Exciting times ahead

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Exciting times ahead

glaziermart 13 Feb 21 10.04am
We all need a lift at the moment, and one of our most respected journalists Dominic Fifield who is close to the club and whose opinion a lot of us respect, thinks there will be a massive rebuild in the summer, possible new manager and he also thinks our two billionaire American board members will spend a fair chunk of their money to help with the huge overhaul. Hopefully this will come to fruition. [Link]

glaziermart

13 Feb 21 10.04am

We all need a lift at the moment, and one of our most respected journalists Dominic Fifield who is close to the club and whose opinion a lot of us respect, thinks there will be a massive rebuild in the summer, possible new manager and he also thinks our two billionaire American board members will spend a fair chunk of their money to help with the huge overhaul. Hopefully this will come to fruition.

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Badger11 Beckenham 13 Feb 21 10.13am
I hope you are right but I have seen nothing from the Americans to suggest they have had a change of heart, perhaps some form of a public statement would be nice we never here from them anyway. One more point

Badger11

Beckenham 13 Feb 21 10.13am

I hope you are right but I have seen nothing from the Americans to suggest they have had a change of heart, perhaps some form of a public statement would be nice we never here from them anyway.

One more point

MonsterMunch Cambridge 13 Feb 21 10.25am
I’ll read this after the game today to cheer me up

MonsterMunch

Cambridge 13 Feb 21 10.25am

I’ll read this after the game today to cheer me up

southnorwoodhill 13 Feb 21 10.29am
Perhaps the Americans have been following the football closely and have come to realise that it is highly likely that their investment will be relegated next season if they don't put their hands in their pockets. Edited by southnorwoodhill (13 Feb 2021 11.41am)

southnorwoodhill

13 Feb 21 10.29am

Perhaps the Americans have been following the football closely and have come to realise that it is highly likely that their investment will be relegated next season if they don't put their hands in their pockets.

Edited by southnorwoodhill (13 Feb 2021 11.41am)

Palace Old Geezer Midhurst 13 Feb 21 10.44am
Talking of exciting times, our new shining star that is Eze has a big item in the Mail today with the headline 'The Cage Fighter'. Similar item on the Palace website. Hopefully he will feature in our exciting times ahead, but can't help thinking he won't be with us long if he continues to shine and improve as a player. He will certainly become attractive to other clubs, more so than Zaha as he has a calmer attitude, and will attract big money offers that will possibly become difficult to ignore. Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

Palace Old Geezer

Midhurst 13 Feb 21 10.44am

Talking of exciting times, our new shining star that is Eze has a big item in the Mail today with the headline 'The Cage Fighter'. Similar item on the Palace website.

Hopefully he will feature in our exciting times ahead, but can't help thinking he won't be with us long if he continues to shine and improve as a player. He will certainly become attractive to other clubs, more so than Zaha as he has a calmer attitude, and will attract big money offers that will possibly become difficult to ignore.

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

pompeyeagle Relocated to Shropshire 13 Feb 21 10.45am
If true that certainly is exciting news.

pompeyeagle

Relocated to Shropshire 13 Feb 21 10.45am

If true that certainly is exciting news.

Badger11 Beckenham 13 Feb 21 10.46am
I just had another thought, the Americans are businessmen perhaps they have decided that the costs of buying players and their wages is likely to go down, so making the club a more attractive investment. Of course I have also argued why would you buy a football club so I am all over the place on this. One more point

Badger11

Beckenham 13 Feb 21 10.46am

I just had another thought, the Americans are businessmen perhaps they have decided that the costs of buying players and their wages is likely to go down, so making the club a more attractive investment.

Of course I have also argued why would you buy a football club so I am all over the place on this.

One more point

Harpo Oxfordshire 13 Feb 21 11.01am
I am old enough to have developed a very healthy sense of scepticism. So I'll believe it when I see these 'exciting' personnel on the pitch and on the touchline. I'm not convinced that it will be in my lifetime - an estimated 20 years.

Harpo

Oxfordshire 13 Feb 21 11.01am

I am old enough to have developed a very healthy sense of scepticism.

