How difficult is it, once the selling club have stated a price they’re willing to except, to stipulate a timeframe before we, the buying club walk away with our money & offer, moving on to another target? Instead we dick about (or allow ourselves to be) until the last minute, being forced to meet over inflated prices, or deciding we won’t be held to ransom & walk away, leaving the same hole in our squad.
Once again(!!) we look like rank amateurs.
The worry now is Roy will be absolutely exasperated with the lack of transfer activity & will be considering his options. On reflection, with the De Boer episode, we deserve to be relegated this season. So disappointing.

Debating what happened with Niasse doesn’t do much good, and the fact remains that until everyone in the room sits down and goes on the record as to what happened, it’s not confirmed.

Let me type what I am trying to say.

Not signing a goalkeeper last window was pretty terrible from Parish and co, but not signing one this time around is absolutely criminal.

The manager went on the record several times about the need for a goalie, as you need 3 - some might say that’s code for “I don’t like the 2 I have”.

I cannot comprehend how Parish and co could go into this window, and not come out of it having signed a goalkeeper, it is beyond belief.

It is very, very poor to not have got a keeper in during the last 2 windows. I wish we would not see this kind of poor performance from Parish but it happens time and again with transfers and managers.

Oh and the OP has it wrong, its not Parish's ego which is the problem, its that he is god awful at transfers and hiring and managing managers - 2 kind of important areas.

Edited by Maine Eagle (01 Feb 2018 1.05am)

Trump lost. Badly. Hahahahahahaha.

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A bit of perspective guys:

This was NEVER going to be a window to make a big signing in but a window to address our major problem - which we have had since being in the Premier League albeit for different reasons - which is squad depth and cover. Signing 3 players and losing none improves this and this compares well to other teams in the league.

However, these are unknowns and we remain - quite amazingly - short of a GK for the second window running. But we finally have a second striker which solves the other major squad depth issue. There was no way we would have made a £30million signing having made a couple in the last few windows so I don't know what people were expecting...

So: it was disappointing in some ways, a relief in others, but not an absolute f***ing disaster. Is the squad better than it was a few weeks ago? Yes. Is it as good as we had perhaps hoped? maybe not. Was January a good month in terms of results? Yeah, 7 points from 4 league games is not at all bad.

Please just take a breather and focus on who we signed and not who we ended up not signing (the Amadou and GK deals were not our fault it seems anyway).

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In my humble estimation we need another central midfielder as we only really have Milivojevic,Cabaye and McArthur in this postion and Cabaye doesn't have the legs and the energy required any more.Yes we signed Rakip but I am not sure he quite fits the bill in this respect.

The other day I was in conversation with a chap and we talked about Andy King and Didier Ndong and I note that both have gone out on Loan to Swansea and Watford respectively - we couldn't sign them on 'Loan' anyway as we already have 2 Loan players from PL Clubs.Just some of the factors which enter the equation.

Of course we tried to secure a goalkeeper but this didn't work out and some other targets fell through.

Edited by Willo (01 Feb 2018 1.21am)

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Agreed Steeeeve was signed to takeover from Wayne got injured and then jacked it in.
Was then third choice.Failed to get selected,and sold.
Yes we need a third goaly.I'm not sure if we are getting the Getafe lad in the Summer or not.
The main position we needed was a Striker.
We have now got him and he is a player that Roy wanted.
So all good.
As others have said we ain't Man Utd and they played with there new star and lost and so did Arsenal.
Now lets get behind the lads and beat Newcastle.

Palace 13th 2017/18.

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Its so easy to be critical on acquisitions when the "playing field" is so competitive and dynamic, but I will chime in, because I have done M&A all my life... Frankly from the outside this looks like a total shambles. The targets in terms of positions were made so clear by management and so those responsible have failed miserably in meeting the gaps in the squad. Its not rocket science and the positioning of "its all down to the wire" is a complete cop out. I don't think those in charge know how to get deals across the line. Deal making is strategic, not jus last minute tactics on a "wing and a prayer". Piss poor stewardship of the club's assets. Agents and clubs must have figured out that CPFC are Championship quality when it comes to talent acquisition! I am so pissed that we couldn't get the basics done properly and our manager was clear from day 1 what needed to be done in this transfer window!