New Posts For Thread: Why are Palace so poor in Europe?https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31895493/why-are-palace-so-poor-in-europeI've just watched Newcastle steamroll over Qarabag and Forest are all over Fenerbahce. Aside from that the other teams are all safely in the last 16.The one exception is Palace. They have been very poor tonight against awful opponents and have beendefinitely tactical. And perhaps a bit of complacency. The standard of KuPS, Larnaca, Zrinjski is dreadfulcan forgive them losing in Strasbourghttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31895493/why-are-palace-so-poor-in-europe?post_id=565242607#565242607definitely tactical. And perhaps a bit of complacency. The standard of KuPS, Larnaca, Zrinjski is dreadfulcan forgive them losing in StrasbourgSun, 22 Feb 2026 19:31:36 -0600I take your point lurka, but they played pretty much their first choice team most matches, with one obvious exception (been paying closer to full strength than Villa and Forest have) and this is an opportunity to win a trophy and get into Europe agaihttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31895493/why-are-palace-so-poor-in-europe?post_id=565241721#565241721I take your point lurka, but they played pretty much their first choice team most matches, with one obvious exception (been paying closer to full strength than Villa and Forest have) and this is an opportunity to win a trophy and get into Europe agaiSun, 22 Feb 2026 08:41:13 -0600Never met a West Ham fan who wasn't strutting around for a whole year with delusions of grandeur 2022/23 (European Champions)https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31895493/why-are-palace-so-poor-in-europe?post_id=565241663#565241663Never met a West Ham fan who wasn't strutting around for a whole year with delusions of grandeur 2022/23 (European Champions)Sun, 22 Feb 2026 07:53:28 -0600Completely agree with you Lurka, this competition has done us absolutely no favours whatsoever. I'm off to the Wolves game shortly and I'm expecting Glasner to get some stick from the crowd. Not by me I hasten to add.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31895493/why-are-palace-so-poor-in-europe?post_id=565241521#565241521Completely agree with you Lurka, this competition has done us absolutely no favours whatsoever. I'm off to the Wolves game shortly and I'm expecting Glasner to get some stick from the crowd. Not by me I hasten to add.Sun, 22 Feb 2026 06:08:13 -0600PL teams should refuse to play in this comp, just a recipe for losing money and getting injuries and a generally unhappy squad. This comp was supposed to be for the minnow countries, not clubs with 10+ times the revenues for winning it. Nothing goodhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31895493/why-are-palace-so-poor-in-europe?post_id=565241355#565241355PL teams should refuse to play in this comp, just a recipe for losing money and getting injuries and a generally unhappy squad. This comp was supposed to be for the minnow countries, not clubs with 10+ times the revenues for winning it. Nothing goodSat, 21 Feb 2026 19:23:21 -0600Because they don't want to be in this comp, not used to traveling abroad to play, Thursday nights are a nightmare to play on with all the other fixtures, you get about £10m for winning this comp so bonuses must be minimal, they've sold their best plhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31895493/why-are-palace-so-poor-in-europe?post_id=565241353#565241353Because they don't want to be in this comp, not used to traveling abroad to play, Thursday nights are a nightmare to play on with all the other fixtures, you get about £10m for winning this comp so bonuses must be minimal, they've sold their best plSat, 21 Feb 2026 19:17:47 -0600Absolutely they should qualify easily in the 2nd leg, but they played very poorly (again) in Europe.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31895493/why-are-palace-so-poor-in-europe?post_id=565240847#565240847Absolutely they should qualify easily in the 2nd leg, but they played very poorly (again) in Europe.Sat, 21 Feb 2026 10:37:58 -0600This year's version of the Conference League is desperately poor and I have money on Palace to win it.So do I, though I didn't watch. Looks like a good result to take to Selhurst park. Feeling confident here.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31895493/why-are-palace-so-poor-in-europe?post_id=565240355#565240355This year's version of the Conference League is desperately poor and I have money on Palace to win it.So do I, though I didn't watch. Looks like a good result to take to Selhurst park. Feeling confident here.Sat, 21 Feb 2026 06:05:46 -0600dont know..... but Lescott Barnet is a interesting development. is it a transplant, is it a toupeehttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31895493/why-are-palace-so-poor-in-europe?post_id=565237891#565237891dont know..... but Lescott Barnet is a interesting development. is it a transplant, is it a toupeeThu, 19 Feb 2026 14:06:02 -0600I've just watched Newcastle steamroll over Qarabag and Forest are all over Fenerbahce. Aside from that the other teams are all safely in the last 16.The one exception is Palace. They have been very poor tonight against awful opponents and have beenhttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31895493/why-are-palace-so-poor-in-europe?post_id=565237813#565237813I've just watched Newcastle steamroll over Qarabag and Forest are all over Fenerbahce. Aside from that the other teams are all safely in the last 16.The one exception is Palace. They have been very poor tonight against awful opponents and have beenThu, 19 Feb 2026 12:35:21 -0600