Peter Jackson to direct new Let it Be documentary

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Been waiting for this re make for 30 odd years.

55 hours of footage at Jackson’s disposal of The Beatles recording their penultimate album and of course, ending with the roof top performance.

If his treatment of the World War 1 footage is anything to go by, it will be an amazing watch. Relations between the fabs wasn’t at its best by that time, but by all accounts, the sessions were not as fractious as the original movie may have led you to believe.

Have seen quite a few dodgy pirated clips over the years (plus hours of audio) and know there’s some great stuff that didn’t make the original film. Peter Sellers making an impromptu visit to the studio being one of them.

Discussion: Will we sign Batshuayi

simple one

oh dear, obviously meant to be no on the poll!!!

Best Blue Ribbon title

What do think is the best title to hold as an individual sportsman?
As a suggestion:
1. Heavyweight Champion of the World
2. Olympic 100m Champion
3. Formula 1 World Champion.

February Betting Masters - 183

BM - 183 ...All welcome, show the BBS who the best punter is; don't delay join today!

Previous winners:

1: el mico
2: three-way 0-0-0 final draw !!!(Plugster, late mail and odds against)
3: Finbar
4: Grim Reaper
5: EagleSE24
6: LLCOOLSTEVE
7: Stigma
8: Stigma
9: Stigma
10: Tor
11: Finbar
12: Finbar
13: old git
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Overall best betting in 2004: Stigma
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14. Reps AJ
15. bradley eagle
16. Tor
17. LLCOOLSTEVE
18. stevejfh
19. Tor
20. Finbar
21. Drunk eagle
22. Ozeagle
23. LLCOOLSTEVE
24. Wildcat Army
25. LLCOOLSTEVE
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Overall best better in 2005: stevejfh
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26: si1965
27: Ozeagle
28: srs9jps
29. si1965
30: hakers
31: Tor (WC '06)
32: srs9jps
33: NO1FAN
34: Drunk eagle
35: Stigma
36: Stigma
37: DedBallSpeshlst
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Overall best better in 2006: Flat Noodle
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38: LLCOOLSTEVE
39: Finbar
40: richdeniro
41: Stigma
Champions league winner 06/07: Ian Hart
UEFA Cup winner 06/07: Gav The Hamster
42: Finbar
43: Funk Butter
44: PoolKing
45: Funk Butter
46: Drunk Eagle
47: StuNick
48: Stigma
49: StuNick
Champions league winner 07/08-1: Finbar
UEFA Cup winner 07/08-1: Gav The Hamster
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Overall best better in 2007: Finbar
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50: GodstoneEagle
51: Funk Butter
52: Finbar
53: Funk Butter
54: LLCOOLSTEVE
55: Al From Bromley
56: Stigma
2008 Olympics: pauldrulez
57: pauldrulez
58: NO1FAN
59: Al From Bromley
60: Drunk Eagle
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Overall best better in 2008: StuNick
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61: StuNick
62: ardeo
63: Stigma
64: LLCOOLSTEVE
65: Finbar
66: No1Fan
67: Al From Bromley
68: Al From Bromley
69: Funk Butter
70: DedBallSpeshlst
71: Kayjay
72: Gooders
73: gjohnk
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Overall best better in 2009: Funk Butter
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74: Finbar
75: StuNick
76: DedBallSpeshlst
77: Swanny32
78: Funk Butter
79: Funk Butter
80: gjohnk
81: Finbar
82: MynamenisnotMax
83: No1Fan
84: gjohnk
85: Little Fozzie
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World Cup 2010 winner: old git
Overall best better in 2010: ?????
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86: Flat Noodle
87: Finbar
88: GodstoneEagle
89: Flat Noodle
90: mynameisnotmax
91: Louis
92: Funk Butter
93: gjohnk
94: DedBallSpeshlst
95: Stigma
96: cantspell
97: No1Fan
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2011 Order of Merit Winner: Finbar
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March 100th edition knockout special: Little Fozzie
Champions league winner 1st half 2011: Finbar
Champions league winner 2nd half 2011: StuNick
Jan - May UEFA Cup winner 2011: StuNick
Aug - Dec UEFA Cup winner 2011: Housey100

98: 3 Beers at HT
99: StuNick
100: cantspell
101: Funk Butter
102: Finbar
103: Swanny32
104: Funk Butter
105: Louis
106: srs9jps
107: Funk Butter
108: LLCOOLSTEVE
109: Funk Butter
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2012 Order of Merit Winner: Funk Butter

August - Dec 2012 Champions League winner: Swanny32
August - Dec 2012 UEFA Cup winner: JamTheEagle

Jan - May 2012 Champions League winner: No1Fan
Jan - May 2012 UEFA Cup winner: Ian Hart
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110: Louis
111: Louis
112: Gooders
113: Finbar
114: Little Fozzie
115: StuNick
116: Flat Noodle
117: Louis
118: evvo111
119: srs9jps
120: StuNick
121: LLCOOLSTEVE
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2013 Order of Merit Winner: Louis

Jan - May 2013 Champions League Winner: Gooders
Jan - May 2013 UEFA Cup winner: Scoopster
Aug - Dec 2013 Champions League Winner: Little Fozzie
Aug - Dec 2013 UEFA Cup Winner: Stigma
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122: No1Fan
123: PoolKing
124: LLCOOLSTEVE
125: 3 Beers at HT
126: Louis
127: Finbar
128: LLCOOLSTEVE
129: 3 Beers at HT
130: Finbar
131: Funk Butter
132: Stig
133: Louis

2014 Order of Merit winner: Finbar
Jan - May 2014 Champions League Winner: Stigma
Jan - May 2014 UEFA Cup winner: Bellyman
Aug - Dec 2014 Champions League Winner: Ardeo
Aug - Dec 2014 UEFA Cup Winner: PoolKing
Winter Olympics 2014 Winner: srs9jps

134: Gooders
135: Finbar
136: 3 Beers at HT
137: Funk Butter
138: €pfc
139: Gooders
140: Funk Butter
141: Louis
142: evvo111
143: pauldrulez
144: Louis
145: evvo111

2015 Order of Merit winner: Finbar
Jan - May 2015 Champions League Winner: Funk Butter
Jan - May 2015 UEFA Cup winner: Flat Noodle
Aug - Dec 2015 Champions League Winner: PoolKing
Aug - Dec 2015 UEFA Cup Winner: Little Fozzie
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146: Louis
147: PoolKing
148: Louis
149: evvo111
150: LLCOOLSTEVE
151: StuNick
152: 3 Beers at HT
153: evvo111
154: Finbar
155: 3 Beers at HT
156: Finbar
157: StuNick
2016 Order of Merit winner: StuNick
Jan - May 2016 Champions League Winner: Finbar
Jan - May 2016 UEFA Cup winner: Little Fozzie
Euros 2016 special winner: 3 Beers at HT
2016 Olympics Winner: Funk Butter
Aug - Dec 2016 Champions League Winner: gjohnk
Aug - Dec 2016 UEFA Cup Winner: €pfc

158: 3 Beers at HT
159: Stigma
160: Finbar
161: 3 Beers at HT
162: StuNick
163: Louis
164: Louis
165: PoolKing
166: Louis
167: Finbar
168: Kayjay
169: StuNick
2017 Order of Merit winner: StuNick
Jan - May 2017 Champions League Winner: gjohnk
Jan - May 2017 UEFA Cup winner: Funk Butter
Aug - Dec 2017 Champions League Winner: StuNick
Aug - Dec 2017 UEFA Cup Winner: Louis

170: Louis
171: Finbar
172: Louis
173: Stigma
174: Finbar
175: Louis
176: Stigma
177: StuNick
178: Funk Butter
179: Stigma
180: Finbar
181: Funk Butter
2018 Order of Merit winner:
Jan - May 2018 Champions League Winner: gjohnk
Jan - May 2018 UEFA Cup winner: eagles073
World Cup BM 2018: 3 Beers at HT
Aug - Dec 2018 Champions League Winner: Stigma
Aug - Dec 2018 UEFA Cup Winner: Louis: StuNick

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Jan - May 2019 Champions League Winner:
Jan - May 2019 UEFA Cup winner:
Aug - Dec 2019 Champions League Winner:
Aug - Dec 2019 UEFA Cup Winner: Louis:

Rules are as follows

1 Every player has 200 points to bet with in the first round.

2 Each separate bet made is 10 points meaning players have 20 bets during the first 20 days. Maximum bet on a single market is 10 points, same rule applies for identical multis (basically no duplicate bets though you can do a team A, team B double on one bet and then add team C for a treble in another bet)

3 In the second round the 4* finalists all start by carrying forward 25% of their score from the first round added to the 150 points that can bet used in the second round. The person who qualifies for the final with the most points also gets an additional 10pt bet. (*if the number of participants gets to 16 or more, then a 5th finalist place will be added and then one more for every 5 players on top of that).

4 Betting Masters, first group stages runs from 0000 on the first of the month (standard UK time) to 2359hrs on the 20th of the month. Then the top four* posters come together in a mini league from there on until the end of the month.
Final bet settlement must occur before 2359 on the last day of the month.

