Media discussion - 2024/25

[Longdarnit Blue]

I see one of our favourite journalists Ian ‘what a fecking’ Herbert is surprisingly on the side of little Crystal Palace in the Cup Final.

“It’s the way that Palace have survived in the jungle of clubs owned by self-selecting oligarchs, sheiks and hedge-fund traders with the odd half a billion to spare which most contributes to the sense that to see them beat Abu Dhabi’s Manchester City on Saturday would be so special…… “

No mention of course that the way Palace have survived in that “jungle” is down to significant interest-free loans from its owner, like Arsenal and other clubs. No mention either that a ruling by an independent commission found that the Premier League's exemption of such loans from associated party transaction (APT) rules was unlawful.

I get that that support of the underdog is appealing but portraying Palace as some beacon of virtue is nauseating and untrue.

Still - why let the facts get in the way of the agenda. Clear and obvious.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

I see one of our favourite journalists Ian ‘what a fecking’ Herbert is surprisingly on the side of little Crystal Palace in the Cup Final.

“It’s the way that Palace have survived in the jungle of clubs owned by self-selecting oligarchs, sheiks and hedge-fund traders with the odd half a billion to spare which most contributes to the sense that to see them beat Abu Dhabi’s Manchester City on Saturday would be so special…… “

No mention of course that the way Palace have survived in that “jungle” is down to significant interest-free loans from its owner, like Arsenal and other clubs. No mention either that a ruling by an independent commission found that the Premier League's exemption of such loans from associated party transaction (APT) rules was unlawful.

I get that that support of the underdog is appealing but portraying Palace as some beacon of virtue is nauseating and untrue.

Still - why let the facts get in the way of the agenda. Clear and obvious.

his own club owners spending millions more than the rest of the leagues they have been in, yet he has the cheek to write about other clubs

 

[mexico1970]

I see one of our favourite journalists Ian ‘what a fecking’ Herbert is surprisingly on the side of little Crystal Palace in the Cup Final.

“It’s the way that Palace have survived in the jungle of clubs owned by self-selecting oligarchs, sheiks and hedge-fund traders with the odd half a billion to spare which most contributes to the sense that to see them beat Abu Dhabi’s Manchester City on Saturday would be so special…… “

No mention of course that the way Palace have survived in that “jungle” is down to significant interest-free loans from its owner, like Arsenal and other clubs. No mention either that a ruling by an independent commission found that the Premier League's exemption of such loans from associated party transaction (APT) rules was unlawful.

I get that that support of the underdog is appealing but portraying Palace as some beacon of virtue is nauseating and untrue.

Still - why let the facts get in the way of the agenda. Clear and obvious.

It's weird how these plucky little fake cockney cunts have the backing of a number of wealthy individuals worth 5.5 billion yet still try to sell themselves as plucky little street urchins sticking it to the man.

I hope we fuck them over good and proper.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

I see one of our favourite journalists Ian ‘what a fecking’ Herbert is surprisingly on the side of little Crystal Palace in the Cup Final.

“It’s the way that Palace have survived in the jungle of clubs owned by self-selecting oligarchs, sheiks and hedge-fund traders with the odd half a billion to spare which most contributes to the sense that to see them beat Abu Dhabi’s Manchester City on Saturday would be so special…… “

No mention of course that the way Palace have survived in that “jungle” is down to significant interest-free loans from its owner, like Arsenal and other clubs. No mention either that a ruling by an independent commission found that the Premier League's exemption of such loans from associated party transaction (APT) rules was unlawful.

I get that that support of the underdog is appealing but portraying Palace as some beacon of virtue is nauseating and untrue.

Still - why let the facts get in the way of the agenda. Clear and obvious.

Don’t mind him wanting Palace to win, but ‘Abu Dhabi owned’, ffs.
Would be better if he’d described them as USA owned Crystal Palace with a multibillionaire at its head.
He’ll be wanking himself silly if the USA owned rags beat the USA owned spuds to qualify for the CL…..

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

It's weird how these plucky little fake cockney cunts have the backing of a number of wealthy individuals worth 5.5 billion yet still try to sell themselves as plucky little street urchins sticking it to the man.

I hope we fuck them over good and proper.

Watford revisited would be good!

 

[mexico1970]

Watford revisited would be good!

 

[Centurions]

Don’t mind him wanting Palace to win, but ‘Abu Dhabi owned’, ffs.
Would be better if he’d described them as USA owned Crystal Palace with a multibillionaire at its head.
He’ll be wanking himself silly if the USA owned rags beat the USA owned spuds to qualify for the CL…..

It's very odd how they differentiate between multi-billionaires, it really is.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

It's very odd how they differentiate between multi-billionaires, it really is.

