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View steeleye20's Profile steeleye20 Flag Croydon 13 Jul 21 6.31pm Send a Private Message to steeleye20 Add steeleye20 as a friend

Disappointing, Andros is a fine player, regular starter

Can't see any replacement really.

 

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View BertHeadCase's Profile BertHeadCase Flag Chelmsford 13 Jul 21 10.07pm Send a Private Message to BertHeadCase Add BertHeadCase as a friend

Athletic reporting Ward has signed new deal.

 


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View leejaneagles's Profile leejaneagles Flag 14 Jul 21 12.04am Send a Private Message to leejaneagles Add leejaneagles as a friend

Absolute joke to let Andros go. Always gives his all and is the only person in the entire squad that can hit a ball on target from outside the box.

With Eze injured, surely Andros is a great option either on the wing or try him at attacking midfield or striker before disposing of him.

Yes if we go and sign 2 exciting wingers and strikers he’s not needed anymore at his age but this is Palace, we aren’t replacing him properly are we.

 

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View ex hibitionist's Profile ex hibitionist Flag Hastings 14 Jul 21 1.10am Send a Private Message to ex hibitionist Add ex hibitionist as a friend

disagree - lovely cross for Benteke at the Amex, but the quality is very sporadic, he's OK as a wing back cos he tracks back, but offensively he's a bit predictable, has too many indifferent games, and he aint getting any better at his age, decline will set in soon if it hasn't already, I'm sure we'll get back up, but we can't hold on to dead wood (an overly brutal phrase admittedly) and the more past-it players we strike off the books the better.

 

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View topcat's Profile topcat Flag Holmesdale / Surbiton 14 Jul 21 7.43am Send a Private Message to topcat Add topcat as a friend

Andros at his best was a fantastic player for us, it will be a shame if he isn't offered and extension (or if he's offered one and thinks he can get a better deal elsewhere).

He was at his best when overlapping with AWB, a fantastic (if short lived) partnership.

Good luck to him, I'm sure HoL will report every goal he scores wherever that is!

 


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View Badger11's Profile Badger11 Flag Beckenham 14 Jul 21 7.56am Send a Private Message to Badger11 Add Badger11 as a friend

I think he's hoping that Newcastle will offer him a deal, we may still sign him if he doesn't get the offer he wants.

 


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View Putitout's Profile Putitout Flag Oxford 14 Jul 21 9.00am Send a Private Message to Putitout Add Putitout as a friend

Townsend, was very poor at times early in the last season, and if that was now his best ,then it would have been a no brainier to not retain him. As it turned out in the last ten or so games his form and his commitment came back on track, Not spectacular but he was having a much more positive effect games. For the club ,to retain him they needed to see value for money, I wouldn’t be surprised if they made him an offer , that didn’t come up to the amount of value originally put on him, and he will try for more else where.The club will look to pay less for as much or more output from a younger set of legs.

 

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View beak's Profile beak Flag croydon 14 Jul 21 9.20am Send a Private Message to beak Add beak as a friend

Originally posted by Badger11

I think he's hoping that Newcastle will offer him a deal, we may still sign him if he doesn't get the offer he wants.

The first thing to go will be his legs,it is far better to sign a youngster who is out to impress than retain a fading older player.

 

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View X20XEV's Profile X20XEV Flag Hampshire 14 Jul 21 9.52am Send a Private Message to X20XEV Add X20XEV as a friend

Haven't seem any sign of his legs going, the one thing you could be sure of when he came off the bench was that he would be running around like a blue ar**d fly making himself available for forward passes or tracking back putting the opposition under pressure. I am sure he would be able to adapt to any changes PV wants.

I for one will be sorry if he isn't re-signed.

 

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View doombear's Profile doombear Flag Too far from Selhurst Park 14 Jul 21 10.15am Send a Private Message to doombear Add doombear as a friend

Originally posted by Putitout

Townsend, was very poor at times early in the last season, and if that was now his best ,then it would have been a no brainier to not retain him. As it turned out in the last ten or so games his form and his commitment came back on track, Not spectacular but he was having a much more positive effect games. For the club ,to retain him they needed to see value for money, I wouldn’t be surprised if they made him an offer , that didn’t come up to the amount of value originally put on him, and he will try for more else where.The club will look to pay less for as much or more output from a younger set of legs.


It would not surprise me if the club has offered him a deal that doesn't meet his demands and have made it clear that's their final offer and he's looking for a better deal elsewhere. From our standpoint, both Banks and Rak-Sakyi must be close to knocking on the door for the wide AM position if we don't bring someone new in.

Having said all that I would be happy to see Andros stay at the right price.

 

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View TheBigToePunt's Profile TheBigToePunt Flag 14 Jul 21 10.19am Send a Private Message to TheBigToePunt Add TheBigToePunt as a friend

For much of his time here Townsend has underperformed in my opinion, or he simply isn't actually as good as it seemed he might be back when he played well for England once or twice. He finished last season well, but was never an adequate replacement for Bolasie. The lack of threat Townsend offered just added to the weight on Wilf, and the apparent absence over the last six months of better offers for the player to consider is telling.

That said, I remain firmly of the view that the club should retain out of contract players, even if only as squad players, unless they are certain they can be replaced with an improvement so I'm a little surprised at this turn of events.

Perhaps we feel we will be buying a new winger in addition to Olise. Perhaps we feel Rak-Sakyi really is good enough already to contribute.

One thing seems clear - Townsend has cited guarantees about playing time as a big consideration for him when he decides on his next contract, suggesting he wants to be somewhere where he is first choice in his position. If he was first choice in his position for Palace, he'd have been offered a contract by now, surely?

 

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View palace99's Profile palace99 Flag New Mills 14 Jul 21 10.23am Send a Private Message to palace99 Add palace99 as a friend

Originally posted by leejaneagles

Absolute joke to let Andros go. Always gives his all and is the only person in the entire squad that can hit a ball on target from outside the box.

With Eze injured, surely Andros is a great option either on the wing or try him at attacking midfield or striker before disposing of him.

Yes if we go and sign 2 exciting wingers and strikers he’s not needed anymore at his age but this is Palace, we aren’t replacing him properly are we.

whilst i would definitely offer him a new contract, especially with the Eze injury and who knows re Zaha, saying he can hit the target from outside the box is a strange comment.

In the 5 years he's been with us his shooting has been erratic at best. A couple of belters (Burnley at home and of course Man City volley) but other than that i'm struggling to think of a goal from outside the box.

His overall goalscoring record has been pretty average at best - 13 goals in 5 seasons - so i think it's fair to say that shooting is not his strongest attribute.

 

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