5 Naturally the winner is the person with the highest score at the end of the last day of the month.

6 Scoring consists of total winnings and is inclusive of 10 point stake i.e. someone bets on a 6/4 horse and it wins their score becomes 25 (15 points profits plus the 10 pt stake) There is no score for any bets not used. Losing bets are scored as zero, not -10.
Any bet from an exchange bookie will have a 4% commission (on the winnings), if nothing else is explicitly stated in the post.

7 Players must quote where they're getting their prices.

8 Singles and upwards accepted.

9 For boxed multis and bets such as Yankees, each separate bet within the bet counts as separate and will cost 10pts per bet. e.g. ten trebles from five selections will use up 100 points.

10. E/W bets are counted as two bets in the masters, which means 10 points x 2

11. For tracking purposes, players are requested to put the outcome of their bets on the post for all events other than European soccer/tennis.

12. Where possible players are requested to put down a running total of their bets in their posts, although I'll also try and produce rolling league tables where possible.

13. After a bet has been posted up, one is not allowed to edit it..

14. The bets must be possible to do in real life, meaning for example that if you got a multi, all the odds have to come from 1 bookmaker. You can’t shop around for the highest odds and put them together. "Special promotion" type bets are not allowed though BOG (Best Odds Guaranteed) are.

15. Bets must be placed at odds of 1/10 (or 1.1 in decimal) or higher

16. Any Draw No Bet bets where the result is a push will always have the bet settled as void, never 10pts. Any asian handicap bet where the result is a push (in full) will have the bet settled as void. Any asian handicap where half of the stake is returned will be marked down as 5pts with the remainder of the Asian handicap settled as a win or a loss (this is applicable for asian handicaps such as 2.25 or -2, -2.5 etc)

17. In the event that a player is not sure if their bet will finish in time, before midnight on the 20th or midnight for qualifying midnight on the final day of the month for the final, they can make a provisional bet or bets which then become actual bets only if their original selection(s) finishes at 12.01am or after

Discussion: Aaaaaaanndd

We lose another manager due to lack of investment

Can I change the title of a thread I start - CHANGED AFTER 2 MINS

Another go at this ... to find out if I can change the title of a thread I start.

Suggestion: Lucas Alario

I know we probably won't sign anyone, but I see Cardiff are already trying to get Lucas Alario for £14m, seriously good finisher, usually a main front man, but has been utilised on the wing and behind Volland a few times by Bayer Leverkusen. This is the sort of decent player we should be looking at, and not letting a direct rival snaffle up.

Rumour: Saido Berahino

On SSN, and doing the rounds son twitter now

Official: Ryan Inniss

Dundee Football Club can confirm that Ryan Inniss has today returned to his parent club Crystal Palace.

Ryan joined the club in August and made 13 appearances.

We would like to thank Ryan for his efforts while with the club and wish him all the best for the future.

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Another club lined up? Anyone heard anything on this?

Discussion: Deadline day

One loan or no-one?! This will be fun :rolleyes:

Suggested Team and Formation For: Fulham at Home

This is the team we'll probably see:

Guiata
AWB - Sakho - Tomkins - PVA
McArthur - Luka - Kouyate
Townsend - Ayew - Schlupp

Assuming Kouyate and Tomkins aren't injured...

Hopefully Benteke/Wickham and Meyer start, and Kouyate isn't taken off after 70 minutes when he's dominating the game.

Roy please go in the summer poll.

Terrible management from him this year .... He needs to go in the summer!

Player Ratings And Reviews: Southampton v Palace

Poll incoming

Beer festival...18th May

How is that gonna work if we are all at the fa cup final. C'mon Palace.

New issue of FYP Fanzine available to buy this Saturday vs Fulham

Like Connor Wickham the FYP Fanzine has been away for a while but also like Connor Wickham we are back!

It's been over a year since our last issue but after making some changes behind the scenes we have returned with our latest issue which is on sale against Fulham this Saturday (February 2nd, 2019)

And folks, it's a hell on an issue. Packed full of lots of lovely Palace content, this 48-page issue considers:

• Whether Wilf's time may be up at Palace,
• Whether Dougie is still a Palace hero
• Considers the benefits of young players moving abroad to develop their games - think Mandela Egbo.
• Also inside is a cracking review of our 1989 promotion season written by the founders of the original CPFC fanzine, Eagle Eye.
• An interview with Dominic Fifield - the media man Palace fans can trust.
• And the first in a series of columns written by our former manager, Alan Smith.
• Phew!

It's available for £2 and will be on sale around Selhurst from 1.30pm onwards this Saturday against Fulham.

Please buy a copy if you can.

There will also be an electronic copy available to buy for £1 and download from Sunday for those of you who can't make the game. Keep an eye out here and on our social channels for that.

Cheers!

James Ingram RIP

Amazed there is no thread on this.

Passed away yesterday at 66, fabulous soul voice.

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Ring Doorbells - Home security

Thinking of getting one of these....

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Has anyone else got one? Its more the camera I need and the functinality of seeing whats going on etc So maybe a better alternative out there.?

BBS App

Recently got a new phone and can no longer find the BBS app in the App Store. Has it gone?

Fulham (h) Saturday 2nd Feb 3pm

Some additional non-restricted seats in AW block U are currently available.

Live Com and Updates: Southampton V Crystal Palace 19.45 KO

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Remember this?Was Certainly All Standing On This Day In Selhurst Park History!

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Pubs for: Southampton

Where are people drinking before tomorrow nights game ?

Puffin

Just deleted the Puffin browser.

In the early years of watching dodgy feeds on an apple device, it was the only answer. And it worked.

Now it’s completely obsolete.

Can you RIP a bit of software?

Suggestion: Burnley Keepers

Hart, Heaton, Pope I think any of them would be at least better than Hennessey and possibly even first choice depending on how Guita does. Maybe worth a bid for one of them in a cash plus Hennessey exchange deal? it's not like they need all three surely ...

Ryan Inniss

You lads are absolute traitors. We give you Speroni, and 15 year later you give us the absolute shambolic defender that is Inniss. One of the worst CH's I've ever seen. Regardless of what you think the level of Scottish football is, this lad doesn't have much hope above junior level.

Hopeless.

Any decent loans you can give us? We're desperate!:sob:

Good week/ bad week

I subscribe to a weekly news magazine which also inserts some oddities. Hope I’m not breaking any copyright laws but I thought I’d pass one or two on.
Feel free to add your goodweek/ bad week items.

Bad week for eels in the Thames. They’ve been found to be hyperactive due to cocaine laced urine coming thru sewage pipes. Scientists estimate 80,000 “lines” are being flushed into the river every day.
Good week for NFL officials who have been offered free eye exams by Louisiana Family Eyecare after officials blew a call in last weeks championship game which cost the New Orleans saints a place in the super bowl.

Truly great albums of this decade

When you think back to the 60's, 70's, 80's & 90's, it's easy to reel off a whole list of truly great, classic albums. Even looking back to the first few years of this century, there are a couple that spring to mind.

But at this decade draws close to its end, I can't really think of one record that I can imagine will be seen as a classic in 20 years time.

I'm sure it's just because I'm getting old, so tell me, what are this decades seminal great albums?

Match Updates: Fixtures 29th & 30th January

Bloody Fulham vs Brighton - no win whatever happens and depends on which way you think we're looking, up or down the league.



Tonight.

Arsenal vs Cardiff City
Fulham vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Huddersfield Town vs Everton
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs West Ham United
Manchester United vs Burnley
Newcastle United vs Manchester City.


Tomorrow.


AFC Bournemouth vs Chelsea
Southampton vs Crystal Palace
Liverpool vs Leicester City
Tottenham Hotspur vs Watford

Anagrams of Brexit

Other than a place in the Shetlands, are there any anagrams you can make from Brexit?

Doncaster rovers v Crystal Palace,2nd round 1st leg, 6TH October 1981.

Anyone got any memories of this, i went on a club coach, we lost 1-0.
Only a few hundred went, we beat them 2-0 after extra time at Selhurst.

Life insurance, mortgage cover/protection

Advice needed please.

I'm (unfortunately) having to remortgage having paid off my last one completely simply because the wife decided to go. I'm taking a repayment mortgage but would like some protection against early death and/or serious illness (depending on costs) so that my house isn't re-possessed should I snuff it too soon and the kids get the whole thing debt free.

I'm 46 (just), non-smoker, pretty damn fit and healthy actually but who knows. 20 year mortgage, hoping to pay it off early.

Any BBS experts in this stuff can offer advice? From early research it seems that the serious illness cover part is actually pretty expensive compared to the early death part. I'd also like the figure to reduce as I make early repayments too, preferably.

I have a £50k death in service payout from my company too, dunno if it's worth factoring that in.

Cheers

Press Conference Live: Pre-Southampton Tuesday 1pm

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Rank Premier League Teams from Favourite to Least Favourite

Here's a good way to waste 10 minutes:

1. CPFC
2. Southampton
3. Fulham
4. Man City
5. Wolves
6. Bournemouth
7. Burnley
8. Leicester
9. Huddersfield
10. Cardiff
11. Liverpool
12. Arsenal
13. Spurs
14. Everton
15. Chelsea
16. Newcastle
17. Man Utd
18. Watford
19. Brighton
20. West Ham

VBA in excel - help please

God knows why but excel for Mac 2016 does not have a "use relative references" button.

What I am trying to do is record a macro that deletes the single space in front of some text in a list of data, because I need to pick up data from this worksheet and the stupid space in front as it is ******* up vlookup references.

So for example, I have " Name" in an excel cell and I want to write a Macro that deletes the space and results in "Name" in a cell, and then run that macro on the whole column of data. But because Excel for Mac killed the relative references button, I cannot do this. Which is massively annoying.

I have no idea how to actually code in VBA so I am at a loss.

Any ideas?

Crystal Ball Southampton away

Score, scorers and attendance please

C.V and recruitment specialist help

hi

Previously i have had my c.v. designed by someone on here (cannnot find the original message) just wondering if we have any cv experts or recruitment specialist on here that could give me some advice. if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. Pm me or contact me on here.

thanks in advance as always

Everton ho ho

They are like three points off seventh......and it's January

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What a bunch of melts. They're an average team with a averagish squad yet seem to think they should be in the Europa challenging the top six.

I wasn't a huge fan of BFS football but it was effective and it sort of worked. They've gone for the new sexy and it's blown up in their faces, completely deserved.

For slightly more balance

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New palace song? (allez allez allez)

New Palace song
I’ve been writing this for a while and i’m quite happy with it i know it’s not much
but tell me what you think

Around the country we all follow
the famous red and blue
the pride of south london
you know it’s f*cking true

beating brighton at the amex
we f*cked them with zaha
you’ll always here us singing
from the stands of selhurst park
alllez allez allez..

Rumour: David Okereke

Nigerian forward plays for Serie B side Spezia

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Rumour: James McCarthy

Thought this was overdue this window

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Match Ticket Information Doncaster away

:lux:

Brexit riots cupboard - What would you keep in yours?

I have the traditional revolution hand scythe, that would spruce up nicely. Great for slicing Achilles heel tendons.

Errr. Which one is Achilles?

Squad Value

What are everyones thoughts on our squad value. The inflated market obviously makes this current Palace squad the most expensive / valuable in history, but were the owners to sell all saleable assets what would they get (and yes I know a 'firesale' would command much lower fees.)

Here's my guessing game:

Guiata - £8m
Hennessy - £6m
Speroni - Free

Wan-Bisakka - £35m
Ward - £5m

Kelly - £8m
Dann - £5m
Sakho - £18m
Tomkins - £25m

Van Aanholt - £18m
Souare - £1.5m

Luka - £22m
Meyer - £8m
McArthur - £12m
Kouyate - £12m
Riedewald - £5m
Schlupp - £10m

Townsend - £35m
Zaha - £55m
Sako - £2m

Wickham - £4m
Benteke - £16m
Sorloth - £5m

Brexit Cupboard - Whats in yours?

My wife is regrettably an avid reader of mumsnet (we all have our faults) and has decided we need a Brexit Cupboard when the food runs out (which it probably will when everyone panics and cleans out Tescos To view the link you have to Register or Login)

So under the stairs is now the Brexit cupboard to which I helpfully (my wife didn’t think so) added 6 bottles of a decent claret and one bottle of champagne.

Anyway do you have plans and if so whats going to be in yours?

Death of Bill Ager ex-Palace keeper

A friend contacted me to pass on the news of the death of his uncle Bill Ager. He signed for Palace in 1949 and played for 3 years as an amateur. His parents would not let him sign as a professional, insisting that he studied for a career as a surveyor. The maximum wage was still in place for footballers and as his professional career demanded more of his time he had to give up playing for Palace.

Happy Birthday Stevek, Brummie Allan et al

Happy Birthday Stevek and Brummie Allan and everyone else.

One year to go Steve ;)

Player of the Season (so far)

Simple one, who is your POTS so far? for me, AWB is way ahead, but let's see what the poll says :)

Suggestion: Shinji Kagawa

Apparently Dortmund want 2 -3 Million for him. Not a bad attacking midfielder and not a bad price. He is almost 30 now though...thoughts?

Suggested Team and Formation For: Southampton

Guaita
Wan Bissaka - Tomkins - Sakho - Schlupp
Kouyate - Milivojevic - Meyer
Townsend - Wickham - Zaha

GK, Ward, van Aanholt, McArthur, Sako, Ayew, Benteke

Nice One Julian

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Discussion: Van Aanholt and Schlupp are both rubbish

any ideas on left backs we could sign?? ideally get two in and ship these two jokers out asap

Player Ratings And Reviews: Spurs (cup)

Poll to follow

who do we wants? Fifth round

Some tasty options... Milwall or Wimbledon home would be my preferences.

Newport/Boro might be the easiest match or QPR/Pompey.


Gut fears it will be Bristol away.

Happy Birthday Palace Wu

Happy Birthday:lux::lux:

Gerry Queen in the Spurs match

He got a mention in the Palace v Spurs on Sky Sports. How good is that!

Official: Bakary is back

Well there's a shock

Discussion: Scouting Overhaul Needed

The Premier League is the most successful league in the world, London is the capitol and Crystal Palace are not likely to go down. So out of all the players in the world, how is it that we cannot attract players ? Reason must be our scouting system and the buck stops with Freedman.

Rumour: Gary Cahill in, Scott Dann to Fulham

According to The Sun:

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Is Palace v Spurs on tv in Australia?

I can’t seem to find any FA cup fixtures on tele:sob:

Live Com and Updates: Crystal Palace V Tottenham Hotspur FA cup 4rd Rnd 16:00 KO

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Brighton (h) Saturday 9th March 12:30pm Live on Sky Sports

On sale to Gold Members on Monday, ST holders and members Tuesday.

Michael Jackson

Good God. I suppose we've seen the manual on how the rich and famous get away with this on so many occasions now.

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But words fail me.

Discussion: Fresh ideas

Why do we have so few? Tosun, Niasse, Sako. Do we have an actual scouting team who can leave the UK and generate ideas? The BBS is probably better at proposing player signings than our scouting team.

Which band or singer have you listened to most?

Not necessarily who is your favourite band or singer, but who have you listened to most over your lifetime?

I’m going for The Charlatans.

Suggestion: Charlie Austin to leave Southampton

Very surprised they are letting him go at this stage

Had his injuries obviously but a real battler and knows where the goal is

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Palace v Brighton

Sky 12.30pm, just announced.

Crystal Ball FA Cup: Palace vs Spurs

Getting closer to the match on Sunday when Spurs without Kane and Alli visit Selhurst Park.

Score, scorers and attendance predictions please.

Press Conference Live: Pre-Tottenham FA Cup Friday 1:30pm

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Laptop buzzing when amplified.

I use my laptop a lot for when Im gigging and djing etc. Lately it has developed a very strange buzzing/ interference type noise when plugged into the p.a.

I have checked the leads etc and when I plug in other stuff and other laptops to the p.a. the sound isnt there, so this is definitely the laptop.

Any experts out there got any ideas please?

Rumour: Mystery signing

:o:

Cabaye?

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Totall Football Show Podcast

Daniel Storey was on here today and was promoting his new book

“250 Days: Cantona’s Kung Fu and the Making of Man U”

The description is “An incredibly entertaining and perceptive look at the most controversial moment in Premier League history.”

I am speechless!

Anyone else listen to this or seen this book.

RIP Paul Nixon

Spanish speeding fine

Picked up a speeding fine on me trip to Malaga over Christmas and can't seem to pay it.Have followed the official link all the way to payment,filled all details in correctly clicked pay and nothing,the screen goes blank:wallbash::wallbash:

Anybody been in the same position and been able to pay the fine from the UK.If so,how did you do it?

Austerity & poverty

Encouraging to see two tory and Labour MP's joining forces to highlight the dreadful effects of Tory austerity policies.


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Venezuela

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I’ve got no time for the reactionary regime in power. But also got no time for what seems like a right wing coup evolving with support from Trump.

Hopefully workers can come together to oppose both.

Suggestion: Alberth Elis

West Brom are looking at signing this guy for £5 million. Is it just me or wouldn't he be the perfect low risk signing? Surely he'd choose us over those bores! Only 22 years old, extremely fast with good scoring boots albeit in the MLS. Looks pretty strong as well. Very direct. All the right attributes are there to be a useful PL player!

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Mo Salah

For when Salah next plays here I think we have a chant!
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Ignore the slightly cringe video but I’d say it’s not a bad chant to sing when he’s here:D

Palace Up To 24th Place In The World Money League

Palace are now up to 24th place in the World Money League for Football Clubs having an income of £169m last season.

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Pre Season Friendly at home on 31 May at 11pm

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Pre season friendly at home to See ThreeSixty, Friday 31 May 11pm, now available on the official ticket site.

Good availability. £45 per ticket. Whitehorse, and end blocks of the old and new stands not available.


Crystal Palace FC v See ThreeSixty
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WILF ZAHA Being Sold In The Summer,Who Can Replace WILF to Keep Us Up Next Season?

Who Can Replace WILF and keep us Up in Premier League Next Season?

