Phil's annual summer grenade has been chucked 😉

Those would be brilliant from now on it's THE TONY PARKES STAND

That's a great token mate

I watch every Palace game I can just because of Wharton and the fact they give English players a chance. I think Palace had the most players from one club at the last euros

Going on holiday to Spain and coming home with a Barca shirt is standard 12 year old behaviour (often a knock off one from a market stall 😄). But a Crystal Palace shirt? Hmm…

sportapp Looks like Facebook has taken it down

He's a training keeper, at our level you have to contract lads to do this. Up and down the land clubs from Step 2 through 5 will have keepers who are paid expenses (or contracted) to purely be a body in training, both to support the keepers and lighten the load on keepers for finishing work to give the Pro's a rest. This lad will be no different, Eastham and Hilton have been fulfilling the role for us for years.

might be useful for you to post the link so that we can determine one way or the other 😉

Dusty Springfield - Bad Case Of The Blues

Don't know if it is a fake but just seen a report Ishmael has left

I still don’t get it. Part of loving football is idolising players. I have R9, Ronaldinho, Zidane, and Buffon shirts from when I was a lad. I also have Duff and Friedel international shirts. Don’t see anything odd about it. I sort of get why the Palace Wharton shirt might be odd, but when it’s one of our own, I can easily accept a 12yo idolising them wherever they go in addition to his love of Rovers.

"Find your own way there"

I bloody well hope not. And if it was, I'd hope he was advised that it shouldn't be!

When was the last time we managed to tie down a player with a new contract who was entering there final year? It just doesn't happen here.

Thanks for the update and the reply I would keep Michalski as the third keeper personally deffo, we need New contracts for Batth, Brittain, Tronstad and Travis shortly at least most of them will

I wonder if he thought it was his responsibility to help save the Club?

Given that he has played for under 18's shows he has the talent but now we need to develop and bring him through. I would have as third keeper next season with Pears going and number 2 keeper with experience with Toth as number 1. Barrett will probably be first choice with the under 23's if we decide to loan out Michalski we need to make sure he is playing regular and good standard. maybe look a loan deal with Stanley or Fleetwood or Barrow. I think Brittain and Tronstad will sign new contracts whilst Travis will test the water next summer and Hyam either way

Moon Martin - Bad Case Of Loving You

He was on another planet that night. He had the ball on a string all night, I know it was a testimonial but never seen such talent with a football in person. Ripley looking like he'd have done a better job than Emerton the season before and Shearer dip of the right shoulder before firing home in front of the Blackburn End. The night he healed the wounds from leaving.

This just isn't going to happen. We won't pay the wages that the likes of Trav, Tronstad, Hyam and Brittain deserve. My guess is that one might be sold this summer while the others walk out for nothing next summer.

It says to me that the recruitment and coaching at that level is perhaps focused elsewhere.

Shouldn't that job title be Loan Arranger? That would be a better fit given all the other cowboys at the club. 😂

If true then that situation is totally unacceptable We're being subjugated and silenced.

Barrett deal is a strange one, I think people are right to guess that he will be the 3rd keeper for the first team. It does point to selling Pears and bringing in an older back-up to Toth I think, but it is us so who knows. Michalski I have high hopes for and I would think a starting role in a L2 side would be more use for his development than hanging around the u21s with us. Many fans place blame at Benson's feet for ruining/miscoaching our keepers, so arguably more time he spends away from us the better.

You beat me to it Wils'.