Ambrose named player of the Month

Darren Ambrose has scooped the prestigious Coca-Cola Championship Player of the Month award for November after scoring in all four of last months games.















The Midfield maestro fought off stiff competition for Kevin Nolan, Darius Henderson and Simon Cox for the award.

Unfortunately it seems to have had the same effect as the Manager of the Month curse as the defeat against Doncaster on Saturday saw the breaking of Ambrose's run of eight goals in eight consecutive games.

Nonetheless it is an honour and a fitting reward for a player that can surely be regarded as the signing of the season.

Let's hope his he can continue this form into the busy Christmas period.

Here's Hoping!

Palace 3-0 Watford- Sensational!

The title says it all really; what a game.

Warnock's pre-game promise of attacking play, goals and Victor Moses from the start all came to fruition with a cherry on top.

The gaffer switched to a 4-4-2 with a front two of Moses and Lee (something I've wanted for a while) for his 100th game as Eagle's boss. Moses and Lee had alot more than a modicum of understanding i thought they would need which resulted in a mouthwatering blend of physical power and technical ability, showcased perfectly by the opening goals.

Lee won everything in the air and victor was reading the flick-on's as if they had played together for years, and once he got the ball he was a menace for the Watford defence and was the difference between the sides.


Darren Ambrose sealed an emphatic victory with his sixth in six games; the first Eagle since the great Ian wright in 1988 to do so.

Watford for their part didn't impress me at all and didn't show why they were one of the form teams going into this weekend. Admittedly had Julian Speroni not once more re-enforced our belief that he is one of the best exponents of his trade in the division if not the country by saving Danny Graham's weak penalty.If Maradonna continues to ignore him they are missing a golden opportunity.

The atmosphere was extremely rocking and there was some good terrace banter for those of you who saw the group of guys wearing the blue bobble hats trying and failing to leave the game early.

Coventry 1-1 Palace

I wouldn't want to know what the odds are for Darren Ambrose to score after thirty or so minutes and Palace to draw 1-1 but they must be getting slimmer by the week.

The inform playmaker was once again in top form as we came away from the Ricoh with yet another good away point. We seem to be very hard to beat and this result leaves us beaten just once in eleven games which under the circumstances is excellent. It's a shame we could not hold onto the three points but we were on the back-foot throughout the second half and it was a powerful header by Irish forward Leon Best.

He was probably the stand-out player in a game which was hampered by torrential rain and blustery gales, making flowing, passing moves few and far between.The draw was a fair result and Neil Warnock will be further buoyed by the return to action of Calvin Andrew after a long lay-off. The youngster came on for a late cameo and nearly scored with his first touch of the game. I for one am looking forward to the impact this yet unproven player can make to our goal-shy side in the coming months.

Another bright note will be the return to the bench of Paddy McCarthy. We will need him over the tough Christmas period if we are to have the necessary defensive cover unlike last year when his injury de-railed our season.