All 4 summer signings started in the away win at Chelsea, in game No 4 of the season. All performed admirably and were a major contributory factor to the win - plus Souare and Wilf from the January window, and Chungy even had a kickabout for the last few minutes. And we managed to hold on to Bolasie and Dann despite rumoured bids over the summer. So apart from the 9 players mentioned above it looks like Super Al has no clue what he is doing in the transfer market.

Oh, and we offloaded Price, Garvan, Ramage, Thomas, Dobbie, Bannam, Guediora, and got all our up and coming talent out on solid loan deals where they are all playing well.

On that basis I can accept Zeki Fryers may not have yet reached his full potential, other than that, all good from my perspective.

The irony...

Haha! Taxi for Alexi!

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We've picked up 9 points from the first four games due to the fact we got signings in early and have them settled. Getting players in after 4 games means it'll be 6 or 7 before they are properly integrated and that's a lot of points that may be lost! Business early gives you the best chance in every game.

The ups and downs of Palace have left me older than my years

You are right that that has been one of the important contributors to us hitting the ground running. Managerial quality and continuity and quality of the squad have also played their part of course. I've never liked the 'go late, (try to) go cheap' tactic.

Bexley Dave

Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing!

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