I'd include the word 'eventually' in there.

May be slightly delusional and optimistic from me but I am open to believe the management situation is reflected in the window activity and may also correlate with the stadium too.

I get the impression certainly Parish at least is playing a longer game here. Therefore there may be numerous windows and seasons pass by where not much happens, and seemingly reflects a lack of ambition or intent, however if an improved stadium were to come to fruition, and a new manager will certainly have to be sounded out at this season's end, a year sitting back on near guaranteed survival may see the likes of Henderson and Franca arriving as promising players with ROI, alongside perhaps a free transfer for an established player in the midfield, to tide us over for the meantime.

My hope is that the arrival of a new manager will have to be accompanied with a promise and delivery of sincere investment in playing staff. Again, may well be very wishful thinking, but I imagine us finishing this season unexcitingly in 8-15th place, bringing in a new manager and a few new players to bolster what we have now. We may see a few exits too.

This season was all set to be placeholder one for us and is looking to be so, with any over-achievement a huge bonus. Hopefully the 2024-25 season will see a lot more and improved transfer activity to enthuse the club, us as fans, and the players too.

A bottomless pit, Saudi, Emirate style takeover with nothing but the best intentions for the club at heart is a real pipe dream only Citeh and now possibly Newcastle will experience, hasn't even worked for PSG. Until then, we're almost certainly lucky to have Parish and any b!tching about that situation is surely the most removed from reality, especially given our past. It's not perfect by any means, and frustrating at times, but could be considerably worse. There are plenty of examples.

Edited by Nicholas91 (09 Oct 2023 7.40pm)

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

I have been posting for years that the measure of success of a reasonable run in the prem is how the club looks at the end of it. The stadium is desperately in need of upgrading, achieve that, along with the academy and a healthy financial position and I would say that Parish’s tenure was a total success. European football, silverware would be great but not at the expense of the longer term success of the club.

as a 50+ years Palace fan had 3 spells of us going close to going under chasing a dream , and the gods smiled at us and some how we got saved ,
so if you dont understand financial ramification of the dream failing , you could never run a business that effects thousands of people , so stop Parish bashing unless you have the money to buy the club

Edited by mtp1958 (10 Oct 2023 8.04am)

Simon Jordan was saying this morning he doesn’t mean it he’s just trying to prove a point. The Wednesday fans have pi55ed him off by constantly saying they’re the real owners of the club as fans, this fella is just the most recent custodian, even though he’s pumped up 150 million in his time. So this is him saying it’s their turn if they think they’re the real owners.
Several fans have said there’s nothing even been set up to donate if you wanted too

SJ was a little bit sympathetic with him, because from his obvious experience fans demand this and demand that and keep telling owners how to spend their money and how much they should be spending. Obviously this fella has fcuked it up at Wednesday but it does sound like he’s had enough of putting money into the club