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jamiemartin721 Reading 16 Feb 14 2.44pm
Jim Cannon, Peter Simpson (maybe) or Arthur Waite. Although the latter does have a stand named after him. A statue should be as much a symbol to contribution and achievement, as an individual honour. All of those three people symbolise something exceptional about Crystal Palace, Football and what the fans experience now. Certainly Jim Cannon and Arthur Waite are iconic in Palace history. One represents everything we believe a player should be, the other transformed the club itself, as well as embodying the ideal of our club as a local club and part of a community "One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug" [Link]
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Reading 16 Feb 14 2.44pm

Jim Cannon, Peter Simpson (maybe) or Arthur Waite. Although the latter does have a stand named after him. A statue should be as much a symbol to contribution and achievement, as an individual honour.

All of those three people symbolise something exceptional about Crystal Palace, Football and what the fans experience now.

Certainly Jim Cannon and Arthur Waite are iconic in Palace history. One represents everything we believe a player should be, the other transformed the club itself, as well as embodying the ideal of our club as a local club and part of a community

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PsychoPaul 16 Feb 14 3.10pm
Terry Venables (Drill a hole in the top of his head & pour the molten bronze in!)
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16 Feb 14 3.10pm

Terry Venables (Drill a hole in the top of his head & pour the molten bronze in!)

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big_palace_fan 16 Feb 14 3.17pm
We should wait for someone who has done something especially spectacular on a larger scale, eg, won a cup, played a lot for their country etc. I wouldnt want people turning up to Selhurst and seeing a statue outside of an absolute nobody to everyone else except palace fans (have any non palace fans ever heard of Jim Cannon?). It would give ammunition for other fans to be degrading of our history IMO It would have to be a household name IMO, and we havent had too many of those. I am really up for things like the wright and bright bar, and Speroni's restaurant, and would like to see this extended (see no reason why it wont be either) but I dont think yet we've had anyone quite at the level to get a statue. Geoff Thomas, (footballing and his overcoming of his cancer) would get my vote if we had to have a statue.
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We should wait for someone who has done something especially spectacular on a larger scale, eg, won a cup, played a lot for their country etc.

I wouldnt want people turning up to Selhurst and seeing a statue outside of an absolute nobody to everyone else except palace fans (have any non palace fans ever heard of Jim Cannon?). It would give ammunition for other fans to be degrading of our history IMO

It would have to be a household name IMO, and we havent had too many of those.

I am really up for things like the wright and bright bar, and Speroni's restaurant, and would like to see this extended (see no reason why it wont be either) but I dont think yet we've had anyone quite at the level to get a statue.

Geoff Thomas, (footballing and his overcoming of his cancer) would get my vote if we had to have a statue.

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SE9 EAGLE 16 Feb 14 5.44pm
Quote Beastie at 16 Feb 2014 2.26pm Quote SE9 EAGLE at 16 Feb 2014 12.29pm Quote Beastie at 16 Feb 2014 9.36am Let's be honest, we haven't had any players who are worthy of a statue. We've had very few great players, even fewer at the peak of their career and no one has ever lifted a major trophy for us. Surely to be 'legendary' enough to warrant a statue, it would need to be a recognisable figure in the world of football outside of CPFC. Absolute bollox.Jim Cannon every time.You sir are a knob.... Thanks mate. I have to say, Jim Cannon was before my time but as far as I can make out the argument for him is that he played for us for a long time. I don't think that says great things about our club if that's the greatest achievement we can look for. Compare that to other clubs; Billy Wright Tom Finney Bobby Moore Best/Law/Charlton Alex Ferguson Peter Osgood Brian Clough Billy Wright Bobby Robson Alf Ramsey Stanley Matthews Gordon Banks Thierry Henry Billy Bremner Don Revie Dixie Dean Bill Shankly Jock Stein Jackie Milburn Emlyn Hughes Nat Lofthouse If we had to do this, I would say it should be Wright & Bright, who were at least iconic in a small way - but I don't think we should do it for the sake of it. More bollox!
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SE9 EAGLE

16 Feb 14 5.44pm

Quote Beastie at 16 Feb 2014 2.26pm

Quote SE9 EAGLE at 16 Feb 2014 12.29pm

Quote Beastie at 16 Feb 2014 9.36am

Let's be honest, we haven't had any players who are worthy of a statue. We've had very few great players, even fewer at the peak of their career and no one has ever lifted a major trophy for us. Surely to be 'legendary' enough to warrant a statue, it would need to be a recognisable figure in the world of football outside of CPFC.

