I don’t agree with much of this. I look at Olise, Eze, Guehi, Andersen, Doucoure, Richard’s and think I’d rather have them than some of the donkeys other teams have spent a lot of money on. I don’t equate an inflated transfer price with quality and reckon this was decent business. Jefferson Lerma, so far this window, is excellent business. That we had a manager who couldn’t get much of a tune out of them last season is hardly reflective of the quality of the squad.
Should Parish spend £80m or whatever it was on Harry Maguire?

If not them who would you have bought and what would you have done to signal your ambition? Everton have spent half a billion quid in the last 6 or so years. How’s that worked for them?

Guehi replaced Tomkins - as he was already here. That he has signed a new contract is simply depth of squad, surely?

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I think many of the people on here complaining about parish; never went to a cold boundary park Oldham in the 80s. People that did would appreciate these good times.

" You're not laughing now are you". Nigel Farage 2016.

ME you keep skipping in and out on all threads. Are you on a wind up month

Why is it Parish fault when you have other owners who aren't willing to invest a lot in the club? Harris and Blitzer can decide not to spend and Parish has no authority over that. Yes Parish is not perfect but the blame cannot be solely put at his direction.

Credit to Palace though for buying players like Guehi (loan championship) Olise and Eze from the Championship and all have done well. The strategy seems to be clear either get players through from the academy: AWB, Mitchell and possibly future players e.g. Ozoh, Rak Sakyi etc.. Additionally buy players from the Championship also looks to be another strategy. Palace operate differently to other clubs they cannot spend £200m over 2 seasons they rely on another methods like mentioned above. 10 years in the EPL is no joke with a limited budget. I wonder if teams like Brentford, Fulham can stay in the EPL for 10 years? Look what happened to Leicester, Leeds and Southampton this year. I heard people say before getting relegated won't be a bad thing. That is absurd that is the last place any club wants to go.

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Edited by Zaha127 (17 Jun 2023 7.30pm)

Surprised people giving this crap post so much oxygen.

I can remember standing on the freezing terrace at Burnden Park, must have been about 1980, about 200 Palace fans in one pen, and the Bolton Fans singing, "youre gonna get your F*****G head kicked in" Happy days

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn