Read More 6 minute read OOpinion Taking Palace To Champions League On Football Manager By Adopting Beliefs Of Twitter PessimistsbySam SmithJuly 24, 20205.3K views Sometimes you just have to give the fans what they want: a Football Manager 2020 save in which…
Read More 5 minute read OOpinion Hodgson Had To Change And Did Change – He Must Now Stick With 4-3-3bySam SmithSeptember 19, 20192.6K views When Crystal Palace fell to defeat at Sheffield United in a tepid and lacklustre performance last month, it…
Read More 13 minute read IInternational TEB Writers’ World Cup PredictionsbySam SmithJune 4, 20181.4K views There is a World Cup soon, apparently, and the countdown to hosts Russia’s highly-anticipated curtain raiser against world-beaters…
Read More 2 minute read OOpinion Five Things We Learnt From The Draw At BournemouthbySam SmithApril 10, 20181.1K views The weekend trip to the South Coast ended in a draw but it really should have been so…
Read More 6 minute read OOpinion Did Palace And Southampton Confuse Their Summer Managerial Appointments?bySam SmithMarch 2, 20181.1K views Last summer seems a very long time ago. So long, in fact, that Mauricio Pellegrino and Frank de…
Read More 2 minute read OOpinion Five Things TEB Learnt From The Defeat At EvertonbySam SmithFebruary 11, 20181.0K views A disappointing loss at Goodison Park but defeat can be a positive as long as the players, staff…
Read More 5 minute read OOpinion When Can We Properly Scrutinise VAR Without Being Told To ‘Give It Time’?bySam SmithJanuary 30, 20181.1K views The Video Assistant Referee system (VAR) seemed a great idea a year ago. The latest in football’s conveyer…
Read More 4 minute read RReviews Nya Kirby Stars But Young Eagles Fall To Youth Cup DefeatbySam SmithJanuary 20, 20181.8K views Nya Kirby starred but was unable to prevent Palace’s under-18 side exiting the FA Youth Cup at the…
Read More 5 minute read OOpinion Hodgson’s Simplified Football, Excellent Man-Management And Calm Nature A Big Factor In Recent SuccessbySam SmithDecember 20, 20171.6K views There are not many clubs in world football who could lose their first four games without scoring, subsequently…
Read More 4 minute read OOpinion Weapon Allegations A Bleak Reminiscence Of Criminalisation of Football SupportersbySam SmithDecember 13, 20171.2K views “A return to the dark days of football,” claimed Sussex Police Chief Inspector Simon Nelson. A suggestion so…