Free transfer .Could he be a short term kevin Phillips ?

This type of transfer no longer seems to happen at Palace.

I have no idea if Billy Sharp would work but the OP has a point.

I can remember plenty of players from my youth that Palace signed as a short stop gap solution. There was a full back we signed from Plymouth (I think) he was a legend at their club and at the end of his career he got six months - 1 year with us in the top flight. Plymouth let him go as a thank you and for a while he did a decent job for us.

Even teams like Liverpool and Man United would buy the occasional over the hill player as cover.

We need young and up and coming players but I suspect there are plenty of old soldiers who could do a job for us in the lower leagues and would be happy to be on the bench just for the chance of a run-out in the PL.

Anyway not to be sniffed at especially as we don't appear to be spending serious money.

One more point

I was in conversation with some gentleman on Tuesday afternoon and Billy Sharp was part of that chit-chat.
He informed me that whilst Sharp isn't very tall, he has scored a number of goals from headers and has also scored a large number of tap-ins.Has had a reputation as being physically strong and a tireless worker but lacks that extra burst of pace at this stage of his career.Nigel Adkins has managed Sharp at 4 clubs.

Just what we need, Sounds to me, like he’s an Ideal candidate for Strictly Come Dancing. 👍

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