Palace potentially denied entry to Europa League?

silvertop said:
Problem is, we can say all this but:

1. UEFA assessed that we were MCO. They are clearly wrong. But, as an appeals tribunal, CAS cannot substitute their own subjective assessment of facts for those arrived at by UEFA.

2. Whether Forest are part of an MCO or not, they did not trigger the rules. The issue of applicable dates did not come into play and UEFA could stand by their arbitrary deadline.

3. Emailgate is also a non point. It is one down the rabbit hole I know but, to comply, we should have put Textor's interest on blind trust and released it from the trust when we were knocked out the Cup... or otherwise. I don't know if this would have negatively impacted the marketability of his shares but UEFA do not appear to have considered this and didn't have to as the rules are the rules.

I am saying this after the event and in retrospect as I was hoping and arguing for a different result. The one point that does upset me is that appeal tribunals can feel they are completely fettered. However, in a case that is so obviously perverse, prejudicial to a relatively small club and blatantly undermining of two major competitions, it is sad they could or would not find any hook onto which to hang a different decision.
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It states in UEFAs rules that when you put your shares into blind trust you cannot just take them back out when you fail to qualify.
 
silvertop said:
Problem is, we can say all this but:

1. UEFA assessed that we were MCO. They are clearly wrong. But, as an appeals tribunal, CAS cannot substitute their own subjective assessment of facts for those arrived at by UEFA.

2. Whether Forest are part of an MCO or not, they did not trigger the rules. The issue of applicable dates did not come into play and UEFA could stand by their arbitrary deadline.

3. Emailgate is also a non point. It is one down the rabbit hole I know but, to comply, we should have put Textor's interest on blind trust and released it from the trust when we were knocked out the Cup... or otherwise. I don't know if this would have negatively impacted the marketability of his shares but UEFA do not appear to have considered this and didn't have to as the rules are the rules.

I am saying this after the event and in retrospect as I was hoping and arguing for a different result. The one point that does upset me is that appeal tribunals can feel they are completely fettered. However, in a case that is so obviously perverse, prejudicial to a relatively small club and blatantly undermining of two major competitions, it is sad they could or would not find any hook onto which to hang a different decision.
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How were "we" supposed to do that? Nobody but Textor himself could and if he chose not to, even if he knew about it and thought it was neccesary, there was nothing we could do. UEFA could have decided to ban him from ownership of affiliated clubs for failing to act in our best interests but banning us makes no sense at all.

This is the illogicality of all of this. You should never be punished in any way for something that is totally outside your control.
 
cyprussteve said:
Assuming you mean Atlantica Golden Beach then nearest pubs would be in Coral Bay a 10mins drive or plenty of local buses go there. There are 5/6 pubs which show PL most show multiable games on different screens with sound off. Your hotel is on the main road between pafos and coral bay. Driven it load of times but don't remember seeing pubs along there. Hotel staff should know if there are any maybe down a side road.
Enjoy your stay and have fun. We love it here but miss Selhurst
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As an aside, there is a Palace mad woman who lives in Polis, her name is Trisha, ex-firefighter with Northants FB.
 
HughReds said:
Blimey. The Grauniad think we're going to nick your perch in the Premier League too!

12th.

Have a good season me ducks.
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Would you ever f*** off you f***ing sperm stain .
 
HughReds said:
Blimey. The Grauniad think we're going to nick your perch in the Premier League too!

12th.

Have a good season me ducks.
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I’ll tell you what most football supporters think, whatever team that’s especially close to their hearts.

Which is that they know Palace and not Forest should be playing in the Europa League. Whether they were cheated by the application of stupid and inappropriate rules that failed to achieve a stated objective, or by the shenanigans of another club pulling strings, remains unknown, at least for now. If it’s decided that the matter can be disclosed by legal action then expect that it will be.

Most supporters can tell whether a club is well run by honest people or by shady characters sportswashing dodgy wealth.

Most supporters would be ashamed if the club that’s especially close to their hearts had been stolen from them by such a character.

Ever thought of supporting County?
 
Now the dust has settled, the judgement could be a blessing in disguise. We haven't the squad to take on the quality of teams in Europa League and play in the Premier and would get knocked out fairly quickly, not making that much money. In the Conference League, most teams are below our level, so offers opportunities to play some squad players without too much risk and there's a good chance we could get to the semi's and earn more than we would in the Europa.
This time last year, Europe was just a pipe dream for fans, now we are there its time to move on from moaning about UEFA, they were never going to let us back after Lyon managed to wriggle out of relegation.
 
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