For me that indicated he has about as much say in the transfers as any of us CT! Hence his frustration matching our own.

When Roy was appointed I was unexpectedly pleased (given the situation) and am grateful for it now. The only negative I saw in it was that it quite probably reflected a lack of sincere intent for the transfer market. That grumble from Roy is probably the most extreme of his reactions. What manager would stay or indeed come in if they said ‘Free Transfers and Loans, plus we expect to lose a few key players, some money on a player we’ve watched for a while which has nothing to do with you and if you’re lucky, a few quid left over that we, and not you, will try our luck with’?

This of course is not reflective of the situation in reality only my guess at it. If we are ever to spend money again I’m (once again) guessing it will be at the end of this season if/when Roy’s successor arrives and we avoid relegation. I’d also guess that is no easy task itself as the transfer strategy sits somewhat separately to the managerial position and again, not many will be happy with that.

I suppose this may be the situation at a lot of clubs, except most of those do actually see a number of arrivals. Transfer strategy and execution lies with the club and the manager has to be aligned to and content with that. Poch will join Chelsea as he knows trillions will be spent, Palaces pool of willing candidates will be far smaller.

Edited by Nicholas91 (16 Aug 2023 10.40pm)

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Absolute scumbags!

'- Really? Honestly? Back in the USSR,,,you don't know how lucky you are.

That is a fair point Robbo.
Maybe I mean that we should do our best not to sell and take a massive financial risk?
Maybe that is just not feasible for us.
I can see us selling others - like Eze because they don't want to stay.
Appointing Roy was a massive backward step which stinks of short term thinking and as others have said, may not attract new players - who knows?

Appointing Roy was a highly predictable step. Actually, it's the same as it ever was.

On another thread a poster has speculated that Chelsea maybe trying to do a swap deal with us over Olise. In which case Hall's value will certainly be a negotiating point.

So perhaps the rumours that Newcastle are prepared to buy for £30m is more about our valuation of Hall rather than Newcastle actually paying that amount.

Edited by Badger11 (17 Aug 2023 8.18am)

One more point

Meanwhile Newcastle sell ASM to a Saudi club owned by PIF for £23 million (probably half his value in today's market). At that price you know a host of clubs in Europe would have been interested, so I'd put money on that deal being incredibly suspect. It wouldn't surprise me to see a few Chelsea players go the same way like Ziyech and possibly even Sterling, the former of whom I'd happily see at Palace (another player ruined by the Chelsea system of stockpiling players like assets)

Edited by taylors lovechild (17 Aug 2023 8.43am)