Parish not exactly buzzing post hearing but guess you wouldn't expect him to be:
14 Jul 2025
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This comment on the Palace forum summed it up fairly succinctly:
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It isn't fair, it's a load of bollocks really, but I don't think they have a hope of overturning it. Lawyers making money though, so that's nice.
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I realise it's 20 years ago now (#shockedfaceemoji) and it was a different competition, but when the scousers won the UCL in 2005, but then didn't qualify through the league for the next season's competition, they looked set to be unable to defend their trophy as no one had bothered to draw up the rules to say that the incumbent UCL holders automatically qualify when it replaced the proper European Cup. The "waaah it's not fair" approach did then result in thier eventual admission.
Albeit via some bullshit qualifying round away to FC Mysteriosa or somesuch and an eventual rule change. IIRC.
No one really thought that would go Liverpool 's way at the time either based on the assumption that good old fashioned stubborn bureaucracy would win the day.
So it could happen, I s'pose.
Then again, Liverpool, so yeah. Nevermind.
As you were.
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Guaranteed Panathinaikos, Lyon and one of the Scottish teams, I reckon.
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According to the Opta rankings, the best and worst team in each pot (excluding us and Villa who we can't draw) are 1: Roma, Rangers; 2: Lyon, Ferencváros; 3: Nice, Ludogorets; 4: Bologna, Go Ahead Eagles.
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I wish there wasn't a team called Young Boys. It's not good for my search history.
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What time is the draw today? I mean, I could look this up but seeing as we're discussing it.
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Nice attempt to cover.
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Thanks. Seems that you can watch live at noon on UEFA's website and YouTube channel.
www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/europa-league-draw-time-teams-tv-2025-26-b2816335.html
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Just Google their stadium. That'll help. It's the Wankdorf.
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Not even magic tricks can get Palace back into the Europa.
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What the fuck is this?
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Are you sure he's not going to switch the two balls at the last moment?
