According to an item in the Mail this morning Palace have losses of around £20m and 'certain figures' at the club feel that extending Roy's contract is the best option.

Status Quo looks likely if that's the case.

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

Blimey, I think you're right!

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

The £20m is no doubt our matchday income. Think Palace average c£800k per home game - some club's like Man U and Arsenal it will be £3m to £4m per game. Spurs must be suffering as their gate income needs to pay for the new ground. However, we do have the highest wages % of revenue in the Prem so a 15% reduction (based on £150m rev as per last accounts) will be hurting us.

Regarding Roy - whilst i feel the club will offer him anew contract i'm now not sure if he will accept it. He's 73 so clearly doesn't need to money.
He knows his hands will be partly tied and with so many players out of contract next year could be a big challenge, regardless of who is the manager.
Maybe it will be a good time to call it a day.

Whilst i'm not enjoying the football he must get huge credit for the last 4 years.
He didn't buy Tekkers or Sakho etc and SP is the one who has inflated our wage bill which has limited our transfer activity.
However, Roy is so diplomatic he will never openly criticise the club and will adhere to the party line

Good points you make P99 and having just celebrated with my wife our Golden Wedding last weekend, I agree with Willo that Roy may well want to wind down. If he feels like me after 50 years he'll want a medal too.

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

I think it was at the end of our second season in our current spell in the Premier League that I heard Steve Parish say in an interview that the club have to get away from being in "firefighting" mode each season.

An admirable aim but not one that seems to have been achieved.

I assume that, as a businessman, SP does have a business plan, but apart from aiming to finish above 18th place each season, it is not a very clear one.

I think the thing pretty well every fan feels concerned about is how we have got into the position of having around 11 ( depending on ones individual viewpoint) players who are now either getting too old and/or are not up to standard. You can add to that a couple who seem very injury prone i.e. Tomkins and Schlupp. People say that we need a major clear out in the summer but how can we afford that?

Most of the players we might consider surplus to requirements will fetch very little in the transfer market and we would have to spend a lot more than we receive to replace them.

We may muddle through with the odd loan and out of contract freebies, but it is going to take some time to
get ourselves out of this position without having the funds to do so.

Club's mission statement: Stay up, Tread water, Pray.

Red and Blue Army!