Good points

Pochettino is in the paper today saying this, that it gives a 'massive advantage' to European clubs as you have a risk that 'things will happen'. I guess he is more worried because he is in the Champions League and if he has an injury on 10th August he can't do anything about it but his European competitors can.

That would be what Steve Parish calls a 'luxury problem'.

What has been a problem is that the clubs we try and buy from don't have time to find replacements for our late bids. That at least won't be an issue - they will have 3 extra weeks!

Interesting to see how it pans out.

Would we have been in a better position then if Pulis had waited a fortnight and then told us he wanted out? How many PL players "annual salaries" would it have cost if, rather than staying up, we'd been relegated? As already stated, his departure was by mutual consent and he'd done what was required to earn that bonus.

It's difficult for a club that's been in administration twice in a decade to start taking a moral stance over monies owed. Parish and co left it 'til the 11th hour to purchase the club, when Jordan, who'd recued us previously, was totally on the rack, and they could pick it up for a relative song.

Never mind the major creditors, look at the long list of small local businesses that lost small fortunes. It was left to the supporters to repay the St John's ambulance. Were you one of those, like myself, who chucked in their £50 to keep us afloat before the buyout (I suspect not)?

For us, and the current owners, to pretend our sh*t doesn't stink when it comes to who owes what to who is either arrogant or delusional.

Bexley Dave

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

"The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum)

Of course relegation might easily have been the outcome of his walking out immediately before the season began. After he left we had one decent spell with Pardew before he went to pot but we haven't had good and stable management from that day to this. If Hodgson can build on what we have now we may finally get that back, and of course the performance and behaviour of intervening incumbents is not Pulis' fault, but he left us in the lurch and he knew he was doing it.

When the outcome of that court case was determined there were plenty of people here who (like me) considered that he had got what was coming and we had what we deserved. The contract made staying in post until at least the end of August a condition of paying the bonus, and it made that provision for a reason: to discourage the manager for doing exactly what he did. Any prudent businessman would have acted to enforce the clause.

So, I take it some of you'd welcome Pulis back if Hodgson leaves, zat right?

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so because previous owners of the club have been poor, we should now let others run rough shod over us?

Parish dealt with Pulis the right way, Pulis decided to make the dispute public.

As for your first point, we would have had a little longer to look for a manager due to the international break and possibly not ended up with Warnock. All ifs buts and maybes.

You have an interesting view point on events. The mutual consent isn't true, Pulis wanted his money early, supposedly to buy his Daughter/son a house on the understanding he would forfill his contractual obligations. As soon as the money hit his account, he left and house was purchased and broke the terms of his contract. That can be interpreted as mutual consent in the same way Jordan let Dowie leave to move North to be near his family, only North turned out to be Charlton. Jordan as was Parish didn't like being made to look a fool, both took action through the courts, which is their right.

Parish and Co purchased Palace for the best price they could, which is normal business practice and not illegal or wrong. The creditors have no recourse to the new owners of any business that has been bought whilst in administration, that debt belongs to Jordan. You seem to think Jordan was on the rack, strange he had a £100k watch stolen recently, he doesn't seem to have come out too badly from events.

You appear to be the one taking a moral stance here.

This post has been merged from a topic called 'An open letter to Parish and co...' by Midlands Eagle

Dear Mr Parish and co,

Firstly, may I congratulate you on another terrific season. Let's be honest, the start was dreadful. You're not the first board to be seduced by a big name. DeBoer had a great record at Ajax and is widely regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation. It felt like a gamble when we got him in and it proved the case. Straightaway at home to Huddersfield you could feel something wasn't right. The style of play he demanded didn't fit and his treatment of players such as Luka was disgusting. Despite hostility in the media, you acted decisively and enforced change, bringing in Hodgson. Given his record with England, it was a bold move but you have all been vindicated. Roy is a terrific fit.

Moving on, this summer is vital but how often do we say that? I'm certainly feeling like we've been here before. All I ask is that we have a settled summer. Please can Roy be here next season. Please can we support him in the transfer market. Please can we keep Zaha. We are one good summer of dealings away from having an amazing season.

Thanks again for all your hard work. Some supporters get annoyed at 'looking back' but I'm certainly not one of those. 8 years ago my son was born. There was a period of time before he was born when I was genuinely concerned my boy would not have palace to support and my dream of taking him to selhurst would vanish. That he has since only really known palace as a premier club, a club that buys 30m strikers, has class like Zaha on the wing and has received permission to build a beautiful new stand, increasing the capacity to above 30k is magnificent. I often need to pinch myself at how far we've come. You deserve so much credit. And for those fans who demand I 'crawl out your a**e' I promptly flick a metaphorical middle finger in their direction. What has been achieved in the last 8 years is something I will forever be grateful for.

So, have a lovely summer. Steve, enjoy the karaoke on foreign shores but please, I beg you, let this be a settled few weeks. Let me watch all my recorded highlights of palace winning this season build an appetite for 2018/19. Let me enjoy the World Cup knowing my club is nicely bubbling on the stove before we unleash a delicious feast in August. I really can't be dealing with any dramas from now until then.

Regards,

Laddo

laddo

"People say, live fast, die young. I say live fast, die old. That's me, the non-conformist".
David Brent.