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 laddo  london 18 Jul 14 5.22pm |
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Is he worth 8m?! If QPR want to learn no lessons from the past and tony Fernandez refuses to look at Portsmouth and what the delightful cockney did to that club then let them get on with it. We should only bid 8m if Pulis and the board believe he is worth that.
Edited by laddo (18 Jul 2014 5.23pm)
laddo
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| South Devon Eagle Newton Abbot 18 Jul 14 5.30pm |
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Quote laddo at 18 Jul 2014 5.22pm
Is he worth 8m?! If QPR want to learn no lessons from the past and tony Fernandez refuses to look at Portsmouth and what the delightful cockney did to that club then let them get on with it. We should only bid 8m if Pulis and the board believe he is worth that.
Edited by laddo (18 Jul 2014 5.23pm)
Agreed.
SUPPORTING PALACE SINCE 1986
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| Skinster 18 Jul 14 5.37pm |
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Personally I dont think he will improve the defensive unit...defence was never our problem...and £8M for a player that was relegated and conceded 73 goals is almost laughable.
waste of money...Delaney did not let us down!...ever
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coulsdoneagle  London 18 Jul 14 6.24pm |
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Quote Skinster at 18 Jul 2014 5.37pm
Personally I dont think he will improve the defensive unit...defence was never our problem...and £8M for a player that was relegated and conceded 73 goals is almost laughable.
waste of money...Delaney did not let us down!...ever
Delaney is also 32 and a high risk for injury.
We were blessed with injuries last season apart from minor niggles we had our strongest team available mostly. Should Damo break his leg we don't have adequate cover and it's getting towards the time in his career when his body probably won't let him play 40 games in a row. We need a great 3rd/4th choice CB not just someone who can fill in. If we are serious about improving we should look to strengthen every position gradually rather then just sticking with what we have.
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black eagle.  south croydon. 18 Jul 14 6.46pm |
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Quote Southampton_Eagle at 18 Jul 2014 2.34pm
Quote black eagle. at 18 Jul 2014 2.05pm
Quote jason7 at 18 Jul 2014 1.57pm
who do we have ann/Delaney/Ramage/Mariapa.
is that enough experience at the back ?
maybe it is.So then lets go out and look for young up and coming centre backs ie Harry Maguire/Jack Hobbs/Grant Hanley.Maybe the could step up and could be the answer.
i mentioned Grant Hanley a week or so ago and the fact that him and Scott Dann know each others game from Danns Blackburn days
is a massive advantage also.
is Maguire the lad who plays for Sheff utd??
Just because they know each other doesn't mean they'd want to work with each other again or get on.
I still say we go for Hanley or mcquire over Caulker as cover for demo and Dann.
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| dynamicdick Dormansland 18 Jul 14 9.04pm |
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How come a financially defunct club like QPR can still pay out such large sums of money for players such as Caulker and their wages and still comply with FFP?
Bring back Brolin
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| alffy 18 Jul 14 10.22pm |
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Quote dynamicdick at 18 Jul 2014 9.04pm
How come a financially defunct club like QPR can still pay out such large sums of money for players such as Caulker and their wages and still comply with FFP?
Because Fifa Fair Play is bollocks, hence how PSG can spend £50 million on David Luiz when they have just had their arses slapped cos they broke the FFP rules
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| Palacefc Forest Hill 18 Jul 14 10.23pm |
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Quote dynamicdick at 18 Jul 2014 9.04pm
How come a financially defunct club like QPR can still pay out such large sums of money for players such as Caulker and their wages and still comply with FFP?
Sponsorship through Tony Fernandes' companies, I know this as my brother works for his Solicitors. Interestingly they are hoping that the legal challenges will drag the situation on and any fines will be outweighed by the rewards (and worldwide exposure for TFs companies) of being in the Premier League.
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| Palace 1979 Surrey 19 Jul 14 12.07am |
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Because football is corrupt and always will be.
QPR and their manager are just one of many examples and unfortunately this will always be the case with the amount of money at stake...
Some people are like Slinkies … not really good for anything, but you can’t help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs.
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| The Dolphin 19 Jul 14 8.04am |
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Quote Palacefc at 18 Jul 2014 10.23pm
Quote dynamicdick at 18 Jul 2014 9.04pm
How come a financially defunct club like QPR can still pay out such large sums of money for players such as Caulker and their wages and still comply with FFP?
Sponsorship through Tony Fernandes' companies, I know this as my brother works for his Solicitors. Interestingly they are hoping that the legal challenges will drag the situation on and any fines will be outweighed by the rewards (and worldwide exposure for TFs companies) of being in the Premier League.