So I'll believe it when I see these 'exciting' personnel on the pitch and on the touchline.

I'm not convinced that it will be in my lifetime - an estimated 20 years.

aashman12 13 Feb 21 11.37am
Originally posted by glaziermart We all need a lift at the moment, and one of our most respected journalists Dominic Fifield who is close to the club and whose opinion a lot of us respect, thinks there will be a massive rebuild in the summer, possible new manager and he also thinks our two billionaire American board members will spend a fair chunk of their money to help with the huge overhaul. Hopefully this will come to fruition. [Link] Absolute bulls*** from the point where it says the billionaire owners can spend what they want, they can't, ffp won't allow us to throw money around.

aashman12

13 Feb 21 11.37am

Originally posted by glaziermart

[Link]

Absolute bulls*** from the point where it says the billionaire owners can spend what they want, they can't, ffp won't allow us to throw money around.

taylors lovechild 13 Feb 21 11.55am
Players like Sakho, Bentenke, Cahill and PvA account for a huge share of our wages (probably in the region of £15m per annum) and so while we may have to spend to bring in players, if we go for potential like with Eze the wage bill should drop considerably, which could compensate for any fees we have to pay. Given the age of our manager and many of the players who are coming out of contract the club's hand is being somewhat forced as change has to happen either this summer or the following one. If they can afford to, now might actually be the right time to invest as some of the most successful businesses recognise that if you invest in the future when times are hard you can steal a march on the competition when things do recover. We could probably get players cheaper and might even get them on lower contracts, which if they perform well we can renegotiate down the line. Having said all that, given The Athletic is a newcomer looking to gain subscribers, it could just be Dominic is being a veritable pr!ck tease to add some excitement in an otherwise repetitive world of online "journalism". His wording certainly sounds more like conjecture than fact based.

taylors lovechild

13 Feb 21 11.55am

Players like Sakho, Bentenke, Cahill and PvA account for a huge share of our wages (probably in the region of £15m per annum) and so while we may have to spend to bring in players, if we go for potential like with Eze the wage bill should drop considerably, which could compensate for any fees we have to pay.

Given the age of our manager and many of the players who are coming out of contract the club's hand is being somewhat forced as change has to happen either this summer or the following one. If they can afford to, now might actually be the right time to invest as some of the most successful businesses recognise that if you invest in the future when times are hard you can steal a march on the competition when things do recover. We could probably get players cheaper and might even get them on lower contracts, which if they perform well we can renegotiate down the line.

Having said all that, given The Athletic is a newcomer looking to gain subscribers, it could just be Dominic is being a veritable pr!ck tease to add some excitement in an otherwise repetitive world of online "journalism". His wording certainly sounds more like conjecture than fact based.

Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 13 Feb 21 11.59am
Originally posted by taylors lovechild Players like Sakho, Bentenke, Cahill and PvA account for a huge share of our wages (probably in the region of £15m per annum) and so while we may have to spend to bring in players, if we go for potential like with Eze the wage bill should drop considerably, which could compensate for any fees we have to pay. Given the age of our manager and many of the players who are coming out of contract the club's hand is being somewhat forced as change has to happen either this summer or the following one. If they can afford to, now might actually be the right time to invest as some of the most successful businesses recognise that if you invest in the future when times are hard you can steal a march on the competition when things do recover. We could probably get players cheaper and might even get them on lower contracts, which if they perform well we can renegotiate down the line. Having said all that, given The Athletic is a newcomer looking to gain subscribers, it could just be Dominic is being a veritable pr!ck tease to add some excitement in an otherwise repetitive world of online "journalism". His wording certainly sounds more like conjecture than fact based. The word "Think" was used twice.

Willo

South coast - west of Brighton. 13 Feb 21 11.59am

Originally posted by taylors lovechild

Having said all that, given The Athletic is a newcomer looking to gain subscribers, it could just be Dominic is being a veritable pr!ck tease to add some excitement in an otherwise repetitive world of online "journalism". His wording certainly sounds more like conjecture than fact based.

