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Posted: **10 Jun 2025, 05:11**

Actually, feel pretty sorry for the Palace supporters here and what a bunch of cunts are the owners of Nottingham Forest, stirring the pot as they think they should take Palaces place

All stems from one of Palaces owners who has a 43% stake in the club, so technically is that breaching the rules? Surely it should be over 50% BUT he is also the owner of Lyon who will be in the Europa as well!!!!

Over the past few years Man City amongst others have gotten away with all sorts, as have Barcelona and Chelsea when it comes to swerving financial rules, but i expect as Palace are not in the "clique" UEFA will maybe make an example of them.

I hope they let Palace compete though.

Nottingham Forest write to Uefa over Crystal Palace Europa League decision as they stand to benefit from Eagles ban – The Sun | The Sun

Posted: **12 Jun 2025, 19:31**

honky cat" wrote: ↑12 Jun 2025, 17:09 An Irish club - Drogheda - has just been kicked out the uefa conference as the owner also has a stake in Silkeborg. I don't suppose they imagined they would ever qualify for European football and didn't sort things out at the start of the season.

Kretinsky co-owns Sparta Prague so maybe it needs sorting asap. Obviously we are getting relegated next season, but you never know

We’re not that lucky. We’ll be bobbing up lower mid-table for eternity.

Posted: **12 Jun 2025, 17:35**

Tbf to Palace and Textor, he has been trying to sell his shares for over a year. He wanted to buy Everton. Looks like he is going to sell his shares now though as he apparently has an offer.

Posted: **12 Jun 2025, 17:09**

An Irish club - Drogheda - has just been kicked out the uefa conference as the owner also has a stake in Silkeborg. I don't suppose they imagined they would ever qualify for European football and didn't sort things out at the start of the season.

Kretinsky co-owns Sparta Prague so maybe it needs sorting asap. Obviously we are getting relegated next season, but you never know

Posted: **12 Jun 2025, 13:03**

Is it fair play to know the rules before you enter, knowingly go against them then expect it to be ignored. I don't really think so.

I couldn't care less one way or the other if they get kicked out. I'm sure they didn't care when we were made to pay damages over Tevez

Posted: **12 Jun 2025, 13:02**

I don't see why Palace should be let off for breaking the rules.

Posted: **12 Jun 2025, 12:55**

Why is he a twat... he's a twat, not for adhering to the insane rulings of UEFA but because he knows full well the impact this is having on his bank balance. Palace and the FA and every fan outside of Sherwood including those County fans in Nottingham, know that the winners of the FA Cup go to Europe. It's what we still call in pockets of this country 'fair play'. If they win then I hope they rot in Europe and end up in some wanky midlands league for eternity. If it had been us I would have been pissed off granted, but I would also want fair play and its that rule that I live my life by. Rightly or wrongly, perhaps even naively. But i't a better and happier place to be in that that fat twat is.

Posted: **12 Jun 2025, 12:37**

Alwaysaniron wrote: ↑12 Jun 2025, 12:25 In might be a woke world in terms of expecting the media to stand up to the twat, us fans though aren't really policed in the same small minded way. I hope we give the fat cսnt pelters when he comes to our place. Can't wait now for the Palace v moaning Sherwood cunts match this coming season. A game I would ordinarily have never even considered watching.

Why is he a twat, cause he wants UEFA to stick to their qualification rules?

Posted: **12 Jun 2025, 12:25**

In might be a woke world in terms of expecting the media to stand up to the twat, us fans though aren't really policed in the same small minded way. I hope we give the fat cսnt pelters when he comes to our place. Can't wait now for the Palace v moaning Sherwood cunts match this coming season. A game I would ordinarily have never even considered watching.

Posted: **12 Jun 2025, 10:28**

honky cat" wrote: ↑12 Jun 2025, 10:20
fraser wrote: ↑12 Jun 2025, 04:13 Why will he get dogs abuse, for doing his job competently unlike the Palace bloke?

He's doing a great job for them. But hes also fat and mouthy and has put himself in the spotlight. Football fans dont need much prompting when it comes to dishing out unkind personal abuse . .

Nah, not allowed in this woke world, get banned for being racist and weightest..

Posted: **12 Jun 2025, 10:20**

fraser wrote: ↑12 Jun 2025, 04:13 Why will he get dogs abuse, for doing his job competently unlike the Palace bloke?

He's doing a great job for them. But hes also fat and mouthy and has put himself in the spotlight. Football fans dont need much prompting when it comes to dishing out unkind personal abuse . .

Posted: **12 Jun 2025, 07:16**

Testers talking about selling his share, but surely it’s too late now?

Posted: **12 Jun 2025, 04:13**

Why will he get dogs abuse, for doing his job competently unlike the Palace bloke?

Posted: **11 Jun 2025, 16:26**

That forest owner is μαλάκας

Posted: **11 Jun 2025, 16:20**

You just know something like this will happen to west ham - the year we finally get into the champions league, an administrative balls up will emerge and we'll be kicked out. So I'm a bit sympathetic to the palace fans. Maybe the owner can let them have free tickets to see Lyon play instead . . . .

