Burchy Blog Extract Three:
21/9/11
Middlesbrough beat us 1 – 0 on Saturday but I had confidence we would win Tuesdays cup tie. Boro coped better with the second half weather conditions which saw the match take place in a deluge to win the game, but in the last 25 minutes palace’s youth prodigies gave us such pace they ripped boro’s back four to shreds. This led to Middlesbrough being reduced to 10 men as a defender was unlucky to receive a second yellow card, unlucky because had the referee played an advantage Zaha would have set up an equaliser and the ref would have fulfilled his duty to do all he could to keep 22 players on the pitch. There followed an example of the old adage when it is hard to score against 11 men, its impossible to score against 10 however well your team plays.
I am so impressed with the way Dougie Freedman has used the carling cup this season. We have been fortunate to have been drawn at home for three consecutive ties which has undoubtedly given us an advantage but Freedman has used the competition to build confidence and this has been reflected in Palace’s start to the league programme. Zaha and Williams have been fantastic and last night even Calvin Andrew got the winner a rarity in itself. Yet comparisons for me can be drawn between previous young starlets Ben Watson and Victor Moses now at Wigan and Jonny Williams and Wilf Zaha the difference being the club is in a better position to hold on to these players and develop them to the clubs advantage.
Because I am going to Brighton I will not be at Doncaster this weekend but my priority on Saturday lunchtime will be the league cup 4th round draw. I hope we are drawn away to a Premier League side. I think I shall end up in the north west, Liverpool, Bolton, Utd, Blackburn, or Stoke would be nice – watching Zaha or Williams light up the match scoring in a brave defeat as we bow out gracefully, the purpose of an exciting cup run served. Actually no! Sod it lets do it really go all out and you never know maybe our names on the cup!
And so to Brighton (seaweed s**m) yes I hate B******n as much as the next Palace fan but I understand the nature of the rivalries and how rivalries work. At one point in time one rival rises and is on top and at another point in time the second rival rises and challenges to be on top. For this reason I fear this meeting of two foes at the Tampax. At the time of AJ’s hat-trick and the 5 – 0, beautiful 5 – 0! We ended the season in the Premier League and homeless B******n were on their knees and got relegated. Our rivals are clearly on the up and our dangerous, League One Champions and top of the Championship and playing in a brand new stadium. Palace in this period as we know has struggled.
I was at the valley in 2005 when clown town sent us down from the Premier League and how they loved playing Tony Christie’s Amarillo with those mean words ringing in my ears so how sweet it is to laugh at what happened next. We will always enjoy the 5 – 0 it is in the record books and part of Crystal Palace’s history, stoking the rivalry. Yet we have dined out on 5 – 0 for a long time and it would be foolhardy not to respect regenerated B******n and Freedman will make sure the respect for the fixture is there. He scored his 100th Palace goal at the Withdean and understands the fans strength of feeling. Factor in the Glenn Murray effect and the fact he will play the hardest match in his career and his desire alone should guide us to at least a draw. GO PALACE!!!!!!!!!!!!
So what do I do in a rear match free weekend? The answer is skiiiiiiiiiiiiiii down a snow hill in Hemel Hempstead in a disabled ski. I hope to develop this as a new hobby so I can ski more regularly with my folks in Canada. I will let you know how this develops over the next few weeks in future blogs.
Thanks for reading S B
21/9/11
Middlesbrough beat us 1 – 0 on Saturday but I had confidence we would win Tuesdays cup tie. Boro coped better with the second half weather conditions which saw the match take place in a deluge to win the game, but in the last 25 minutes palace’s youth prodigies gave us such pace they ripped boro’s back four to shreds. This led to Middlesbrough being reduced to 10 men as a defender was unlucky to receive a second yellow card, unlucky because had the referee played an advantage Zaha would have set up an equaliser and the ref would have fulfilled his duty to do all he could to keep 22 players on the pitch. There followed an example of the old adage when it is hard to score against 11 men, its impossible to score against 10 however well your team plays.
I am so impressed with the way Dougie Freedman has used the carling cup this season. We have been fortunate to have been drawn at home for three consecutive ties which has undoubtedly given us an advantage but Freedman has used the competition to build confidence and this has been reflected in Palace’s start to the league programme. Zaha and Williams have been fantastic and last night even Calvin Andrew got the winner a rarity in itself. Yet comparisons for me can be drawn between previous young starlets Ben Watson and Victor Moses now at Wigan and Jonny Williams and Wilf Zaha the difference being the club is in a better position to hold on to these players and develop them to the clubs advantage.
Because I am going to Brighton I will not be at Doncaster this weekend but my priority on Saturday lunchtime will be the league cup 4th round draw. I hope we are drawn away to a Premier League side. I think I shall end up in the north west, Liverpool, Bolton, Utd, Blackburn, or Stoke would be nice – watching Zaha or Williams light up the match scoring in a brave defeat as we bow out gracefully, the purpose of an exciting cup run served. Actually no! Sod it lets do it really go all out and you never know maybe our names on the cup!
And so to Brighton (seaweed s**m) yes I hate B******n as much as the next Palace fan but I understand the nature of the rivalries and how rivalries work. At one point in time one rival rises and is on top and at another point in time the second rival rises and challenges to be on top. For this reason I fear this meeting of two foes at the Tampax. At the time of AJ’s hat-trick and the 5 – 0, beautiful 5 – 0! We ended the season in the Premier League and homeless B******n were on their knees and got relegated. Our rivals are clearly on the up and our dangerous, League One Champions and top of the Championship and playing in a brand new stadium. Palace in this period as we know has struggled.
I was at the valley in 2005 when clown town sent us down from the Premier League and how they loved playing Tony Christie’s Amarillo with those mean words ringing in my ears so how sweet it is to laugh at what happened next. We will always enjoy the 5 – 0 it is in the record books and part of Crystal Palace’s history, stoking the rivalry. Yet we have dined out on 5 – 0 for a long time and it would be foolhardy not to respect regenerated B******n and Freedman will make sure the respect for the fixture is there. He scored his 100th Palace goal at the Withdean and understands the fans strength of feeling. Factor in the Glenn Murray effect and the fact he will play the hardest match in his career and his desire alone should guide us to at least a draw. GO PALACE!!!!!!!!!!!!
So what do I do in a rear match free weekend? The answer is skiiiiiiiiiiiiiii down a snow hill in Hemel Hempstead in a disabled ski. I hope to develop this as a new hobby so I can ski more regularly with my folks in Canada. I will let you know how this develops over the next few weeks in future blogs.
Thanks for reading S B
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