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[Football] Run-In Appraisals



Acker79

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Nov 15, 2008
31,765
Brighton
We'll probably get a lot of similar articles soon. Here's one from the Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/24/premier-league-fans-run-in-arsenal-huddersfield (A-H)
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/mar/24/premier-league-fans-run-in-leicester-wolves (L-W)

Brighton

Well, what a difference three weeks makes… With no league wins since 29 December it was beginning to look a bit dodgy. But then we beat Huddersfield at the start of March, a week later put in an outstanding performance to defeat Palace at Selhurst Park – which reminded us that actually this team are well-organised, talented and committed – and then came our robbery of a win at Millwall thanks to Chris Hughton’s brilliant decision to bring on goalscorers Solly March and Jürgen Locadia. The whole team just refused to give up. So now we’re going to Wembley. We’re not safe yet, though, and with seven games in April it will be tough, but the feeling is that we have the squad to survive.

More of this please … Yves Bissouma dance routines when we win, please. And it was great to see our marvellous chairman, Tony Bloom, still twirling his scarf with delight in an otherwise empty Barry Kitchener stand at the Den, while being serenaded by our marvellous fans.

Less of this please … Criticism of Hughton for being cautious. He’s done a great job with players such as March and Lewis Dunk who have thrived under him, and we’re so lucky to have him. But we do need to find more consistency.

Predictions… We will finish 15th. The top four: 1 Liverpool; 2 Man City; 3 Arsenal; 4 Tottenham. Going down: 18 Burnley; 19 Fulham; 20 Huddersfield

• Steph Fincham Observer reader

I like this from the huddersfield write up:
Less of this please … Steve Mounié, Steve Mounié and Steve Mounié. Pound for pound the worst player I’ve ever seen in our shirt. And that’s saying something, considering I’ve followed this club to the pits of League Two and back. Oh, and less frame-by-frame over-analysis by pundits of innocuous tackles. Whenever there’s a controversial moment we’re subjected to endless analysis of it in slow motion. The pundit commenting on the tackle then goes on to tell us how a player, in a split-second, has made a decision to hurt an opponent or duck out of a tackle. It’s a nonsense, even more so when Graeme Souness and Martin Keown are telling us how “reprehensible” a challenge is.
And I thought some of our fans were bitter about our TV coverage!


Bizarrely, the Man Utd fan is the only one that predicts us to finish in the bottom 3. Is he still bitter about our win over them early this season? Personal vendetta? Lack of knowledge of football outside the top 6 and still thinks we're in our Jan/Feb freefall that people were talking about before our back to back league wins? Or a savant who is the only one who sees it coming?
 


Wozza

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Jul 6, 2003
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Manchester United fans thinks we're going down. ****.

Mind you, he also said "Less of this please … Semi-finals at Wembley." - well, Wolves sorted that for ya, mate. ****.
 


Sheebo

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Jul 13, 2003
29,226
Great write up from our bloke. I’d say some on NSC could learn from the ‘less of this’ analysis :thumbsup:
 


essbee1

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Jun 25, 2014
4,078
I would hate all this cup fever to derail our survival bid. Especially the players, whose minds might be
on something different.
 


LlcoolJ

Mama said knock you out.
Oct 14, 2009
12,982
Sheffield
Manchester United fans thinks we're going down. ****.

Mind you, he also said "Less of this please … Semi-finals at Wembley." - well, Wolves sorted that for ya, mate. ****.
Man United 'fan' in "hasn't got a clue about football" non shocker.
 






LlcoolJ

Mama said knock you out.
Oct 14, 2009
12,982
Sheffield
Crystal Palace

There’s a growing sense of unrest. A record of three home wins all season makes a mockery of the “Fortress Selhurst” tag and, if it wasn’t for*our away form, we’d be even closer to the relegation zone. The perception is that we’ve underachieved with a very expensive squad – even though a couple of key injuries haven’t helped.

More of this please …*Our away form is essential to saving this season: that has to be maintained or it could all go wrong. Also, more noise from the home and away crowds, who’ve excelled as always; and more focus on the future. Securing the Academy site on a long-term lease bodes well for the years ahead.

Less of this please …*Roy Hodgson’s reticence. His failure to react after we equalised in the FA Cup quarter-final highlighted one of our key issues: poor in-game management. Brighton, Chelsea, Bournemouth, Watford – in all of these league games we’ve drawn level but failed to build. And on a broader note, I’d like to see Gareth Southgate rethink his baffling omission of Aaron Wan-Bissaka from the senior England setup. That needs to change fast before DR Congo convince him to swap allegiances, just as Ivory Coast did with Wilfried Zaha.

Predictions… We will finish:*14th.*The top four: 1Man City;*2*Liverpool;*3*Arsenal;*4*Tottenham.*Going down: 18*Burnley;*19*Fulham;*20Huddersfield

Usual Palace delusional nonsense. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
 


Dec 29, 2011
8,014
Crystal Palace

There’s a growing sense of unrest. A record of three home wins all season makes a mockery of the “Fortress Selhurst” tag and, if it wasn’t for*our away form, we’d be even closer to the relegation zone. The perception is that we’ve underachieved with a very expensive squad – even though a couple of key injuries haven’t helped.

More of this please …*Our away form is essential to saving this season: that has to be maintained or it could all go wrong. Also, more noise from the home and away crowds, who’ve excelled as always; and more focus on the future. Securing the Academy site on a long-term lease bodes well for the years ahead.

Less of this please …*Roy Hodgson’s reticence. His failure to react after we equalised in the FA Cup quarter-final highlighted one of our key issues: poor in-game management. Brighton, Chelsea, Bournemouth, Watford – in all of these league games we’ve drawn level but failed to build. And on a broader note, I’d like to see Gareth Southgate rethink his baffling omission of Aaron Wan-Bissaka from the senior England setup. That needs to change fast before DR Congo convince him to swap allegiances, just as Ivory Coast did with Wilfried Zaha.

Predictions… We will finish:*14th.*The top four: 1Man City;*2*Liverpool;*3*Arsenal;*4*Tottenham.*Going down: 18*Burnley;*19*Fulham;*20Huddersfield

Usual Palace delusional nonsense. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

You can hardly cite Zaha as a reason to cap Aaron Wan-Bissaka. Zaha wouldn't get anywhere near the England squad at the moment, and he was best off choosing the Ivory Coast
 






Sheebo

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Jul 13, 2003
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