No, ours was a profit of just under a £million.

In fact, you have to go back to 16/17 when our net spend was minus £53M and there's was only minus £8M; but given they were in the Champ that season, hardly surprising!

Net spend last 5 years has been minus £53M for us and around minus £200M for them which, given one of those seasons they were in the lower league, perhaps gives some perspective.

As irritating and "FFS only Brighton" as some are posting, they have invested far more than us over the years BUT still always end up beneath us come season end. It's a shame people don't pause to consider that when sticking in the boot.

BTW of the stats you posted up the thread, shots on goal is a good stat to throw at the club. Possession is not. Being 20th in possession does not = 20th in the league. How much did we give manure and look at that result? I don't recall you spitting feathers on line after that game. We always cede possession. It's a game plan that works very well for us.

Where it all went wrong yesterday was that, while in defence we were superb and unlucky to concede, the 2nd part of the plan of hitting on the break was non-existent. After all, that is the point of scoring early. The other side have to come at you leaving them exposed at the back. For that the team deserve all the brickbats and no mistake.

And it looks dreadful.

didn't create one good chance

quote from the BBC:

"Since Opta began recording shot data in the Premier League in 2003-04, Crystal Palace are the first team to have had just one shot in a match in the competition and for that shot be a penalty."

Abysmal as a spectacle and was barely disappointed when the weeds scored their deserved equalizer. Never ever a pen either of course but I have given up hope that any good will come from VAR.

Just not reality.

Can’t be bothered to debate the specifics again, but the notion that the only way this squad of international footballers stays in the Premier League is to play like that is just so silly.

Every single team in the league plays more expansively than us, without exception. We’re not even close to the worst squad.

Yes it was dreadful. We allowed Brighton to take the initiative from the start and then we were always second best. We missed the industrious Ayew. Batshuayi is a better finisher but not so good in open play although this should improve the more he plays. We have not replaced Cabaye a genuine ball player and McArthur and Riedewald are to similar to be really effective. I think we should appoint Eddie Howe as manager and keep RH on to organise the defence that Eddie is not that good at.

As one of Roy's biggest advocates on here I can offer no defence for yesterday and think the only decent thing to come out of the game was that we didn't lose which feels an odd thing to say after conceding so late.

Although Mitchell has done well I think Roy needs to address the lack of attacking support / intensity from the full backs and bring both Clyne and Van Aanholt in.

I also think Bats would fare better in a 433.

Despite Roy's comments I still don't think the squad is particularly strong. The ageing players from last year are another year older and so many are out of contract at the end of the season we will need to find a fortune to replace them.

As far as the entertainment side of things goes I'm not honestly that bothered if we get enough points to stay up comfortably and get the occasional win against the big six and our rivals.