Murray backed to ignore the jeers (From The Argus)

All I can say is Glenn you could of chosen any championship team. Why them

Its a shame he went to Palarse but i absolutely understand why he did at the time. Not sure he could have gone to 'any championship team' then either. I wont be booing him specifically tomorrow any more than any other Croydon player.

A Leeds fan told me that Holloway switched Zaha to the opposite wing as he was met with repeated chants of SCUM from the Leeds fans whenever he was near them, I expect this story is related to that.
I doubt Murray will get too many jeers this time around in any case, not much more than any other Palace player anyway.

That was a great goal he scored against Leeds.

Holloway does make me laugh, even he is using Murray to stir it up.

What with Gus telling him he should shut up going on about the Watford loans, this has all the makings of a classic, pure panto at it's finest. UTH

UTH? UTA

seabass83 wrote:
All I can say is Glenn you could of chosen any championship team. Why them

Because no-one apart from Brighton and Palace fans give a toss about the rivalry, and the vast majority aren't even aware of it, what with it being a relatively recent contrivance. GM comes from opp north so, although it would have been on his radar, it's not exactly in the champions league of rivalries. I won't be booing him because (a) I can't get there, and (b) I'm a grown up.

I won't be jeering him. His goals got us into this league and he has been nothing but sporting towards us since, not celebrating scoring against us & eschewing the chance of a hat-trick last time out. I think he has done everything he can to make sure he is still thought of well in Brighton, unlike a certain player who now plays for us again!

chipsandgravy wrote:
I won't be jeering him. His goals got us into this league and he has been nothing but sporting towards us since, not celebrating scoring against us & eschewing the chance of a hat-trick last time out. I think he has done everything he can to make sure he is still thought of well in Brighton, unlike a certain player who now plays for us again!

What has Andrew Crofts done to upset anyone?

Old Scrote of the Amex wrote:

seabass83 wrote:
All I can say is Glenn you could of chosen any championship team. Why them

Because no-one apart from Brighton and Palace fans give a toss about the rivalry, and the vast majority aren't even aware of it, what with it being a relatively recent contrivance. GM comes from opp north so, although it would have been on his radar, it's not exactly in the champions league of rivalries. I won't be booing him because (a) I can't get there, and (b) I'm a grown up.

Yes Old Scrote it is a recent rivalry in the grand scheme of things but are you seriously saying that those players involved in these games and the players at the club don't care how much tomorrow means to both sets of supporters. GM knew what he was doing and maybe even did it to show how ridiculous our policy was at the time. Roll on tomorrow UTA

chipsandgravy wrote:
I won't be jeering him. His goals got us into this league and he has been nothing but sporting towards us since, not celebrating scoring against us & eschewing the chance of a hat-trick last time out. I think he has done everything he can to make sure he is still thought of well in Brighton, unlike a certain player who now plays for us again!

I won't boo the guy, but not easy seeing him playing against us, think we would be top two now if he was still wearing blue and white.

chipsandgravy wrote:
I won't be jeering him. His goals got us into this league and he has been nothing but sporting towards us since, not celebrating scoring against us & eschewing the chance of a hat-trick last time out. I think he has done everything he can to make sure he is still thought of well in Brighton, unlike a certain player who now plays for us again!

I agree, but the reason he gave for not taking the second penalty against us was that he missed one that would have given him a hat trick a week or two before.

Alfie T wrote:

chipsandgravy wrote:
I won't be jeering him. His goals got us into this league and he has been nothing but sporting towards us since, not celebrating scoring against us & eschewing the chance of a hat-trick last time out. I think he has done everything he can to make sure he is still thought of well in Brighton, unlike a certain player who now plays for us again!

I won't boo the guy, but not easy seeing him playing against us, think we would be top two now if he was still wearing blue and white.

