The Palace Fan

Norris Norris Piastri Russell 9th 6th

In this circumstance I think you can. These players make no campaign against playing in shirts with gambling sponsors on, but pick the week that Luke Daniels came out as gay to make a stand on playing in LGBTQ+ colours. I accept its important to understand another's racial beliefs and cultural beliefs, I also think it's important to acknowledge that racial and cultural beliefs don't give you a free pass to behave like this and exclude others. I have no doubt most, if not all, Premier League clubs are riddled with players you'd not want to work or play with. I'm pretty sure Dejan Lovren didn't suddenly develop all the beliefs he's preached the second he walked out of Anfield. But, it's one thing having a player in your ranks already that you have to manage and then another spending millions on a player who you already know has feelings like this. The hard internal battle im having is accepting the answer as to why footballers don't come out as gay has been staring us in the face the whole time. It's because people only care up to a certain extent, and that extent ends at the pursuit of success. These clubs will have rainbow flags out, take the knee, promote 'her game too' but when the likes of Partey, Zouma, Enzo, Gueye, Sarr, Kouyate etc exhibit behaviours people either ignore them or try to rationalise them. You can relate that to club owners too. So personally, I'm at a cross roads where I'm asking myself "should I care if others dont?" When I want to care. I'm going to speak to fans who would be directly affected by this but the reality is I'm not sure how I'll feel until Sarr is in a Palace shirt on the pitch.

The whole thing still makes me uncomfortable. I'm a little surprised all our vocal fans on matters of equality and discrimination online have either forgotten or are taking the birdbox approach. I hope it's the former as messages against racism, homophobia, sexism etc really lose there weight when morals get altered depending on potential benefits. Either way, whilst it will be hard to completely switch off, I can't see myself supporting a homophobe or wanting a homophobe to do well. So it looks like I'm out.

Cafe in Gran Canaria named Weekend at McBurnie's incoming.

Hah! That's two players it looks like they've beaten us too.

I imagine it will be a Championship club.

Ipswich seem content on creating an all star Championship lineup from last season.

It's going to be Oli McSunburnie in Gran Canaria.

Im really disappointed about this. Not because he lacks consistency, but because he outed himself previously as a homophobic when he supported Idrissa Gueye the week that Jake Daniels outed himself as a gay footballer. It's one thing when you have already signed a player in that position, but to actively spend millions on a player like this when you consider all the community work the club does, it's a real shitty move. I've always been proud of the fact that for generations Crystal Palace have regularly been giving opportunities to young black footballers and as a football club we have taken a zero stance on discrimination. We have presented ourselves with an image of representing about our community for decades and its something i have bought in to. Seeing the way we've behaved this summer, with the dodgy gambling sponsor and hiring an outed homophobe, makes me really embarrassed for thinking we were slightly different to other teams in our position who make it abundantly clear that supporters are customers that don't matter. I'm intrigued to find out what friends of mine in Proud and Palace (our LGBTQ+ group think) who were upset by Kouyate's "Real Man" bollocks think, but i wont let it influence my thought process. If this materialises that's probably me done. My values and morals I have that I portray on to my son mean more to me than wearing a set of colours out of loyalty. They don't care about us, why should we show unwavering loyalty to them.

Yeah ill do it. I haven't looked at the game yet due to the lack of transfer movement.

Outrageous that Leeds are getting a compensation fee for a player who was developed by Fulham before nearly getting as many loan spells as games he got for Leeds.

I like the prize for the winner. However they've got a lot of players wrong. Doughty a midfielder but Ogbene a forward, Scott Twine at Hull despite him playing for Bristol City in the second half of last season, player 111 at Birmingham, Jack Clarke's a forward but Patrick Roberts a midfielder, Summerville and Gnonto are forwards but Dan James is a midfielder, Mason-Clark is a forward but Sakamoto is a midfielder, Sainz and Rowe are forwards but Fassnacht is a midfielder, and the list goes on. I'm going to stick to Gaffr and give there Super League game a try.

Guessing the Saudi offer wasn't forthcoming.