That fat cսnt at forest will be getting dogs abuse everywhere next season.

Posted: **11 Jun 2025, 14:45**

Sydney_Iron wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025, 05:11 Actually, feel pretty sorry for the Palace supporters here and what a bunch of cunts are the owners of Nottingham Forest, stirring the pot as they think they should take Palaces place

All stems from one of Palaces owners who has a 43% stake in the club, so technically is that breaching the rules? Surely it should be over 50% BUT he is also the owner of Lyon who will be in the Europa as well!!!!

Over the past few years Man City amongst others have gotten away with all sorts, as have Barcelona and Chelsea when it comes to swerving financial rules, but i expect as Palace are not in the "clique" UEFA will maybe make an example of them.

I hope they let Palace compete though.

Nottingham Forest write to Uefa over Crystal Palace Europa League decision as they stand to benefit from Eagles ban – The Sun | The Sun

We'd be doing exactly the same.

Posted: **10 Jun 2025, 21:16**

Sort of thing we would have done ..

Posted: **10 Jun 2025, 11:17**

Having Brighton take Palace's place would be funny.

I see Gank's reasoning here. The Forest owner might be a right fat cսnt, but he'd be doing what I'd be doing if I was their owner.

Posted: **10 Jun 2025, 11:15**

Gank wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025, 11:00
goose wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025, 10:27
El Scorchio" wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025, 10:18
Olympiakos, I believe.

just read that he apparently put his shares into a blind trust and stepped away from 'day to day' running just in case they qualified for the CL. They didn't so now he has stepped back in.

can't the Palace fella just do the same thing?
i hate to see this shit off the field ruining the game.

He did offer to do that, but it had to have been done by end of March. So actually, the rules are pretty good in this case because they allow for multiple club ownership on certain conditions.

The issue here isn't 'poor Palace' although like others, I do feel for their fans. You're saying 'poor Palace' because he has a minority shareholding but that isn't the issue, the issue is that he has a MAJORITY shareholding in Lyon.

The rules state that when this happens, the team with the higher placed finish in their league takes the spot, and as Lyon finishes 3rd Vs Palace 12th, Palace are allowed to take part in the Conference instead. However, their controlling shareholder at Palace also has a stake in Brondby who are in the conference and as they also finished higher than 12th, they get the nod.

This leaves Palace without a European competition due to TWO of their shareholders having stakes elsewhere and not having mitigated against it in time, so the blame really does lay with them, even if it feels harsh on the fans.

This unique set of circumstances puts Brighton up into the Europa where Palace would have been (you have to love that it is their rivals getting their spot) and Forest taking the Conference place that Brighton had occupied by nature of their next highest finishing position.

This is all set out at the start of the season, it's not the Forest owners' fault, they're claiming what is rightfully theirs.

What your post outlines in is that many people see the headlines and then react without knowing the finer details. It’s not that I agree or disagree with the rules personally, but every board goes in eyes wide open, and if you have stakes in various clubs you run the risk of it impacting your other interests.

I have an irrational hatred of Crystal Palace and their divvy fans, so in that respect I’m enjoying the fact their European dream is in tatters, but I also don’t care about the clubs replacing them either, so hope they get knocked out and have a miserable experience in Europe.

Posted: **10 Jun 2025, 11:10**

goose wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025, 11:06
Gank wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025, 11:00
goose wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025, 10:27
just read that he apparently put his shares into a blind trust and stepped away from 'day to day' running just in case they qualified for the CL. They didn't so now he has stepped back in.

can't the Palace fella just do the same thing?
i hate to see this shit off the field ruining the game.

He did offer to do that, but it had to have been done by end of March. So actually, the rules are pretty good in this case because they allow for multiple club ownership on certain conditions.

The issue here isn't 'poor Palace' although like others, I do feel for their fans. You're saying 'poor Palace' because he has a minority shareholding but that isn't the issue, the issue is that he has a MAJORITY shareholding in Lyon.

The rules state that when this happens, the team with the higher placed finish in their league takes the spot, and as Lyon finishes 3rd Vs Palace 12th, Palace are allowed to take part in the Conference instead. However, their controlling shareholder at Palace also has a stake in Brondby who are in the conference and as they also finished higher than 12th, they get the nod.

This leaves Palace without a European competition due to TWO of their shareholders having stakes elsewhere and not having mitigated against it in time, so the blame really does lay with them, even if it feels harsh on the fans.

This unique set of circumstances puts Brighton up into the Europa where Palace would have been (you have to love that it is their rivals getting their spot) and Forest taking the Conference place that Brighton had occupied by nature of their next highest finishing position.

This is all set out at the start of the season, it's not the Forest owners' fault, they're claiming what is rightfully theirs.

100% agree that its the American guys fault, he should have acted sooner as the Forest owner did.
American's are dumb - is anyone surprised?

it's just a poor show when european places are decided by paperwork off the field.

True. I wonder if the solution is actually let them do what they like, even rigging the match if their two teams are in it. The fans would go berserk and they'd have to look for a way out.

