Recent content by Lanolin

That’s kind of my point though, I’m absolutely not dismissing your point of view at all, I’m agreeing with it! That’s why it’s frustrating, you’re replying as if I’m saying he’s crap and you’re saying he’s good but that’s not the case at all. I’m saying I think he’s a good player but not that...

But that isn’t backing up what you’re saying at all though? Even the tone of the article is clearly ‘we’re reporting what he said but it’s clearly a load of crap’. What he’s saying there is ‘I didn’t do what I was supposed to do but even if I had textor might not have actually acted on it’. That...

I think it’s fair to say I don’t know how I can make something clearer when I’ve literally said it in as many words more than once but you’ve continued to act as if I haven’t, but ok. You’re not the first person to argue with me and then claim it’s just me arguing and you’re being dead normal...

I mean the point being made is fairly obviously that it’s not a case of everyone telling textor what he needed to but him ignoring them so what you’re saying is irrelevant. Parish is admitting that actually he and the club as a whole had not understood what they needed to, because they hadn’t...

Well there’s fairly obviously a problem with the way you’re presenting it to be fair, in that I don’t know how I could make it clearer that I don’t disagree with the idea that he’s a decent prospect who could progress. As I’ve said numerous times, I do think he’s a decent player who could do...

It depends what you think of as ridiculous I suppose. You brought up the example of Wharton, who cost £18m. Is that ridiculous? Would Hackney cost less? Again, the whole point was whether it would be ‘underwhelming’ not whether he was a decent player in his own right. If the bar we’re setting...

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6494011/2025/07/16/nottingham-forest-europa-league-crystal-palace/ That’s the article. It appears palace just made really embarrassing admin errors that a Sunday league club would be ashamed of. They were reminded by both the FA and UEFA of what they needed to...

It does, but I’d have to say I was more impressed by Wharton and he was 19 when he moved not 23 so the difference is actually pretty massive in that sense. Like I said, it’s not that I don’t think Hackney is good or that he couldn’t be a good signing, the question was whether he would be...

I read an article in the athletic today suggesting this was far from just a text or issue. By all accounts it was just rank bad management from palace as a club. That’s what I mean really, I can’t feel sorry for people who are complaining about being disadvantaged by something they were fully...

I’d find him a bit underwhelming. I’ve seen a fair bit of him and I wouldn’t say he’s screamed top class player. He’s definitely decent and could be as good addition, but he’d need to step up another few gears to be a genuinely good PL player and at 23 it’s far from a given that that’s just...

During the pope’s Ramadan? Are you serious?

No dont get me wrong, I wasn’t trying to say it was a stupid point, just thinking out loud I suppose!

He was fine, I'm not saying he didn't do a good job, just that I'm not sure he was absolutely outstanding. He had a few iffy games truth be told, which is fine and understandable, but it seems to be ignored a bit because we decided we liked him. As I said, a very similar thing happened with...

I think it's an area we need to strengthen and have done basically since Coleman broke his leg about 8 years ago. O'Brien is a centre half, he did quite well at right back (I think people went slightly over the top about how well personally, but he was OK) but I've had enough of these make do...

I can't think of a situation where you'd be watching a game and trying specifically to see the badge if i'm honest.