“Marinakis shrouded us like a kid in school”Published in the UK at 13:39 Summer
Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest (14:00 BST)
Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Selhurst Park
Crystal Palace fans talked about today’s protests at the Court of Arbitration for Sports Arbitration after the club’s failed appeal for the demotion of the Europa League.
Palace fans have been speaking to Aaron Paul outside Selhurst Park and have different opinions on the protests
“The decision has been made, so we might as well keep going now,” Nigel said. “If we win the conference league, we will be in Europa next season anyway.”
But Rob favors the protest, especially against forest owner Evangelos Marinakis. It was Marinakis who wrote to UEFA, questioning the Palace's position in the game – he might be on the ground today.
“It's not forest fans, it's their leader,” Rob said. “Marinakis is Snidey's guy who shrouds us like a school-like kid. But we keep going, we always do it.”
“There should be protests. The Palace fans always have a voice, a decent moral point of view, we will say the right things today, and we will be proud of it.”