It’s actually quite straightforward.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Here is a concise summary of the estimated net worth of the owners of each English Premier League club as of 2025.

As you will see, EVERY GAME is played between “Billionaire owners,” with the sole exception of whoever is playing against Brentford!!!


Newcastle United: Saudi Public Investment Fund and RB Sports & Media – approx. £478 billion

Manchester United: Glazer Family and Sir Jim Ratcliffe – approx. £19.2 billion

Manchester City: Abu Dhabi United Group and Silver Lake – approx. £12.9 billion

Chelsea: Clearlake Capital Group consortium (Todd Boehly, Hansjorg Wyss, Mark Walter) – approx. £12.2 billion

Arsenal: Stan Kroenke – approx. £9.97 billion

Aston Villa: V Sports (Wes Edens, Nassef Sawiris) – approx. £7.96 billion

West Ham United: David Sullivan, Daniel Kretinsky, Vanessa Gold – approx. £7.96 billion

Liverpool: John W. Henry and Tom Werner – approx. £7.57 billion

Everton: The Friedkin Group (Dan Friedkin) – approx. £5.3 billion

Fulham: Shahid Khan – approx. £6.1 billion

Tottenham Hotspur: Joe Lewis family and Daniel Levy – approx. £4.48 billion

Crystal Palace: John Textor, David Blitzer, Josh Harris, Steve Parish – approx. £4.25 billion

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Guo Guangchang, Liang Xinjun, Wang Qunbin – approx. £3.92 billion

Nottingham Forest: Evangelos Marinakis – approx. £2.9 billion

Leicester City: Srivaddhanaprabha family – approx. £2.7 billion

Bournemouth: William P. Foley – approx. £1.24 billion

Brighton & Hove Albion: Tony Bloom – approx. £1 billion

Southampton: Sport Republic and Katharina Liebherr – approx. £1 billion

Brentford: Matthew Benham – approx. £216 million

These figures represent combined personal net worth estimates of the owners or ownership groups controlling each club.

 

[waspish]

Here is a concise summary of the estimated net worth of the owners of each English Premier League club as of 2025.

As you will see, EVERY GAME is played between “Billionaire owners,” with the sole exception of whoever is playing against Brentford!!!


Newcastle United: Saudi Public Investment Fund and RB Sports & Media – approx. £478 billion

Manchester United: Glazer Family and Sir Jim Ratcliffe – approx. £19.2 billion

Manchester City: Abu Dhabi United Group and Silver Lake – approx. £12.9 billion

Chelsea: Clearlake Capital Group consortium (Todd Boehly, Hansjorg Wyss, Mark Walter) – approx. £12.2 billion

Arsenal: Stan Kroenke – approx. £9.97 billion

Aston Villa: V Sports (Wes Edens, Nassef Sawiris) – approx. £7.96 billion

West Ham United: David Sullivan, Daniel Kretinsky, Vanessa Gold – approx. £7.96 billion

Liverpool: John W. Henry and Tom Werner – approx. £7.57 billion

Everton: The Friedkin Group (Dan Friedkin) – approx. £5.3 billion

Fulham: Shahid Khan – approx. £6.1 billion

Tottenham Hotspur: Joe Lewis family and Daniel Levy – approx. £4.48 billion

Crystal Palace: John Textor, David Blitzer, Josh Harris, Steve Parish – approx. £4.25 billion

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Guo Guangchang, Liang Xinjun, Wang Qunbin – approx. £3.92 billion

Nottingham Forest: Evangelos Marinakis – approx. £2.9 billion

Leicester City: Srivaddhanaprabha family – approx. £2.7 billion

Bournemouth: William P. Foley – approx. £1.24 billion

Brighton & Hove Albion: Tony Bloom – approx. £1 billion

Southampton: Sport Republic and Katharina Liebherr – approx. £1 billion

Brentford: Matthew Benham – approx. £216 million

These figures represent combined personal net worth estimates of the owners or ownership groups controlling each club.

Seems we are the only team with endless money so say all the media

 

[Centurions]

Here is a concise summary of the estimated net worth of the owners of each English Premier League club as of 2025.

As you will see, EVERY GAME is played between “Billionaire owners,” with the sole exception of whoever is playing against Brentford!!!