Absolute bollox.Jim Cannon every time.You sir are a knob....

Thanks mate. I have to say, Jim Cannon was before my time but as far as I can make out the argument for him is that he played for us for a long time. I don't think that says great things about our club if that's the greatest achievement we can look for. Compare that to other clubs;

Billy Wright
Tom Finney
Bobby Moore
Best/Law/Charlton
Alex Ferguson
Peter Osgood
Brian Clough
Billy Wright
Bobby Robson
Alf Ramsey
Stanley Matthews
Gordon Banks
Thierry Henry
Billy Bremner
Don Revie
Dixie Dean
Bill Shankly
Jock Stein
Jackie Milburn
Emlyn Hughes
Nat Lofthouse

If we had to do this, I would say it should be Wright & Bright, who were at least iconic in a small way - but I don't think we should do it for the sake of it.

More bollox!

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SE9 EAGLE 16 Feb 14 5.53pm
Quote big_palace_fan at 16 Feb 2014 3.17pm We should wait for someone who has done something especially spectacular on a larger scale, eg, won a cup, played a lot for their country etc. I wouldnt want people turning up to Selhurst and seeing a statue outside of an absolute nobody to everyone else except palace fans (have any non palace fans ever heard of Jim Cannon?). It would give ammunition for other fans to be degrading of our history IMO It would have to be a household name IMO, and we havent had too many of those. I am really up for things like the wright and bright bar, and Speroni's restaurant, and would like to see this extended (see no reason why it wont be either) but I dont think yet we've had anyone quite at the level to get a statue. Geoff Thomas, (footballing and his overcoming of his cancer) would get my vote if we had to have a statue. The idea of a statue is not to show off to away fans imo.And if you are waiting for a Cup winning captain or great international player we could be hanging on forever after all we havent had one in over 100 years! To see a clenched fist Jim Cannon,maybe the pose when he scored at Millwall in the last minute would galvanize our fans on arrival at the ground.Over 650 games remember that and even in our worst era his head never dropped.True legend....
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SE9 EAGLE

16 Feb 14 5.53pm

Quote big_palace_fan at 16 Feb 2014 3.17pm

We should wait for someone who has done something especially spectacular on a larger scale, eg, won a cup, played a lot for their country etc.

It would have to be a household name IMO, and we havent had too many of those.

Geoff Thomas, (footballing and his overcoming of his cancer) would get my vote if we had to have a statue.

The idea of a statue is not to show off to away fans imo.And if you are waiting for a Cup winning captain or great international player we could be hanging on forever after all we havent had one in over 100 years!
To see a clenched fist Jim Cannon,maybe the pose when he scored at Millwall in the last minute would galvanize our fans on arrival at the ground.Over 650 games remember that and even in our worst era his head never dropped.True legend....

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cols123 beckenham 16 Feb 14 6.13pm
Quote big_palace_fan at 16 Feb 2014 3.17pm We should wait for someone who has done something especially spectacular on a larger scale, eg, won a cup, played a lot for their country etc. I wouldnt want people turning up to Selhurst and seeing a statue outside of an absolute nobody to everyone else except palace fans (have any non palace fans ever heard of Jim Cannon?). It would give ammunition for other fans to be degrading of our history IMO It would have to be a household name IMO, and we havent had too many of those. I am really up for things like the wright and bright bar, and Speroni's restaurant, and would like to see this extended (see no reason why it wont be either) but I dont think yet we've had anyone quite at the level to get a statue. Geoff Thomas, (footballing and his overcoming of his cancer) would get my vote if we had to have a statue. You sir are a modern football fan... having statue outside your ground is not about pleasing or showing off to fans outside our club its about representing our history and should have absolutely f*** all to do with what other people think. We have had loyal servants to our club over our many years and many candidates that we could honour. Your attiude is that of the modern football fan and everything that is wrong about football today. Charlton and Southampton have statues of people who could only be known within their clubs history. Pisses me off that you get idiots who think you have to be messi to be honoured. For me that shows a complete lack of understanding of what it means to be a palace fan
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beckenham 16 Feb 14 6.13pm

