At the time when we signed him there was no indication that he wouldn't recover fully from his knee operation. It has since turned out that his body doesn't seem to be capable of withstanding the rigours of PL football but that wasn't evident at the time we signed him.

Indeed he was a good prospect, I’ll give him that. If I remember correctly he got man of the match multiple times . I also think I heard Westbrom were playing him injured the last few games with them. Shame , we could do with a fit Ferguson now.

Is he still with with the club? Ive asked this before & no-one has given a realistic answer, just a few 'old' click-bait articles. There is nothing on the clubs website to say he has signed the offer we made him at the end of last season.

Clyne, Ward & Tomkins were all publicised as signing extensions, Lerma was, on a free, even the youngster Chris Francis, for the U21's has been mentioned, BUT, nothing about HF.

Guess we'll find out come the start of the season, maybe.

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

For whatever reason, that really tickled me

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

To support Palace a sense of humour is required.

Red and Blue Army!

If Olise has a release clause in his contract, and it’s exercised by one of the ‘big’ clubs , I hope the clause offers Palace forward protection.
This could be a further sell on clause and/or future payments from the buying club to Palace on certain milestones being achieved e.g Champions League qualification, cup success, international recognition, appearances.
If buy out clauses are going to become more commonplace Palace needs to protect itself from the vultures circling.
If Franca joins, and looks very good over a handful games, no doubt we’ll encounter a similar scenario as with Olise.
Parish is a shrewd operator and I’m sure will be exploring options.