The Crystal Palace Courier
Squad2 Apr 2035
A knee injury of the worst kind for Aarón Anselmino
93 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Crystal Palace lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market2 Apr 2035
Jim Thwaites puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Crystal Palace, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market2 Apr 2035
Nolan Galves has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Crystal Palace they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad2 Apr 2035
Words at Crystal Palace training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nolan Galves is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad2 Apr 2035
A falling-out at Crystal Palace
Irvyn Lomami and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad2 Apr 2035
Samuel Smith signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Samuel Smith and Crystal Palace agree another 3 years.
The dugout2 Apr 2035
No hiding place for Ollie Harrison
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Ollie Harrison, and the manager let it.
Market2 Apr 2035
Crystal Palace and Duje Milišić are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market2 Apr 2035
The Aarón Anselmino story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Aarón Anselmino signs something — a contract at Crystal Palace or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
In brief
- The dugout When it matters, Irvyn Lomami plays
- Boardroom A $10.5M-a-year partner for Crystal Palace
- Loan watch Ibrahim Rabbaj would sign for Newport County tomorrow