No water bill for 4 years

I moved into a new build house about 4 years ago, and in that time I've not had a single water bill. Roughly a year after moving in, I called the water company that were apparently looking after my bills, and they were useless. At first they had the wrong address info, which I corrected. After this they said they would shortly send me a bill. After a few weeks I chased this to be told it would be actioned shortly.

Repeat, repeat, and repeat over the next few months, and I gave up.

1) I'm assuming that interest/a penalty fee can't be added to whatever balance I am to be eventually sent?

2) If this goes past 6 years, am I correct in thinking that I won't legally need to pay anything outside of that period? E.g. if I am sent a bill after 7 years, I'll only need to pay the last 6 years and can discount anything (1 year in this example) before that?

I've got enough money in the bank to cover whatever bill eventually finds me, so I'm not too worried. J
I'm just wondering where I stand when it is eventually sent out.

Pre match entertainment before spurs .

I’ve heard that local band slider will be performing before kick off on Sunday on the holmsdale concourse. They are a covers band who play great tunes from my era . I’ve also heard a big palace fan will be joining them for a few tunes :p

Resident Evil 2.

A great re-make of a great original.

Anyone played it yet and if so, thoughts?

Suggestion: Sven Mislintat

Maybe we should be looking to bring in someone like Sven Mislintat, who is leaving Arsenal this month. Went to there from Dortmund where he did a good job.

If we want to move away from battles at the bottom it is bringing in this type of guy who will help us do that.

Only The Very Best Of The '80's...

...not Kylie or Rick, although I was tempted to want to include them.

Here's my first and it'll get slaughtered no doubt...

Suggestion: Giroud

good player - worth a bid?

Spanish toddler stuck in well

I don't know if anyone else has seen this.

A toddler aged 2 fell down a borehole on Jan 13th near Malaga, Spain. There's been an epic scale operation to rescue the kid, involving drilling a parallel shaft and digging across, as the borehole was too small to excavate safely.

I'm surprised by the lack of media attention this is receiving. Stories like this appear to be arbitrarily picked up on by the media sometimes - I appreciate the Sala disappearance is a huge story - but also remember the operation in Thailand to rescue the youngsters from the cave being global front page news.

The rescue mission to save the boy, Julen, has been beset by problem after problem, and sadly the lad has still not been reached. The latest of this evening is that they hope to begin the final phase of drilling and mining tomorrow morning, which will take a minimum of 24 hours. So the best that can be hoped for is that they will get to him 12 days after he disappeared. It is unknown whether he is alive.

I haven't been able to get this out of my mind all week. Perhaps it's the eyewitness accounts of the boy crying as he fell. Or the search team finding the cup and sweet packet he was clutching halfway down the hole a couple of days later. Or maybe it's because I have a boy of similar age.

This tragedy is compounded as the parents also lost their elder son, who was 3, to a sudden heart attack whilst playing on a beach a few years ago. I can't begin to imagine what they must be going through. They must be utterly inconsolable.

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Is Elgin Eagle banned?

I've had an email from Elgin eagle saying he can't log on and I was wondering if he has been banned and why, if he has, this has happened?

Wayne Hennesey Charged by the FA

Been charged by the FA for bringing the game into disrupute. Has until 31 January to reply.

Rumour: Dortmund want Zaha

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It’ll be weird not seeing Wilf in red and blue. Going to Selhurst will be less exciting but can’t say he’s had a good season to be honest. I just don’t trust the people in charge of transfers to use the money wisely. Don’t want him to leave obviously but would rather he was sold abroad than to Chelsea, Liverpool etc.

Match Updates: Jan 23/24/25/26/27/28

EFL semis and then FA Cup 4th Rd from Friday

Tonight, Burton need 9 to take it to extra time.

Broadband and streaming Palace matches

I've heard it can be done and although I wouldn't dream of it I am thinking of switching ISP from Plusnet to EE, but I wanted to check if anybody uses EE and if they have any trouble streaming matches that I definitely don't want to do.

How is EE's rep for being a legal media snitch to the authorities?

Where is Martin H?

What has happened to Martin. I think he is/was one of the most insightful posters on here. I used to particularly like his match reports and valued his opinion on almost all things discussed.

Best team since 1985

I know I know this has been done before but....
Obviously with Liverpool everyone's 'favourites' at the moment, people at work have been putting together their best ever Liverpool team in their lifetime.
I put my head into a Palace one from my supporting lifetime (since 1985, so no Sansom, Taylor, Byrne, Jackson etc) and came up with this:

1 Martyn
2 Wan-Bissaka
3 Cole
4 Thomas
5 Warhurst
6 Young
7 Townsend
8 Lombardo
9 Jansen
10 Wright
11 Zaha

Subs: Bright, Bolasie, Moore
Manager: Sir Steve Coppell

Fringes: Curcic, Freedman, Johnson, Cabaye, Salako

Who am I missing from this period?

Daily Mail fake news warning

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Hliarious. :D

Rumour: Palace Linked With Re-signing Yannick Bolasie

The article claims that Palace are interested in re-signing Yannick Bolasie from Everton.

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Film about James Bulger

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James Bulger’s mum rightly disgusted that a film about the killers of her son was made and now being nominated for an Oscar.

Apparently the maker of the film didn’t even consult Bulger’s parents before making it. Find that absolutely astonishing.

One thing for a documentary to be made on the subject, but a film just feels like cashing in on someone’s pain and tragedy.

Sick or is the film maker within his rights?

Rare Palace programmes

Over the last few months I've been filling some blanks in my collection of Crystal Palace home programmes.

There are now just 20 home programmes from the 1960/61 season onwards which I haven't got. I was wondering whether anyone confirm whether a) programmes for some of these games exist b) possible sources to get hold of them.

2010/11 - Norwich City (original postponed fixture on Boxing Day)
2007/08 - Everton (Friendly)
1999/00 - Colchester United (League Cup)
1995/96 - Grimsby Town (re-arranged game on 5th March)
1995/96 - Luton Town (re-arranged game on 19th March)
1993/94 - Peterborough United (re-arranged on 1st Feb)
1985/86 - Brighton (Full Members Cup)
1984/85 - Grimsby Town (League)
1979/80 - Chelsea (Friendly)
1976/77 - Portsmouth (original game on Boxing Day)
1974/75 - Watford (League Cup)
1972/73 - Dundee (Friendly)
1972/73 - Lazio (Anglo Italian Cup)
1972/73 - Newcastle (Anglo Italian Cup Semi Final)
1971/72 - Maccabi Nathanya (Friendly)
1970/71 - Arsenal (Friendly, played at the Crystal Palace Sports Centre)
1970/71 - Clyde (Friendly)
1965/66 - Aberdeen (Friendly)
1965/66 - Shamrock (Friendly)
1964/65 - Leicester City (League Cup)

Also if anyone feels there are home programmes from particularly rare games which you feel I might easily have overlooked (e.g. the Football League Trophy games vs Wimbledon and Millwall in 82/83 season) or friendlies, as I'm trying to be sure I have built a comprehensive list.

Pre match build up - Brighton (H) - 9th March 2019.

Only a matter 6/7 weeks away now. Thought I'd have a look at how sales are going but they're not even on sale yet.

Already feeling nervous about this one. Hopefully s similar outcome to last year's home game, albeit not 'that' close. I can still picture Murray with those chances in the second half.

Anyhow, we owe them a good beating and the team owe us a top performance after the complete let down at the Amex a month or so ago.

We Should Compile a Dossier like City of all the Penalties Wilf Didn't Get

City have compiled a dossier of incidents where Raheem Sterling didn't get penalties. We should do the same for Wilf as his list is far longer and throw in red card challenges that didn't result in a red while we're at it.
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ETIMAD Man City angry at Sterling treatment from refs and compile dossier after being denied clear penalty vs Huddersfield

MANCHESTER CITY are growing increasingly unhappy at the way referees are judging Raheem Sterling.

And the Premier League champions have already complied a dossier of incidents involving Sterling from the past nine months.

City are concerned historic unproven allegations of diving are now counting against the 24-year-old in the eyes of referees.

England winger Sterling was denied a clear penalty by official Andre Marriner when he was wiped out by Terence Kongolo at Huddersfield on Sunday.

But that was the latest in a series of incidents which have left Pep Guardiola and the City hierarchy puzzled and frustrated.

City believe there are at least four other occasions in that time when Sterling should have been awarded a spot-kick.

Now they will monitor the situation in the coming weeks to see if they require a second meeting with refs chief Mike Riley within 12 months after City raised concerns over a lack of protection by officials towards their players last season.

An Etihad insider said: “Obviously you get some, you don’t get others.

"But there have been three now in the space of three weeks which replays show to be stonewall penalties.

“It has left some people here scratching their heads. It seems that Raheem is being judged differently to everyone else.”

In the middle of all those, Sterling did get one he shouldn’t have had - when he tripped over the turf against Shakhtar Donetsk.

The former Liverpool man apologised after the game and admitted it should never have been awarded.

But back in November 2017, former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger claimed that Sterling ‘dives well’ after he won a penalty against the Gunners at the Etihad.

Former top Premier League ref Mark Halsey said: “Raheem has been unfairly treated by referees over recent months.

“He should have been awarded more penalties and Manchester City have every right to be concerned.”