The word "Think" was used twice.

doombear Too far from Selhurst Park 13 Feb 21 12.07pm
Originally posted by aashman12 Absolute bulls*** from the point where it says the billionaire owners can spend what they want, they can't, ffp won't allow us to throw money around. Isn't FFP over a cycle of years - not just one? We've hardly spent a bundle in the last couple so there may be room to splash out this summer and rein in next year. However if big offers come in for Eze the board may be tempted and that would keep FFP at bay. In any case our wealthy owners may be happy to pay the penalty if their new investment results in our value as a club increasing after a summer revamp. We can dream!

doombear

Too far from Selhurst Park 13 Feb 21 12.07pm

Originally posted by aashman12

Absolute bulls*** from the point where it says the billionaire owners can spend what they want, they can't, ffp won't allow us to throw money around.

Isn't FFP over a cycle of years - not just one? We've hardly spent a bundle in the last couple so there may be room to splash out this summer and rein in next year. However if big offers come in for Eze the board may be tempted and that would keep FFP at bay.

In any case our wealthy owners may be happy to pay the penalty if their new investment results in our value as a club increasing after a summer revamp.

We can dream!

babylonjohn St Leonards-on-Sea 13 Feb 21 12.09pm
Originally posted by aashman12 Absolute bulls*** from the point where it says the billionaire owners can spend what they want, they can't, ffp won't allow us to throw money around. Surely we can throw a little bit more around ? Building the new stand and replacing some of the journeymen with young talent would be nice.

babylonjohn

St Leonards-on-Sea 13 Feb 21 12.09pm

Originally posted by aashman12

Absolute bulls*** from the point where it says the billionaire owners can spend what they want, they can't, ffp won't allow us to throw money around.

Surely we can throw a little bit more around ? Building the new stand and replacing some of the journeymen with young talent would be nice.

AERO 13 Feb 21 7.50pm
After today where do you start ?

AERO

13 Feb 21 7.50pm

After today where do you start ?

Eaglecoops CR3 13 Feb 21 8.02pm
Originally posted by aashman12 Absolute bulls*** from the point where it says the billionaire owners can spend what they want, they can't, ffp won't allow us to throw money around. Don’t use words like absolute bulls@@t when there are teams out there doing what they want and paying the fines. There are rules and then there are those who get away with breaking the rules.

Eaglecoops

CR3 13 Feb 21 8.02pm

Originally posted by aashman12

Absolute bulls*** from the point where it says the billionaire owners can spend what they want, they can't, ffp won't allow us to throw money around.

Don’t use words like absolute bulls@@t when there are teams out there doing what they want and paying the fines. There are rules and then there are those who get away with breaking the rules.

steven_t92 Orpington 13 Feb 21 8.11pm
The Americans have never done anything for this club, they bought us and wanted out straight away. Still waiting on them to turn up to selhurst to introduce themselves, the sooner they go the better!

steven_t92

Orpington 13 Feb 21 8.11pm

The Americans have never done anything for this club, they bought us and wanted out straight away. Still waiting on them to turn up to selhurst to introduce themselves, the sooner they go the better!

Swindy Bromley 13 Feb 21 8.16pm
Well investment is needed from somewhere or it will be hello Championship again May next year if not this.

Swindy

Bromley 13 Feb 21 8.16pm

Well investment is needed from somewhere or it will be hello Championship again May next year if not this.

AERO 13 Feb 21 8.18pm
Its quite strange really ? When clubs get new owners there usually paraded and bit of publicity around them. Don't recall any of that stuff ?

AERO

13 Feb 21 8.18pm

Its quite strange really ? When clubs get new owners there usually paraded and bit of publicity around them. Don't recall any of that stuff ?

Tom-the-eagle Croydon 13 Feb 21 8.36pm
New manager maybe. Very much doubt any investment from Americans though. "It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

Tom-the-eagle

Croydon 13 Feb 21 8.36pm

New manager maybe. Very much doubt any investment from Americans though.

"It feels much better than it ever did, much more sensitive." John Wayne Bobbit

HKOwen Hong Kong 13 Feb 21 9.17pm
non story, just some pointless speculation, moving on Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

HKOwen

Hong Kong 13 Feb 21 9.17pm

non story, just some pointless speculation, moving on

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

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