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Obviously I want to see us win them all and sail into the European spots but this is about player achievements: 1. Danny Welbeck to scored two more league goals and make it to double figures for the first time in his career 2. Lewis Dunk to score to keep his record going of having scored in...

Obviously I want to see us win them all and sail into the European spots but this is

Right, that was a crushing defeat but I am genuinely not doom and gloom. Here is why: - We fell behind Villa in the table but the Fulham defeat and the surprise Ipswich win an Bournemouth means not too much damage done. - Palace dropped points at Southampton and Brentford lost so those playing...

Never in our Premier League history have we seen the goals so evenly spread around. It got me thinking how hard it is to predict who will be our top scorer this season. Also, first time trying a poll. Let’s see how this goes!

Our squad depth is insane. Assuming everyone is fit some very good players don’t even make our bench. It’s why we may need Europe in my view otherwise it’s so hard to keep people happy with minutes and loan players to return. My eleven: Bart Veltman JPVH Dunk Estupinan Baleba Hinshelwood...

I have a long day of travel so to pass the time I thought I would rank our draws this season. I know it’s dull but it amazes me how the same result (and in many cases scoreline) can elicit such different emotions. This seasons draws ranked from best to worst; 1. Villa 2-2 - after last season...

In the end an excellent away point at a ground we have really struggled at (6-1 last season anyone!). I think the vast majority would have taken a point before kick off. Not the best performance but some positives: - Lamptey excellent and adding goals - Mitoma gets a small rest and Adingra...

I don’t usually start positives threads when we lose but I enjoyed that so I will. - Gruda looked very lively and with more game time will be a real option on the right. - despite the comments on the match thread I thought Lamptey looked good and got a goal. - Ferguson looked stronger and...

Sometimes these threads are easier than others. Today was a sore one in the end but so many positives: - we have taken seven points from 9 which after the Chelsea performance/result seemed unlikely. - Welbeck was fit and scoring despite our worst fears last week - Rutter goes from strength to...

One of the huge positives from today was it emphasised how many more scoring options we have, more than anytime in our PL journey. Three different scorers without Mitoma getting one and Ferguson, Adingra and Pedro not playing a minute between them. Throw in the threat of Enciso, March when...

Sorry to say but it’s alarming how poorly coached we look: Defensively we are all over the place. Runners in behind over and over again. The press is muddled and ineffective Players don’t seem to know what they are doing when they get the ball, too many touches too few options. The new...

At times that was a really tough watch. Some of the players were a very long way off it but we got the job done in the end. Positives: - Adingra was excellent and deserves a start on Saturday - Baleba was excellent again - Weiffer changes the dynamic of the game - managers changes did work...

I need the collective wisdom of North Stand Chat. I have written a book on our time in the Premier Lesgue. It’s not the story of our history as that’s been well covered elsewhere this is more of a relatively lighthearted walkthrough of the seasons game by game. It hopefully allows people to...

That is an absolutely damning statistic and is the most telling of what has gone wrong this season. Three months and we haven’t managed to score more than two goals in a game. Yes March and Mitoma need to come back but to expect them to sort between just the two of them seems unrealistic. If...

Obviously I would love to see us win them all and sail up the table but being realistic there are a few things I would like to see looking ahead to next season. 1. Verbruggen to start every game and cement himself as number one 2. Ferguson to get a goal, any goal, maybe even a penalty in a dead...

We were so poor tonight. Too slow, laborious and lacking ambition. If we win tonight we go 7th. Instead we went backwards, sideways and never tried to take on a man. People will point to possession stats and shots and RDZ will say we deserved to win but we didn’t. In the last six games we...

For no apparent reason I started thinking about when we beat Manchester United 4-0. To remind myself I looked up the team that day. Looking at the side it got me thinking, is this the best side we have ever fielded. I knew the following season we achieved greater things but that team is...

Well, we are out. But lots of positives: - we beat Roma! Who would have thought we would ever say that! - a clean sheet - the back four does look so much more solid - JPVH was absolutely insane. Best player on the pitch in a Europa Leage knock out game - wonderful goal by Welbeck - no more...

Like most of us I am feeling pretty fed up this morning that we lost what would have been an excellent away point right at the death. It also got me thinking, when was the last time we got more points from a game than we deserved to? I can think of countless results where we have lost or...

Not a good performance and a rather frustrating night. A few positives: - another clean sheet - a point which is the most we deserved. On another day we lose that as they had the best chances by far - Steele did well - Lamptey back - One game closer to getting some players back. We...