It's always difficult to know what to make of it.

The disappointment of course is no attacking signings. We are probably going into the Wolves game with only Ayew as a recognised winger fit to play in a 4-3-3... and has he ever really been 100% a 'winger'? Beyond that we only have JRS who is a youth player with about 3 minutes of PL football under his belt.

A striker is always the headline grabber and focal point of much commentary but TBH I would prioritise a winger with the current players we have. With neither JPM nor Edouard going, and Franca (who from what I gather is a central player) hopefully destined to be fit sometime before Xmas, I'm guessing this was not a huge concern. The Ekitike fiasco seems like a shot in the dark, with anyone's guess as a motive, without any serious intent.

The Henderson deal seems all the more strange now, I genuinely thought we'd be in for one if not more attacking players at the very least to replace Wilf. I'm guessing they think full back is covered although I'd suggest a lot of fans would upgrade both flanks if possible. Seems to be a number of players, of no real outstanding quality, that have formed a quantity superseding quality look to things: Mitchell, Schlupp, Ward, Richards, Clyne and now Holding.

My guess, and it's only a guess, is that Parish and co. have decided that we have enough to finish 17th or above but also they are still employing a very long term, strategic approach to everything. The core of now two very good GKs, Andersen/Guehi, Lerma/Doucoure & Eze/Olise still remains. I would suggest Franca is expected to be included in that cohort which would eventually make it 8 positions in the starting XI sorted, with everybody else just qualifying as padding to keep the team from catastrophe as we seek to expand the stadium.

If that anywhere near resembles reality it may be very good in the long run but very frustrating in the short term, which is where I expect a lot of people are tonight, have been previously and may well be in the future.

In any instance, COYP. My prediction for Wolves is either 0-0 or 1-1 but would be nice to have something to cheer off the back of this.

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

Hopefully one day pepole will wake up and smell the coffee. It’s embarrassing the position we’re in with players what parish is doing with palace is no better than what Mike Ashley did with Newcastle and Karl oyston did with Blackpool. Slowly sucking the life out the club and playing with fire. The sooner he has gone the better taken us as far as he can go. They day the weasel sells his stake in the club the club will be in a better place. I hope he gets as much stick from fans as possible. Will probably be to late by the time a lot of pepole wake up

Also think signing Rob Holding for £4m is a very smart bit of business. He's a very underated player inmho.

Listen to yourself. Stockholm syndrome. Please listen to yourself. "I..I'm a little upset he bashed me again...but...he's under a lot of pressure...in a month or so he'll get the promotion he's been waiting for...then it will be different...he's really loving deep inside...you just don't understand him...and honestly, sometimes I really do deserve it"

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Sorry but t how was it wards fault we lost to Arsenal?