Spot on, players come and go, managers, chairman, owners also, it’s only us fans who are here 30/40/50/60 years. Even players you could consider loyal like Jim Cannon, Julian Speroni and Wilf are only around for a brief time compared to most supporters.

Well, he wasn't really a winger under Glasner, Munoz did that as a RWB, he was, alongside Eze allowed to roam behind Mateta.

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

Well said Plaistow Eagle, spot on with your assessment for the coming season,we have the makings of a really good squad.
Good luck to Michael hope it works out for him at Bayern.

Makes complete sense for Olise. Big move to a huge club, more money and champions league football. The final move is Real Madrid/Barcelona if he can stay fit because there’s no doubt he’s going to find the quality of the league a step down, therefore making it easier for him. This league made Sancho look elite, imagine what Olise can do over there.

PSG are now rumored to be putting in a 60 mill bid for him [Link]

When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you

Gutted as well but we aren’t a powerhouse, yet anyway. However, we are improving all the time, don’t lose the faith. One day we will be in a position where we don’t have to lose our best players. Still can see us breaking into the top 7 next season.

I think it is quite a stretch (pi) that his hamstring issues are going to get worse. Lessons will be learned from Hodgson's error

Bayern are in the Champions League. We are not and neither are the most closely linked EPL clubs, Man U and Chelsea. Bayern are almost guaranteed an ongoing spot (5 clubs from Germany currently get in) unlike the English clubs mentioned. The German league is hardly sub-standard with Dortmund and Bayern reaching this years Champions League and Leverkusen the final of the Europa

At the end of last season, Olise confirmed that he is an outstanding player under Glasner's system. He is one of the best players ever to pull on a shirt

Without the release clause many supporters would have valued hi at, say, 80 million. I don't know what Reading's cut is but we probably have just north of 45 million available. Good luck getting a like-for-like replacement at that price: although Freedman is as likely as getting it done as anyone

Bottom line, Olise has gone both for money and to challenge himself at the highest level. He is a great loss both in terms of points but also enjoyment from a skill level. Palace did all they could reasonably do to keep him and we have to keep our fingers crossed it ends up not mattering

Some dont even like football Danny Rose and Ben White come to mind, they just happen to be good at it.
If someone gets offered another job with more money and better prospects in the real world they go, same as in football.
Zara would would of gone earlier, if he was bright enough to have a release clause.

Edited by Painter (22 Jun 2024 8.51pm)

There will perhaps be other bids. I've always thought he'd want to go to PSG or Man U. Obviously Bayern would tempt most but there's the French connection and there could still be silly offers from Man U or similar. We don't need to sell him right now - early days.

Red and Blue Army!

Am I the only person who thinks he is just a money grabbing little s***e. Never looked happy when he scored a goal, never looked happy when another Palace player scored a goal, always spoke about how he was only really interested in furthering his own career and obviously made sure that he was able to escape from the Palace as soon as a decent team came in for him.

In my book, this is a player I don’t really want in the team at all anyway, but have I totally misjudged him? Just a possible character playbook of the player that is Michael Olise. What are fans thoughts on how he has played out his career with us to date?