How is he holding the club back exactly ?

Surprised you do not know that yourself, there plenty of information about for example lack of succession planning for the first team squad, no transfer strategy, 8 first team squad players coming out of contract this summer, 17 days in to a 31 day transfer window with no action, when others around us were strengthened within a few days of the window opening, 11th highest wage bill in EPL covering a group of fairly low or unproven quality players, some of who would struggle to get in a championship starting lineup. Wasted money on planning applications and designs for a refurbished stadium that may not happen if we do not have EPL status and stability going forward. Saddled us with some pretty poor investors, two want out and one is now more interested in Lyon. I could go on but wants the point, what will be, will be!

1. Money - Or Lack of it, Blitzer/Harris are amongst most wealthiest in EPL, Parish got in to bed with them, he is CEO/Chairman therefore its his job to convince them to invest more and if he can't get out and let someone else takeover and give leadership and direction. Brentford and BH&A are good examples of how it should be done. 10 years under Parish in EPL and we are no further forward than year 1 in terms of squad quality.

2.We had large clearout last summer and look how that was handled in terms of bringing players in, no different to many windows before, an average net spend 11.5mil over prior 5 seasons is not going to maintain a EPL squad at the level it needs to be to be competitive. the only other team still in EPL who have invested less is Soton and look where they are.

3. Another mass exodus is on the cards this summer, I agree most of those coming out of contract need to go anyway as they are either sick or past it or just not EPL standard. We do not have the networking in place to pick up quality low cost players from around the world and then recycle them like both Brentford and Brighton seem to do very effectively.

4.Wage Bill has nothing to do with being a London club, CP59.4M,Ful37.6m,Soton36.2m,BH&A30m and Brentford15.8m. We are overpaying in some cases versus ability, Parish has never been good in that Department or at extending contracts of players like he did with Benteke when he was hardly playing and could not score (his wages alone were costing the club, the best part of 7m/per year & then there is the sicknote players (Wickham) as an example. Parish has proven time and time again that he has reached and passed his competency level and he can't walk the talk, which is another reason why he should go.

5. Academy - The talent pool is no longer S.E. London, its worldwide in the distant past teams were mainly made up of home grown players but now look at the team in both the EPL and Championship how many home grown players are there, they are fine examples of multinational teams with players from all corners of the world. It's a fallacy to think the Academy is going to provide enough talent to sustain a future EPL quality team, statistics say that only 0.5% of 16 years in organised football will ever go on to make it to elite level and for those who enter at 9yo the success rate of those who go on to make a living at Professional level is 0.018%. Therefore you need to active and know the transfer market as without our EPL status how are we going to pay for the Academy.

6.I have no problem with the stadium upgrade, however if we are not in the EPL it would be a white elephant in the lower leagues because we would not be able to fill it. Therefore does it not make sense to ensure that we have a quality and consistent mid table EPL squad in place so that we can then pay for such luxury. Not sure what the arrangements are between CPFC2010 AND CPFC Selhurst Park Ltd is but I do know that the latter is a small company directors are Parish/Blitzer/Harris/Textor, through this company they own the stadium which is secured on a debenture by a company registered in Luxembourg. so if anything happened to the 2010 club would the stadium then become SE25 real estate of great commercial value.

7. As for Textor and Lyon, the press are reporting today that he wants to take Michael Olise there in this window, so I guess he has shown where his own priority is at this time.

8.PV has made it very clear in the press prior to the current window the he needed player 3-5 have been quoted from his interviews in the press, whilst I accept the winter window is the most expensive time to buy its Parish who has put us in this position because of underinvestment in the past and it may now have an adverse effect future status. With additions it will still be difficult to find points between now and the end of March at which time we may well be in the bottom three.

1. Brentford and Brighton have sole owners, Matthew Bentham and Tony Bloom. Funding the clubs they support. And Bentham used to work for Bloom so they share that in common too. Yes, they have performed brilliantly over the last few years. Pound for pound they have outperformed just about everyone else in the EPL. They are the exceptions, not the rule. You continue to blame one person, Parish, in a situation whereby he is one of a group of four. Were you moaning when he attracted the initial investment from Harris and Blitzer ? Did you see the Textor investment as a bad thing ? Kenwright at Everton attracted a ultra wealthy investor ( now owner ) - has that guaranteed them success ?
Parish can't demand that the others put in any more money.

2. I've already accepted that the club has no money, and agree that the squad needs strengthening, so what's your point ?

3. Yes, the scouting at Brentford and Brighton is far more effective than ours and the majority of clubs in the EPL on a value basis.

4. I cite being a London club as being a factor in high wages and then you quote figures from Southampton and Brighton ! Yes, Parish signed the likes of Benteke and Sakho. Then agreed a huge wage for Zaha. How many people at the time thought they were errors in judgement ? With hindsight, I wonder if he would have sanctioned those deals for those two Liverpool signings ? - quite possibly not. And now you are laying the blame for Wickham's injuries on the Chairman - seriously ?

5. I said that part of the motivation behind the Academy was to compete for the best local talent, not solely focus on it. And there are no guarantees of success nor should there be a reliance on it for supplying players for the first team. And I don't think there is - the stats you quote speak for themselves. But you can't do nothing. A bit like me, you like to make Brighton comparisons - take a look at their Academy facilities.

6. Look, you clearly do have a problem with the development. Take a simple risk assessment to decide whether it's a go/no go. You say it would make sense ''to ensure that we have a quality and consistent mid table EPL squad in place ''. Have a look at our placings for the last 10 years. In some of those seasons we have looked over our shoulder at certain points, but we have been largely clear from relegation worries. Frozen at this precise moment, during a bad run of results, you're getting cold feet. So what do you want to do ? Put the project on hold and then bring it back to life if we win a few games in a row ? It doesn't work like that.

7. Do you really believe everything you read in the Press ?

8. Yep, underinvested in, agreed. See previous comments about our ownership structure and finances. Again you choose to blame one person. It's becoming clear that unless you have investors that are willing to speculate by pumping multi millions into clubs, it's becoming increasingly difficult to compete. And even that doesn't always work out. You show me Brentford and Brighton, I'll show you Everton and West Ham.

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