Monday 25 January 2010

Da Do Ron Ron

Good day! It’s certainly been a while.

Thanks to those who voted in the poll, a fairly interesting outcome. For the record, we agree with the majority.

Since we last updated (I refuse to say ‘blogged’), we’ve been to Plymouth and won a vital 3 points, come away from Wolves unlucky (or lucky from a financial point of view) to have a replay, Moses is still here and so are our financial woes.
I must say, I thought there’d be a lot more big bad changes to talk and moan about.


The team did fantastically well at Plymouth. Not a particularly great place to go at anytime. But before playing us they’d beaten Cardiff away, smashed Reading at home, and held Newcastle to a draw in the cup before going out in the replay. Taking that into account, throw in the awful pitch conditions and the 3 points were never going to be easy to achieve. The fact that it needed a(nother) Moses wonderstrike to overcome them, indicates Plymouth’s contribution to the match.


A few days later and the BBC treated us to the Carling Cup semis- both very watchable, both very different. Man City didn’t turn up for the first half, Man United didn’t turn up for the second. Neville, after 15 years suddenly became an interesting character by apparently ‘sucking off Ferguson’s boots’ and then fingering Tevez! What a slut!
Carlos Tevez is swiftly becoming my favourite Premier League player (ssssh, don’t tell Warnock.) After his acrimonious departure from the Manchester Reds (that’s the colour of the shirts, not the managers’ face), all the talk of was how Ferguson “didn’t think Tevez was worth the pre-agreed fee.”
Which is quite frankly an arrogant, bullshit-ridden, refusal to actually admit the truth. That truth being they simply couldn’t afford him. You only have to look at the signings Fergie did make to see that. £16million for a flash-in-the-pan Wigan winger, wages only for an ex-England international that would’ve been put down years ago if he were a racehorse (something Fergie should know full well) and a barely known, injured French U21.

T’was a simple case of not having enough cash to seal the deal that was already agreed- nothing to be ashamed of but evidently backed up by last week’s reports that had they not sold Cristina Ronaldo for £80m, they would have made a total annual loss of £40m!
There was absolutely no need to insult Tevez’s abilities, at the time of letting him go (Fergie) or just before the cup game (Neville) so who can blame him for giving it a bit of a Chas ‘n’ Dave-esque “yup yup rabbit yup yup yup rabbit rabbit bunny jabber yup rabbit” gesture?
Let’s hope for a little more at Wednesday’s 2nd leg.



On Saturday, Palace went to Wolves for the FA Cup, alas, I went to the IMAX to see ‘Avatar’- something I’d booked long before we progressed into the 4th round. From just after 3pm, my phone went on a mad vibrating spree with updates that I was too scared to take out of my pocket to read. The fear stemming from a potential scalding by the uber-nerds next to/behind/all around me, plus I also didn’t want to see the score whilst wearing 3D glasses. To see news that we may be winning in three dimensions could potentially blow my mind more than the 50ft, blue smurf/human/cat hybrids that seemed to be trying to poke me directly in the eyes for 3 hours.
And to see news that we were getting tonked in three dimensions would be more depressing than the sci-fi native death fest playing out before me. (It’s actually quite enjoyable on the whole, go see it at IMAX if you can- visually amazing, OK story.)

By all accounts, we were unlucky not to walk away with victory but we can, and should be, ever proud of our current form. That equalizer was something special too.
Hopefully, depending on squad size/availability, I reckon we can go that one step further in the replay. Yes it’s on the tellybox (ITV4- after ‘The Sweeney’, before ‘The Professionals’), but hopefully the cheap tickets should gather a great crowd and atmosphere.
It’s easy to stay at home in the warm, but let’s look at it this way:
If we have a mad flurry of tickets bought over the coming days, maybe that little guaranteed cash-injection will work in our favour when we go to HMRC later this week, cap in hand, trousers round ankles…. Arses clenched.
Let’s turn up and sing up! (to the replay, not the tax hearing.)

Wednesday sees us at St James’ Park. Difficult under any circumstances but their 1 win in 5 league games may give us a little confidence boost. We are sure to be knackered and it’s unlikely that Claude will play but whatever the result, whatever the score, it’s going to be tough and coming away with nothing, shouldn’t dishearten anyone.
To those supporters brave enough to travel up there, all the best and don’t feel pressured to go topless like the locals. (Unless you’re a good looking lady and close to the cameras)

And finally… what may become a regular feature that I’m going to call:

Noades Knows.

I commented on Ron Noades last time and I don’t want to tread old ground too much. However, he’s still rambling on so why can’t I?
This week, Ron graced us with this-

“If David Gold had bought Palace and asked me to come back as a director I would’ve done that.
“I went to David and tried to persuade him to buy Crystal Palace instead of West Ham, because he lives locally and is a friend of mine.”


Again, thanks a bunch Ron. That must’ve really taken it out of you.
More if’s and hypothetical saintly deeds from the old sack of shitwind.
Should you like to deal in IF’s Ron, try this… “IF you weren’t such a money grabbing old mercenary (or ‘good businessman’ as some of his supporters put it), you wouldn’t have sent us down the swanny with that Goldberg shaped buffoon of a chairman. Remember Simon Jordan saying he’d only sell to someone who has the clubs best interests at heart? How cute, how apt and dare I say how honourable.
IF only Ron had the same attitude.

And with that thought, I give you a pleasant little ditty that I’ve entitled ‘D-DO ONE RON!’

Altogether now, sing along- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqgtsai2aKY

When he sold the club, he sold it to a clown-
D-DO ONE RON RON, D-DO ONE RON!
And even though he sold it, he still kept the ground -
D-DO ONE RON RON, D-DO ONE RON RON!

Yeeeeeah, he sold to a clown
Yeeeeeah, he kept the ground
And, his wife is a whore

So DO ONE RON RON, D-DO ONE RON!



Please, feel free to add your own verses below. It may take off in the stands

See you at Selhurst.


PTTP


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