Nah .... one reason players won't come is because they'll have to work to get us out of this mess. However, the main reason is likely to be because they think we'll go down and on that basis their income cannot be sustained indefinitely on a longer contract. The ones we do sign may either be stupid or really have a point to prove.

Edited by Henry of Peckham (20 Jan 2017 6.33am)

Denial is not just a river in Egypt

No, we have always struggled to sign players. The summer was the firstwindows I can remember when we had relative success with transfer targets. Probably something to do with our league position.

totally, any one who thinks there's a chance that on top of their ridiculously high panic salary, they'll get a brown paper bag full of used notes, will be banging our door down. Thats before the agents get a sniff too

Clinton is Clinton. I have known him for a long time, I know his mother... Simon Jordan

Players won't come because we won't pay them what they want. Admirable in many ways, though I fear it may backfire and we will end up losing far more as a result if we go down.

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

Presumably as Palace is a business as well as a football it club it has a wage structure and various rules/clauses/addendums within it.

The board and SP are not willing to break those rules/clauses to accommodate certain individuals who want various personal caveats added or clauses removed in their own contracts to detrimentally effect the club as a whole or to cause friction within the squad.

Although players are available I am sure it is extremely difficult to discuss personal terms with many of them (and their agents) when your is club perceived to be in with a chance of relegation at the end of the season.

Whatever went on with Jenkinson I do not exactly know but he obviously wanted more than was being offered so there he stays at Arsenal's training ground.
I can never understand a footballer not wanting to ply his trade on the field in front of fans and the media. It is such a short career why waste it all backstage being second or third choice with a bigger team when your still a nobody!

We as Palace fans just have to be patient and trust that SA and SP will be able to spend wisely and this time get hold of the quality players in the positions we need without spending recklessly. I for one believe that they will.

I do not think the reason they are not accepting our offers is because of BFS. After all it is defenders we are after and BFS is supposedly an expert in defending and you would have thought players would like to learn from his so called expertise. I think it is down to money. SP will probably be trying to cover himself in any contract he offers by covering the eventuality of relegation and therefore wage reductions. As all players are mercenaries it has to be a major stumbling block.