Crystal Palace v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[PaulWinch again]

Time's nearly up.

[Pat McMahon]

I bumped into Darren on the train to the ground. Always a pleasure.

I think you bumped into a lot of things after the game too. Not as many as the Stourbridge massive though.......

[Steve R]

We played shit yesterday and Selhurst Park is a shit ground.

As always, Darren nails it.

The double use of the word 'shit' is a master stroke. I feel as if I were at the game.

[lovejoy]

Complaints about fan behaviour during the minute's silence?

http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Crystal-Palace-fans-hit-Aston-Villa-supporters/story-20953116-detail/story.html

Didn't happen that way. The usual thing occurred with people singing while walking in late and then bring shushed.

Happens during every minutes silence at footy.

This.

No away fan in stadium made any noise. If there was any heckling it was from Palace fans. Presumably the Croydon Advertiser will retract and apologise?

[tricky dicky]

I bumped into Darren on the train to the ground. Always a pleasure.

I spend most games in the company of Darren and he is good guy to be around .

[Ads]

I imagine Darren spends most games trying to make eye contact with the home support and then slowly drawing his thumb across his throat once they look his way.

is this an accurate description?

[fbriai]

At times like this I can scarcely read the papers or come on h&v.

I was amused to find that my copy of the Sunday Times had no Villa report - very sympathetic, I thought.

There are two Newcastle reports so the poor Geordies trying to avoid pain have double the trouble.

I was at a family wedding yesterday. Managed a quick look at the BBC page and knew we were losing 1-0. Didn't find out final score until around 8pm and wasn't remotely surprised.

You're reaction was probably like mine. It's a quick look, swear under your breath, carry on doing what you were doing, despite being mad inside. Hoping that the next time you looked we'd turned it around, yet knowing full well there was more chance of it ending 2-0.

Sounds very familiar, TV.

[Meanwood Villa]

At times like this I can scarcely read the papers or come on h&v.

I was amused to find that my copy of the Sunday Times had no Villa report - very sympathetic, I thought.

There are two Newcastle reports so the poor Geordies trying to avoid pain have double the trouble.

I was at a family wedding yesterday. Managed a quick look at the BBC page and knew we were losing 1-0. Didn't find out final score until around 8pm and wasn't remotely surprised.

You're reaction was probably like mine. It's a quick look, swear under your breath, carry on doing what you were doing, despite being mad inside. Hoping that the next time you looked we'd turned it around, yet knowing full well there was more chance of it ending 2-0.

Sounds very familiar, TV.

I was in the Kunstmuseum in Basel getting updates from my brother and uncle who were in attendance. Van Gogh would have cut both ears off if he had to follow our lot.

[aev]

Complaints about fan behaviour during the minute's silence?

http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Crystal-Palace-fans-hit-Aston-Villa-supporters/story-20953116-detail/story.html

Didn't happen that way. The usual thing occurred with people singing while walking in late and then bring shushed.

Happens during every minutes silence at footy.

This.

No away fan in stadium made any noise. If there was any heckling it was from Palace fans. Presumably the Croydon Advertiser will retract and apologise?

Well from where I was sitting it sounded like noise coming from the away bit - whether or not they were in the stand or concourse I couldn't say. The heckling (equally dopey) was in response to that.

[Clampy]

Complaints about fan behaviour during the minute's silence?

http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Crystal-Palace-fans-hit-Aston-Villa-supporters/story-20953116-detail/story.html

Didn't happen that way. The usual thing occurred with people singing while walking in late and then bring shushed.

Happens during every minutes silence at footy.

This.

No away fan in stadium made any noise. If there was any heckling it was from Palace fans. Presumably the Croydon Advertiser will retract and apologise?

Well from where I was sitting it sounded like noise coming from the away bit - whether or not they were in the stand or concourse I couldn't say. The heckling (equally dopey) was in response to that.

From where we were, it did sound like it was coming from either outside or from people walking in from the concourse. The other's telling them to shut up didn't help too much. Luckily it didn't last for the whole minute.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

At times like this I can scarcely read the papers or come on h&v.

I was amused to find that my copy of the Sunday Times had no Villa report - very sympathetic, I thought.

There are two Newcastle reports so the poor Geordies trying to avoid pain have double the trouble.

I was at a family wedding yesterday. Managed a quick look at the BBC page and knew we were losing 1-0. Didn't find out final score until around 8pm and wasn't remotely surprised.

You're reaction was probably like mine. It's a quick look, swear under your breath, carry on doing what you were doing, despite being mad inside. Hoping that the next time you looked we'd turned it around, yet knowing full well there was more chance of it ending 2-0.

Sounds very familiar, TV.

I was in the Kunstmuseum in Basel getting updates from my brother and uncle who were in attendance. Van Gogh would have cut both ears off if he had to follow our lot.

I thought the Kunstmuseum was the Trophy Room at St Andrews.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Complaints about fan behaviour during the minute's silence?

http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Crystal-Palace-fans-hit-Aston-Villa-supporters/story-20953116-detail/story.html

Didn't happen that way. The usual thing occurred with people singing while walking in late and then bring shushed.

Happens during every minutes silence at footy.

This.

No away fan in stadium made any noise. If there was any heckling it was from Palace fans. Presumably the Croydon Advertiser will retract and apologise?

Well from where I was sitting it sounded like noise coming from the away bit - whether or not they were in the stand or concourse I couldn't say. The heckling (equally dopey) was in response to that.

From where we were, it did sound like it was coming from either outside or from people walking in from the concourse. The other's telling them to shut up didn't help too much. Luckily it didn't last for the whole minute.

This is why I favour the minute's applause.

[aev]

Complaints about fan behaviour during the minute's silence?

http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Crystal-Palace-fans-hit-Aston-Villa-supporters/story-20953116-detail/story.html

Didn't happen that way. The usual thing occurred with people singing while walking in late and then bring shushed.

Happens during every minutes silence at footy.

This.

No away fan in stadium made any noise. If there was any heckling it was from Palace fans. Presumably the Croydon Advertiser will retract and apologise?

Well from where I was sitting it sounded like noise coming from the away bit - whether or not they were in the stand or concourse I couldn't say. The heckling (equally dopey) was in response to that.

From where we were, it did sound like it was coming from either outside or from people walking in from the concourse. The other's telling them to shut up didn't help too much. Luckily it didn't last for the whole minute.

This is why I favour the minute's applause.

Well unfortunately I agree - just a shame people can't shut up for one minute though.....watching the tv yesterday the Man City fans maanged it ok. With the amount of coverage last week surely everyone realised not there was going to be a minute's silence?

[JD]

Its all so depressing. We are looking like a team in free fall and I fear that we are in such dreadful form that we will get relegated. I haven't been worried up until now, just depressed about how piss poor we have looked at times. Now I have resigned myself to the fact we won't gain another point.

I hate to say it but we are dreadful, uninspiring and predictable. What the f%^k has happened to Aston Villa. These clowns running and managing our club are ruining it.

[tricky dicky]

I imagine Darren spends most games trying to make eye contact with the home support and then slowly drawing his thumb across his throat once they look his way.

is this an accurate description?

Far from it lovely bloke