• 20 Aug 2025, 1:41 p.m.

    I hope that if we score the team all point to the Europa League sleeve badge.

  • 20 Aug 2025, 1:46 p.m.

    Uh, what?

    Forest sent their legal team because Palace specifically named them in the appeal to CAS. It was hardly some Machiavellian manoeuvre.

  • 20 Aug 2025, 1:49 p.m.

    Now the public service broadcaster has been fatally holed below the water, it gives free reign to everyone to lie to you about everything.

    Without any avenue for balance.

    Click bait froth, and divisive propaganda, is the dish du jour. Forever.

  • 20 Aug 2025, 2:01 p.m.

    I've just emailed the Guardian to complain about the lack of challenge to Parish's narrative.

  • 20 Aug 2025, 5:21 p.m.

    Too late as the narrative has successfully been woven and peddled by friendly media. If there's any trouble now it will be Forest or Marinakis's fault.

    Sky will be creaming their pants in the run-up to this one. A ridiculous faux rivalry stoked mostly by one particular journalist at Sky Sports. Embarrassing really but lapped up by too many to stop it happening.

  • 20 Aug 2025, 5:35 p.m.

    They haven't liked us since the EPIC Platt celebration 2-3 Barry Roche re-taken penno save game anyway*.

    *in my head. Since about 10 seconds ago.

  • 20 Aug 2025, 5:36 p.m.

    An allegory for our times. Not just football but life in general.

    The club would be wise to issue a diplomatic statement (ie something that has none of Maranakis’ fingerprints) to defuse a situation.

  • 20 Aug 2025, 7:52 p.m.

    The Holmesdale Halfwits fancy themselves as some sort of European ultra firm so can’t really see anything calming them down.

    I’m surprised the authorities haven’t clamped down on them and their flares which are prevalent at games.

  • 21 Aug 2025, 6:44 a.m.

    Something along the lines of "look, I really did have (some) sympathy for your plight at the start of all this. The rules are a bit shit. But they are rules.

    Quite honestly, you've gone from being a bit whiny to really quite cunty just recently.

    Stop being a bunch of fucking dicks and read your fucking memos next time."

    That ought to to do it.

  • 21 Aug 2025, 6:51 a.m.

    Mince writes the pretend statments round here, stay in your lane.

  • 21 Aug 2025, 9:16 a.m.

    Yeah but Mince is to pretend statements as Greenfrog's legal people are to T&Cs

  • 21 Aug 2025, 9:32 a.m.

    Well done Sean. Babelfishing imaginary statement wars is bang on brand for TalkBack.

  • 21 Aug 2025, 9:53 a.m.

    Vaguely tried to write a statement, but there's not much to write really other than the Crystal Palace fans are being arseholes and need to take a long hard look at themselves.

  • Squad
    21 Aug 2025, 10:30 a.m.

    Good statement, Mince. You should post that in your Whatsapp group. They’ll love that.

  • 21 Aug 2025, 10:57 a.m.

    I still like the one I did better.

  • 21 Aug 2025, 10:59 a.m.

    It was good.

    ...but this is a strong contender.