The disappointment for me was not who we bought in but who we failed to move on. If Benteke and or Wickham had left,I would consider it decent window

Wait a minute it's an Eight from me.

5 for keeping a squad that's kept us in the premiership for 10 Years and therefore par. ( If you want to argue about the Gaffer, then its another half from me). Guinness???

1 for Keeping Zaha
1 for Getting Bats Back (Even on loan)
1 for Eze

that's 8/10 and I'm not apologising for having my cup half full.

Cheers Roy, from the Terraces to the Dug-out.

Edited by majorkaios (08 Oct 2020 2.53am)

School, SN.Juniors, SN High, Selhurst. 1st match 1972 CP 2 N. Utd 1. Thank you, John Jackson and Vince Hilair for brightening our darkest days. I moved to the west country in 1983. Always Proud and 'Glad All Over' to be a Palace Fan. ))

Can we now have a pen1s size satisfaction chart? I'm driving a red sports car.

Edited by ASCPFC (08 Oct 2020 9.58am)

Red and Blue Army!

By all accounts Benteke played well for Belgium when he came on as a second half sub and he also took the captain's armband

I often wonder if we set the team up around him whether or not he would do better

Agree with you, but would add that Batshuayi on loan does avoid the financial risk that Benteke has burdened the club with. We might miss out on any benefit gained if he does show highly impressive form, but that seems unlikely - and he’s available on a free next summer.

Excellent work of finding a way to get some extra money in for Sorloth. When he left for Turkey no one though anything would ever come of him and the loan deal seemed reasonable. His excellent form was completely unforseable and we’ve managed to maximise our income from a poor starting position.

Interesting that there’s people claiming we need to invest a lot more, whilst also slating our 2 most expensive ever signings. Do they think doing the same thing again will yield a different result?

Ferguson looks like excellent value for money with minimal financial risks.

Everyone wants a 20 goal a season striker, another Cabaye in midfield etc, but how many of those players actually exist. Rome wasn’t built in a day either. We’ve got a pretty stable squad of players who’ve all been at the squad a while. Roy will want to intergrate them into the current side who driiled and drilled and drilled on defensive formation and positioning. Any more than 4 players in could impact the stability of the squad and system.

Amen.

Unless they are 2nd XI/academy.

Looking at the age of Sakho, Dann, Kouyate, Ward, Van Aanholt, Cahill, Tomkins, both JMs, Luka, Benteke, Kelly, and Townsend (not going to include the 33yr old Guaita) I think we need to evolve a little more quickly than is being demonstrated.

The manager's age is a bit less of a problem IMO.

I think the owners are taking the p1ss. Trying to get by with the bare minimum year on year. The fact that we’ve got Clyne on trial infers Ferguson is not near fit and Bats is a loan. In the meantime we renew the contracts on underperforming players to avoid the transfer outlay in the knowledge we’ve a pragmatic and experienced manager.

Edited by Rachid Rachid Rachid (10 Oct 2020 11.58pm)

So the transfer window is now FINALLY over and what have we achieved?

In
- Ferguson
- Eze
- Batshuayi
- Clyne
- Butland

Out
- Sorloth for real money
- Jach on loan
- Innis sold to the Clowns

retained
- Zaha plus all the other first teamers we wanted to keep

Downside
- still got an injured Wickham, an expensive misfiring Benteke and an accident waiting to happen called Sakho.

I'm happy enough to still have Meyer although he'll probably be spending most of his time on the bench (but may get a start in FA Cup).

All-in-all, not a bad window. We have a stronger squad and one which is younger on average than before. Still more work to be done in the next window and not too long to wait.

Edited by doombear (16 Oct 2020 10.19pm)