So, say QP replace the pitch(es) with meadow grass and wild flowers so that bees can frolic unhindered. Then some nutter from Arbroath would accuse them of cheating because they are used to playing on it.
It has been said he sets up 3-4-3. For a starting eleven that would require another CB plus the RB position to be filled. In that formation only two of Thomson, Spong and Turner could be accommodated.
Likely to get loaned out again. Opinion on the Palace forum is that it won’t be to an English Championship team so it could be EFL L1 or SPFL Premier. Could see him getting a regular game for several teams (including Dundee, said through gritted teeth).
As far as I’m concerned Arbroath should only be allowed to play in the Championship if they do something about the wind, as playing in it every week obviously affords them a clear advantage.
What a difference between the early season Thistle who QP rode for fun and the Doolan version who look like scoring every time they go forward. Hope they go up.
“Stand” is, perhaps, too grand a description. “A few rows of seats” might be more accurate. The trick would have been to create more capacity on the other 3 sides of the ground. But the Roman Emperors Box got in the way.