Newcastle United: Saudi Public Investment Fund and RB Sports & Media – approx. £478 billion

Manchester United: Glazer Family and Sir Jim Ratcliffe – approx. £19.2 billion

Manchester City: Abu Dhabi United Group and Silver Lake – approx. £12.9 billion

Chelsea: Clearlake Capital Group consortium (Todd Boehly, Hansjorg Wyss, Mark Walter) – approx. £12.2 billion

Arsenal: Stan Kroenke – approx. £9.97 billion

Aston Villa: V Sports (Wes Edens, Nassef Sawiris) – approx. £7.96 billion

West Ham United: David Sullivan, Daniel Kretinsky, Vanessa Gold – approx. £7.96 billion

Liverpool: John W. Henry and Tom Werner – approx. £7.57 billion

Everton: The Friedkin Group (Dan Friedkin) – approx. £5.3 billion

Fulham: Shahid Khan – approx. £6.1 billion

Tottenham Hotspur: Joe Lewis family and Daniel Levy – approx. £4.48 billion

Crystal Palace: John Textor, David Blitzer, Josh Harris, Steve Parish – approx. £4.25 billion

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Guo Guangchang, Liang Xinjun, Wang Qunbin – approx. £3.92 billion

Nottingham Forest: Evangelos Marinakis – approx. £2.9 billion

Leicester City: Srivaddhanaprabha family – approx. £2.7 billion

Bournemouth: William P. Foley – approx. £1.24 billion

Brighton & Hove Albion: Tony Bloom – approx. £1 billion

Southampton: Sport Republic and Katharina Liebherr – approx. £1 billion

Brentford: Matthew Benham – approx. £216 million

These figures represent combined personal net worth estimates of the owners or ownership groups controlling each club.

You're missing Ipswich who appear to be around Arsenal's level on that list. Of the 3 likely promoted clubs only Burnley (who look like they're just ahead of Brentford somewhere) are relatively poor, the other clubs are worth between 1 & 10 billion as far as I can tell.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

You will only get a like from the elderly with that one.

Hey - I'm sub-fourty (just about)!?!

 

[Mr Soprano]

More times in BBC news headlines than games won this season?

 

[cheekybids]

More times in BBC news headlines than games won this season?View attachment 156221

Google translate “I’m not walking away without a big fuck off severance cheque.”

 

[Semper aggressus]

Here is a concise summary of the estimated net worth of the owners of each English Premier League club as of 2025.

As you will see, EVERY GAME is played between “Billionaire owners,” with the sole exception of whoever is playing against Brentford!!!


Newcastle United: Saudi Public Investment Fund and RB Sports & Media – approx. £478 billion

Manchester United: Glazer Family and Sir Jim Ratcliffe – approx. £19.2 billion

Manchester City: Abu Dhabi United Group and Silver Lake – approx. £12.9 billion

Chelsea: Clearlake Capital Group consortium (Todd Boehly, Hansjorg Wyss, Mark Walter) – approx. £12.2 billion

Arsenal: Stan Kroenke – approx. £9.97 billion

Aston Villa: V Sports (Wes Edens, Nassef Sawiris) – approx. £7.96 billion

West Ham United: David Sullivan, Daniel Kretinsky, Vanessa Gold – approx. £7.96 billion

Liverpool: John W. Henry and Tom Werner – approx. £7.57 billion

Everton: The Friedkin Group (Dan Friedkin) – approx. £5.3 billion

Fulham: Shahid Khan – approx. £6.1 billion

Tottenham Hotspur: Joe Lewis family and Daniel Levy – approx. £4.48 billion

Crystal Palace: John Textor, David Blitzer, Josh Harris, Steve Parish – approx. £4.25 billion

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Guo Guangchang, Liang Xinjun, Wang Qunbin – approx. £3.92 billion

Nottingham Forest: Evangelos Marinakis – approx. £2.9 billion

Leicester City: Srivaddhanaprabha family – approx. £2.7 billion

Bournemouth: William P. Foley – approx. £1.24 billion

Brighton & Hove Albion: Tony Bloom – approx. £1 billion

Southampton: Sport Republic and Katharina Liebherr – approx. £1 billion

Brentford: Matthew Benham – approx. £216 million

These figures represent combined personal net worth estimates of the owners or ownership groups controlling each club.

Fucking rag owners more than ours? That has to be bollocks

 

[ChicagoBlue]

You're missing Ipswich who appear to be around Arsenal's level on that list. Of the 3 likely promoted clubs only Burnley (who look like they're just ahead of Brentford somewhere) are relatively poor, the other clubs are worth between 1 & 10 billion as far as I can tell.

Forgotten them already! ;-)

 

[waspish]

Fucking rag owners more than ours? That has to be bollocks

Am sure our owner is worth around 22b if you search it

 

[Marvin.]

Reviewing BBC Football this morning you would never have known it was Cup Final week. The usual diet of articles on Liverpool and Man Utd.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Reviewing BBC Football this morning you would never have known it was Cup Final week. The usual diet of articles on Liverpool and Man Utd.

There'll be the usual negative shite about us & how can plucky Palace beat City stuff arriving shortly.

 

[lefty goldblatt]

Second item on BBC's Sport page is City's "horrific" season.....

Big game this week, anyone?