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Originally posted by MikeCrete
Basically I agree; but wonder what his thoughts are regarding the GK situation? Lets hope we do not pay for not having got one in. I guess he will be disappointed about the goalkeeping situation but we have managed so far with only two so let us hope our luck holds for the remaining games.
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Originally posted by silvertop
If you can furnish evidence to prove that we only approached at the 11th hour then you will win this mini argument. If not, then you will not. My guess: we try to do business under the radar given the number of poaches we suffer. I suspect Dougie et al have been forced to sweat for months waiting to see if the hoped linked deal will come off at Brondby. For no fault of our own it did not. Perhaps read the HITC link posted at 18:01 (sorry cant post the link) before saying I have lost the argument.
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Originally posted by Andy_G
3 squad players is a gamble but it is not an outrageous one. Roy has the tactical knowledge and skill to keep us up but he does need a bit of luck with injuries. One or two more in key positions and we'll go down. I hope that if we stay up Roy has been promised some proper signings in the summer. Spot on and also the comments about Roy and the new recruits who I'm sure will get the best out of them. Allardyce last year got in PVA, Schlupp, Luka and the Beast on loan so spent a lot more. Roy needs to be backed like that in the summer if we stay up.
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Not a Parish basher but if the report in The Independent is true and we actually lowered our bid to Getafe yesterday then that’s poor and indefensible. We’ve seen that Hennessey struggles to retain form and has twice pulled out of games with knocks this season. Jules is coming up thirty nine which makes it all the tougher to step in after not playing and Roy has said several times we need a third keeper.
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Originally posted by Rachid Rachid Rachid
Not a Parish basher but if the report in The Independent is true and we actually lowered our bid to Getafe yesterday then that’s poor and indefensible. We’ve seen that Hennessey struggles to retain form and has twice pulled out of games with knocks this season. Jules is coming up thirty nine which makes it all the tougher to step in after not playing and Roy has said several times we need a third keeper. Not really prior to us having a precontract agreement he was there player and they could ask whatever figure they wanted. After that was signed he only had value to us as we could be only buyer and we were buying out a dead contract ie early release. So at start of January that was 3.5-4 million Yesterday probably nearer 1. Today zero Edited by Palace in the Blood (01 Feb 2018 8.23pm)
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Originally posted by TheArmaniCode
You want the big boys, you gotta pay big money. We're more unprepared every season and we're running out of get out of jail free cards. Mark my words, we carry on like this, we will get relegated sooner or later. We're Crystal Palace. We make up the numbers in this division along with 12 others. We're gonna get relegated in the foreseeable future no matter what.
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We badly needed a GK, we didn’t get one. This will come back to bite us in the arse for sure.
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Originally posted by Palace in the Blood
Not really prior to us having a precontract agreement he was there player and they could ask whatever figure they wanted. After that was signed he only had value to us as we could be only buyer and we were buying out a dead contract ie early release. So at start of January that was 3.5-4 million Yesterday probably nearer 1. Today zero Edited by Palace in the Blood (01 Feb 2018 8.23pm) Made us look Mickey Mouse and didn't get us the GK we need now. Then we're scrambling around trying to sign one from Brondby.
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I think SP did the best he could, it was mostly down to the other clubs not playing ball. SP did get in sakho and said at the time we are pushing the boat out. We got 3 players in and 2 goalkeepers on the way in the summer so onwards and upwards.
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I think this transfer window could have been worse and it's never easy to get the right players in. But I can understand some of the frustrations aimed at Parish's transfer strategy and that it can certanly be improved upon. I recall him saying that clubs will realize they are not going to get better offers nearer to the end of the window and that raises the chance of getting players at a good value but it could work in reverse as this transfer windows shows us with clubs jacking up prices at the dead because they know we are desperate to sign players. And as I remember, we didn't really get Benteke or Sakho for significantly cheaper from their initial value. Also, found a couple of interesting reads that I thought may shed some lights on our other transfer alternatives. All in all, I believe we should put the window behind us and get behind the team and new signings. Hopefully they will turn out to be real gems and at least do their bit to help us stay up. We could then look forward to a better Summer window. Edited by traevor (01 Feb 2018 11.11pm) Edited by traevor (01 Feb 2018 11.12pm)
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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Swimming with the Sharks ' by Midlands Eagle Having just gone through another mad January I thought it apt for a moment of balanced reflection ....
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This post has been merged from a topic called 'Swimming with the Sharks ' by Midlands Eagle You can't liken agents to sharks because the shark is an alpha predator, not a parasite. More like leeches I think.
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