Palace Supporters Thread

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-Bandit-

23-03-2010

Originally Posted by Sattrega:
“Great season, that. Did you go to the Play-Off Final against Blackburn?”

yeah, only the home leg though. that was an amazing game. brilliant atmosphere. grand days.

as for paddy mccarthy, this could be a huge blow for our survival hopes. him coming back into the defence would have given everyone a big lift.

Sattrega

23-03-2010

Originally Posted by -Bandit-:
“yeah, only the home leg though. that was an amazing game. brilliant atmosphere. grand days.”

If memory serves me right that game was also the last time we had 30,000 in Selhurst. Will never forget the final whistle, it was pandemonium in the Holmesdale!

Tusk0312

23-03-2010

Ron Noades has been in contact with the administartors
about buying the freehold to Selhurst Park.

Quote:
“ Ron Noades has held talks with the administrators of Selhurst Park over buying the freehold to the ground.

The former Crystal Palace chairman spoke to PricewaterhouseCoopers earlier this week after returning from holiday in the Caribbean but balked at the £10m asking price.

In an exclusive interview with the Croydon Guardian, Noades also said:

* He has no interest in buying the club.

* Both the administrators of Crystal Palace and Selhurst Park must lower their prices if they are to find buyers.

* New club owners must buy the freehold too or will go bust paying £1.2m a year in rent.

* Relegation to League One will not be the end of Palace.

Noades, who was chairman of Palace between 1981 and 1998, was linked with a bid for the club last weekend but said that was complete fabrication.

“I am not interested in making a bid for the club,” he said.

“I was interested in getting a group together to buy the freehold and lease it back at the rate I used to, 10 per cent of the gate receipts.

“With the present lease of £1.2m a year anyone who buys the club without the freehold will just go bust again.

“The administrators said they wanted £10m for the ground but I don’t think they will get that.

“Palace's gate receipts are £3.4m and 10 per cent in gate receipts is £340,000 a year.

“That won't support a £10m investment.

“They are probably trying to get £8m and there is a fair chance they could get £7.5m.

“The freeholders have got in a panic trying to a deal while are still in business as that is their best chance of getting something.

“They have got it into their heads that if the club goes down and the ground is there with no club the value will diminish enormously.

“The local authority won't let it be used as anything other than a football ground so development is very limited.

“The club’s administrator has quite a job to do as well.

“He might get £7.5m. Then whoever puts that up also has to get the freehold which will cost another £7.5m and that's £15m.”

Steve Parish and his consortium of businessman are believed to be meeting with The P&A Partnership's Brendan Guilfoyle ahead of Friday’s deadline for offers and Noades believes the possibility of relegation to League One will not put off any prospective bidders.

“The expensive players will want to move and Palace will start from scratch and perhaps break even,” he said.

“They lost £7m last year and I think this year it’s £2.2m – but that excludes the lease.

“If the club drops a division that doesn't matter as it will have a chance of winning matches and building a young team.””

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Sattrega

23-03-2010

Not sure how I'd feel if Noades became involved with the club again, but I suppose right now beggers cannot be choosers.

I'm still hoping that something happens with Steve Parish & his consortium. To me that still seems the best possible outcome for us especially for the long term.

-Bandit-

23-03-2010

team news for tonight... and wait for it... stern john starts!!

Speroni, Hill, Derry. Ambrose, Danns, John, Hills, Lawrence, Lee, Butterfield, Ertl.

Subs: Scannell, Andrew, Djilali, N'Diaye, Comley, Mann, Cadogan.

Sattrega

23-03-2010

Good to see John starting but once again Scannell gets ignored. I find that completely baffling.

-Bandit-

23-03-2010

Originally Posted by Sattrega:
“Good to see John starting but once again Scannell gets ignored. I find that completely baffling.”

scannell is on now after only 4 minutes! butterfield is off, could be a hamstring though.

Sattrega

23-03-2010

Butts off injured is a big blow. At least we get to see Scannell. Bet he has a stinker now after I've been harping on about him for so long!

Tusk0312

23-03-2010

an attacking line-up for a change. i hope they play that way.

Sattrega

23-03-2010

And the bad news begins... Scunthorpe 1-0 Peterborough

-Bandit-

23-03-2010

Originally Posted by Sattrega:
“And the bad news begins... Scunthorpe 1-0 Peterborough”

peterboro' really need something from that game. if they lose that's them all but mathimatically down. come on boro'!

we've started off quite well. but can we keep it up...

Sattrega

23-03-2010

Originally Posted by -Bandit-:
“peterboro' really need something from that game. if they lose that's them all but mathimatically down. come on boro'!”

Well, they look doomed now. Scunthorpe 2-0 Peterborough.

-Bandit-

23-03-2010

bloody peterboro'!

Sattrega

23-03-2010

Ipswich 0-1 Plymouth

Sattrega

23-03-2010

Another for Scunny. Scunthorpe 3-0 Peterborough.

-Bandit-

23-03-2010

peterboro' deserve to go down for being so crap. what a way to capitulate.

Sattrega

23-03-2010

It gets worse... Forest 1-0 Palace

-Bandit-

23-03-2010

couldn't have happened at a worse time. just seconds before the half-time whistle. everything is conspiring against us...

Sattrega

23-03-2010

Half-Times:

Forest 1-0 Palace
Ipswich 0-1 Plymouth
Scunthorpe 3-0 Peterborough

Tusk0312

23-03-2010

this is so depressing. we're in freefall.

Sattrega

23-03-2010

We just can't seem to stop conceding goals right at the end of either half lately and its costing us a hatful of points. It's so frustrating.

-Bandit-

23-03-2010

lawrence sent off for deliberate handball. stupid moron!

we are going down.

Sattrega

23-03-2010

You just couldn't make this up. Divine intervention needed.

-Bandit-

23-03-2010

everthing is pointing towards relegation. just when you think it can't get any worse somehow it does.

scunny now 4 up on peterboro'.

Tusk0312

23-03-2010

Originally Posted by -Bandit-:
“everthing is pointing towards relegation.”

we're definitely heading to league 1. no matter
how hard i try to be positive about things i don't
believe hand-on-heart that we can stay up.
what we all need to hope is that we get a good
new owner, a decent new manager and a team
that can challenge for promotion next season.

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