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do we really wana be a mid table club?

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View Beastie's Profile Beastie Flag 10 Apr 14 12.46pm Send a Private Message to Beastie Add Beastie as a friend

Of course hypothetically, if we had the chance to have a few comfortable seasons in mid-table of the Premier League, no-one in their right mind would turn it down. But I guarantee you, in reality, within few seasons people would be moaning, just like the Stoke fans that wanted Pulis out, just like the Charlton fans that wanted Curbishley out.

 

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View Sansbup's Profile Sansbup Flag Norfolk 10 Apr 14 1.34pm Send a Private Message to Sansbup Add Sansbup as a friend

The thing is, can Palace EVER be more than a mid-table club? Much like Stoke and Southampton etc., there is a finite limit to how many fans we can get and whether we could ever become as big as Arsenal, Liverpool, either Manchester club, Everton, Spurs (we can't).

So ultimately we can never be a huge club, so why not be happy just aspiring to match Southampton and Stoke and similar. Personally I'd be happy to be consistently in the second tier of the Premier league than the second tier of English football. And in fairness we have a very long way to go to establish ourselves in the premier league!

 

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View est1905's Profile est1905 Flag 10 Apr 14 6.49pm Send a Private Message to est1905 Add est1905 as a friend

Quote Sansbup at 10 Apr 2014 1.34pm

The thing is, can Palace EVER be more than a mid-table club? Much like Stoke and Southampton etc., there is a finite limit to how many fans we can get and whether we could ever become as big as Arsenal, Liverpool, either Manchester club, Everton, Spurs (we can't).

So ultimately we can never be a huge club, so why not be happy just aspiring to match Southampton and Stoke and similar. Personally I'd be happy to be consistently in the second tier of the Premier league than the second tier of English football. And in fairness we have a very long way to go to establish ourselves in the premier league!


We can be as big as Chelsea. We were in the late 80s/early 90s. Its only Abramovic money that is keeping them at the very top. once FFP kicks in they will have to cut their cloth accordingly. Like we already do.
We'll never be challenging for the title on a regular basis but it is not beyond the realms of possibility that a lot can be achieved with a good manager, a hungry and talented squad and owners that want success therefore continually reinvest all the profits. Its what Clough and Forest did and look where it got them. People forget Forest were of similar size if not smaller than Palace before Clough came along. Like my old granddad used to say 'If you aim for the stars you might just end up with the moon' which aint bad!

 

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View Leicestershireeagle's Profile Leicestershireeagle Flag South Leicestershire 10 Apr 14 7.06pm Send a Private Message to Leicestershireeagle Add Leicestershireeagle as a friend

Hmmmm.

If we play our cards right, we will have relative financial stability, a platform to grow the club and a fast-track pass for some of the longer term improvements needed around the club.

We need to establish ourselves first; that means no breaking the bank. We need to be shrewd enough that if we suffer from second season syndrome, we aren't paddling up a certain creek without a paddle. I fully expect a summer transfer window that is similar to the recently passed January one.

I know it's alien to us, we've always been defined by hardship, the "so very nearly" moments and one hell of a yo-yo rollercoaster, but if handled right, establishing the club in the BPL would give us a foundation unlike anything this club has seen for a very very long time. It's like dreaming of winning the lottery, and then it happens. You have to be careful not to take the money for granted, because it might not always be there. At the same time, it's important to remember who you are and not lose sight of that. The club could potentially change in the next decade, but it's important everyone involved remembers where we came from.

Until then though, let's get the Villa game out of the way. After that, the next, and so on.

 


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View blanksight's Profile blanksight Flag Thornton heath 10 Apr 14 7.11pm Send a Private Message to blanksight Add blanksight as a friend

I don't think we have much chance of become established mid-table. If we emulate anyone, it'll be Wigan, lots of relegation battles.

 


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View Eagle_SA's Profile Eagle_SA Flag Just outside Cape Town 10 Apr 14 7.46pm Send a Private Message to Eagle_SA Add Eagle_SA as a friend

How about a trip to cold sh!tty Priestfield or Cardiff on a freezing Tuesday night?

Mid-table in the Prem is a much nicer thought!

 


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View Leicestershireeagle's Profile Leicestershireeagle Flag South Leicestershire 10 Apr 14 7.49pm Send a Private Message to Leicestershireeagle Add Leicestershireeagle as a friend

Quote blanksight at 10 Apr 2014 7.11pm

I don't think we have much chance of become established mid-table. If we emulate anyone, it'll be Wigan, lots of relegation battles.


Why not? If we stay up, with TP in charge, we have every chance. Can't ask for more than that!

 


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View PALACE FOR EVER's Profile PALACE FOR EVER Flag London 10 Apr 14 8.01pm Send a Private Message to PALACE FOR EVER Add PALACE FOR EVER as a friend

What may be a big change in all this - Is it inevitable that their will be a European League, possibly two? This would take away perhaps up to four clubs. Then the logistics of everything changes.

 


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View coulsdoneagle's Profile coulsdoneagle Flag London 10 Apr 14 8.14pm Send a Private Message to coulsdoneagle Add coulsdoneagle as a friend

We have been a mid championship table team for far too long flirting with both ends of the table without really doing anything, whats the point of supporting a team without wanting them to progress, it doesn't make sense.

 

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View CJ's Profile CJ Flag York 11 Apr 14 3.47pm Send a Private Message to CJ Add CJ as a friend

Should we stay up then mid table for the next few seasons would be good...The after that !!!!

 


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