There is a common taunt among soccer fans from opposing clubs "you only sing when you're winning".It's meant to criticize their commitment to their team. Up until about four months ago I could honestly say this did not apply to me. Even during the darkest moments of Eagle love I stood firm and cheered my team. That was until the thoroughly depressing descent we experienced during the last months of our ex boss Alan Pardew. During one particularly difficult loss to Liverpool I found myself extremely angry and mad at everything for the entire weekend. I took it out on my wife and kids. Then I realized that maybe this soccer supporting isn't all it's cracked up to be. I told myself I would scale down my support and be nicer to my family. I probably saw three games in about two months.
Was it over for the Austin Eagles? I thought so. But guess what? We only went and started winning again. Now I realized that when we win I am even nicer than normal to my family so supporting Palace is all it's cracked up to be. It's brilliant. All Palace have to do is win four games in a row including last Saturday when we beat this season's nigh-certain premier league winners Chelsea away. It was beautiful. As long as we don't lose again then no problem, right? Maybe the other way is if I sing when we are winning and then put my fingers in my ears, shut my eyes and shout "la la la la la la la" when we lose. Either sounds better than giving up on my Austin Eagles.
I am attaching a couple of delightful news items after the Chelsea win. The first is from a Palace fan who filmed the crowd going nuts to the first goal and then catching the second goal a minute later. And yes, that is a flare. The second is an image of this week's combined premier league team of the week. You almost never see four players from the same team in it. Lovely jubbly.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Amanda_Hollidge/status/848207764979671040/video/1
