Palace potentially denied entry to Europa League?

[Sansomite]

That's definitely too steep. Can you get a discount if they keep their undercrackers on? I'm not mad for the offal, mostly just the norks.

Where bouts are you? I'll do it for a nifty...bigger norks than dolly parton these days, not sure about the offal - haven't seen it for years! 🤣

 

[Part Time James]

Where bouts are you? I'll do it for a nifty...bigger norks than dolly parton these days, not sure about the offal - haven't seen it for years! 🤣

Check your DMs

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Check your DMs

Do they stay on?

 

[Part Time James]

Do they stay on?

I had to double check which thread this was.

Are we in Europe yet?

 

[whatton]

Without sounding entitled, id be disappointed with anything other than winning it, the teams in it are shocking, you would be disappointed playing them in a friendly, I honestly dont even know how or why this competition exists.

Looking at the teams that Reddit predicts will be in the group stage of the Conference League and their ELOs, it would appear that 7 teams in the group who will be of Premier League standard - Lazio, Forest, Mainz, Strasbourg, Genk, Rayo Villecano, and AZ Alkmaar. About half the teams should be of Championship standard, and the two worst teams seem to be of League Two standard. So it’s not unfair to compare the competition with the ZDS in terms of the quality of the teams in it, but I feel the competition is more credible than that, and winning the ZDS never got anyone into Europe.

If we were to replace Forest in the competition, we would have a better ELO than all of the above teams by a decent amount, so we would be favourites, but not overwhelmingly so.

Of the teams expected to be in the Europa League, we are ranked a fairly close second behind Villa. Lyon would be ranked 8th. About half the teams should be of Premier League standard, the other half at Championship level. There are no teams lower than Championship level.

 

[eaglesdare]

My prediction for the week:

The textor shares sale goes through this week and UEFA say it's fine for us.
New kit released, community shield tickets details and we all get our FA cup final tickets!

😆

 

[Teddy Eagle]

My prediction for the week:

The textor shares sale goes through this week and UEFA say it's fine for us.
New kit released, community shield tickets details and we all get our FA cup final tickets!

😆

Nothing like a bit of positivity. Add in Eze signs a new 5 year contract though.

 

[Part Time James]

My prediction for the week:

The textor shares sale goes through this week and UEFA say it's fine for us.
New kit released, community shield tickets details and we all get our FA cup final tickets!

😆

Still no Main Stand development? F**k this tinpot club.

 

[Vaibow]

If we are sent to Conference League the only consolation I can find is that if we win it we get consecutive years of European football, we would have been delighted had we got Conference by virtue of PL finish

This is true, we could have swapped the wins in the fa cup for wins in the league and scraped a top position to get conference league and a couple more million extra prize money...

however, we have the glorious fa cup to our name.. that's what this season resulted in.. positions mean nothing in hindsight..

Realistically, are we ready for europa? to really compete in that and the league?
Or.. would we rather a slightly easier conference push, that keeps our league and cup challenges good..

 

[HKOwen]

This is true, we could have swapped the wins in the fa cup for wins in the league and scraped a top position to get conference league and a couple more million extra prize money...

however, we have the glorious fa cup to our name.. that's what this season resulted in.. positions mean nothing in hindsight..

Realistically, are we ready for europa? to really compete in that and the league?
Or.. would we rather a slightly easier conference push, that keeps our league and cup challenges good..

Yes, it's the usual Palace paradox

 

[DANGERCLOSE]

Media do seem to think it's Europa or conference. If it’s conference i will be a bit disappointed but we should win it.
Not gonna look forward to playing forest because they will probably gloat i just hope we smash em.

Crystal Palace near £3m deal for Ajax full-back Sosa as medical booked

The Eagles are looking to expand their defensive depth

www.standard.co.uk

 

[Badger11]

I borrowed this from another site because it is a good summary about the great John Textor.

"So in the past 3 months:

Palace fans want him out because he could cost us our European place

Lyon fans want him out because he has gotten them relegated

Molenbeek fans want him out because he has changed their name

Now Botafogo fans will want him out because despite success he is now selling all their players and turns out they weren’t theirs and it’s all a house of cards.

That is a busy 3 months! "

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[PatrickA]

Crystal Palace in dark over European place and stuck in Textor’s tangled web | Ed Aarons

The American could next move for Sheffield Wednesday or Watford while Palace wait to see if dealings fall favourably

www.theguardian.com

A report from Palace supporting Ed Aarons on the current state of play.
Whatever happens, it could end up in the courts with perhaps Textor called to give evidence.

 

[Dogburger]

Media do seem to think it's Europa or conference. If it’s conference i will be a bit disappointed but we should win it.
Not gonna look forward to playing forest because they will probably gloat i just hope we smash em.

Crystal Palace near £3m deal for Ajax full-back Sosa as medical booked

The Eagles are looking to expand their defensive depth

www.standard.co.uk

I dont get all this conference alternative which would mean another team being omitted . Do we really want to be that club ? Not for me ,its either EL or nothing .

 

[mileend]

Media do seem to think it's Europa or conference. If it’s conference i will be a bit disappointed but we should win it.
Not gonna look forward to playing forest because they will probably gloat i just hope we smash em.

Crystal Palace near £3m deal for Ajax full-back Sosa as medical booked

The Eagles are looking to expand their defensive depth

www.standard.co.uk

I hadn't realised that a team benefitting in player signings from Textor's MCO set up was not Palace but was Forest!!!

The irony. Netflix mini-series incoming!

 

[Teddy Eagle]

I hadn't realised that a team benefitting in player signings from Textor's MCO set up was not Palace but was Forest!!!

The irony. Netflix mini-series incoming!

Whoever benefits from their signings must be laughing.

 

[Jason Smith]

I hadn't realised that a team benefitting in player signings from Textor's MCO set up was not Palace but was Forest!!!

The irony. Netflix mini-series incoming!

Yes, the irony, the irony! Haven't we just opened up a can of worms!

 

[silvertop]

Yes, the irony, the irony! Haven't we just opened up a can of worms!

Yes. This narrative has so many moving parts its like a Heath Robinson illustration. You wonder EUFA are striving to do all they can to do nothing.

Staying Swiss?

 

[NEILLO]

Yes. This narrative has so many moving parts its like a Heath Robinson illustration. You wonder EUFA are striving to do all they can to do nothing.

Staying Swiss?

Well they can't do anything. Or indeed, nothing. As they don't exist 😀

UEFA on the other hand - that's different.

Headquartered in Nyon, Switzerland. Country chosen for it's legal flexibility when it comes to Associations.

There are no Swiss Board members at present.

 

[Goalpost1]

This is why we need Farage as PM, he's palace and would have sorted it out

Without wishing to get political (but I am a bit) the only time you'd see Farage intervening is if there is a convenient bandwagon to jump on where he could gain publicity for himself.