[Help] Wilfried Zaha

[Albion my Albion]

I understand it’s really not the done thing to say, but I kind of like Zaha! Maybe respect might be a better word! Now he’s left Palace it feels a bit more acceptable to say!

Ridiculously talented player, has worked bloody hard to go from where he grew up to where he is now, is a character, does a lot for the community and he ‘got’ our rivalry.

Enjoyed his goal and reaction last night.

Zaha: How in the world did that happen?

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Tax issue rules out Zaha's Crystal Palace return despite Premier League interest

Ex-Eagles winger has fallen out of favour at Galatasaray

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I think we all need to write to our MPs. Please feel free to use this template:

Dear.......

Re: Wilfred Zaha not being able to come back to Palace because it would make him liable to paying income tax in two countries:

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha (repeat ad nauseum).

Signed...........

Singed, more like - if he's heading back to Croydon #BurntYourOwnTown

 

[Lady Whistledown]

So, after leaving Palace for "Champions League football" (so, crashing out early and dropping into the Europa League), Tiny Tears now has two more names to add to the list of clubs he's failed at:

-Man United
-Cardiff City
-Galatasaray
-Lyon

Now, at 33, he's being shipped off to <checks notes> the mighty Charlotte FC in the MLS to try and eke a few more moments out of his faded career in the soccer hotbed of North Carolina.

Poor Wilfried. I guess it must simply be that he's just "too good" for them all.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

@Lady Whistledown didn’t he also play for Barcelona and Real Madrid or could they not match the asking price?

My memory seems to be failing me.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

@Lady Whistledown didn’t he also play for Barcelona and Real Madrid or could they not match the asking price?

My memory seems to be failing me.

I believe you're confusing him with Jonny "Joniesta" Williams there.

 

[FloatLeft]

So, after leaving Palace for "Champions League football" (so, crashing out early and dropping into the Europa League), Tiny Tears now has two more names to add to the list of clubs he's failed at:

-Man United
-Cardiff City
-Galatasaray
-Lyon

Now, at 33, he's being shipped off to <checks notes> the mighty Charlotte FC in the MLS to try and eke a few more moments out of his faded career in the soccer hotbed of North Carolina.

Poor Wilfried. I guess it must simply be that he's just "too good" for them all.

After reading that I almost feel sorry for him.

A faithful servant, and club legend for that team in Croydon. He did them proud and he absolutely understood the importance of the games we played against them.

I could never bring myself to sing our song for him. He was an absolute c**t but in a good way.

 

[Gazwag]

After reading that I almost feel sorry for him.

A faithful servant, and club legend for that team in Croydon. He did them proud and he absolutely understood the importance of the games we played against them.

I could never bring myself to sing our song for him. He was an absolute c**t but in a good way.

and we know full well that Dunky is spoken about the same way be them, especially in the slanderous songs they sing about him

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

I believe you're confusing him with Jonny "Joniesta" Williams there.

Ah yes, Gillingham Jonny as he was recently known

 

[Superphil]

So, after leaving Palace for "Champions League football" (so, crashing out early and dropping into the Europa League), Tiny Tears now has two more names to add to the list of clubs he's failed at:

-Man United
-Cardiff City
-Galatasaray
-Lyon

Now, at 33, he's being shipped off to <checks notes> the mighty Charlotte FC in the MLS to try and eke a few more moments out of his faded career in the soccer hotbed of North Carolina.

Poor Wilfried. I guess it must simply be that he's just "too good" for them all.

Gary Dicker is now the coach of Charlotte FCs official reserve team, Crown Legacy FC.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

After reading that I almost feel sorry for him.

A faithful servant, and club legend for that team in Croydon. He did them proud and he absolutely understood the importance of the games we played against them.

I could never bring myself to sing our song for him. He was an absolute c**t but in a good way.

If you're talking about the moronic "we're all having a party..." song, then I'd like to think most of us are (thankfully) in the same boat.

Palace basically made sure he never ascended to the heights he might have been capable of, by refusing to entertain bids for him when he was at his peak, resulting in him spending the bulk of his career wasting away in a largely mediocre team.

I daresay the £125,000 per week he was paid for much of his Palace career helps, and he could never be classed as one of life's failures, but surely he's got to be wondering what might have been.

 

[Justice]

If you're talking about the moronic "we're all having a party..." song, then I'd like to think most of us are (thankfully) in the same boat.

Palace basically made sure he never ascended to the heights he might have been capable of, by refusing to entertain bids for him when he was at his peak, resulting in him spending the bulk of his career wasting away in a largely mediocre team.

I daresay the £125,000 per week he was paid for much of his Palace career helps, and he could never be classed as one of life's failures, but surely he's got to be wondering what might have been.

He didn’t have to go back to Palace, no one forced him.

 

[Hamilton]

So, after leaving Palace for "Champions League football" (so, crashing out early and dropping into the Europa League), Tiny Tears now has two more names to add to the list of clubs he's failed at:

-Man United
-Cardiff City
-Galatasaray
-Lyon

Now, at 33, he's being shipped off to <checks notes> the mighty Charlotte FC in the MLS to try and eke a few more moments out of his faded career in the soccer hotbed of North Carolina.

Poor Wilfried. I guess it must simply be that he's just "too good" for them all.

Can’t we sign him? For a laugh.

 

[dadams2k11]

Can’t we sign him? For a laugh.

Fails the no dickheads test.

 

[pigmanovich]

Can’t we sign him? For a laugh.

And loan him to Hearts

 

[Hamilton]

Fails the no dickheads test.

Yeah, but wouldn’t it be the ultimate in Chairman shithousery.

 

[Hamilton]

And loan him to Hearts

Or just bench him. He could be like a mascot.

 

[nicko31]

After reading that I almost feel sorry for him.

A faithful servant, and club legend for that team in Croydon. He did them proud and he absolutely understood the importance of the games we played against them.

I could never bring myself to sing our song for him. He was an absolute c**t but in a good way.

The ultimate panto villain, lets be honest if he'd been ours we'd would have loved him.

Its all history now from an era when Palace for a short period were a bit better than us, today they stagnate season after season

 

[Codner pharmaceuticals]

As a North Carolina resident, I'm pretty disgusted with this news.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

He didn’t have to go back to Palace, no one forced him.

He was "forced" by virtue of the fact that, despite what Palace fans would have you believe about all the top clubs on earth sniffing around, the only genuine offer they ever received for him was from....Everton

There are times when even Selhurst Park looks like the best option.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

The ultimate panto villain, lets be honest if he'd been ours we'd would have loved him.

Its all history now from an era when Palace for a short period were a bit better than us, today they stagnate season after season

Bit unfair. The last eight games of 2023/24 started a new era of Champions League contention, as I understand it.