UEFA European club landscape report 2017

Key highlights:

1 Dosh floating around everywhere.
2 CPFC are in the top 20 wage payers in Europe.
3 Only two clubs spent more than 70% of revenue on wages. Us (79%) and AS Roma (83%). We spent £133 million. This was dwarfed by Real Madrid who spent £406 million and Man Utd who spent £306 million. However, this was only 60% and 45% of their revenue respectively. One can understand therefore why Mr Parish is keen to both expand revenue and reduce wages.
4 interestingly Spurs, who seem to have a reputation for paying low wages, spent £148 million but that was only 41% of revenue.
5 The CPFC wages bill increased by 22% in this period.
6 Regardless of TV market size, the 12 most ‘global’ clubs have more than tripled their sponsorship and commercial revenues since 2008 adding €1.6bn between them, compared with less than €1bn for the remaining 700 top-division clubs.
7 For most clubs, the matchday fans remain the heartbeat of the club, but the percentage of overall club revenue that is accounted for by ticketing has continued to decline, falling from 22% in 2008 to 14% in 2017. This is despite attendances in England rising between 5% and 15%.
8 CPFC were 27th highest revenue earner in Europe with £169 million.
9 CPFC were 15th in broadcasting revenue in Europe with £135 million (80% of total revenue). Ever wondered why clubs give priority to staying in the Premier League?

Perceived big signings

Interesting bit on sky about big money bad signings not gone to plan this is from chelsea.Shevchenko, Torres, Morata, Zhirkov, Cuadrado, Baba Rahman, Batshuayi, Drinkwater, Bakayoko etc.

Just shows how it's even harder for clubs like us.

we NEED Rakip and Jach back NOW

..to make up the numbers in training (again).

As our innovative and progressing recruitment department discovered (using cutting edge methods) these are two of the best young 'make up numbers in training' players in Europe. Their KPIs suggest they are adept at either wearing a yellow bib or not wearing one, good at jogging round pitches and having a chuckle with the other lads, Doug Freedman's meticulous analysis of Rakip particularly demonstrates a flair for running up and down one of those funny ladders they put on the ground.

We now call on football visionaries Dougie and Slimeball Moody to unearth two more gems to make up numbers in training, just like Steve Parish explained on the FYP podcast that one time - this is what we needed then and it's what we need now.

Official: Kaikai gone

Sullay Kaikai has joined Dutch side NAC Breda on a permanent deal.

All the best, Sullay. Good luck!

Official: Sullay Kaikai Joins NAC Breda

This has come out of nowhere.

Good luck, Sullay.

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Ted Dead - A true SAHB Story

Drummer from the inspirational, influential Sensational Alex Harvey band died at the weekend


RIP : Ted McKenna

Eclipse of the Moon

Quality clear sky for viewing atm. Or am I still asleep ? Last for 10 years, I may not see another..........

Team for Tottenham

Interesting choices coming up for Roy and Ray next Sunday.

Last time round in the cup we played a weakened team but that was against Grimsby following an intense Christmas schedule.

Spurs have a demanding schedule and a few key injuries so will either be fatigued or not at full strength.

Would love a cup run but we are only 3 points above the drop zone and will face a fully rested and rejuvenated Southampton 3 days later.

You also have to consider game time for the likes of Kelly and Ward etc.

Mix and match, perhaps something like

Goalkeeper?

Ward Kelly Sakho ßchlupp
Townsend Meyer Luka Macarthur Wilf
Wickham

Benteke to come off the bench after 60 to replace Wickham

Suggestion: Suggestion: Vincent Jansen

Worth a shout- or will Spurs missing players preclude this?

Suggestion: Odion Ighalo

Wants to come back to England.

Liverpool - lucky b*****ds

They seem to have all the luck against us of late;
- Two deflected goals yesterday
- Jules howler
- Getting away without a red for the tackle on andros
- Salah diving at Selhurst
- Benteke missing a sitter and then Luka’s dreadful misplaced pass to Sane last season
- Benteke diving at Selhurst
- It feels like they were lucky at Selhurst last season too

Maybe that luck will carry them all the way to the title. I hope not.

Answers to questions posed by musicians

1. Why does it always rain on me?

Well Fran, you’re from Glasgow and it rains on average 201 days a year in a Glasgow. So even when the sun is shining you’re gonna have a problem with lightning.

Retirement

The rat race/work grind gets me pretty down so I'd personally retire tomorrow if I could but I'm not yet in a position to financially. I really envy those that have retired, I think it would be brilliant to never have to work again and every day do what you want leisure wise with no boss to answer to. There's so many countries to visit, books to read, films to watch, sports to play/watch, family and friends to meet up with, Internet to explore, walks to go on etc that I doubt I would ever get bored personally. But then I hear of other people that have given up work say they miss it and find retirement boring.


So i'm just interested to know the following:

1. If you are retired already, what age did you retire at?

2. If you're not retired, what age do you realistically think your be able to?

3. To those that have retired, is it all it's cracked up to be?

Thanks

Gatwick Airport parking

Before I go and book anything, does anyone have any recommendations for airport parking at Gatwick? Will be for 4 nights in February.

Surveillance capitalism.

During the past two decades surveillance capitalists have had a pretty free run, with hardly any interference from laws and regulations. Democracy has slept while surveillance capitalists amassed unprecedented concentrations of knowledge and power. These dangerous asymmetries are institutionalised in their monopolies of data science, their dominance of machine intelligence, which is surveillance capitalism’s “means of production”, their ecosystems of suppliers and customers, their lucrative prediction markets, their ability to shape the behaviour of individuals and populations, their ownership and control of our channels for social participation, and their vast capital reserves. We enter the 21st century marked by this stark inequality in the division of learning: they know more about us than we know about ourselves or than we know about them. These new forms of social inequality are inherently antidemocratic.
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Does spending make a difference?

Interesting info from Planet football about spend per point over the last five seasons and the existing one in the Premiership:

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As I read this only Spurs spend less per point won than us. So we get more bang per buck than any other team bar them if I have interpreted this correctly.

We spent £4.1million per point over 5 seasons and our 2018-19 spend is currently £437,000 whilst Man Utd spent £11million / 2018-19 spend – £1.9million.

Next 4 games

We have a fairly nice and even run now. Next 4 will shape our run in, think 6 points minimum if we don't want to be looking over our shoulder for remainder of season.

Surely we can take some of these chances we have at home and look up.

Player Ratings And Reviews: Liverpool v Palace

Poll to follow

Parish being tight makes sense

Any player that will make a realistic difference will cost £30m or more.

We will probably finish 14th ish with the current squad.

Finishing 8th with better players probably isn’t worth the £30-£60M that would make it easy.

Parish is being smart, but making it less comfortable.

I still think we could have our best season ever with the right investment though. We’ve about five players who’d look comfortable in a Champions League team. Another four who could hold a squad place in one. It’s a waste of holding on to Wilf and AWB to see safety as the priority.

But commercially, it’s good.

TRB

Note the thread on Billy Bragg, can I give a big up for a band that was very influential in my youth and I believe their messages are still relevant today, Tom Robinson Band.

Uperb classics such as Whitehall up against the Wall, Power in the Darkness, A man you never saw, Martin, not to mention the fantastic Winter of 79 in my opinion have stood the test of time.

Often remembered more for the rather bland 2-4-6-8 motorway and the iconic Glad to be Gay than some of their more political songs, I wish we had more bands around today, prepared to put their heads above the parapet.

Roy consistently getting less than he deserves

Liverpool lucky today. We conceded three unlucky goals. They were lucky at Selhurst too.

We can’t beat crap teams at home.

We play brilliantly against the top six and almost always get beaten unluckily.

At home we create a ton of chances and only convert flukes and worldies.

Roy ALWAYS gets less than he deserves.

Why?

Windsor Davies RIP

Really sad to hear that Windsor Davies has passed away. I believe he was a Palace fan and loved him in It Ain't Hot Mum and in Grand Slam.

RIP Boyo.

Match Updates: Jan 19/20

12:30

Wolves v Leicester


15:00

Bournemouth v West Ham
Man U v Brighton
Newcastle v Cardiff
Southampton v Everton
Watford v Burnley


17:30

Arsenal v Chelsea

We will win today

Speroni in goal - it’s meant to be ....

Benteke is back !!!!

Got a feeling we will win this one.

Live Com and Updates: Crystal Palace V Liverpool

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Roy Hodgson Says,Possibly No More Signings In January?But We Need Striker Who Scores

After Possible Signing Of a Goalkeeper,Roy Hints At No More Signings In January,Do We Not Need To Loan A Scoring Striker and A Midfielder?

Coach to Liverpool

Getting the coach to Anfield tomorrow, normally do the train but just after December a free coach couldn't be turned down (I'm a teacher, don't have much disposable income).

What shall I expect, can you drink on the coach and do they have chargers?

Suggestion: Che Adams

22-year-old Birmingham striker. Just netted against Norwich to register his 14th Championship goal already this season. Wolves supposedly interested.

I've liked the look of him for a while (he really reminds me of a young Deeney). Works his arse off, strong on the ball and can obviously finish.

