Eagles soar - but how high?

So we made the play-offs with a 5-0 spanking of Burnley who to be fair had nothing to play for. So we're playing Bristol City next Saturday and Tuesday and if we get past them we play the winners of Hull-Watford on the May bank holiday weekend. I'm all a quiver.

Another week to go

A last minute (ok it was in the last 5 minutes) goal sent us down to a defeat against Hull. That said with Ipswich and Wolves drawing it means we retain our sixth place and the final play-off slot going into the last game of the season. At home to Burnley. If we make the play-off I think we have a reasonable chance against any of the likely opposition.

In other news, I see that Eamon Ryan minister for communications and de facto supremo of An Post is upping his harassment campaign of his stalkers. Next we'll be hearing that he has set up a facebook group targeting some poor divil and is opening and reading their mail.

You beauty!

So last Saturday we win away against one of our play-off rivals Watford, and Wolves and Ipswich who are on our tails draw with each other. This, with two games to go, leaves us 3 points clear of Ipswich though we have 4 more goals in the old difference column. There again 2 goals in their favour and 2 against us and it would be down to goals scored and that would favour them. So it is that the bum is decidedly squeakier than usual.

With performances like this Moses really could be leading us to the promised land.

The table in full

Too bloody right I can

dream. Yesss. 2-0 to the Eagles away against Stoke. A lovely cross from Sinclair to set up Soares and a deft volley from Fonte (a defender mind). Glyn Whelan for Stoke got in what was in all fairness an excellent volley with 5 minutes of normal time to go, and with 5 minutes of injury time added on it was indeed squeaky bum time. Yep, we were lucky. But sometimes you need luck.

Palace vs. Stoke

So the big run in starts here, Palace have an outside shot at the play-offs aided by the fact that we play 3 of the teams above us away from home. That means the pressure is on them to get wins to stay on course while we're outsiders and not expected to do as well.

Mon 7 April 20:00 a Stoke City SKY
Sat 12 April 15:00 H Scunthorpe
Sat 19 April 15:00 a Watford
Sat 26 April 15:00 a Hull City

Sun 4 May 15:00 H Burnley

Realistically, I would favour Wolves for the final play-off place but a man can dream, a man can dream.