Personally I like to think of myself as a realist so yes I am comfortable with our current standing, the existence of our seasonal struggle to remain in that pocket of teams under the glass ceiling but above the relegation trap door - in terms of this being our most successful prolonged period in living memory (perhaps ever) its a testament to prudent management & ownership of the assets available, obviously you can look at individual instances where a better outcome would have been hoped for but overall I think they have done a damn good job.

There is a lot to be said for remaining in the PL, attracting top teams to SP almost every week & not getting ourselves our arsenals regularly handed to us on a plate.

If we are to attract better financing then we are absolutely where we need to be, in the top flight with only marginal risk of relegation - the big problem being that breaking through that glass ceiling without mortgaging the farm & maintaining it is so phenomenally expensive & with all of our attractions there are other clubs out there to buy that are the only big club in their town or city which provides a much easier success story to be a local hero than camped in South London with a plethora of salubrious neighbours across the Thames & a stadium capacity of 25,000 where people have been talking about developing or moving for as long as I can remember.

So to answer the question - I like where we are & support doing what we are doing to improve our lot without flirting with the risk of going bust.

Given the roundabout journey that Eze has taken, I hope he takes into consideration that its our shop window that has given him the exposure, the chance to shine, the international career that he seems to be on the verge of & considers that a period of consolidation is perhaps in order before he takes the next step.

A full injury free season against the best that the PL has to offer with us (as he will almost certainly be one of the first names on the team sheet virtually every week) would be a very sensible strategy to consider & then see how things look.

It seems to me the media are just working their way through our best assets one by one, knowing that in every case if factual all Palace support would be concerned.
It’s so easy to do. Take Eze, it’s a rank certainty he will have to agree a better contract to stay with Palace,does that mean Palace panic sell ? No. Does Olise, have a release clause? No not according to strong inside information.
In recent weeks all of the most obvious reasons for the strongest members of the side to move have been wheeled out as reason for them to do so right now.
Of course all players are going to be tempted by the top teams, and of course the top teams are constantly open to up coming talent .
Yes a sale could always occur , but right now it’s fishing by the media, in the hope that one comes right and they can say ,told you so.

If Eze dies not sign a new deal, I can see us selling in January (if save) as he would have 18months left. If not January definitely next Summer, unfortunately

Don't be so gloomy, Nick - that's my job

These are the inevitable day-to-day click-bait stories that identify every quality player at the smaller PL clubs and tries to find a home for them at a Big club. I would be surprised if more than one of our star assets were to leave in this window (I exclude Wilf because his contract was up in any case). Indeed we may hold on to all of them.

IMO Parish and Hodgson have deliberately targetted a top 10 finish this season as a message to the squad that we are looking to move up (not down or stay still).

I still expect us to sign a couple of players before the window closes.

It was indeed very gloomy from me Doombear but purposefully so, I think a new signing or two would cheer me up, just very little doing that for me atm!

I am also inclined to believe and of course hoping with all my might that we do not lose another or many of our top players.

I was not intending to steal any limelight from you I promise, I just like to wallow in self pity, anxiety and anger occasionally when it comes to Palace

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