Is this the end for him? scored hat trick at weekend, thought he might be about to get his chance

Isn't he about to go on loan to Helsinki?

'All of my dreams, bitter illusions
I can't be rid of them too soon'

I was under the impression he’s going on loan to Helsinki...

As Robk has said, it may be that he is going to the top Finnish club on loan. The Finnish season starts on the first weekend of April, so if he is indeed to go out on loan to Helsinki, he may well be on his way any day now for pre-season training.

I follow our U18s and U21s it's an integral part of the Palace experience I wouldn't be without.

I actually prefer it in many ways to the PL, in particular you can watch a game without the theatre of endless interruptions.

'Mutton dressed up as lamb'

U21s also have a game tomorrow so clearly we need a decent number of players available for that.

Also heard the rumours re the Finnish loan. Plange has now had 3 unsuccessful loans now (Belguim team, Lincoln and Carlisle) so needs to get his career back on track ASAP.

As we saw when we were in admininstration, especially the 1st one under Coppell, some of the young lads really stepped up and played admirably for no doubt quite low wages. Plange did similar at Derby, hence his move to Palace.

Now he is on a longer term, better paid deal maybe a little of the desire has diminished.
When he scored a pre-season hattrick a couple of years ago (Walsall?) you could see there was a good player in there, and his movement is quite intelligent.

However, something has clearly gone wrong. He is contracted until next summer (2025) so needs to make this last year count.
He is different from our other strikers so i can see a place on the bench (to come on if we are chasing a game, and went to 442) would make sense next season.