He's been back for about three weeks now. Not good enough for our side, hopefully we'll sell him and get a couple of hundred grand for him in the summer.

He's now gone to AFC Wimbledon on loan til end of the season.

Good move for him, hope he does well and could make it a permanent one. That's be honest he is not going to play for Palace.

The ups and downs of Palace have left me older than my years

At 23 he must surely no longer be learning his trade. Usually if Palace have a 'young ' player who hasn't cut by 21 at most, they are moved on. So there must be something there, unless he was given a expensive to break contract by mistake. The youth set up is pretty good at Palace and they must know and see something.

He isn't a youth player , we signed him when he was 21 from margate when he score like 30 something goals in as many games, that's why he is a little older, not good enough though I'm afraid he has played a reasonable amount of games at a lower league level and hasn't scored many goals and at 23 he is starting to loose the young and promising tag.