Yeah, 13 goals in 143 appearances. Please don't go Bolasie

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I reckon Kai kai / sako might have half a season to see if they can break in. shame bolasie is going but if he wants to go (why toffees??) then lets get best money for him and for 25m it sounds like good business.

Yannick is real box office. Very few players over my 65+ years supporting Palace have given so much enjoyment. However, he's never looked really at home when playing a more central attacking role which maybe goes part the way to explaining why he doesn't seem to have had his usual smile this year.

And, when all's said and done, Andros Townsend is a pretty darn good replacement. He certainly looked exciting and accomplished against Valencia; and for something around 50% of the fee we're said to be getting for Yannick.

So, as far as I'm concerned, it's thanks for 4 seasons of great memories and all the best at Everton - just not against us!

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It was pretty obvious during the second half of last season that most teams had us worked out and knew not only what to expect but how to counter it. Bolasie has been a major part of "our style" and I don't see any real way we could successfully use him in another way. He did OK in the middle, but only OK. So I think we will not only be changing the personnel, we will be modifying the style somewhat, with a variety of different set ups designed to confuse the opposition rather more than our predictability of the last few seasons.
So I don't think we need to buy a replacement at all, especially as we already have Kai Kai waiting in the wings to come forward and play on the wings. I think, given the chance, he could prove a revelation this year and soon become our next big thing, the player, like Bolasie, that other supporters want to see. Let's hope so.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

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Walcott

He's had more agents in the last few years than I've had hot dinners. He's not being sold against his will, trust me.