What is this ‘huge salary’ please?

COYP

Depressing accounts quite frankly.

laddo

"People say, live fast, die young. I say live fast, die old. That's me, the non-conformist".
David Brent.

His salary is a bit of an oddity as he takes a large salary but puts it back into the company which I find rather silly as he will pay a huge amount of income tax on a salary that he hasn't drawn whereas it would have been more cost effective to just not draw the salary in the first place.

I'm guessing that he does this rather than dig deep into his pockets to match the investment by the Americans.

The interesting thing is that his large remuneration is listed in the accounts as a bonus. I wonder what that bonus is for? It can't be for keeping us in the Premiership as Roy did that and it can't be for making profits as the company made a huge loss

The price of football list the figures as the highest paid director.

One of the biggest mysteries in life is that loud stupid people normally don't have even the slightest inclination that they are stupid.

Very good, well it made me laugh anyway

It rather depends on what you mean by "the end". It will be the end of any ground and training facilities improvements. It'll be the end of seeing a couple of the academy products that you're so keen on (Zaha and AWB) playing for Palace. It'll be the end of any major investment in the club and most likely the departure of the US 'investors', who will have been sharing the cost of our loses. It may even mean the departure of Parish, if the club can find a viable buyer. And we'll have nothing to show for our longest ever stay in the PL.

We won't be able to turn off our massive outgoings like a tap if we're relegated. Those players who are readily saleable won't achieve their true value in a fire sale and we have plenty of others who are costing us dearly, but will be difficult to shift. We all know, from past experience, that when we drop a division 10k+ 'loyal' supporters disappear as will generous sponsors, so our income will drop dramatically, not withstanding parachute payments.

If we are ever going to progress as a club we need to stay in the PL and start improving the infrastructure. We need owners who are able and prepared to invest up front in this, with an eye to the long-term and not to make a quick buck. I hate to say it, but what we need is to find a Palace-loving equivalent of Tony Bloom

Bexley Dave

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