Saturday's opponents Norwich face a tough game at MK Dons tonight in a Sky televised match. As manager Paul Lambert finds his feet, he appears to have steadied the ship after their opening day mauling at home to Colchester when he was the visiting boss.
Norwich were as poor a side as us last year and I am not expecting them to do much other than finish in the top-half this season. It will be interesting to see how they go tonight but my money's on a home win. I am looking forward to the trip to Norwich on Saturday and am confident we can maintain our unbeaten run after the apparent disappointment of drawing on Saturday which felt like a defeat, especially with the sickener of having two "winning goals" disallowed.
I'm really pleased for Parky picking up the Manager of the Month award and it's a nice double with Lloyd Sam getting the Player of the Month gong. Hopefully the curse that goes with these will be limited to dropping two points to the Saints. Talking of whom, I thought their fans were pretty quiet on Saturday, especially in the second half.
I said in my after-match post that I was surprised that Pardew got off so lightly, but have been told that there were several unflattering, loud chants from the Covered End during the game which I obviously missed. Either way, he had the decency or the temerity, depending on how you view it, to applaud the home fans as he left at the end and I think he should be given the benefit of the doubt here i.e. a genuine acknowledgement. Perhaps we can move on now and want to beat Southampton sinmply for who they are in future, rather than who their manager is.
Finally, as we smart from a home draw, it's worth reminding ourselves that Palace got thumped 4-0 at Selhurst by Scunthorpe in what Neil Warnock called a "a complete embarrassment." That, and there were over 6,000 less at the game to see the Championship giants. Early days it may be, but I am looking at the tables and wondering if our respective end-of-seasons may once again be linked, this time by a game of leap-frog.
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What is it about linemen in front of East Stand - he also missed 2/3 yellow shirts offside prior to Elliot's fantastic save in the first half. (Elliot really deserves a bit of praise - he clearly has improved a lot over the summer)
ReplyDeleteGood to see that Agent Ambrose has now managed to find a place on the Selhurst pitch where he can hide during games - after his first few weeks where he actually had to run around and doing something.
I didn't hear the chanting either dave - the press just make these things up.
ReplyDeletewest stand lino (I had to go posh this week) was just as bad
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ReplyDeleteThere definitely were some chants from the Covered End towards Pardew, the main one kicking off soon after he emerged from the tunnel: "Pardew, Pardew, you're a **n*"
Whilst it's not uncommon for individuals to use that particular word when hurling abuse towards fans/officials/players I can't recall it being used in a chant before.
S.I.E.S.A - That was the one I was told about!
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