In my last article I mentioned that with every win I became more worried about defeat.
Whilst our last game against Everton was a defeat that was a little painful for all involved it did help settle my nerves. It was good to get it out the way. It helped us understand our weaknesses and remember we are human. Although of course losing never feels good. But at least it was not shameful and at least it was not a result that meant we lost hope in the team, manager or chairman.
And this weekend we bounced back and went out there to win. We scored first and did not concede which is a start, but it was far from perfect.
Defender Martin Kelly continued to make me extremely nervous and especially during the first half. Sometimes it is like he turns up and does not want to be there or does not really care about the result. When he is on the ball I have resumed being worried about what mistake he is going to make next, I had hoped that after the last couple of days he was progressing.
The sooner Pape Souare can get into the team, the better because we just use Kelly as a back up centre back because I really cannot take the nerves of seeing him play anymore.
And anybody that doubts me I think the fact that this weekend Wilfried Zaha was having to track back on the wing as well as being further up front. Even the commentators were picking up on it and that takes some doing.
I am just hoping that in the next couple of weeks we can go from strength to strength as squad members and injured players return to being part of the team and providing stronger back-up.
It is also worth mentioning and congratulating players for not reacting to managers anger of accidental knocks because frankly the clear strangling, shirt pulling and abuse was disgraceful. We have a manager that got a ban for a light header and yet actual violence on a player is avoided. Ban him from the stadium. It is almost like he went out of his way to cause chaos seen as he usually sits up in the stands rather than stand in the dugout.
The next few weeks are going to be very busy for Crystal Palace and I hope that we can keep up the motivation and drive to keep on succeeding but also continue to fill in the cracks and make the team more connected to help us get at least a point in the tough games at the end of the season.
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