Problem is, we finish at Chelsea, and even IF we beat Palarse and Everton and Leicester and all results somehow went our way, us needing to win at a ground we always struggle on is not going to happen. A single point is keeping us from the trap door, but I would take maybe 2 wins from our last 4 games as a sort of decent ending to a very forgettable season.
No, we're not staying up, that's for certain. But winning the next two and one of the others losing the next two, will make them sweat a bit and will hurt Everton into the bargain. It's all we can do, to somehow leave the Premier League with a modicum of dignity. As long as Palace don't relegate us, we harm Everton's chances and make Leeds and/or Burnley worry a bit, that's all we can really do.
I'm all for hurting Everton (and Leeds) but I honestly think we're going to lose all of the last four.
Foster Kiko Kabasele Samir Kamara Sissoko Louza Kucka Sarr JP Dennis Bachmann, Ngakia, WTE, Cathcart, Masina, Kayembe, Gosling, Cleverley, Sema. No changes needed, consistency is key. Hopefully a lot of defensive and midfield options on the bench for Roy to decide against using. Palace 3 - 0 Watford 'Orns!
Well there is pub on each corner of the ground famously, each serving the local delicacy of "oeuvre et frites" Alternatively in the local surrounds are pubs full of Football Factory rejects, the type youll get starred at in for not being local enough, the garden will have at least one large dog and a stained smoking sofa and bins. Or the nearby Wetherspoons which really, really smells of piss. Personally Id try a bar in Croydon
Well, like they say, if your going out - do it in style! All we need now is Sema and Gosling starting. Oh, and Bachmann.
What's everyone doing tomorrow instead of watching this shyte? I might ride on the Miniature Railway at Cassiobury Park for two hours.
I shall be on court until 3pm. My last lesson is Oba. His mother asked me to remind her. I have asked her to remind me about reminding her! Mr IBB will be there and is quietly sympathetic and sometimes I catch him looking at me when he thinks I'm not looking. He has taken to writing me little notes,signed 'Gino Pozzo' to compensate for the deafening silence from the Dangerous Brothers. I poke him in his gammy eye with them! Lord help us all.
I'm going to watch cricket at a nearby village at 2pm, I don't even like cricket, but the weather will be good and beer cheap.
To be honest, our only goal is to somehow try and equal or surpass our lowest ever Premier League points haul of 24. Which I don't think we will do. I can't actually quite believe we are struggling to beat that total from 99/00 which at the time was the lowest points ever in a PL season.
I last went on it around a year ago and the price was now an eye watering £1.50, may be even higher now. Sign of the times. The experience however as an adult still did stack up to my childhood memories. There was a real sensation of speed and would definitely like to go again soon.
Loved it as a kid and loved taking my kids on it before they mutated into teenagers. I will be using an air breaker drill to smash up a very large concrete square (maybe an old shed base?) in my garden tomorrow afternoon. My back, arms and ears will hurt after, but still more fun than watching Roy's bottlers lose once again.
Go to Borough Market for a few pre-match scoops then take the train in to the heart of darkness from London Bridge
I was feeling envious of you when you said you were going to Borough market (lived very near there pre-kids and love it); then I read the second part of your post and ended up feeling sorry for you.
I'll be at the Maidstone United game instead. It'll be nice watching a team and a manager who are actually passionate about their club and who actually care about winning and achieving things.
If the sun's shining and the vino is slipping down nicely, I might well struggle to motivate myself to move on to the inevitable misery
