Olise spent his early years at Chelsea and his younger brother is there so he may want to go there even though they’ve proven to be a graveyard for young talent. Eze is different. He’s a kid from South London and he loves the area. He just funded a tournament for kids in the area. He seems like a decent sensible kid and we stood by him when he had that awful injury. He’s managed to get into the England squad by playing great football at Palace. I don’t see him wanting to leave at this stage in his career.

I recall reading that when he was at Reading, Olise said to a colleague that he didn't expect to be there long and would be in the PL soon and so it proved (and no doubt the 8m buy out clause was in his Reading contract so he could achieve that). I suspect that if there still is a buy-out clause in his Palace contract it will be there so that he can move up the ladder at the first opportunity as well.

There is a pecking order, some are above us, but more are below us, QPR, Reading, Chelsea Reserves, Lens, Lyon, where we got our top five players, we have to get the best from the championship and abroad, continue the excellent recruitment of the last 2/3 years.

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

And for a lad that wanted to move up the ladder, he's been smart to have clauses inserted which prevent chairmen from standing in his way.

Its what Harland did with Dortmund, and apparently has one in place with Man C. If Kane had the sense he would have gone one sorted and so not been held hostage by Levy.

This in a nutshell. When Roy accepted the job for next season I saw it as neither a step back or a step forward, rather, a battening down the hatches for what was coming next. Subsequent goings on have only strengthened my opinion in this regard. We'll do well to avoid relegation. Palace are a bit like a game of snakes and ladders.

Was thinking this myself and I think you're absolutely spot on. They clearly foresaw an extremely turbulent summer and felt that he was the best person to steady the ship.

And while I was extremely underwhelmed with his reappointment, I am actually glad he's here now.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...