Never before have I felt so content from a Crystal Palace game than after our hammering of West Brom last weekend. Former Eagles manager Tony Pullis, who now manages our opponent, and his team were well and truly outplayed by the complete performance by each and every Palace player. Highlights from the match showed not a single attack from the other team with our boys peppering their goal with shots. It was magnificent.
We are now fourth in the league after eight games and the team's confidence is bursting from the seams. I am not sure what is happening in the dressing room or in the post game bath but I can feel the love flowing among the team from here across the pond. There is talk that this squad could be the best we have ever had, even better than the 1990 FA Cup final team.
People, if there was ever a time to board the Palace band wagon, then that time is now.
In celebration of such glory and to commemorate the obvious influence brought forth by the formation of the Austin Eagles I have adapted our beloved flag. As you can see, I took the club's flag to a screenprinter and added the word Austin. I will be hauling this flag to the UK with me in a few weeks time and hanging it from the stands at two games I have tickets for against Leicester City and Manchester United. Hopefully, your Eagle eyes will see the flag when you watch the games.
This weekend there is no game due to international matches being played. The action will return the following weekend against West Ham.
As many of you know, two of our most loyal Austin Eaglets, Dylan Moench and Cindy Rho, are getting married the day of that game and bizarrely the two other teams they also fervently support (with less love than the Eagles I am sure) play each other that morning. They are having an official wedding event at Fado Saturday October 17th starting at the rather godly hour of 6.30am to watch Cindy's Tottenham play Dylan's Liverpool. They will then head off, gussy up and prepare for vows filled with Eagle promises later in the day. Many of us are hoping that both soccer and wedding events end in a tie. One may be reliant on the other. The Eagles play after that early game at the regular time of 9am which we will also watch.
What a beautiful day it could be.