I've generally been feeling that way since we've been in the PL. Each of the final years we were in the Championship seemed to get harder, and I think it's got harder still since we were promoted - although I really enjoy Championship football, I don't want us to go back, for the fear of not...
IMO, if your striker is having to work so hard defending and closing down opponents that they're no longer in the right position for when we have the ball, and they no longer have the explosive energy do attack, then no it's not necessarily a good thing. Florin, however, showed he could do it...
Are they really that bad? They've let in 20 - the same as Arsenal, 5 less than Man U. Less than us, less than most sides. Their problem is that they have no decent strikers. Tomkins is generally doing well, he just struggled on a day when our entire team were up for it. The Palace back line are...
I guess it depends on your confidence levels. It was indeed great, but when Balagun scored there was still 70 minutes left, so I was still feeling quite cautious. Getting the third just on the stroke of half time was enough for me to join your party :)
I like to pause it as van Aanholt is about to shoot. We score in 16 seconds. I can't stop watching it, and I still can't believe it. I'm not sure he can either.
He never really had the ball, he'd just run the length of the pitch at full pace to stay with Andone, then Andone cut it back a little into Tomkins path, but Tomkins was now goal-side of the ball, and had to play it with his left foot. Putting it out for a corner wasn't really an option.
Indeed...
We're neck and neck! Whenever there's a lull in the day I think, mmm, I'll just watch it one more time (which immediately turns into at least 4 more times).