On January 12, I posted under the title of “Ambitions
My post received many interesting responses.
This evening, with just two hours of the transfer window open, I am disappointed, but more, saddened.
Let’s hope for a ‘rabbit’ as in, ‘out of the hat’.
I wonder what PV is feeling right now

Hope you both are a little less sad now we seem to have sorted the midfield issue with the arrival of both Ahamada and Sambi Lokonga.

What makes it worse, is owners want to buy into another club, Textor already taking player from one off his clubs to another and massive protests and we have SP now out off his league in financial terms, we need new owners, these middle east people have so much money, don't want one off them as just want a owner with a bit more cash than parish and can take Palace to next level.

Wilf, Luka, Macca and Tomkins will be probably all be off in the summer. It's inevitable though I will miss Wilf.
What's that, a £250k (+?) week wage relief off which to build? Some financial settlement there and hopefully a chance to find another gem from the Championship.

Financially it's not great, but we won't have any old warhorses left sucking money out of the club. Hopefully something to build on in the summer window.

I ain't got nuthin' funny to say. Sorry.

Exactly. I was actually pretty happy we signed anybody. The Arsenal lad looks like he’s got unfulfilled potential. The perfect fit for CPFC.

“You miss 100 per cent of the shots you don’t take”

I'm gobsmacked. We get a young player who by all accounts has already made a serious impact in the Bundesliga, who has a seemingly great future, and who our manager wants, for a sensible fee (£10M) and you're disappointed? Really.

You're a bit like a Brighton fan who a year ago was disappointed they'd signed Caceido because they'd never heard of him (similar player, similar profile at the time of signing to Ahamada) except twelve months later he's worth £70 million.

And we get a vastly talented loan from a top six side who, ok, has gone off the boil a little bit but no reason we can't turn him around (we've done it before, often enough) and the loan of whom not only provides competition for places where it's needed but also lets us keep our powder dry for the summer window.

I'm not fussed that we didn't sign a right back. We need one, but Clyne and Ward are good for three more months and I'd rather get the right option in the summer. Another striker I'd have liked too, but with our now-improved midfield (see above) it might just be that our existing strikers start scoring more with the better service they'll be getting.

I was delighted yesterday. Not a perfect window, but by no means a bad one either. Well done Dougie. I'd imagine PV is a happier man this morning.

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.