***championship playoff final***

[kinkylola]

wow, what a clearance off the line ... first truly exciting moment of this game.

[Moonchesteri]

one last chance from a corner.

[Moonchesteri]

one last chance from a corner.

one last chance from a corner.

[Moonchesteri]

one last chance from a corner.

one last chance from a corner.

That's it. Congrats Holloway & PalacE!

[lets all have a disco]

Pretty dire final but well done Palace on promotion.

Another season of Holloway,whoop de whoop.


Ps
Another failure Italian manager maybe they arent in vogue anymore. ;-)

[aaron bond]

Is Zaha rags player ?

Yeh he's a rag. Diving little wanker with no end product. Their new Ashley Young.

sadly it looks like he's got a bit of something special ... and the scum will get their hooks into him early ... unlike young who wasted such a long time at villa.

I agree - he looks like a very talented player. Will find it much tougher in the Premier League, but he looks very skillful and creative, and with the right coaching could be a top player.

Fair play to Kevin Phillips - he was exactly the right player for Palace to have in that moment when the penalty was given. So calm when taking it.

[craigmcfc]

Is Zaha rags player ?

Yeh he's a rag. Diving little wanker with no end product. Their new Ashley Young.

He's an arrogant, cocky little shit too. He's found his perfect home.

[dazlebluefrog]

only tuned in after 70 mins thank fcuk i did ,what a shit game
that rag twat zaha ,what a cocky twat he is ,hope he gets kicked to fcuk if he starts for the rags
as for the rest of the palace team all need replacin if the want to have a chance of stayin up
as i see it Palace & Hull will return to the championship so leaves only one place for the rest to avoid

[lets all have a disco]

only tuned in after 70 mins thank fcuk i did ,what a shit game
that rag twat zaha ,what a cocky twat he is ,hope he gets kicked to fcuk if he starts for the rags
as for the rest of the palace team all need replacin if the want to have a chance of stayin up
as i see it Palace & Hull will return to the championship so leaves only one place for the rest to avoid

I reckon we'll be ok even with this old Chilean fool taking over and the Spafia ruining things in the background.

[Bridge'srightfoot]

Overall a poor game in which the commentators were determined to make it feel like a testomonial game to Zaha rather than a play off final.

Undecided on Zaha though. He's very strong and quick and good at dribbling but seems to have at the moment very little in the way of an end product.

Big potential, let's just hope he doesn't fulfil it.

[Cocacolajojo1]

Overall a poor game in which the commentators were determined to make it feel like a testomonial game to Zaha rather than a play off final.

Undecided on Zaha though. He's very strong and quick and good at dribbling but seems to have at the moment very little in the way of an end product.

Big potential, let's just hope he doesn't fulfil it.

Agree with this. Or... I mean, it's easy to judge someone wrongly after one game and I've only seen him play today, but he seemed to me to display not so much footballing intelligence. He'll need help to make his dribbling and running into something more than a neat trick but if he can make that though, the future might be a bright one for him.

[Redna]

He's just a shit Danny Wellbeck.......no jinxing.
CTID!!

[dazby]

I've seen a few playoff finals and thought the winner would go straight back down- only for them to survive.

[Saul Goodman]

so how is it that Crystal earned £115-135m for winning?

[Moonchesteri]

so how is it that Crystal earned £115-135m for winning?

the TV money in Prem rises to over £60m next year and even if they go down they will get £59m in parachute payments in the coming years

[Saul Goodman]

so that's £60m....not £115-135m

[Moonchesteri]

so that's £60m....not £115-135m

In the worst case scenario they get relegated next season and dont come up immediately which means that they receive £60m from next seasons TV money plus additional parachute payments of £59m (in the coming years).
-> Palace has some £110m more money than Watford. And that's excluding any additional money they will receive from higher ticket prices, sponsorship money etc.

If they're lucky they stay up and they get even more money. It's not just £60m they get from the promotion.

[Saul Goodman]

cheers