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We should have a pre-season tournament featuring all the middle class clubs who've never won a proper trophy. Fulham, Brighton, Bournemouth, Norwich City, Wycombe, Reading, Cambridge United, Exeter City, AFC Wimbledon (I know, I know), and special guests - Millwall. It would be an absolute...

A small trifle - whilst undoubtedly a pudding of champions - is not an ideal accompaniment for a soccer match. Imagine the scenes when the crowd breaks out into polite applause when either side does a goal? There would be trifle all over the knee rugs and picnic hampers. May I suggest a large...

We do beat them yes, but I'll repeat, they unfortunately they win the ones that matter - the ones that people remember.

But Palace won their last game at Wembley that mattered, and they've won all the games between us that really matter too. The first time in 20 years we played (5-0), the first team to win away at the Amex, the play-off semi etc. Please don't make me go on!

Spot on, because we always beat Palace in the games that really matter, and of course Wembley has historically been an absolute FORTRESS for us.

They certainly have, but that is reflection of where they are in the league. Note that Ipswich played a second string at Forest, as did other relegation threatened clubs earlier in the season. Every team still in the FA Cup except PNE is between 3rd and 12th in the Premier League. No danger...

That's an awful lot of words to ask "Name a club similar to ours that hasn't made it to the Premier League yet". And the only real answers are Plymouth or one of the Bristol clubs.

To be fair @Uncle Spielberg , there are far less mercurial Albion fans than you who were beginning to waver when it came to our manager. All I'll say is that if our season falls apart from here on in, it'll be worth remembering that this is his first full season in the league and he'll learn...

Nope, you're still talking out of your arse. Turkish football is dominated by about 3 clubs. You're unlikely to see Turkish football is much better if you watch Bodrum v Alanyaspor I can tell you. And let's face it, YOU'VE decided that leagues cup is the main reason for the jump, not actual...

Villa scored after 2 mins, Bruges equalised and now Villa look absolutely shit.

Internet man in Sweden says MLS is rubbish. Opta - the largest provider of statistical data in association football - says MLS is a top 10 league. I just don't know who to believe. FWIW, these are Opta's rankings: Premier League (ENG) LaLiga (ESP) Serie A (ITA) Bundesliga (GER) Ligue 1 (FRA)...

Indeed although only a handful of clubs like the Cosmos - many of them drew flies. By contrast, MLS has lasted 30 years and even the smallest crowds are 16,000. They nearly all play in stadiums built with football/soccer in mind rather than renting oversized, cavernous bowls.

Agree on all of this. I watched it too and you are spot on and that article is absolutely laughable bollocks. Gilmour was the same as he always is in that game and "Philip" turned the game in that last 20 mins.

He have can't been that crap, as he was very high profile. If he was high profile and shit, Everton would have signed him.

I have never heard of his dad tbh.

You're joking! A final between ourselves and Palace (or Bournemouth for that matter) is the stuff of nightmares. Two teams who've never won a trophy before going head to head. You absolutely KNOW we'd lose and have them singing "you've never won f*ck all at us" forever more. It would make...

I used to think the same about Wembley, but have changed my mind as those semis have been fantastic days out. I can tolerate Wembley as a semi final venue when the ground is full. It feels like an occasion, and because it is a semi rather than a final, there are fewer seats reserved for...

Yes, as a strategy they are still bringing in good players on the way down from European clubs (and they still need those players) but their main focus has definitely changed to developing players in the US/Canada but also making their league the first port of call for central America, the...

I am actually terrified this is going to happen this season and that we are going to end up playing in the final against either Bournemouth or Palace. You just know we'd lose.

As an aside, the crowd was literally twice as big as anything he played in front of at Selhurst. 51,000 people there for that one. MLS is actually one of the top 10 leagues in the world these days. There are loads of good players now coming through that league, notably MIggy Almiron, Alphonso...