Sorry but your opinion is invalidated due to the fact that you were two years of age when Arthur Wait died.

Both Arthur Wait and Steve Parish have been important to Palace in completely different circumstances.

I get your point. But the history books still tell the same story. I'm not talking about AW's panache and decorum as I wasn't there to witness it. What I mean by Parish being the best chairman is that he has done what no chairman has ever been able to. Sign international superstar players to come and play for Palace. Only ever time that had happened before was with Attilio. We're also signing players from other premier league clubs. Something I can't remember happening other than maybe Iain Dowie and Paul Warhurst. He's changed the whole perception of our club. And as we know, perception in this game is everything when you want to bring players to the club. He's a classy operator and it has helped our club progress to a point none of us have witnessed before.

"We love you Palace, we f@cking hate Man U, We love you Palace, we hate the brighton too, We love you Palace we play in red 'n' blue, so f@ck you, and you ...

I mean the video on YouTube that followed the Arthur Waite interview...

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

I very confident that Parish will be building stands and increasing our capacity and overseeing the club as we win our first real piece of silverware. He's only been here a very short while in real terms.

"We love you Palace, we f@cking hate Man U, We love you Palace, we hate the brighton too, We love you Palace we play in red 'n' blue, so f@ck you, and you ...

Not dismissing what Arthur did. Helped build the stadium up and gave us our first real bit of exposure by appointing the manager who took us up to the top flight for the first time. Amazing stuff.
Still don't think that the club has ever reached the level we're at now before though. Even when we had our most successful period under Noades, we still had a tinpot feel about us. Players leaving cheaply for bigger clubs. Never spending the money needed to push us on etc.
Also, with the money in the game now days compared to back then, it is a lot harder to to develop and push on in this modern era. You've got teams like Leeds, both the Sheffield clubs and Villa that are all PL ready, yet they can't seem to get back to where we are now. It's nothing short of amazing really.

Edited by Brentmiester_General (18 Apr 2017 8.00am)

"We love you Palace, we f@cking hate Man U, We love you Palace, we hate the brighton too, We love you Palace we play in red 'n' blue, so f@ck you, and you ...