I shall refrain from apportioning culpability at the club but it seems that our 'Goose is cooked' and the 'Mood Music' amongst supporters is one of abject despair and deep consternation.The 'Direction of travel' is deeply concerning.

It's undeniably feasible that we could be in the bottom 4 by New Year.
With what's at stake in terms of the cost of relegation, I'd be amazed if the club doesn't spend to reduce this possibility.
As a minimum the investors will want to protect their investment.
The mistake we made this season was assuming that Eze and Olise would stay fit and be able to feature.
You have to other players in the squad to fill the void.
They don't have to be as good, but they have to be capable of carrying a threat to the opposition.
This issue is compounded by the failure to replace Zaha.

Having a handful of very good players is no guarantee of avoiding relegation as we saw with Leicester.
However, without being complacent, I'd still prefer to be in our position than that of Sheffield Utd, Burnley and Luton.
The aspiration of the top 10 has gone to be replaced by staying up.

What’s really amazing is that after 10 years we are still in the same place as when we came up. SP is a business man. Tag (the business he ran) was top of the tree in that industry. It beggars belief he and the board can’t see the rising storm of a problem coming up fast. More worrying is all the teams below and around us are starting to look better.

I’ve cannot wait until the end of January to get some two bob player in from some lower league Greek side. We need some help the second the window opens.

'Immediately' isn't possible ,January being the next chance to recruit and I'll bet you a dollar we finish higher than 17th.

I would imagine everyone at the club knows what we need and will be working to get the right people in . The inflated fees for players in the summer maybe effected the clubs buying power ,targets became too expensive and it seems some players choose to become squad players at the so called big six rather than first team players with us. There is not a lot we can do about that .

But yes reinforcements are needed ,a sprinkling of quality would be great but its more likely to be potential again rather than recognised first teamers

I’d say the two ends of the spectrum in terms of outlook would be:

The extremely optimistic: We do pick up a few points between now and the end of Jan, keeping us above the relegation zone and with players back from injury, and no more happening, Roy does his thing and guides us safely toward another PL season when easier fixtures come.

The extremely negative: We do not pick up any points let alone wins between now and February, we sink into the relegation zone with morale plummeting, key players missing or even being sold and the thrown together team we have unable to claw their way out of the pit.

I’m of the opinion Roy was kept on because the plan for this season was to just trudge through with the weak squad we have and next to no spending, therefore I am fearing the worst in terms of (more) non-investment in January and just a hope things will get better.

There is a very real chance things are about to get a lot worse however I’d say still only slim possibility of the board taking meaningful action in Jan. It does feel more of a hope and a prayer but we are certainly now well in a relegation fight where possibly we thought we might be able to avoid it. I wouldn’t bank on wing backs, a midfielder and any forward players arriving soon however. I’d love to see Roy pick up a few points between now and the window, so he can leave with some dignity, with a new manager brought in alongside 3-5 players for the first team in Jan as the necessity for this is realised, but I cannot see that happening at all.

The next 5 fixtures are very grim and I’m not confident about progressing in the cup either. Bad times.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Isn't that just palace though