sympathy with its surroundings, a product of the natural assymetry of the Downs. A modern day Segrada Familia that even Gaudi might have been pleased to see. In the Palace camp we have strict functionalism, the likes not seen since the heyday of the Bauhaus movement in 20th century middle Europe.

Oi. I'm rather partial to Bauhaus architecture, if you don't mind - the school in Weimar was a thing of beauty. Mies Van Der Rohe would be spinning in his grave...

Selhurst Park is more like the de-constructed hotch-potch brutalism which followed in the 30 years after the heights of Bauhaus.

Or is it Lego?

 

[The Last Dodo]

Selhurst Park's new cladding, this morning.

Are you the lady who had her photo took with Redknapp making the 2-0 sign?
And have you posted up a pic with McCarthy making the same 2-0 sign?

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

I am more than aware of my club's history and the fact that we previously played at The Eagles Nest.
Oh I see, you thought I was referring to Selhurst as a shit hole?
Shit hole or not, it's a Premier League ground.
Howzabout yours?

Ah, the promised land of The Premier League..

I see your club have invested in a private plane for your away days.

 

[Buzzer]

When asked if he likes 'big words' the Palace troll replied:

I don't mind them I suppose....

Haha! You're the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[The Large One]

I don't mind them I suppose but I find that they can be used pompously by people on footy forums now and then.
Do you like big words when they're not used in a pompous manner?

You do have self-esteem issues if you think a quick de-construction of architectural styles on a football forum is 'pompous'.

 

[edna krabappel]

Excellent job, but Butlins have gone to great lengths to shed their dated, somewhat lower class image, so I can't see Selhurst fitting the brand, you know?