Possibly it's a deal that suits us both equally

It's probably a trick that they learnt from us in our lengthy negotiations with Liverpool for both Sakho and Benteke that dragged on for an eternity whilst trying to both unsettle the player and drive the price down - the latter of which was unsuccessful

There actually are a few people on here who are accountants and quite a few more who are able to read and understand Balance Sheets to an extent that they are able to make a reasonable judgement

In fairness, I was one of them. At the time I thought he was ahead of his contemporaries for the second spot for a while. That was a long time ago and short lived. A lot has changed, not least the complete evaporation of his pace.

Coming from you, that's rich.

My postings on this thread have been largely challenging the crap that you persist in spouting. If there's any debunking going on I think it's me that's doing it.

Old, Ungifted and White

At some point the whole football bubble bursts.

AWB is undoubtedly a talent, but is unproven and as it stands a one season wonder. £50million is crazy money for someone who is unproven.

Palace are a selling club, less so than in previous years but a selling club none the less. Simon Jordan for all his faults saw this with the academy and geared us up with a youth structure. It’s no different to the 80’s/90’s/00’s where the best players were ones brought through or signed cheap and then allowed to move on for the right profit to benefit the team. The fact it was reinvested poorly isn’t always down to the chairman. But AWB will join a line - Sansom, Wright, Jansen, Johnson, Moses, Zaha, Bolasie, etc. All sold for one reason or another.

Since our time in the Premier we’ve sold one player you would call a vital cog or star - Bolasie. And look what happened there.

Parish is damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. He backs a manager and they can get it wrong, he doesn’t and he’s being tight.

Also on the accounts - the ones filed deal with things that happened 9-21 months before, so they can only give indications as to the current state. The accountant in me says take the £50 million. The supporter in me says take the £50 million as his head has been turned and reinvest it wisely.

Palace do not suit “marquis’ signings: name the last “big” one that worked out. We are basically Wood
Green Animal Shelter. A home for scruffs and mongrels with the occasional mutt that turns out to be a pedigree. Tompkins, MacArthur, Milo, Townsend etc. Total cost less than one AWB with change.

Yes AWB is a wonderful player, but I don’t think a right back is our primary need at the moment.

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That might be, but are they any good?!

I know of a few accountants and solicitors, and a good one is about as rare as rocking horse s***!

We have had a lot of scruffs and mongrels then. We have been saying that the football bubble will burst for 20 years now, are you going to say “ I told you so” in 20 years time?