Over the years Wet Spam have muscled us out of quite a few players who then failed at the club. So I am quite happy for them to go down that path.

Recently the only one I would have liked and has been a success is the striker Bowen.

One more point

When Sadiq or Croydon council give us a free ground, we can return the favour.

Red and Blue Army!

Rumours are that West Ham have made their entire scouting department redundant and will simply be Googling "Crystal Palace transfer rumours" to inform their player recruitment going forward.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...

From what I have read it is us trying to rain on their parade

I have always thought that Mateta is a better striker than Edouarde.
Edouarde could almost be a better no 10 as such.
Mateta knows where the goal is but needs a run of games to prove it.
I hope we keep him

If we could only get one forward this window would you prefer a left sided forward or a striker ( I know ideally we’d get somebody who could perform both roles)?

We have a Zaha shaped hole on the left side of the attack which at the moment is fulfilled by either playing Eze or Schlupp out of position or by swapping Ayew across from the right.
I know some prefer Ayew on the left but I think the move tends to narrow our play and wouldn’t want to see it as a long term solution.
Some assume Franca will play there but there is no current evidence to support that this will be the case.

We have 3 people who can play down the middle currently- Edouard , Mateta and Ayew (even if you think none are the answer ) so arguably the greater need is on the left.

As it’s very unlikely to be able to afford the sort of striker who will score lots of goals for us my preference would be for a pacy and powerful left sided forward to take advantage of Eze’s clever link up play and Anderson’s ability to switch the ball over long distances.
It would also compensate for Mitchell’s lack of attacking verve from left back and allow Olise and Eze more space to flourish with the opposition not knowing where the next threat is coming from.
In theory at least…..