But we now have a explanation as to why and we move on our club is far bigger than GM and my hope is GG puts him in his pocket from the first whistle to the last

No reason to boo him - he was instrumental in our Div 1 title and I enjoyed watching him when he was fully "at it". At the end of the day he was out of contract and went to the club that a) would give him the best deal and b) would further his career. Looks like a pretty decent decision. After his first season at Palace when he was in and out of the side and not scoring many goals, his career could have stalled. Instead he has really found another level this season both in terms of his goalscoring and his general play.

Badly need to win tomorrow - aside from Forest's late winner results were perfect today. Having watched Leicester lose at Derby on Sky, really glad we play the way we do. Leicester's only tactic in the second half seemed to be to hoof the ball as far as possible and hope they got a lucky break - awful considering the money they have spent. Would find that style of football really hard to watch now - still love the style with which we play whether it gets us to the Premier League or not.

Even though GM helped us out of Div 1 and we may not have done it without his goals, I still think we should jeer him. I think it would ruin his concentration if we shout: "Brighton reject"!

pte wrote:
Even though GM helped us out of Div 1 and we may not have done it without his goals, I still think we should jeer him. I think it would ruin his concentration if we shout: "Brighton reject"!

But he knows as well as we do that he isn't

seabass83 wrote:

pte wrote:
Even though GM helped us out of Div 1 and we may not have done it without his goals, I still think we should jeer him. I think it would ruin his concentration if we shout: "Brighton reject"!

But he knows as well as we do that he isn't

Only joking

Jeering Murray will just make him more determined.

If you want to catch them off guard, take the sting out of what their manager would have put into his pre-match talk then do the following.

As soon as the first Palace name is read from the team seat all stand and applaud, and keep doing so for each name. When Murray gets announced, not only stand and applaud but cheer as loud as you can.

Take the stam out of the game and allow the players to concentrate on good football. That demonstration of respect all on it's own will probabaly stop at least a dozen heavy tackles coming in, and we don't need any more injuries.

Sping the surprise welcome, they woun't have a clue as to how to handle it.

VegasSeagull wrote:
Jeering Murray will just make him more determined.

If you want to catch them off guard, take the sting out of what their manager would have put into his pre-match talk then do the following.

As soon as the first Palace name is read from the team seat all stand and applaud, and keep doing so for each name. When Murray gets announced, not only stand and applaud but cheer as loud as you can.

Take the stam out of the game and allow the players to concentrate on good football. That demonstration of respect all on it's own will probabaly stop at least a dozen heavy tackles coming in, and we don't need any more injuries.

Sping the surprise welcome, they woun't have a clue as to how to handle it.

Yes let's all jump about wildly cheering when they score as well shall we !!!

No let's all turn up tomorrow and shout we told you so from the stands. That will spur the team on won't it. My dad always said some albion fans were fickle but y

Ou never believe the worst in people. All those generations later and we still have those narrow minded people who can't see further than the end of their noses (sorry phone cut out mid sentence)

The Phantom wrote:
No reason to boo him - he was instrumental in our Div 1 title and I enjoyed watching him when he was fully "at it". At the end of the day he was out of contract and went to the club that a) would give him the best deal and b) would further his career. Looks like a pretty decent decision. After his first season at Palace when he was in and out of the side and not scoring many goals, his career could have stalled. Instead he has really found another level this season both in terms of his goalscoring and his general play.

Badly need to win tomorrow - aside from Forest's late winner results were perfect today. Having watched Leicester lose at Derby on Sky, really glad we play the way we do. Leicester's only tactic in the second half seemed to be to hoof the ball as far as possible and hope they got a lucky break - awful considering the money they have spent. Would find that style of football really hard to watch now - still love the style with which we play whether it gets us to the Premier League or not.

Completely agree about Leicester's style of play (watched the game as well).

Regards Murray, I won't be booing largely because of his sportsmanlike muted celebrations last season and this.

He's a good honest guy, why boo him!!

Murray was useless today, barely touched the ball.