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Great topic, I believe I am no different from the majority of Palace fans. I love the club and supporting it, love being Premier league status etc. But I am completely fed up struggling every season, I like SP but have to say he could well be a bit out of his depth. Why oh why are we "fire fighting" every season? Just take a look at the purchases we made in the last window and that may give you some answers. I love Roy but is he really the future for us? All I ask is for a bit of football common sense when it comes to the transfer window, just like big Sam sorted for us. COYP

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Luck is a massive factor short term with football, good or bad.....As Hrolf points out.

But long term it's all about how much money you have.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

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Yep....It's been fire fighting to stay up the last couple of seasons.

Our best new player has come from the academy....Not sustainable really.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

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Parish's main strength has been as a crisis resolver. What we really need is a few years under a capable manager who is properly backed in the transfer window - I was hoping that would be Allardyce.

We'd actually look pretty good right now if only we had a striker - the rest of the squad is in decent shape, although we didn't replace RLC and Cabaye properly. There just seems to be a tendency to back the manager to get out of a crisis, then rest on our laurels when we've had half a good season.

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I have been very vocal about the situation we are in and i firmly believe Parish is the wrong man for us. I have personal reasons for my opinion and i also have reasons based on what we see, here and are told via media etc.

People who say '6 years in the prem', 'respectable finishes' are in denial, in my opnion because it glosses over the wider issues that many fans are slowly coming to realise.

Parish is a chancer and gambles, let's start at the begining - he held at for the final minute to buy palace, at the cheapest value.

Business wise, that's smart - but what damage did it do to the club, how do fans feel about it, watching players go, managers move on etc ?

Parish stated the goal was to save palace and then eventually sell on - why hasn't he?

We got into the prem far quicker than we ever realised - everyone and their dog stated that. Holloway even said he wasn't ready.

Since then, it's been one mistake after another, sure some were just the way it goes, but nothing was learnt.

2013 - 2018 we have had 7 managers. 2 walked, 4 replaced. How many clubs in the premiership in that time, have had two managers quit pre season? Doesn't that strike odd to some of you?

Other managers/clubs with notable hard to work with Chairmen - Newcastle.. no upheaval there, West Ham, no walking, Chelsea? Just firing.

Each new manager is given an emergency budget to plug the gap, which ultimately has a knock on effect.

This summer just gone should have been defining - either...

A) Back Roy and build around Zaha and then be conservative for next couple of years as the foundations of Roy's way would have been laid.

B) Back a new manager with a 3-4 year plan and philosophy and completely over haul the club - either build around zaha or cashing in and starting from fresh.

Now, B would have been my preferred approach. Start fresh, cash in on Zaha a year early (whoever thinks he will start the 2019 season is in clear denial), ditch Bentekke, and use the accumulated 50 mil to build around Meyer, two strikers that score and bolster the squad.

A new look palace that would have been a boring, mid table team. Then, start to redevelop the youth set up.

Selhurst is a pipe dream - leave it as it is.

This was once a quality forum....

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Just get Chris Wilder in the summer and cut our loses on Benteke and Wickham (spend the money on a prospect from championship like one of the Brentford boys, and get an old target man like Sam Vokes that at least 100 percent can hold the ball up and get us up the fkin pitch)

Parish transfer spending isnt the problem, it's his falling out with good managers there must be a problem behind scenes in that respect no doubt seems to like a yes man! Also infrastructure will be seen word is he's looming for a training ground in Kent that's affordable and the new stand plans do look ok if it happens. As for Sorloth and Meyer have been bang average but haven't played 10 games between them look how long Murray took to catch fire. On that note selling him was the biggest mistake in the last 10 years for me simple. As for Ayew I rated him tbf and still think wide or as an impact sub will be ok. A number 9 he is not clearly ha,ha. Keep the faith for now end of season with no action in Jan and the stadium plans not progressed I will reconsider my faith in Parish. He certainly is under the microscope from now! Eagles...