Edited by jimmyc (25 Jan 2014 2.16pm)

I thought the tgread opened with a pretty fair question. Can't say that I've seen much to make me feel Mr. M is an integral part of the club? Or maybe thete is no one worth buying out there. I cant believe that T.P came into the job without the reassurance that he would be able to strengthen the squad he inherited. It is frustrating watching the teams around us buying players that might solve their problems. There are players in the league that have scored mord than our entire team! There is a need to imptovd thd forward line with a player who has experience of helping those around him find the goal more often. It seems every player who we are linked with sems to be signing for rival team? Is thst a good testimony for Mr. Moody. I for one would like to see a frw results of his supposed skills. Sooner rather than later so players had time to fit in with the team. Think a few more will soon be asking this question? Including T.P. maybe?

^^^^This too. All I know Is he used to be part of Cardiffs recruitment and he has a list of if I remember correctly all the premier league players ever with stats on which I believe I heard somewhere but can't remember exactly .

At Cardiff he was able to offer wages of 30k a week in the championship. At Palace you try attracting people with £17:50 and a part time shelf stacking job in Sainsbury's.

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You are his wife aren't you!

Good managers surround themselves with people who can execute their intentions. That's a polite way of saying "take orders". Successful managers in football recognise this; the Fergie template is to run the club at all levels with an iron fist and don't keep anyone around who might challenge your authority. Fergie is Malky's role model. Fact.

Malky, at Watford and then Cardiff, surrounded himself with people capable enough to get things done, young and unknown enough not to challenge his authority, and ambitious enough to be loyal and contribute to his success. Moody was one of these people. He competently did exactly what Malky told him needed to be done.

With no disrespect at all, though, Moody was as good as his brain (Malky) and his wallet (Tan, and before that the Watford fella) made him. Now, he's on his own, with a manager who didn't hand-pick him and an owner who may be expecting him to actually have the strategy, rather than just executing it. Basically, we signed a top notch oily rag bereft of his engineer.

All of which may partially explain the enduring inability of Palace to make headway in the transfer market, in spite of Moody's arrival.

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