With Birmingham's financial issues he surely wouldn't cost the earth either.

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Live Com and Updates: Palace vs Bolton (FA Youth Cup)

7pm KO live on the club app

The Yellow Pages.

No more J.R Hartley.

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Bought a (troubled) car -- Warranty, Garage, Dealer issue

Having been hit with lots of advice from those around me after my new second hand car hit trouble last week within two weeks of buying it. I thought i'd turn to the BBS for a little bit of helpful advice.
Basically within a few days i'd noticed i was getting pretty strong exhaust fumes coming into the car when reversing or dawdling through town (to the extent where me and the missus had to wind down the windows and pull up at one stage). During my 50 miles commute, no real problems although i'd often use the recycle air just in case but did try experimenting to see if i could find a pattern. Its a Seat Leon TDi Ecomotive so nowt racy.
Long and short is i went down the 3 month warranty route as advised by the dealers in the past, who basically logged the the issue and sent me on my way to my local garage for diagnosis. Stating that dependent on the findings whether they'd pay or not pay out. Now the garage has put it down to a leaking turbo (no pound signs excitement there is there) despite a new one being fitted last year. Needless to say the turbo got checked twice (properly the 2nd time after a little moan in the direction of the warranty company) and is now coming back with a clean bill of health as such. So it's looking like the warranty has nothing to cover, as the labour will only be covered should there be a defect. Now i'm currently stuck in that awkward position of hitting the dealer hard on next recourse of action and the possibility of questioning my local garages potential for misdiagnosis (has happened in the past with work vans) in the vain hope of keeping the bill down. Gut feeling says when the turbo is re-fitted the same issue is likely to arise, which will leave the garage with a perfect get out of maintaining the issue is with the turbo and not looking further afield without further labour costs. He certainly seems to be putting all his eggs in one basket and can be a real teeth sucker at times.

The dealer has asked to be kept informed and was supposedly having a word with the warranty company a couple of days ago, although with the turbo now being given a bill of health i'd say the warranty company are off the hook under their terms.

Any ideas on my next possible course of correct action before i blunder in all South London, like i have been known to in the past, but am currently trying not to get into a muddle and work through it methodically. At this stage i really don't want to get rid of the car (it would need to back to Birmingham and is pretty decent apart from this :D) and would mean i'd probably end up back to square one with my old Smart i traded in, and still looking for yet another car which i have precious little time for.
Any advice great or small would be appreciated and even the odd laugh would help because i know there will be a few smart answers on the South London way to come for sure :p

Bought a (troubled) car -- Warranty issue

Having been hit with lots of advice from those around me after my new second hand car hit trouble last week within two weeks of buying it. I thought i'd turn to the BBS for a little bit of helpful advice.
Basically within a few days i'd noticed i was getting pretty strong exhaust fumes coming into the car when reversing or dawdling through town (to the extent where me and the missus had to wind down the windows and pull up at one stage). During my 50 miles commute, no real problems although i'd often use the recycle air just in case but did try experimenting to see if i could find a pattern. Its a Seat Leon TDi Ecomotive so nowt racy.
Long and short is i went down the 3 month warranty route as advised by the dealers in the past, who basically logged the the issue and sent me on my way to my local garage for diagnosis. Stating that dependent on the findings whether they'd pay or not pay out. Now the garage has put it down to a leaking turbo (no pound signs excitement there is there) despite a new one being fitted last year. Needless to say the turbo got checked twice (properly the 2nd time after a little moan in the direction of the warranty company) and is now coming back with a clean bill of health as such. So it's looking like the warranty has nothing to cover, as the labour will only be covered should there be a defect. Now i'm currently stuck in that awkward position of hitting the dealer hard on next recourse of action and the possibility of questioning my local garages potential for misdiagnosis (has happened in the past with work vans) in the vain hope of keeping the bill down. Gut feeling says when the turbo is re-fitted the same issue is likely to arise, which will leave the garage with a perfect get out of maintaining the issue is with the turbo and not looking further afield without further labour costs. He certainly seems to be putting all his eggs in one basket and can be a real teeth sucker at times.

The dealer has asked to be kept informed and was supposedly having a word with the warranty company a couple of days ago, although with the turbo now being given a bill of health i'd say the warranty company are off the hook under their terms.

Any ideas on my next possible course of correct action before i blunder in all South London, like i have been known to in the past, but am currently trying not to get into a muddle and work through it methodically. At this stage i really don't want to get rid of the car (it would need to back to Birmingham and is pretty decent apart from this :D) and would mean i'd probably end up back to square one with my old Smart i traded in, and still looking for yet another car which i have precious little time for.
Any advice great or small would be appreciated and even the odd laugh would help because i know there will be a few smart answers on the South London way to come for sure :p

Official: Joseph Hungbo loaned to Margate

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Crystal Palace to shelter homeless at SP

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Great initiative by the club :lux:

Buying a New Car- Advice?

Another thing I wish I was taught in School. When I am lost in life, I find the BBS a pretty useful forum for advice so would appreciate some wisdom if anybody has any!! :)

At 34 years old, I've only ever had 2 cars and I really don't know where to start in terms of buying a new one. I have about £15k budget. I am disposing of my hairdressers car to get something a bit more sensible that my GF can also drive.

My colleagues all lease from Mercedes and so I have exchanged emails with somebody there. I am tempted to get a new A-Class. I have been quoted for a 180 diesel AMG line as follows; £3500 deposit it would be £386 over 3 years or £356 over 4 years.

I suppose I have 3 questions;

1) Is it more economical to lease a new car, or should I just buy outright a second hand/nearly-new with low mileage?

2) Is buying a Diesel a good idea?

3) Is a Mercedes A-class a good choice or should I consider a BMW 1 or Audi A3 or other?

Press Conference Live: Pre-Liverpool Friday 1:15pm

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Discussion: FIFA loan limits

If, as predicted FIFA limit loans to between 6 and 8 players, in 2020/21 will there suddenly be a lot of cheaper players around? I’m thinking that Chelsea currently have somewhere around 40 players out on loan what will they do if 32 have to go back to the club and they have to pay all of their wages? Even for them that must have an impact on FFP?

Rumour: Jacob Mensah

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Crystal Ball Scousers vs Eagles

Predictions for Saturday's match at Anfield. Score, scorer and attendance.

Rumour: Wan-Bissaka Summer 2019

Even though its the Mirror, doubt many here were expecting no offers for AWB to come in given the rate he has risen in the last year, rumours building that it could end up in a bidding war this summer. City's interested has been heavily rumoured already.

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SSN 08:16 WAN-BISSAKA BATTLE Manchester United and Chelsea are set to fight over the signature of Crystal Palace defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka this summer, according to the Daily Mirror. The 21-year-old right-back has caught the eye with his seamless adaptation to Premier League football, cementing his place in Palace’s first-team. Manchester City have reportedly kept tabs on the England U21 international and now United and Chelsea have followed suit.

I think a few of us already expected Zaha and Sakho may be off in the summer, but do you think we have a chance at keeping AWB? What fee would you want to see if it had to happen? Personally I dont see an equal replacement, but any names come to mind?

All said and done I hope we can keep him, he has been probably the one consistent ray of light through all the recent slumps and regardless of how shit we have played at times I always enjoy seeing him shut out everyone.

Discussion: When will sign a player

well we're desperately short of players and still haven't signed anyone :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

so when will we start buying a few, and not just random youngsters

Rumour: Jack Clarke

Leeds United have knocked back an approach from Crystal Palace for 18-year-old winger Jack Clarke [Yorkshire Evening Post]

AstroBot Rescue Mission VR

Such an amazing game, possibly one of the best I've played and definitely the best VR game. Easy to lose hours on end in this.

Might even let the kids play it soon............

Time for a People's Vote!

And here is the two choices!

1. Back Theresa May's Leave deal .... Apparently it's the only deal on offer.
2. We just Leave on WTO while waiting for a trade deal and save 30 odd billion.

No Remain option is needed because that has already been dealt with in the last people's vote....
Parliament is divided and cannot lead .... Time for the second vote!

Feel free to agree or give your second referendum choices! (Snowflake wankers!) ;)

Football League Tables

I can't believe I'm having to seek help for this as I thought that in the information age such data would be easy to find, but does anyone know a website that will show the league tables in the "old-fashioned" format, home and away results, like you used to get in newspapers?

P W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts

Barbers and Chicken shops

Why are there so many Barber Shops & Chicken Shops on our high streets??

Footballers and double-barrelled surnames

I was reading the report on the Bromley/Charlton Kent Cup game from last night and saw that Charlton had a least 3 players (mentioned in the report - there may have been more) with double-barrelled surnames.

No big deal, but it is something that seems much more prevalent these days than of yore. Sometimes it can get to be quite a mouthful. Historically the trait has been reserved for the upper classes to the point of being a parody. Apparently the aristocracy don't have a monopoly on this anymore.

I'm posting this in General Chit Chat as it transcends football, and I'm sure will be told it is sociological phenomenon brought about by living in the diverse cosmopolitan make-up of the UK/world today (or some such reasoning).

Also, I wonder if we could make up a complete team of double barrel named players that would give commentators nightmares!

And yes... I'm bored!

