I don't really believe this but it must be frustrating for TP see all these players not want to come to CPFC due to poor offers.

What poor offers have we made?. If other clubs want to pay the likes of Crouch 40k plus a week let them unless players have a resale value then big fees and big wages do not go together get them on frees then pay them the big wages.I hope we can get some players in but it must be on our terms.

John anybody can leave.
It is January.
As you say wait until the end of the Season.
We could sign 3 and go down.
We could do nothing and stay up.
Pulis should manage what we have and make them better.

Neillo you no well enough that if Pulis wants Player x and he costs Y plus Wages and 2010 do not want to pay it you move on to your next target.

Its not all about signing Players every Window surely.

We have made shed loads of signings we should play them or endeavour to sell.!!

I make you right
But here the problem lies ...we can only go on what is written in the press.
I just can't believe that cpfc2010 would get a manager in on a good wage with good credentials only to put themselves in a position 6 months later looking for a new manager therefore taking us back to square 1, it doesn't add up unless we go back to asset stripping !!!!

Why, for the love of god why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Crouch and Etherington, No Thanks.
I would think unloading a few would help our budget, but we can't get rid of anyone either.
Pulis is finding out just what Ollie did in the Summer. Getting people you want to sign for what we are prepared to pay is very difficult. They will hold out hoping for better offers elsewhere and if they don't materialise it will probably become, "Oh well, Palace will have to do then" on deadline day.
We need goals, so do we not know of any foreign guys we can bring in on loan? This squad can stay up with just the addition of a 10 goal man in my opinion.

That's Life
And as funny as it may seem
Some people get their kicks stompin' on a Dream.
KEEP THE FAITH!!!!!

Not only do I believe that there is truth in this story but I have already said that there is a likelihood that Pulis will walk away if Parish doesn't support him.

Far too many people on this board believe everything fed to them by the board whilst at the same time decrying anything in the media that they don't like as rubbish.

Tony Pulis took a long time to be convinced to take this job and I'm sure that most of the conversation wasn't about his remuneration but he was trying to ascertain how much commitment the directors had to keeping the club in the Premiership and it was only when they confirmed that they were indeed committed did he accept the job.

I would imagine that Pulis stressed at the outset that in his opinion the squad wasn't good enough and that it would need to be strengthened in the January window and a budget for players would have been agreed in advance and it was probably based on those promises that Pulis accepted the job.

It is very sad to see that having done his part far better than we could have hoped it now seems as if Steve Parish is going back on his promises and when it comes to the crunch he is going back on all of his agreements.

How do I know all of this. I don't but it has the ring of truth about it. It is fairly obvious that Ebenezer Parish is hoping to be able to run a Premiership football club but with Championship players and wages structures.

If I were Tony Pulis and I was faced with a chairman who had gone back on his word and was asking me to keep his club in the Premiership with one hand tied behind my back I would probably have a word with a close friend who would then have a whisper in the ear of a friendly journalist so whilst many of you can continue to bury your heads in the sand I believe that this story has the ring of truth about it.

Somebody earlier on in the thread mentioned asset stripping. I don't believe that there is any likelihood of asset stripping but I do believe that Parish always acts in the best interests of the shareholders and not necessarily of the club and I have come to the conclusion that the gang of four have probably taken us as far as they can go and the three less vocal shareholders should try and persuade Parish that it's in both their and the club's best interests if they try and sell on to someone who is willing to fund the club at the required levels to stay in the Premiership.

If it came to a showdown I would rather see a change in ownership than manager and the four could walk away with a handsome profit as well as our heartfelt thanks for what they have done to date as whilst I can see Tony Pulis taking us onwards and upwards I can't see the shareholders taking us any further.