A Second half equaliser on a Cold Selhurst night left points
shared on what was a scrappy and unremarkable evening. Both teams deserved a
point, but the pace was pedestrian from the start and could have been a
testimonial for Alan Pardew who has managed both clubs seamlessly.
On a positive though the cross that Campbell met from
Bolasie was positively World Class as he remains an enigma frustrating as he is
brilliant and often unplayable.
Despite this though I found the game a struggle due to an
onset of agoraphobia and fatigue due to depression. This was not helped by some
of the idiots at the front of the Holmesdale who thought it would be funny to
through a coin at Collocini who was lucky not to be seriously injured. This
behaviour is totally unacceptable and the perpetrator should be banned from
Selhurst for life and face criminal charges! Also the fact this happens more often
than it should is a bad sign especially when you consider that blind supporters
are considering going to national media consumer rights programme You and Yours
to sort out the fact the club don’t want to do the simple task of installing a
hearing loop for blind supporters. This is discrimination!
On a brighter note to make this post balanced there is a
burning sense of pride in me to think how far we have come since the dark days
of 2010 and despite a few issues that need ironing out are probably one of the
best run and most stable clubs in the league because of the balance of
expertise brought to the club by each of the four owners. This is probably to
the envy of struggling clubs like Aston Villa or indeed Newcastle United.
Sometimes though pride comes before a fall and with Palace
this is certainly the case. Yet for me this is not enough as loyalty is the
most important thing in football but loyalty cuts both ways and I can no longer
afford the fun and bonding of away days due to the excessive ticket costs mean
normal fans are being priced out of the game which is sad as wonderful, kind,
and hardworking supporters of whom David and little Pete London spring to mind
as he was the youngest signature on the CVA Agreement during our administration
period and deserve massive respect for the distances covered yet sadly even
these become a minority voice as the Premier League is swept along by its cash
value worldwide as a United Kingdom export to the detriment of the common man.
Fans like little Pete will become all the more rare because of the battle between
the powers of capitalism and the problem of footballs money men such as Tan,
Abramovich and the Venky’s continue to destroy the sole of the game.
Yet my burning love of the Palace will never die and the payoff
of money is that sky have cooked their goose one too many times and that makes
the availability of worldwide computer feeds of matches makes them easily
accessible which offers people the choice to support from afar more achievable
when the mundane drudgery of everyday life gets too much and we all need to
escape to sunnier climes and we can stay in touch with the game we all love by
magic which I guess is why we love it so much anyhow. So what makes us all feel
better than the magic of the FA Cup Vs Liverpool to send us all spinning down
memory lane once again!
Add on: Best wishes to a friend and inspiration for loving
the Eagles Graham Maskill as he recovers from a heart scare! (He may be a curmudgeon
but he is my and Palace’s curmudgeon and I for one am not prepared for him to
go anywhere yet. As you know banter is a great leveller get well soon buddy!!!)
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