GK: Vorm, Ruffier, Ochoa, M'bolhi (but not necessarily Palace's weak spot as Mandanda is world class)

RB: Weiser, Janmaat, Figueiras, Layun, Yedlin, Smolnikov, A. Vidal, Esgaio

CB: Ginter, Mbemba, Federico Fernandez, Caceres, Papadopoulos, Cristian Zapata, Abdennour (would cost more than 10 mil, but is behind Mangala and Garay at Valencia and they might sell), M. Sakho, Rakitsky, Nkoulou, Bastos, Kabasele

LB: Gibs, Rausch, Brady, Ali Adnan, Plattenhardt, Antonelli, Coentrao, C. Erkin, A. Moreno, Augustinsson, L. Ibanez, Jefferson

DM/ CM: Pascal Gross, Hiljemark, Giaccherini, M. Fernandez, Onazi, Jozabed, H. Herrera, van Ginkel, Rupp, Rode, Bertolacci, Poli, B. Cesar (Benfica, also qualifies as left back and left wing), Muntari, Koziello, de Guzman, R. Pardo

Right footed winger: Depay, Hermann, Deulofeu, Njie, Mina, Canos, M. Niang (Milan want to sell for disciplinary reasons), Ntep, Susaeta, Samperio, Khazri, Younes (Ajax), Carillo, Carlos Mane , Ola John (but you'll just go "what? he's in the Championship playing for a bad team and injured", A. Bueno

Left footed winger: Ben Arfa, P. Sarabia, I. Falque, G. Tore, Kishna, Refaelov, Toral, Didavi, M. Gonzalez, C. Vela, Rebic, H. Costa, Alessandrini, Melgarejo, Ozbiliz, Raphina (not the Barcelona one, the one playing in Portugal), Cornet, Cartabia, Cheryshev, J. Murphy (Norwich- they play the right footed twin but not the left footed one, who is, in my opinion, even better), Atsu, R. Alvarez, Berghuis, Hernani, Medeiros, Quintero

Second striker: El Shaarawy, Stindl, Junuzovic, E. Vargas, Marega, Niasse (Everton want him out for disciplinary reasons), S. Long, Iturbe, Taison, Vydra, L. Vibe, Afobe, Dicko, Araujo

Striker: N. Petersen, D. Zapata, Muriel, P. Cisse, O. Martins, D. Pabon, Ighalo, Gestede, A. Ramos, Locadia, Karelis, Emenike, G. Hooper, Enrich, Baston, Aggiretxe

All of the above either don't play as starters anymore or play as starters in teams that have problems and are willing to sell for a fee less that what they would deserve. All of the above are accomplished to a level. Now I can't compare a rising sensation like Santi Mina of Valencia with Hermann of Moenchengladbach. But Santi Mina has scored and assisted 18 times in his last 3.300 minutes in La Liga. That's promising.
You will say that even Derby wants Vydra out because he doesn't score and that Ben Arfa has been in the Premier League and hasn't confirmed and neither had Iturbe.

Then I'd have to make a long post about how Vydra scored and assisted 29 in the 12/13 Championship edition and 23 times in the 14/15 Championship edition. He's just going through a tough period and, notice, he's not that high on the list, but his assets like pressing and recovering put him there.
Then, I'd have to explain how Iturbe only played 50 minutes in the Premier League and that if you don't give someone time then you can't judge that player.

And I'd have to tell you that Ben Arfa scored and assisted 27 times in 4.900 minutes and that is better than most attacking midfielders who play in mid-table if not high-ranking teams and he is in no way a Newcastle flop even though pundits have characterized him as such. And last year he almost took Nice to first place in France after Newcastle tossed him away. And this year Unay Emery will also throw him away. He was a free transfer so I doubt they'd be asking for much. At the amounts they have, they probably don't even care for 2-3 millions and would let him go on a free if someone would just support his wages.

And all this is disregarding the players who would cost around 15-20 millions, but would most probably decline to come to Palace, like Aurier, Gonzalo Castro, Matuidi, Ward Prowse, Robben, Tadic, Ghezal, Immobile, Bas Dost.

And here I wasted 10 minutes of my time to write this for some unfaithful who won't even understand what I'm talking about.......

Little is your faith people! I know all this and much more, but if I don't have the audience to discuss.......why bother?

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I NEVER said the club should buy them all. It's a list of unhappy players, who COULD be tempted into coming and from clubs who might actually sell them cheapER than the modern, average prices in England.

This manager should be freakin' crucified (well, figuratively, of course)

He's worse than the last one. Didn't chabge a thing, still playing with Kelly and Ward (a right footed player) as wingbacks.

Townsend and Cabaye were amazing against Arsenal up to this minute (well, amazing for Palace's level). They're the ones who have run the most and covered the most ground. They can absolutely press and compete at this level. Cabaye in the center is essential. Benteke wouldn't press if Cabaye wouldn't give him the impulse.

You just can't, absolutely CAN'T, substitute one of those players when the team is pushing for agoal and getting back into the game.

Sensible move from Sam.Take off three key players and save them for Tuesday,go at Swansea all guns blazing in what is the most important game of the season so far.