Only if you want extra competition for your beloved Eze. Barkley aint going to do the box to box or defensive job we need.

I am sure that the transfer team tried hard but sadly we have been left weakened by our lack of activity.
I hope that teams like Forest get relegated because I dislike their kind of activity but other rivals appear - on the face of it - to have bought wisely and have strengthened whilst we have stood still.
Without doubt we needed a new midfielder and maybe a forward - the rest is fine.
The other point is that the team sometimes needs a bit of a boost with a new arrival.
I firmly believe that we put too many eggs in the Gallagher basket only to be foiled at the last minute.
I also believe - and said so weeks ago - that Gilmour would have been a good fit for us but instead he has gone to Brighton.
Time will tell whether that will work but I suspect he is an astute purchase for them.
Our main midfield central pairing of Eze and Schlupp in front of Duocoure (who is brilliant by the way) - is not equipped to deal with this League game after game and so, unless Jmac is due back soon and fighting fit for the season then we will be very weak all the way to January.
I hope to be proved wrong and eat much humble pie of course!

Could have been better but at what cost ? Lets see where Forest are in the table come January, all very well throwing cash about in a panic to appease the fans but no guarantee of points. We may not have the depth we wanted but still look OK & come Jan' we'll still have cash to spend (hopefully)

Red & Blue since 73'

A lonely voice of reason, amongst the usual moaners. I not sure what people expected, the club invested in the Academy to bring young players through. The days of buying the likes of Benteke and Sakho on huge wages are gone. Vieira knew the plan when he arrived, dont forget he failed at Nice and was sacked.

The positive of the window, we still have Zaha, Eze and Olise.

I can see that Palace didn’t want to spend money for the sake of it, I’d have hoped that we would have had a decent punt on Gallagher if he was available.
Decoure seems an upgrade on Kouyate, but we’ve lost Connor from the first team. Although Eze /Olise coming back after a long time seems like 2 new players.
I just don’t see why we didn’t use the loan spots. With 2 keepers and players (Luka) that are no longer good enough, making the bench, surely filling the loan spots would have been sensible.
Looks like we’ve got a decent 13/14, after that , not so good. It’s a saving grace that we don’t have many that will be going to the World Cup.
Just hope they all stay fit.

So rather than signing the players we need, we actually sign players that someone else doesn't need. An interesting strategy.

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

Yes we need to buy and re-develop Selhurst Park, but it is plain to see that SP and those who saved our club do not have bottomless wallets. It will be a struggle with the financial resources at the clubs disposal. Fans should keep the pressure on but not abuse those to whom we owe so much.

Thanks YT - I am sure SP & DF will be able to rest assured that there is nothing out there worth looking at because if it was it would be under contract with a PL club already & have a number of zeros after the £ sign -

To take an objective view of the window and be critical doesn't make you a bad fan or lead to be condemned as needing to go and support another team.
We have gaps in the squad which have not been addressed.
I'm not suggesting we overpay but we have missed out in the past through haggling over e.g Watkins (10m at the time) and Downes (2m at the time).
We were supposedly at it again last night with Edwards and had the Peterborough owner outlining our approach.
You can argue it's all about good negotiation, but if you've done your due diligence and are convinced of a player's potential and fit for the club it's not effective negotiation if you don't end up getting the target.
Last year we did very well in the market but in my view this year we have not.

Sorry Dolphin but this is a case of the kettle calling the pot black. Until Forest set the new record this window, Palace held it when we brought in 18 players in the summer window after being promoted 9 years ago.

A year ago, almost to the day, Forest were bottom of the Championship and rather like us surprised everyone including themselves by getting promoted. It should also be noted that 15 players (including 7 loanees who had to go back to their parent clubs) left Forest in this last window.