I used to have a share in West Ham, it was a birthday present. I could have bought a share in another club. Only one share in each club but that puts me in this boat, I don't see the problem with multiple club stakes if you only have a control over one of them.

The rules are, for once, quite thorough and unambiguous but you could simply do away with the one that says you can't control two clubs in the same competition and it's problem solved. Open to abuse, yes, but that's the losing club's problem and not UEFAs

Posted: **10 Jun 2025, 11:06**

Gank wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025, 11:00
goose wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025, 10:27
El Scorchio" wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025, 10:18
Olympiakos, I believe.

just read that he apparently put his shares into a blind trust and stepped away from 'day to day' running just in case they qualified for the CL. They didn't so now he has stepped back in.

can't the Palace fella just do the same thing?
i hate to see this shit off the field ruining the game.

He did offer to do that, but it had to have been done by end of March. So actually, the rules are pretty good in this case because they allow for multiple club ownership on certain conditions.

The issue here isn't 'poor Palace' although like others, I do feel for their fans. You're saying 'poor Palace' because he has a minority shareholding but that isn't the issue, the issue is that he has a MAJORITY shareholding in Lyon.

The rules state that when this happens, the team with the higher placed finish in their league takes the spot, and as Lyon finishes 3rd Vs Palace 12th, Palace are allowed to take part in the Conference instead. However, their controlling shareholder at Palace also has a stake in Brondby who are in the conference and as they also finished higher than 12th, they get the nod.

This leaves Palace without a European competition due to TWO of their shareholders having stakes elsewhere and not having mitigated against it in time, so the blame really does lay with them, even if it feels harsh on the fans.

This unique set of circumstances puts Brighton up into the Europa where Palace would have been (you have to love that it is their rivals getting their spot) and Forest taking the Conference place that Brighton had occupied by nature of their next highest finishing position.

This is all set out at the start of the season, it's not the Forest owners' fault, they're claiming what is rightfully theirs.

100% agree that its the American guys fault, he should have acted sooner as the Forest owner did.
American's are dumb - is anyone surprised?

it's just a poor show when european places are decided by paperwork off the field.

Posted: **10 Jun 2025, 11:04**

All these multiple fucking Ownerships/vested interests in different Clubs has got way out of hand.

Posted: **10 Jun 2025, 11:02**

Mike Oxsaw" wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025, 11:00 I assume professional risk assessment was carried out on the chance of both teams reaching Europe.

Then a decision was taken to enter the teams in competitions where such an outcome was a non-zero possibility.

Down to the owners of both teams to come up with a solution that compiles with the existing tournament rules, but one thing for sure, Nottingham Forest should not even get a sniff at the chance of taking the place of Crystal Palace.

Run the competition with one less team and byes.

Forest finished 7th, Palace finished 12th. The rules are very clear on this and the spot belongs to them.

Posted: **10 Jun 2025, 11:00**

I assume professional risk assessment was carried out on the chance of both teams reaching Europe.

Then a decision was taken to enter the teams in competitions where such an outcome was a non-zero possibility.

Down to the owners of both teams to come up with a solution that compiles with the existing tournament rules, but one thing for sure, Nottingham Forest should not even get a sniff at the chance of taking the place of Crystal Palace.

Run the competition with one less team and byes.

Posted: **10 Jun 2025, 11:00**

goose wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025, 10:27
El Scorchio" wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025, 10:18
goose wrote: ↑10 Jun 2025, 10:08 Doesn't the Forest owner have a controlling interest in another club in Europe?

Olympiakos, I believe.

just read that he apparently put his shares into a blind trust and stepped away from 'day to day' running just in case they qualified for the CL. They didn't so now he has stepped back in.

can't the Palace fella just do the same thing?
i hate to see this shit off the field ruining the game.

He did offer to do that, but it had to have been done by end of March. So actually, the rules are pretty good in this case because they allow for multiple club ownership on certain conditions.

The issue here isn't 'poor Palace' although like others, I do feel for their fans. You're saying 'poor Palace' because he has a minority shareholding but that isn't the issue, the issue is that he has a MAJORITY shareholding in Lyon.

The rules state that when this happens, the team with the higher placed finish in their league takes the spot, and as Lyon finishes 3rd Vs Palace 12th, Palace are allowed to take part in the Conference instead. However, their controlling shareholder at Palace also has a stake in Brondby who are in the conference and as they also finished higher than 12th, they get the nod.

This leaves Palace without a European competition due to TWO of their shareholders having stakes elsewhere and not having mitigated against it in time, so the blame really does lay with them, even if it feels harsh on the fans.

This unique set of circumstances puts Brighton up into the Europa where Palace would have been (you have to love that it is their rivals getting their spot) and Forest taking the Conference place that Brighton had occupied by nature of their next highest finishing position.

This is all set out at the start of the season, it's not the Forest owners' fault, they're claiming what is rightfully theirs.

Posted: **10 Jun 2025, 10:49**

Interesting how ownership of more than one team is seen as an issue in football. Common practice in horse racing. In the Derby there were at least 5 runners out of 18 with a Magnier ownership connection.

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