Fair enough, you're not wrong. However, it's a completely different situation than being told to give your players to Lyon because they're above you in the pecking order. Wastage of players deemed not up to it or not required is natural - if a little cruel and unfortunate sometimes.

Red and Blue Army!

In breaking news the Telegraph has just announced the formation of a new Super League, bringing back what was supposedly never to happen.
The huge investment from American owners and oil rich states means this is an area that won't go away.
I only mention it because we have in the main American owners and it will be illuminating to see which way they jump.
Somehow I doubt they'll be putting too much into Palace.

Nobody can turn the clock back, and multinational business corporations like the Saudi wealth fund behind Mam City see football as an investment asset. These people are serious investment manipulators as can be seen with the way the Financial Fareplay rules have been ruthlesslessly exploited, at City and obviously Chelsea, and Newcastle, amongst others. Fans might just see players on the pitch, but many clubs are simply the tentacles of vast and rather sinister financial empires.

I posted on another thread, but I'm calling this a crock of sh1t.

Apart from this same stupid line "frustrated at Parish’s hands-on approach and what he perceives as a lack of ambition in the transfer market"

What else of any legitimacy points to any rift or issue?

The way I think about it is just like any other business. Our fans are like retail investors in a public company, but the investors call the shots based on their equity positions, which gives Textor the biggest heft at the table. Like any other business there is "maintenance capital" to keep the business performing and stable. Then there is investment capital to grow the business. Our academy is like R&D - no guarantees, but good management should deliver new products that can perform in the market. Then there are acquisitions to supplement organic growth .... this is the area that CPFC are not competing very well compared to the competition. Hence our risk profile is getting worse due to lack of growth capital being put into the business. Unfortunately our income from operations would be lower than many clubs, so less money available for investment. Therefore we need new infusions of capital and cash from investors, and like in any other business, there are many avenues to financing growth...... apologies if I come across as being a bit didactic, but the business facts are the facts.

yes and so are most who get there facts wrong to sell a story so unless a statement comes from the board take it as another football part story with added words with out real facts