Winging It: A Crystal Palace Podcast

It’s the Winging It transfer special! Terence, Albert and Hesketh welcome Carl to run the rule over Palace’s January window. The signings, the ones that got away, and whether the club did enough. Plus thoughts on the Forest game and an early look ahead to Brighton.

As Palace’s miserable run grinds on, Terence, Hesketh and Albert ask the uncomfortable question: is Jean-Philippe Mateta being unfairly hung out to dry, or is the criticism justified? The panel pick through another frustrating defeat to Chelsea, with Darren England once again centre-stage for all the wrong reasons at Selhurst Park. There’s a full rundown of the latest transfer noise, a look ahead to the trip to Mostar, and a surreal moment as Glasner is confronted in the street. Another week, another crisis meeting.

Walking on broken Glasner, try not to cut your feet! The fallout from Oliver Glasner’s explosive post-match press conference at Sunderland dominates this week as the panel ask the uncomfortable questions: has the Austrian damaged his reputation, and should he still be the man in charge at Selhurst Park? We touch on the defeat at the Stadium of Light, discuss JP Mateta’s uncertain future and the chain of events that might follow, and laugh at Esse scoring against Millwall and celebrating right in front of their fans. There’s also time to say goodbye to Marc Guéhi and congratulate Sarr on winning the memorable AFCON final.

As many of us were booking flights to Bosnia in the wake of the Conference League draw, one could have been excused for expecting a fairly run of the mill press conference in the build up to Sunderland. Instead, one of the most explosive Crystal Palace press conferences in the history of the Club took place as it was revealed that both the Head Coach and the Club captain would be leaving South London. As a result, Terence, Hesketh and Carl have assembled at short notice to share their thoughts on the days events.

Terence, Albert and Hesketh are reunited for the first time in over a month and unfortunately just in time to pick over the bones of an utterly shambolic third-round exit from the FA Cup at the hands of Macclesfield.We try to delay the inevitable by talking about the Main Stand redevelopment, Mamadou Sakho calling time on his career, Conor Gallagher heading to Tottenham Hotspur, and the entertaining 0–0 draw with Aston Villa - but there’s no escaping it.The Macclesfield result has to be dissected, the blame has to be shared, and absolutely nobody gets out unscathed.

Albert and Hesketh link up this week to re-live the events of the past week, including club record signing, a home draw against Fulham that saw Joachim Andersen lose his rag again and our annual defeat away at Newcastle.The guys discuss loans out, loanees returning, the usual Guehi gossip and the added bonus of the "Glasner to Man U” train gathering pace.We also wonder if Villa's Palace curse will finally end, whether we'll have four keepers on the bench and who will be fit enough to start against Macclesfield.

A mammoth catch-up episode this week as Carl joins Hesketh to fill in the gaps since the last episode. Wins and draws in Europe, academy graduates, the inability to defend set pieces or convert chances and a big old chat about the upcoming transfer window, both in and out, are all covered.Oh, and we all know everyone’s favourite moment of 2025 so we don’t bother with that

Crystal Palace won at Craven Cottage for the third time this year, which raises the big philosophical question: do we get to keep Fulham now?The boys look ahead to the FA Cup defence with a first-round trip to Macclesfield – a new ground for many of the travelling faithful – and with four all-Premier League ties, we can’t help but ask: what’s stopping us from doing it all again in 2026?There’s plenty off the pitch too: breaking ground on the new stand in January, the prospect of buying another club and forming a MCO and Glasner potentially hinting at a new contract.All that and much more on this week’s episode of Winging It.