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  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    alderz said:

    Shows the madness of football ownership. A guy who apparently has no control over Palace, someone owns 40%+ of the club, despite running another club into financial ruin.

    Nothing new

    Robert Maxwell owned Oxford Utd and Derby County while he was stealing from the Daily Mirror’s pension fund

    And yet the owners of our clubs and others are opposing the Football Governance Bill currently going through parliament that would make it harder for dodgy people to buy into English football
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Congrats to England's U21s who have retained their title of European Champions after beating Germany in the final 3-2 AET.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    edited July 3
    Diogo Jota killed in car crash in Spain. He was 28.
  • alderzalderz
    Horrible news. 28 is nothing.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited July 3
    His brother also died in the accident. Truly awful.
  • Giant_HammerGiant_Hammer
    My god, he only got married two weeks ago. How awful.
  • WhitehorsehammerWhitehorsehammer
    Recently married and with three children, very sad new.
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Sad news.
  • stevesteve
    Heartbreaking news
  • SlackerSlacker
    Terrible terrible news.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    That's really sad, shocking news to hear...
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jul/04/kyle-walker-shock-5m-transfer-burnley-manchester-city

    Kyle Walker to Burnley for £5m.

    Blimey, that's a bargain!
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    I am sure it comes with a hefty wage bill but that really is a bargain.

    It reminds me of Zabaleta, he may have been past his best and no longer a City starter but for us he was a great signing and served us well.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    edited July 6
    claretandbluesky said:

    I am sure it comes with a hefty wage bill but that really is a bargain.

    It reminds me of Zabaleta, he may have been past his best and no longer a City starter but for us he was a great signing and served us well.

    You probably didnt (why would you) but doubt you watched any of their games last year....he was god awful

    His pace has dropped off a cliff, and unlike Zabaleta or Trippier, Walkers game is completely built off his physical attributes, was never the most technical

    Think its a no trainer but don't see if being a particularly great buy

    If he helps keep them up it is worth it
  • Brother_SledgeBrother_Sledge
    Lionesses beaten by the better team last night but that VAR still picture interpreted as offside against Beth Mead - Can't see it - very harsh.
  • FortuneseekerFortuneseeker
    The Womens team were very poor last night too many of the regulars just off the pace IMHO.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Brother sledge you can clearly see Mead’s right leg is beyond the French defender so offside as the rule stands. Shouldn’t be down to millimetres though and it should be changed to clear daylight which would also make teams a bit more reluctant to play the trap.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    thornburyiron said:

    Brother sledge you can clearly see Mead’s right leg is beyond the French defender so offside as the rule stands. Shouldn’t be down to millimetres though and it should be changed to clear daylight which would also make teams a bit more reluctant to play the trap.

    Don't agree with your second point, offside is offside imo, but in real time, and the frozen shot as the ball was played, she clearly looked offside to me.

  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Alvarez scored a 77th minute winner as Mexico won the Concacaf Gold Cup Final, beating USA 2-1 after falling behind in just the 4th minute. So his season has just ended, and pre-season starts pretty soon I guess; the U21s are already back.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    They’re back today for a week’s medical checks
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    Soucek training in his flip flops, love it.
  • SlackerSlacker
    England Women were top ho tonight.
    Really impressive.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Bad news for Crystal Palace

    Lyon have been reinstated to Ligue 1 after appealing the decision to relegate them and have reached an agreement with UEFA to play in the Europa League
  • alderzalderz
    I feel so bad for Palace fans. I like that multi-club ownership has consequences, but this feels a lot like the punishment is going to the wrong people. It always feels rough when there are on pitch consequences for off field decisions.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    It seems that Palace are victims of the owners' pessimism.

    They didn't put their shares into a blind trust before 1st March because they didn't believe there was any chance they'd qualify for Europe

    I suppose it makes a change from the usual overoptimism, top six finish, silverware, Champions League, etc.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    alderz said:

    I feel so bad for Palace fans. I like that multi-club ownership has consequences, but this feels a lot like the punishment is going to the wrong people. It always feels rough when there are on pitch consequences for off field decisions.

    But a lot of off field decisions can have huge on pitch consequences with dodgy trades between sister clubs. Not saying this has been the case for Palace though.

    I agree this could end up being very harsh on Palace as the Textor group only had a minority holding.

  • alderzalderz
    Yeah and I know that really the only way to punish them is on the pitch as financial punishments are nothing to these people, it just also sucks as Textor won’t really care about any of this.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    Turns out its not just Textor. He owns 45% share of Palace - or will until he sells to Woody Johnson

    There's also David Blitzer who owns 10% of Palace and 50.1% of Brondby
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