It is because of modern football revenues that PL teams do not need to sell.
I just don't see how selling AWB or Zaha will be anything more than a spiral down to relegation. It is not a long term solution.

In some respects, Premier League football is harder for clubs of our size than being in the Championship.

Of course, our revenue is multiples higher, but we rank pretty low relative to the other clubs in the division. And we are minnows relative to some.

So, unless we outperform in transfers, we will -- other things being equal -- need to spend a greater proportion of our revenues to compete than would be the case in the Championship.

Of course, if we can stick around and boost non TV revenue streams, this dynamic can lessen. But only over the very long term since the biggest revenue booster -- a new stand -- requires major capex and servicing that capex.

We have to trade and trade brilliantly.

If you want to live in a world full of kindness, respect and love, try to show these qualities.

This re-iterates my viewpoint,expressed on HOL, that AWB is very much a work-in-progress and as such is certainly not the finished article.A winger converted to a right-back and he still has a lot to learn in this position.

you know what...world record fee for a full back, 2nd highest ever fee for a defender...for a club like palace...f*** it! lets do it, he seems to want to want the move.

since promotion, on the whole its not been defending that has been our problem and it is a lot, an awful lot of money.

AWB is obviously f***ing quality but we cant hold him against his wishes, and if it helps us sign michi (or similar) then its all good with me.

as a club our size, you simply cannot turn down north of £50m for a full back.

‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway

Or... he tears an ACL week one. Doesn’t play all season and is worth nothing going forwards. Nothing is a certainty and this is great money

Hrolf has decided that PL money is in some way infinite and when you’ve made that (incorrect) conclusion it leads to thinking we never need to sell ever. And unfortunately it means he can’t be reasoned with. As others have pointed out we have an unsustainable wage bill (even with PL income) and need to sell to keep afloat and/or reduce the wage structure.

I remember in the new year i said we should look to selling both AWB and zaha this summer and using the money to reinvest in players, allowing roy to buy 4/5 he wants to complete his squad on targets we have been looking at for some time.

I was laughed out of here.

It's very obvious this season is a new chapter for us, zaha was always destined to go and awb was unknown 18 months ago, to think we've made 50 mil off him is crazy good - this is one reason why the acadamy is so important. Sure, he is talented, but we won't miss him if we bring a decent prem experienced or prospect in.

However, all i would say is this.. if we didn't have 7 managers in as many years, each buying their own players and changing things.... we could be in a position now where zaha doesn't want to go, where we can push on with the likes of awb and added investment to get us that top 7 finish.

Hopefully after this summer, we have a period of mid table football where we are looking at 7th, not 17th as the benchmark.

This was once a quality forum....

It’ll come as no surprise that clubs with decent player scouting also are good at spotting managers whereas we have bought mostly proven players and escape artist managers. It’s caught up with us but luckily we haven’t been relegated and AWB and Zaha offer a way of balancing the club and managing Wilf leaving before he’s either crocked or lost his edge or retired. I can’t say I’m confident though unless the manager makes the right choices.

COYP

I can’t say I’m confident that it's the manager's choices to make