Probably very true.
FFP will mean him paying a huge fine but if they stay up it will be peanuts.
What should happen is that they should have their hands tied now not later!
With his F1 team gone he will probably bankroll a team that will stay up and with Harry in charge they will do okay - I really hope not but ones wishes do not always come true.
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| alffy 19 Jul 14 8.09am |
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PSG were banned from signing players and 2 days later bought Luiz. The whole thing is completely pointless.
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| Andy_G Wimbledon 19 Jul 14 8.25am |
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Quote alffy at 19 Jul 2014 8.09am
PSG were banned from signing players and 2 days later bought Luiz. The whole thing is completely pointless.
Barcelona are technically banned and signed luiz Suarez
No place for ethics and morales in football, you either get with the dark arts or fail.
The ups and downs of Palace have left me older than my years
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Sg Bilko  Deurne Holland 19 Jul 14 8.49am |
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Quote alffy at 18 Jul 2014 10.22pm
Quote dynamicdick at 18 Jul 2014 9.04pm
How come a financially defunct club like QPR can still pay out such large sums of money for players such as Caulker and their wages and still comply with FFP?
Because Fifa Fair Play is bollocks, hence how PSG can spend £50 million on David Luiz when they have just had their arses slapped cos they broke the FFP rules
Fifa don't have a club fair play rule, but UEFA do.
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| JL85 London,SE9 19 Jul 14 9.07am |
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Quote Andy_G at 19 Jul 2014 8.25am
Quote alffy at 19 Jul 2014 8.09am
PSG were banned from signing players and 2 days later bought Luiz. The whole thing is completely pointless.
Barcelona are technically banned and signed luiz Suarez
No place for ethics and morales in football, you either get with the dark arts or fail.
So were Chelsea for the whole Gael Kakuta saga. Clubs get banned, it goes to the Court of Sport Arbitration or whatever its called and the ban gets suspended until the final ruling which, considering how long ago Chelsea were actually banned, will take years.
Edited by JL85 (19 Jul 2014 9.08am)
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| Gary St.Andrews Kenley 19 Jul 14 9.42am |
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Steven Caulker let's see
1. Sold by Spurs, why?
2. Bought by Cardiff who were relegated.
3. Cardiff terrible defensive record last season which he seemed to be spared any blame.
4. When i witnessed his performances thought he seemed to be out of position and his distribution was poor.
5. His over inflated fee of 8 million pounds.
So in a nutshell why would anyone sign him let alone us, oh and he doesn't want to join Palace...
Hope he goes to QPR.....
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| deano77 guildford 19 Jul 14 12.01pm |
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I'd rather have Kelly , Harry McGuire , or Dawson for 1/3 of price and wages , yes would be a massive signing but facts are he got relegated last season and didn't cardiffs keeper also save them from a lot more goals conceded ??? Let him go to qpr , not fussed , move on please palace 
liverpool 3 palace 4 1990 fa cup semi final!what a day
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| braunstoneagle the middle of bumf*** nowhere... 19 Jul 14 12.08pm |
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When I saw caulker play last season I thought he looked very decent....those saying he got relegated, well yes. Cardiff did but he was probably their best outfield player by far.
8m is probably the going rate for a young decent English centre back with experience.
We're not going to find to many Scott dann type deals, we got very lucky there...if we want to push on these are the type of players we need to be signing...we don't need squad players, we've got enough of them...we need 3/4 players to instantly improve the starting 11.
‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway
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| dbob26 beckenham 19 Jul 14 12.10pm |
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Its obviously about the money, it certainly isn't for footballing reasons. Compare the two sides, if he wants to improve as a player, look at our record when Pulis arrived, worked wonders with our defence and shored it right up, Palace are no longer a step down to sign for after our season last time, QPR are a gamble and if he chooses them over us, let him go, Pulis will have another option surely.
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| braunstoneagle the middle of bumf*** nowhere... 19 Jul 14 12.17pm |
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Let's be honest here...qpr are a bigger draw than us.
New stadium coming, owners who will spend decent money on signings & wages.
If we're being completely honest they have as much chance of staying up this season as we do.
I love palace to bits but sometimes we have to take off the tinted specs, and look at things with a rational POV
‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway
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| black eagle. south croydon. 19 Jul 14 12.18pm |
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Hull had a £2.5 million bid turned down for Mcquire yesterday, time to gazump Hull me tinks.
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