Clueless x 2 ^^^^^^^^^

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I think that you will find that "ignorance" simply means a difference of opinion to certain people

The word ignorant I used was solely for the performances of our players when taking into consideration the form, confidence and injuries our manager has had to deal with with players in vital positions, I feel Mr Hodgson has done a marvelous job controlling all these issues and this can be seen with the points we have so is factual, everything else you mention is basically speculation.

Football is a results business. Looking at our league position and points tally I think we are roughly around where we deserve to be from a performance and strength of squad perspective. In fact I think the manager deserves credit for getting us this far with the available resources .

In terms of a transfer policy, I'm not seeing signs that there is one. The long ago stated aim of buying young players with potential and therefore a decent sell on value never materialised. Then came the expensive ( Benteke, Sakho ) purchases that have not delivered value for money although both felt right at the time. Succession planning for players is difficult given the average turnover of managers at most clubs, and succession planning for managers is virtually unheard of and subject to change. I bet City fans thought Arteta was a shoe in to replace Pep at some point.

Younger players being fast tracked into the first team won't happen unless the Academy is invested in to make Palace more competitive for the talent that they are currently missing out on. So I get the investment in that, it needs to happen.

To me it sounded like the stadium redevelopment hinges on doing a deal with Sainsburys ( that's assuming funding is available ). I would contend that the deal with them should have been agreed at least in principle before Parish revealed the plans for the new stand.

It's difficult not to be cynical about Parish's interview given that it was conducted ' in house '. A more probing set of questions by an independent journalist may have teased more out of him.

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Meyer's stats wrt to goals and assists in the Bundesliga in the two years prior to joining us weren't very good although prolific when he was younger.

Seen nothing to suggest he has the attributes to play no 10 ie passing range, ability to lose his man, shooting, crossing

im not sure our recruitment has been that bad has it? yes benteke was expensive but he was signed at 25? sakho signed at 27? only had 2 big money signings most of the rest between 8m -12m.

with those signings we have never been in a proper relegation scrap since promotion & finished mid-table more often than not, so surely actually recuitment cant have been that bad.

yes, our squad is ageing but its a decent PL squad and it looks like we are going to start sorting that out in the summer.

maybe its just me...but i am proud the club is run in a sustainable manner, and it should be something that is lauded.

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