Tag: Crystal Palace
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FA Cup 4th Round Draw
At a time when cut-throat cynicism and lack of common sense is spreading through top level sport and having a noxious effect akin to the invasive scourge that is Japanese Knotweed – Munster GAA I’m looking at you – at least the FA Cup can always be relied upon to inject a bit of much…
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Eze to forget about loyalty or is it common sense?
No matter how many straws one attempts to clutch at, sometimes you’ll never find the one you’re looking for. Or the one you’re hoping might be there somewhere, buried in a stockpile. Go back to a piece on these pages within the last week, and you will find reference to the fact that Dermot McCabe…
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The annual six week obsession
The sporting calendar is, I suppose, identical to the ‘normal’ one, in that, it’s a matter of ticking off milestones on the annual schedule. Instead of Christmas think Cheltenham, for Easter see Fairyhouse, Listowel Writers Week = Listowel Harvest Racing Festival. Similarly, for me, the commencement of a new soccer season in Britain is also…
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Misfiring meddlers still the gift that keep on giving
Yours truly is old enough to remember a day when Bernard Flynn had the ball 90% over the bar in a Leinster SFC encounter with Wicklow when the referee decided to blow for full time and thus the ‘score’ was declared null and void. Luckily for Meath (and the referee) our lads negotiated the replay…
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Holders will have to storm the Palace as title defence begins
When you graduate from hunter to hunted, with a target affixed to your back, you need a different approach to things. For the current group of Manchester United players, doing so will be a new experience. And challenge. One which will be tested to the full when they confront Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace at the…
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You don’t have to go but you can’t stay here
As much as I wish it was the case, the reappearance of the above line wasn’t brought about in the mind’s eye by the late, great Sean Nealon letting patrons know drinking time was in injury time. No, it came to mind when perusing the first weekend’s action in this year’s Premier League. Looking at…
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Spurs appear to have Post delivered
It appears delusional Tottenham Hotspur supporters will have to wind their necks in and, more than likely, be made to look very silly. With almost pompous arrogance, fans of the underwhelming North London club were bleating that Ange Postecoglou wasn’t “good enough” to manage their club and that they “deserved better”. Who do they think…
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He’ll make sure we keep talking about him
The prospect of Eamon Dunphy, John Giles and even, Lord help us, the most boring man alive, Liam Brady, in conversation is always worth a listen. Though it will never be quite the same without Bill in the chair. Now read on… Recently, the latest edition of Dunphy’s excellent podcast, The Stand was happened upon…
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The glass is still half full
Manchester Utd… 1 Crystal Palace… 1 If you’d told Erik ten Hag or anybody connected to or interested in Manchester United they’d take four points from their two games this week, chances are they’d have taken your hand off for it. Albeit expectation most likely would’ve been that they would have taken three points tonight…
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Fulham draw the short straw as opening pairings revealed
If you are a newly promoted side to the Premier League, surely your greatest wish would be to eased gently into life in the top flight. Nobody wants to be taking a pasting during the initial bedding in phase. Yet that must be exactly what Fulham will fear following the publication of the first round…