I'll call this post for what it is, ridiculous observation.

You can't just buy players, they have to want to actually come to the club and for a certain wage and to wsnt to play for a manager. Lordy, if it was as easy as buying something off the shelf it'd make our lives easier. As for the goalkeeper thing, yes it was a silly purchase but the irony is we did need a goalkeeper in the end as Sam.J had an injury and Guaita had buggered off. DF has done a decent job and Franca hasn't actually been given a chance unless the teams already lost or hes played out of position. Same for Ahemada.

You've picked such a basic principal of player acquisition that I find it baffling. I mean you have to be able to retain those players also, Olise being a prime example. You can buy all the great players but keeping them is a battle and fans will have to face the fact that Palace needs to sell assets to buy more assets(in terms of players.) I highly doubt DF has not bothered with enquiring about players, there's a whole scouting team behind it.

If you were a player, would you be enticed by the stadium, manager, type of tactics used, team position?

I highly doubt it.

So, what has it got going for it? High wages which affect us buying more players, a chance to prove yourself and use Palace as a stepping stone.

Ok let's go through the list of our players first before hitting your other sweeping statements.

Guehi - youth of Chelsea wasn't getting any game time
Anderson - Fulham on loan from Lyon who Textor owns.
Olise - at Reading on a buyout clause. - again not proven at top level
Doucoure - from Lens
Eze - Wycombe Wanderers - Not sure how you feel he was a known quantity at Wycombe Wanderers.
None are from top tier and proven at the time.

No top tier there much like Franca. It's a hit or miss.

Brighton -they were lucky enough to have a scouting system that found and sold players for a decent profit within the first year to buy in and sell more players. We have sold a MASSIVE - Wan Bissaka and who else? Wan Bissaka covered a loan we previously had. So you want Palace to buy these players you've named which were already somewhat known entities which you think we missed out on, disregarding another factors apart from they are mid to low costing. At the same time you think Franca (an unknown player of ability) was a bad transaction. Brighton buy in quite a few players that don't make it, they've been fortunate that Chrlsea have bought loads off them. Not to mention that comparing Brighton to cpfc is a whole different subjective topic but small observation would show they have a giant stadium, in a great affluent area that's also close enough to London if the player wants to live in the capital. Simon Jordan has also mentioned the differences between the clubs recently.

How do you feel Palace can address areas of the squad like Brighton if we don't sell any of the good players that make up the squad?

To be like Brighton, Palace will need to sell some of them and most likely Olise and Guehi.

DF isn't always going to hit the nail on the head with buying in good players.

If its that easy to do, why aren't you a chief scout like Dougie? Seeing as it's easy to buy low and sell high?

Safe to say it isn't that easy.

Ok let's go through the list of our players first before hitting your other sweeping statements.

Guehi - youth of Chelsea wasn't getting any game time
Anderson - Fulham on loan from Lyon who Textor owns.
Olise - at Reading on a buyout clause. - again not proven at top level
Doucoure - from Lens
Eze - Wycombe Wanderers - Not sure how you feel he was a known quantity at Wycombe Wanderers.
None are from top tier and proven at the time.

No top tier there much like Franca. It's a hit or miss.

Brighton -they were lucky enough to have a scouting system that found and sold players for a decent profit within the first year to buy in and sell more players. We have sold a MASSIVE - Wan Bissaka and who else? Wan Bissaka covered a loan we previously had. So you want Palace to buy these players you've named which were already somewhat known entities which you think we missed out on, disregarding another factors apart from they are mid to low costing. At the same time you think Franca (an unknown player of ability) was a bad transaction. Brighton buy in quite a few players that don't make it, they've been fortunate that Chrlsea have bought loads off them. Not to mention that comparing Brighton to cpfc is a whole different subjective topic but small observation would show they have a giant stadium, in a great affluent area that's also close enough to London if the player wants to live in the capital. Simon Jordan has also mentioned the differences between the clubs recently.

How do you feel Palace can address areas of the squad like Brighton if we don't sell any of the good players that make up the squad?

To be like Brighton, Palace will need to sell some of them and most likely Olise and Guehi.

DF isn't always going to hit the nail on the head with buying in good players.

If its that easy to do, why aren't you a chief scout like Dougie? Seeing as it's easy to buy low and sell high?

Safe to say it isn't that easy.

Jeez, you’re arguing with yourself here. All those points you are making about those players totally proves my point that we have identified players at low value and they are now high value. They are not the only players in the world that are undervalued and it is Dougies job to continue to identify them.

You are arguing points that I didn’t even make. I’ve always advocated selling to buy, but not selling to line shareholders pockets.

Your last comment is a typical straw man argument that gets peddled on here far too often and which I’ll choose to treat with the contempt it deserves.

Jeez, you’re arguing with yourself here. All those points you are making about those players totally proves my point that we have identified players at low value and they are now high value. They are not the only players in the world that are undervalued and it is Dougies job to continue to identify them.

You are arguing points that I didn’t even make. I’ve always advocated selling to buy, but not selling to line shareholders pockets.

Your last comment is a typical straw man argument that gets peddled on here far too often and which I’ll choose to treat with the contempt it deserves.

True.

One of our main problems is that we have hardly ever raised finance through the sale of players, money to re-invest in the playing side. Parish has offered many a past it duffer another year's contract to save the effort and fees of actually getting out there and scout some fresh blood. These players munch up funds through exorbitant salaries, have no resale value, and offer very little on the pitch. I think it's to do with making us look as though we have a full squad of 25.
His modus operandi I always found a bit suspect and now we're paying the price. Perhaps he had this fantasy that many of the U21s would make the breakthrough all at the same time and save his sorry arse...