Bathroom flooding- Advice needed

Hoping for some advice here.

This morning I put the shower on upstairs and left it for a minute, when I came back the floor was flooded. My wife’s hair was caught in the plughole and I scooped up all the water and through anything I could to soak the rest up. The flooring is laminate I believe. I checked downstairs in the boys room and there was no dripping but two damp patches. The floor is now dry and the light in the boys room is fine but I am panicking that there may be further issues (hoping it is just the anxiety). I checked on lunch and came home from work and put the heating on low which may help. If there was no dripping and the floor is now dry then should all be okay? I am a big worrier unfortunately.

Hope someone may have some advice on what I need to do if anything. The boards in the middle of the floors, will they dry okay for example?

Rumour: Jairo to Celta

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Seems like a good move for him, with Celta needing reinforcements and liking ball players. But surely must mean us bringing someone in to midfield. If we get our money back on Jairo, it would be good news all round.

Lost Hat found in AW.

Did anyone's son lose his Palace hat in or around block X in the AW on Saturday? His name tag is in it and it's the person who found it is on this F.B. page;

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Rumour: Michael Kelly

Bristol Post linking us with 21 year old left back, along with West Ham and Millwall.

Been gossip saying Hammers in talks.

With Souare out of contract in the summer, it might be that we've had a look..

Lucas Perri

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Travel Information Spurs FA Cup travel from Hastings

For those of you going to this game you will note that the train service on this day is completely messed up with bus replacements on all lines out of Hastings. With this in mind I, and a few other Palace fans, are looking to get a minibus/coach up to Selhurst. The cost would be around £15.00 per person. If you are interested in joining us please message me as soon as possible. Please be aware though that if you say that you are coming then you would have to pay whether you eventually come or not.

New controversial Gillette ad

Gillette have released a new ad which addresses the issue of toxic masculinity and asks men to be the best they can be.


Currently causing a lot of controversy, on YT there are 23k likes and over 200k dislikes. A LOT of offended men. Personally, I really like it. I think its well made and touching. What do we think - if you find it offensive, why?

Suggestion: Okazaki?

Seems available and is the type is striker we need IMO. Decent movement and pace.

Duckenfield Hillsborough trial

They've just started selecting the jury. Questions like: "What team do you support ?" "have you ever been friends with a police officer ?"

The trial expected to last up to 4 months. I have this feeling it's going to be ball-achingly protracted. Just hoping for truth and justice

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Rumour: Miha Zajc

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24 year old Slovenian Attacking midfielder. Journalist rubbish I fear, but we could do with a player like him

Humour: Ibrahimovic (Please don't shoot me)

Rumours going around on Twitter that he is looking for a London club, more than likely Chelsea, but there is some suggestion we are in the running.

I can only take so much abuse.

General Opinions On First Team Squad

Obviously in football there is going to be different opinions on certain players and how they are playing, but recently I've heard such different thoughts on individuals and it's shocked me so I wanted to just get a feel for how you guys feel about certain players.

Wagner sacked by Huddersfield

Gone apparently

Rumour: Jon Obi Mikel

BBC on line pages reporting Palace interested in signing 31 year old former Chelsea midfielder, who is a free agent, recently released by Chinese side Tianjin Teda. Thoughts?

Suggestion: Bernard Tekpetey

Bernard Tekpetey of Paderborn is having a fine season in the Bundesliga 2.

He's an offensive midfielder who has scored 8 goals so far this season in twenty appearances.

At just twenty one the Ghanain is linked with a move back to Schalke to ironically replace our own Max Meyer. I realise that the priority is up-front but these our the sort of young players that should be of interest to Dougie and Steve P.

I don't see any point in re recruiting Cabaye. His body doesn't allow him to play a whole season and we have adequate cover.

Motd goal of the month bbc1 vote

Vote for Andros

Cabaye return?

News coming through he is being released. Is a return on or desirable?

Suggestion: Yohan Cabaye

Has left his club in Arab

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Please please please bring him back

RIP Phil Masinga

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The Club’s financial situation

I get that we have a large wage bill, have signed a lease on a new trading ground and are planing to build a new stadium. We also don’t have any debt. These are all good things and in the long term interest of the Club.

What I’m struggling with is how we are only going to be in the loan market this window. Is this a negotiating ploy? (Arsenal and others are saying similar). Or do we really not have cash for the right players?

I get that we are trying to stay within FFP rules (unlike others) but could someone better versed in the finances of the Club confirm if we effectively spend all of our revenue? If so does that mean that we will be looking at cheap signings again in the summer?

Choosing away seats online

Ive got flash installed....I thought we were able to select seats for away games? Or is that just away season ticket holders?

cheers

Rumour: Cenk tosun

Paper rumours that were interested in him.

Suetext

Happy birthday Sue.:love::love:

Suggested Team and Formation For: Liverpool 19th Jan 2019

No need to name subs just starting 11 will do :eek:

Knockaert 2018/19 thread

In homage to the Zaha one on NSC.

How is he doing this year? :jerkit:

Shades of Pardew

Seems to me there are real shades of Pardew in how we're playing under Hodgson. generally crap week on week and the odd decent result. Steve Parish is obviously a prat, I have never met anyone that's come into contact with him that thinks he's anything other than a total cock, but Roy really has to take responsibility for how badly we're doing this season.

Okay, we need a striker, but he's the one that has just chosen to include Benteke, the laziest twat I've ever seen at Palace, in the squad, and yet send Sorloth out on loan. he's the one that never makes any bloody subs until injury time :wallbash::wallbash: He's the one that chooses to go into games WITHOUT a striker at times. He's the one that barely gives our best creative midfielder, Meyer, a chance.

The way we've been playing this season is just a joke, we have a squad easily capable of at LEAST mid-table stability, not another bloody relegation battle. I think we'll stay up, we will just have enough, but it's a pathetic attitude that survival is all. there's no way we should be doing as bad as we are, in AWB and Zaha we have two of the best players in the league in their position, and the likes of Sakho, Tomkins, Mccarthur, Townsend etc. it's not like they're bad players.

I feel we are very much in Pardew territory, the odd decent result, which has nothing to do with the manager whatsoever. take Wolves, they were utter crap first half, we should've been out of sight, yet the actually best chance of the first half went to them!! it's all so negative and unproductive. okay, we got an offside goal and a last kick penalty, but it's just so typical of how we've played this season. under a better manager we'd have been 3-0 up at half time and game out of site, eventually we got lucky.

he did a great job for us last season, but we have been utterly terrible this season, and I just hope Parish doesn't hang on and on like he did with Pardew, because if he does I think this time we'll be beyond repair.

Van on holmesdale road after the game

Anyone else see this ?

Anyone get the numberplate or company name on the van ?

He could have killed someone. Looked like he lost his temper and just drove at people

Hope nobody was hurt

Underperforming manager underperforming squad!

It's one or both as on paper we should be much higher up the league .... For me Roy is killing the attacking flair part of our play ... I hated Pardews gay abandonment in Tactics but I'm starting to miss it!

Player Ratings And Reviews: Watford home

Just got in, can someone sum up today? How comes Guaita came off? How did Benteke look when he came on, and did the result warrant our/their performance?

E Ticket

It's most likely been asked before, but time is of the essence.

Do I have to print an e ticket or will putting my phone under the scanner work (with the pdf barcode open). Ticket is for a mate.

If not, anyone know of a print shop close to the ground?

Thanks

Match Updates: Jan 12/13/14/15/16

Back to the league thankfully, with West Ham and Arsenal kicking things off at 12:30pm. Be interesting to see if Armautovic is playing.

Thought to myself after Liverpool’s loss at Man C, ‘whoever they’ve got next in the league will feel the backlash big time and be totally destroyed.’ It’s Brighton. :supergrin: Please let me be right.

Live Com and Updates: Crystal Palace V Watford

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Wilf on his teammates (Soccer AM)

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere... couldn't see it.

Really good interview with Wilf. His comments about Delaney made me laugh :D

Discussion: Where We Stand in the Window According to the Odds

Here are the odds of the players we've been linked with:

Jarrod Bowen 18/1 on Skybet 6/1 BetVictor
Oumar Niasse 3/10 Betfair 4/1 BetVictor
Bradley Dack 12/1 Skybet 10/1 William Hill 16/1 Betfair
Neal Maupay 12/1 Skybet 7/1 Betfair.
Ruben Loftus-Cheek 16/1 Skybet 12/1 William Hill 8/1 Coral
Ademola Lookman 25/1 Skybet
Alvaro Morata 25/1 BetVictor
Andy Caroll 18/1 Skybet
Josh Maja 5/1 Skybet
Islam Slimani 8/1 BetVictor
Jonjo Shelvey 25/1 Coral 16/1
Kemar Roofe 22/1 Betfair
Michy Batshuayi 9/1 Skybet 14/1 Betfair
Victor Moses 10/1 Betfair 6/1 BetVictor 2/1
Tammy Abraham 22/1 Skybet

As things stand it seems the best we can hope for is Oumar Niasse or perhaps some unknown. I'll post updated odds here every few days and monitor the changes.

Leeds Spygate

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So the gist of it is, someone from Leeds found 'spying'at the Derby training ground.

