What makes this a bit different IMO is the possibility / probability of losing so many players whilst signing so few.

It looked at the end of last season as though giving he job to Roy and getting two better full backs (not difficult) and a rangy centre forward who could head a ball and stretch the opposition would leave us looking really decent even without Wilf.

Yet we fannied about deciding on a manager, the squad looks shocking and the Boardroom situation still messy. Zaha's last minute tinpot decision will have unsettled the better players.

It feels like a really badly missed opportunity.

Lot of pant wetting going on. Luka left - became a liability, not prem standard any more. Jimmy Mac - injured all last season, great player in his day but no loss. Wilf - difficult to replace, but his best days are behind him, which I think he knows.

Lerma - In on a free, decent player.

Lewis Hall - If we get him, decent addition, in on a free. With the right to buy, then a good piece of business.

Ahamada - Like a new addition. Decent from what I have seen pre-season. Could do a job.

Franca - Who knows.

Need to hang on to our best, get them properly contracted and without buy-out clauses.

Badly need a striker. Would love to offload Oduard, who in my opinion is massively out of his depth.

What Parish said was that the new stand would put our revenue into the top 10. Which is interesting in itself. Because basically what we’ve all been asking for is for the club to constantly over achieve.

You say that there is a lot of pant wetting going on then the rest of your post justifies it

The new Corinthian Casuals, I would be very happy with that.

I think it's to do with the average age of the membership. The forum used to be sponsored by Tena.

Blimey, what a load of sh1te.
For starters anyone who questions the "math" of a multi multi millionaire who's built companies from nothing since he was a kid should be ignored instantly, unless you can honestly say you have complete inside knowledge of the ins and outs of the clubs finances which none of us have.
Secondly, why shouldn't he be taking a wage from it all? He's made it what it is now in just 10 years and its not some shelf stacking job, he's running a Premier league football club and doing a very good job of it too, what does is it matter that he's got sub companies? and with regards to the merch outside the club shop, Im no retail expert but I would have thought that any retailer outside of Croydon wouldn't be that interested in stocking Palace shirts when they're shelves are full of Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, Barcelona etc etc shirts, What do you think will sell the least out of all those clubs? It's the same reason you don't see Villa, Fulham etc shirts.
The reason we've been in this league for a decade is because of him and how he's done it but maybe with you running it we would have had the title and Champions league wrapped up by now?
I get people get frustrated that we haven't signed 10 world beaters as soon as the window opens but by next Saturday we will have signed 3 excellent players in Lerma, Hall and Franca(hopefully he's as good as the hype) and Im sure there will be a few more out of the blue signings like there usually is with us and some fans will start calming down a bit.

Good morning Dazza . Do you have any more update or news for us on this lovely Saturday morning . Any more on Hall ?

Great post Grumpy. The HF are in the pocket of Parish so aint got the balls to do a protest. Most of the Palace on here are Parish fan boys and are scared he will read their posts and ban them from Selhurst. I dont give a f**k and tell it how it is.

The club gets well over £100 million every season from TV. Where does the money go? {Post edited to remove slanderous allegations}.

Edited by becky (05 Aug 2023 2.44pm)

Currently, only Eze looks likely to create anything. Until/ if/ when Olise comes back.

Red and Blue Army!