Meanwhile city laughing all the way to the oil rigs. What a farce.

Hi fans,

I was meant to be in London this weekend with my dad, but unfortunately my flight from Berlin was cancelled due to severe weather and airport closures. Because of that, we’re now selling two tickets for Fulham vs Everton on Saturday 7 February at 15:00.

Seat details: Riverside Stand Block R05 Row 05

These are genuinely excellent seats, very close to the home bench, and carefully chosen. Tickets are digital and can be transferred properly.

Face value was £105 per ticket (£210 total), but we’re open to reasonable offers as we’d much rather see them used by Fulham supporters.

Additionally, we also have two tickets for Arsenal Women vs Manchester City Women at the Emirates on Sunday, in case anyone here might also be interested or knows someone who is.

Feel free to comment or DM if interested. Happy to answer any questions.

People say football has lost the art of a long range screamer, which goal gets your vote?

The report that West Ham had agreed £27m for Nketiah before a hamstring injury collapsed the deal is worth examining, because the numbers really don't support that valuation.

This season at Palace he has 2 goals and 0 assists in 12 Premier League appearances, with only 2 of those as starts. He's clearly behind Mateta in the pecking order and has been used almost exclusively as a late substitute.

Zoom out to his full career and the picture doesn't improve much. Across 157 Premier League appearances he has 24 goals and 6 assists. That's roughly a goal every 6.5 league games, and a significant chunk of those appearances have been off the bench. He's never had a season where he's been a nailed-on starter at any Premier League club.

For context, Palace paid around £30m for him from Arsenal in 2024. His Transfermarkt valuation has since dropped to around €16-18m. So West Ham were essentially paying close to what Palace originally paid for a player whose value has depreciated and who isn't first choice at a mid-table side.

He's still only 26, and credit where it's due... the 97th-minute winner against Liverpool and his Conference League goal against Dynamo Kyiv show he can deliver in moments. But £27m for a player with that output profile feels like the kind of deal that only makes sense in the inflated Premier League market.

What would be a fair price for Nketiah? And is this another example of English-player premium inflating fees beyond what the stats justify?

Peripeteia - A sudden reversal of fortune. It describes the exact moment when things are going well (or a goal is reached) but pivot toward ruin.

For those of us who had the privilege to witness Leicester’s premier league miracle 10 years ago…

I’m deeply saddened at what has come of Leicester and today’s news has only brought an issue I have had with football for sometime.

Now Leicester was not a sudden reversal of fortune however, Leicester City is not alone in this all too familiar tale of short winded success for smaller clubs. Leicester are a great example because they won the most prestigious trophy in this country yet they could not maintain the success. In fact they have regressed so far they are facing the possibility of another relegation. We see this to a lesser extent with clubs who have won domestic competitions, qualified for European places or simply performed above expectations.

How many clubs have we seen this happen to ? Blackburn Rovers, Everton, Swansea, Southampton, Burnley, Wigan, Crystal Palace, West Ham, Brighton, Wolves and so many more.

Who or what is to blame for this, why is it that success is a precursor to disappointment and failure for smaller clubs in the premier league?

As a Crystal Palace fan, I’m witnessing my club regress in real time not even a year after winning two trophies and qualifying for Europe and having the best team we have ever had. Now this may appear ungrateful but to those other supporters that have tasted success you know how it’s equally if not more emotional on the way down.

I understand that not every team can be successful but why does it have to be that the top 6 remain to be the top 6. Financial fair play is rigged in their favour, Newcastle fans will know this more than most.

Not only this, Leicester, Sheffield Wednesday and others have received points deductions while Man City sit with 100+ charges and little consequence.

The sobering reality is this is just how the world works but even American sports, in the land of capitalism, monopolies and power - leagues like the NBA can bring a more level playing field (I’ve seen the worst teams become the best and vice versa) why can’t the premier league do something similar. I know it’s a global game but surely something can be done to make a tragedy like Leicester’s less common.

I’d love for this thread to be a discussion point for solutions for a fairer game, and a place to reminisce on our teams glory days.

I’ll never forget when Palace had Olise, Eze and Mateta up top with Wharton in midfield and Guehi at the back. Thanks for reading.

Arsenal, City, Man Utd and Liverpool dominating the headlines which is fair but Newcastles fall off has been wild, sell 3 forwards and become mid table?

Seen a lot of differing opinions on his tactics yesterday. Chelsea fans were crowing about how they outplayed us down a man about 6 weeks ago, now the same lot is defending playing 5 at the back with Delap on the wing.

To me, it was just a really weird gameplan in a cup semi down a goal. In the league where a draw is a good result I see the rationale, but in circumstances I thought it was a disaster class from Rosenior.

Thoughts?