in football terms, he is tactically naive and I feel He lets his ego even get in the way of decisions. --------------------------------------------------------------------- A big thank you to the Palace chairmen for not over reacting this week.
Merson say 2-1 Saints. 'The fans wouldn't be expecting a win against a top-six team but they'll want their side to beat a team like Southampton'
So he praises us with the 2-1 prediction, then damns us with his comment. There's always a little of an agenda with Merson, regarding Saints.
Merson also said that at the beginning of the season everyone would expect Palace to be close to Southampton. Now anything is possible in life, but I doubt many would put Palace into the same category as Saints before the season started.
Stoppable force versus the movable object in this one. No team's games have featured fewer goals than our 1.92 a match, while Palace's 3.62/match tops the league.
I want us to win this game, but not like I needed us to beat Everton, or not like I wanted us to run rings around Arsenal after seeing their team sheet. I'm so looking forward to Thursday, one of the biggest nights in our history coming up. The Palace game just does not feel very big at this moment in time.
I read that as Christmas wombles, and my next thought was wonder how much meat you get on one of them? I guess it must be dinner time.
