Best and worst place you can see Palace finishing?

Much to the surprise of all and sundry on HOL, I did not predict us to finish in the relegation places, however my prognostications which turn out to be the actualite are few and far between !

I knew this would happen.

1. It's one game, it was against the champion league winners

2. A draw would have been a bonus

3. Even after 7 matches don't expect anything more than 6 points (even that isn't a given)

The good points

1. We get to see who isn't really good enough playing in this style

2. We get to see where we could and where we need to improve

3. Transfers not finished yet

4. Its quite possible to get 13 points from the next 6 matches (next 6 matches below, wins against brentford, west ham, draw spurs, loss liverpool, win brighton, win leicester?) Ignore the colours.

5. Players to come into the squad from those not fit yet or not played

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The fixtures computer has kicked us in the proverbials! Coupled with the departure of the ageing out-of-contract players and the bedding in of young and incoming players, the start of the season was always going to be tough. I expect us to be in the bottom three after the first 10 games, but depending on our reaction when we play other bottom half teams, I think we should climb out by Christmas. The big ifs are whether youngsters can step up, more players are signed and we are lucky enough with injuries.
The current squad is not strong enough to dream of mid-table security, but our owners are quite rightly not willing to bankrupt themselves to get there. That leaves investment in youth as the only option, which should have been obvious even before Allardyce was appointed. IMHO, the expense of his acquisitions and their salaries are a big reason for the lack of investment under Hodgson.

I think our starting line up against Chelsea will be the weakest we will see all season.

Anderson, Benteke and Gallagher will start against Brentford then we have some very likely starters to come back soon enough.

At least half of the teams in the division will be trying their best to avoid relegation.

No Chance, Below us will be:
Newcastle
Wolves
Leeds
Southampton
Burnley
Brighton
Brentford
Watford
Brentford
Norwich

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