Police called and confirm there was no damage, and the chap was outside the ground. Now I ******* hate Leeds, but how is that spying? Isn't it more 'watching?

Watching Palace v Watford in San Fransisco

I'm currently on a tour of the US for work and will be in SF this weekend.

Are there any fans locally who can recommend a spot for a season ticket holder to catch the game? 7am beers sounds ideal to me!

Official: Nya Kirby loaned to Blackpool

For rest of season obviously

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Good Chinese in London!

Right - I need some good reccomendations for a chinese restuarant in central London for a meal for a few mates (tonight)

Somewhere nice but not too expensive tho - Any ideas?

Bit clueless on this - Is China Town the best bet?

Press Conference Live: Pre-Watford Friday 1:30pm

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Rumour: Rumours that probably don't deserve their own thread

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Patrick Herrmann

Southampton seems more likely, but £4m would be a good investment in an area we need depth in. Would be cheaper than Moses in both outlay and wages, so we might prefer this if it gives us more for a striker.

Things you can say during both football and sex

1. There goes the clean sheet

Advert slogans that stick in the memory .

Would you give someone your last rolo.
Vor sprung dorch technik
Ariston and on and on .

Declan Rice - who the **** does he think he is?

Is anyone else becoming increasingly bored/ frustrated/ irate at the Declan Rice will he, won't he choose Engalnd to play for at international level discussion?

Who on earth is this entitled tot?

There was a time when playing for your nation meant something more visceral, privileged and intuitive. Weighing up two home nations as if they were opportunities to be gamed for best personal benefit is incredibly disrespectful to international football, and to the two countries he hopes to represent.

I read today that he was distracted by contract negotiation at West Ham and injury. Us folk in the real world have to deal with all sorts of distracting stuff too, like picking the kids up from school, doing a decent job at work, amd paying the bills on time. Negotiating a 15 fold pay rise alongside would be a ******* doddle - and I wouldn't have an agent looking after it for me.

Grrrrr.

Suggestion: Odion Ighalo

We looked before and we need a forward?


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Government Insolvency Service

Anyone ever claimed from this before?

So my employers very kindly haven't paid me since November and after the directors went awol for a while they have finally called in the liquidators and we have been told we are all now redundant. As they cannot pay our wages, we were told to apply online to get the money from the government. In my case I am not eligible for a redundancy payment as I was there just under 2 years, but my contract states I have 1 month's notice period. Does anyone know if you get paid this on top of outstsnding wages when you make such a claim as it is not really clear.

Crystal Ball Palace v Watford Thugs X1

Okay time for your predictions for Watford match:
Score scorers and attendance please.

Everyday "normal" foods that you dont like

Eggs in any form is the big one for me. I'm not bothered if they're a hidden ingredient in, say, a cake but that's my limit. I don't even like being on the same table as someone eating an egg. And tomatoes. They are my number 2 to avoid. Again, l can live with them as another hidden ingredient in dishes but not as visible pieces on the plate.

As they say, nowt as queer as folk.

Suggested Team and Formation For: Watford

.........................Guaita
AWB. .......Tomkins. ...Sakho. ......PVA

.....McArthur. ...Milivojevic. ..Kouyate

....Townsend. .....Ayew. ......Zaha

Official: Levi Lumeka recalled from Leyton Orient

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Out for another loan where he will actually play?

Lucky Brighton fan rewarded with 5 game ban

:)

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Discussion: How Many Players We Miss Out are Successes?

Given over the last 3 years we have been linked a large number of strikers, it struck me that very few have been successes. I have defined successes as someone who has a better goal ratio than 4 in 10, but perhaps that is a little harsh. Have I missed any players?

Failures

Kelechi Iheanacho - Signed for Leicester for £25m. So far scored 10 goals in 51 appearances.

Michy Batshuayi - Signed for Cheslea for £33m. Scored 19 goals in 53 appearances.

Moussa Dembele - Signed for Lyon for £20m. Scored 6 goals in 17 games in Ligue 1.

Giovanni Simeone - Signed for Fiorentina for £15m. Scored 18 in 57 games.

Islam Slimani - Signed for Leicester for £28m. Scored 12 goals in 47 games before going on loan to Newcastle where he was 0 for 4.

Cenk Tosun - Signed for Everton for £27m. Scored 7 goals in 27 games.

Diafra Sakho - Signed for Rennes for £8m. Scored 3 goals in 16 appearances in Ligue 1.

Rudy Gestede - Signed for Villa for £6m. Scored 6 goals in 36 games.

Jordan Hugill - Signed for West Ham for £10m. Didn't score in the 22 minutes he had on the pitch. Now on loan at Boro and has scored 6 in 22.

Benik Afobe - Signed for Bournemouth for £10m. Scored 11 goals in 70 games.

Guido Carillo - Signed for Southampton for £19m. Scored no goals in 9 games.

Aleksander Mitrovic - Signed for Fulham for £22m. Scored 8 goals in 21 games.

Successes

Danny Ings - Signed for Southampton for £20m. Scored 8 goals in 16 games.

Hull v Palace - First game at KC Stadium

I cant seem to find it on google....what was the date of our first match at there then new stadium please?
I remember going to the game, but cant remember when.

(I think we won?)

Thanks

Rumour: Andre Dozzell

Probably another nonsense report that just chucks our name in the story because we've shown interest in a few wingers.

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Premier League trio chase Ipswich star Dozzell

Premier League trio Bournemouth, Brighton and Crystal Palace are all tracking fit-again Ipswich ace Andre Dozzell.

The 19-year-old midfielder - valued at £5 million by the Tractor Boys - is back in action after suffering a cruciate ligament injury on the opening day of last season that ruled him out for more than a year.

Dozzell was a member of the England side that won the Under-17 and Under- 19 European titles in 2016 and 2017 respectively.

Ipswich, rock-bottom of the Championship and 10 points from safety, may be tempted to cash in to help fund new signings in their desperate bid to beat the drop.

Upfront against watford

Could and should we play Wickham and Ayew as a front 2against watford from the start

EU elections .

Looks like they are going to be more interesting than usual .

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Italy's populist rulers have lent vocal and technological support to the yellow vest movement after eight weeks of riots in France.

"I support honest citizens who protest against a president who governs against his own people," Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday (7 January), referring to French president Emmanuel Macron.


Luigi Di Maio ( offered yellow vest leaders his party's IT platform to organise events

"Yellow vests, do not weaken!", Luigi di Maio, Italy's other deputy prime minister, added.

Di Maio, from the Five Star Movement (5MS) party in Italy's ruling coalition, also offered yellow vest leaders the use of his party's IT platform, called Rousseau, to help organise future events in France.

Macron has pitted himself against Salvini as the head of a liberal pro-EU front against the Italian's anti-EU league in the coming European Parliament (EP) elections.

The French president, a former investment banker, is also a bogeyman for 5MS-type populism, with Di Maio, on Monday, ramming the idea home.

Macron represented "the interests of the elites, those who live off privilege, no longer those of the people," Di Maio said on his blog.

"A new Europe is being born. That of the 'yellow vests', that of movements, that of direct democracy. It's a tough battle that we can win together," Di Maio added.

The Rousseau IT platform is designed to help organise events on the ground, select candidates, and draft electoral programmes in what could help transform the French yellow vest movement into a political party.

BBC Icons TV Show

Can't figure out who would want to create such a pile of bollocks?


Saw it lst night and there was only one winner - Churchill.


Looked at the upcoming episodes and the entertainment candidates are David Bowie, Charlie Chaplin, Billie Holiday and Marilyn Monroe.


So f*ck you Elvis, rock and roll owes you nothing.


Pile of shite.

Best Clash song?

Surely White Man (In Hammersmith Palais)?

but:

Drug Stabbing Time
Complete Control
Clash City Rockers
Tommy Gun
Remote Control
English Civil War

have claims...

Rumour: Ante Rebic

Eagles looking at Michy Batshuayi, Krzysztof Piatek, Luka Jovic and Ante Rebic, after failure to land Dominic Solanke

Eintracht Frankfurt forward Luka Jovic, on loan from Benfica, was linked with Palace before Christmas, but his strike partner in Germany Ante Rebic is also the subject of interest.

Jovic's 17 goals in all competitions this season may make him too expensive to sign, but the 21-year-old Serbian's team-mate Rebic, who started for Croatia in their World Cup final defeat to France, may command a smaller fee.

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Tottenham (h) FA Cup - probably Sunday 27th January

Spurs league cup semi final second leg is on Thursday 24th. As a result our game will almost certainly be on the Sunday.

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Golden Globes

So the UK did surprisingly well this year. Best movie (Bohemian Rhapsody) with other tv wins as well.

Rep power

What happened to rep power? If you didnt notice i kinda joined a bit late, looks like i shall be cast away to 0 power forevermore :veryangry:veryangry.

Tournament/ Competition?

So we seem to have a reasonably active gaming community here. If we could find a game that many of us have and something that could include as many people as possible, maybe we could do a tournament of some sorts. Reply with some suggestions for games. AKA Fifa, Rocket League, Cod. Also if there is an option to spectate these matches I could stream the games on twitch if is available.