Believe me I'm not the type of person to over react or panic unnecessarily but I genuinely believe we are a club in big trouble.

We have an ageing squad, 14 players out of contract in a year's time, a 73 year old manager going through the motions, certain players going through the motions, only 2 strikers, one of which has scored 5 goals in 2 and a half seasons. We have no money, we play a style of football which is an insult to the word football and we have a chairman who has been desperate to sell the club for a number of seasons now.

Our last 9 games were the warning signs of what's to come this season. A ridiculously huge overhaul is needed in nearly every department of our club and we have neither the funds or the right staff to do that.

Just my opinion of course and no doubt some will accuse me of over reacting... I pray that I'm wrong of course!

Don't waste your time with jealousy. Sometimes your ahead, sometimes your behind, the race is long. But in the end it's only with yourself!!

Unfortunately I fully agree. I actually tend to be an optimist when it comes to Palace but am seriously fearing for us at the moment.

We're being linked with some top players but if we end up with yet another damb squib of a window with Steve and Roy saying "We tried to do the deals but they were out of our price range" then I fear we could be in for a grim season.

On top of all you mentioned, chuck in the point that we are arguably the team who benefit most from having our supporters in the ground and that not being likely for quite some time.

I said on Monday was hoping for some good news this week and I think we need it to lift spirits.

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

Hi Kenny

I have a lot of sympathy with your thoughts and sometimes feel the same myself. However in my opinion which could obviously be mistaken, I don't think Hodgson is going through the motions. There is no need for him to still be in football unless he actively wants to. The club did I believe receive £20m from the PL and might (fingers crossed) have £20m stashed away, I definitely agree that the last 9 games were a warning sign and a lot of players were either exhausted or had given up. A big overhaul is needed. It's good that Ferguson has signed, but we definitely need at lest two or three more good young players especially if Wilf is on his way out. It's definitely crunch time for the club. No one, including Parish would want to see the club relegated. My conclusion is that the club does have resources to bring in a number of players, and unlike other clubs doesn't have to sell before buying. I believe, crossing fingers, that there will be three or four good incoming players before the start of the season? Time will tell.

It can go either way based on this transfer window. No decent signings I reckon we are about evens money for relegation. We need 3 or 4 players, let's see what happens.

I have heard it said from a clearly disgruntled supporter who bellowed out that we only managed to sign Ferguson because there wasn't a great demand for his services, accordingly we weren't in competition with other clubs. And he was cheap!

I am another one with pessimistic views currently.
We need some new players urgently and only time will tell if they are going to arrive.
Roy will (likely) be leaving at the end of next season and that does not bode well when you are looking to sign new players.
Maybe Dougie is his successor - who knows - but if he is then he should be sitting on the bench with Roy and Ray when the season starts.
Players out of contract - unless they are saleable then I don't care much. If they are though then they need sorting out which will hopefully start to happen soon.
Not playing the youngsters in those last 9 games was a huge error in my opinion - we might have seen something for the upcoming season - those games were pretty pointless (no pun intended) and a waste of time as could be proved shortly.
That run will likely continue if we don't get some new blood as it will just be the same, tired old stuff.
I worry a lot that without some quick action we could see Palace regress a long way very soon.