Ask yourself this...do you ever wish we had signed Remy rather than loan him?

I find the loan system works perfectly as long as you're not reliant on it. We have added two potentially class players that we might never have seen play in a Palace shirt otherwise. If these two lads go on to play for the United and Chelsea 1st team then I would imagine we all have fond memories of the season they were playing for Palace.

Remember when Ashley Cole played for us on loan. He was so good we even played him down the wing.

Sakho last season kept us up, for what, £2m loan fee...bargain!

It seems to me like we have started to use the loan market to our benefit.

Agreed Ashley was great for us at 18 years old.
Helped keep us up,played for Arsenal in there last game of the season.
The following year held a position in the Arsenal team then got into England's.
Win win.
Paul Stewart was good as well.

Palace 13th 2017/18.

The successful loan since promotion
Puncheon
Sakho
Zaha
Jerome

epic fails
Remy
Bamford
Doyle
Ince
Sanago

Am I forgetting any ?

Another Damien Diagonal - Total Football

Never been a fan of the loan system especially if they haven't got option to buy in them think its just making other teams players get games cause there never going to get in to the team of the top 6 like RLC and TSM at United and if they have good season aka sakho we won't be buying them aka sakho as he is now worth more than he was 6months ago get rid of the loan system in the premier league NOW

Be nice if we could loan girlfriends.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Some good points here but the fact is that loanees are not something you can build anything around. When a new manager comes in he is looking to start a series of seasons where we build a team in his image, and a system and style of play. Loanees can certainly help instill a system but when some call it a win win, you could say it’s a lose lose. If they turn out to be Bamford it’s a total waste of time. If they turn out to be Sakho you get some short term gains then you are dealt a big blow when they abruptly disappear and you cannot fill that immense void – think about Sakho last year, sure it was down to an injury, but if a loan player turns out be a massive success then when they inevitably disappear you are weakened, not strengthened. I am past the point of wanting to lurch from one relegation scrap to the next hell bent on survival at all costs, its time for our team to grow and FDB to build something here. And we cannot say “thank god we only loaned Sanogo” as we never would have signed half of those guys permanently. I agree with loans if we actually have a chance at buying the player but I don’t think that’s the case with RLC or TFM.

Trump lost. Badly. Hahahahahahaha.