Palace, Brighton and Watford

It could be argued that the three clubs are of similar size.

Yet, both Watford and Brighton:

- were promoted to the EPL after us;
- have greatly improved their grounds in recent years
- have smaller wage bills
- have spent considerably less in the transfer market in recent years
- have no "galacticos"
- have far fewer current internationals on their books
- in fact, currently have two Palace rejects as important players in their teams, whom they got for next to nothing
- lack the "Fortress Selhurst" home support that Palace has, yet have vastly superior home records
- are both likely to be in the semi-finals of the cup this year
- have played us five times - and won each game this season

- have managers who have completely out-thought ours on those five occasions, by changing personnel and shape

Discuss