#bringbackR&D

So Peter Ramge and Damien Delaney have left Twitter. At least for a short while. And why? Because of a few Palace “fans”, or “morons” as they should perhaps be properly referred to as, using the social networking site to abuse our lads for losing a couple of games.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and that is one of Twitters greatest features, however the kind of stuff being said is going beyond mere opinion and it’s simply not right.

This behaviour is outrageous and so out of character with the rest of the season, with Eagles supporters getting behind their troops better than ever for the majority of the year. It’s a shame really, because Ramage and Delaney’s Twitter banter always brightens my day, even after a depressing result knowing that the players are gelling so well off the pitch gives me confidence that they will fight tooth and nail for each other on it.

Using Twitter for me has gotten me closer than ever to the team I love allowing me to share in the players everyday lives and interact and debate with fellow supporters. But a few idiots are ruining it for the rest of us, and for what? Because our lads have lost 3 games in a row. I think people appear to be forgetting a few things about being a Palace fan, its never smooth sailing, there are always ups and downs and that is why we love supporting them through the good times and the bad. And let me tell you now, in my 22 years supporting the Red and Blue army this is very much one of the great times.

We started the season as favourites for relegation, and our early form did nothing to allay those initial fears. But since then, both under Dougie and now Ian Holloway, the players have come together and spent the rest of the season punching well above their weight by putting in 110% in every game and never giving up. Those saying that the players don’t care, and that the manager is useless, might want to look at the table and at the results across the entire season, and then take a good hard look at themselves before abusing our team from the comfort of their own homes.

The performance of the club this season from top to bottom has been way above everyone’s expectations, and everyone should be getting praise for how far the club has come in such a short period of time. Two years ago we survived on the final day of the season after being docked ten points for entering administration. Two years on we have been in a Carling Cup Semi Final, currently sit 4th in the  league with a squad full of internationals, a manager playing a brand of exciting passing football, a youth system constantly developing exceptional young talent and a board full of sensible but well off Palace fans.

So to those “fans” that have caused all this unrest I say to you “if you are true Palace fans, shut the hell up, get behind your team that has given their all this season because it is now that they are going to need us the most to be the 12th man for the final push”.

And to Delaney and Peter “we are not all like this, in fact the majority of us true supporters realise how much you guys care and will miss you on Twitter. Good luck for the rest of the season, we are all behind you”.

And finally to the true Palace supporters I say “Keep the faith, we’ll be feeling glad all over come the end of the season”.