Quote big_palace_fan at 16 Feb 2014 3.17pm

We should wait for someone who has done something especially spectacular on a larger scale, eg, won a cup, played a lot for their country etc.

It would have to be a household name IMO, and we havent had too many of those.

Geoff Thomas, (footballing and his overcoming of his cancer) would get my vote if we had to have a statue.

You sir are a modern football fan... having statue outside your ground is not about pleasing or showing off to fans outside our club its about representing our history and should have absolutely f*** all to do with what other people think.

We have had loyal servants to our club over our many years and many candidates that we could honour. Your attiude is that of the modern football fan and everything that is wrong about football today.

Charlton and Southampton have statues of people who could only be known within their clubs history. Pisses me off that you get idiots who think you have to be messi to be honoured. For me that shows a complete lack of understanding of what it means to be a palace fan

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MKCPFC Spain/MK 16 Feb 14 6.43pm
Jim Cannon . No explanation required.
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Jim Cannon . No explanation required.

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Beastie 16 Feb 14 6.57pm
Quote SE9 EAGLE at 16 Feb 2014 5.44pm More bollox! F*cking hell you're clever. If you're going to immortalise a sportsman in bronze it has to be to celebrate achievement. Anything else is an embarrassment and it has nothing to do with modern football.
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Beastie

16 Feb 14 6.57pm

Quote SE9 EAGLE at 16 Feb 2014 5.44pm

More bollox!

F*cking hell you're clever.

If you're going to immortalise a sportsman in bronze it has to be to celebrate achievement. Anything else is an embarrassment and it has nothing to do with modern football.

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big_palace_fan 16 Feb 14 7.17pm
Quote cols123 at 16 Feb 2014 6.13pm Quote big_palace_fan at 16 Feb 2014 3.17pm We should wait for someone who has done something especially spectacular on a larger scale, eg, won a cup, played a lot for their country etc. I wouldnt want people turning up to Selhurst and seeing a statue outside of an absolute nobody to everyone else except palace fans (have any non palace fans ever heard of Jim Cannon?). It would give ammunition for other fans to be degrading of our history IMO It would have to be a household name IMO, and we havent had too many of those. I am really up for things like the wright and bright bar, and Speroni's restaurant, and would like to see this extended (see no reason why it wont be either) but I dont think yet we've had anyone quite at the level to get a statue. Geoff Thomas, (footballing and his overcoming of his cancer) would get my vote if we had to have a statue. You sir are a modern football fan... having statue outside your ground is not about pleasing or showing off to fans outside our club its about representing our history and should have absolutely f*** all to do with what other people think. We have had loyal servants to our club over our many years and many candidates that we could honour. Your attiude is that of the modern football fan and everything that is wrong about football today. Charlton and Southampton have statues of people who could only be known within their clubs history. Pisses me off that you get idiots who think you have to be messi to be honoured. For me that shows a complete lack of understanding of what it means to be a palace fan Season ticket for 15 years, very modern
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big_palace_fan

16 Feb 14 7.17pm

Quote cols123 at 16 Feb 2014 6.13pm

Quote big_palace_fan at 16 Feb 2014 3.17pm

We should wait for someone who has done something especially spectacular on a larger scale, eg, won a cup, played a lot for their country etc.

It would have to be a household name IMO, and we havent had too many of those.

Geoff Thomas, (footballing and his overcoming of his cancer) would get my vote if we had to have a statue.

We have had loyal servants to our club over our many years and many candidates that we could honour. Your attiude is that of the modern football fan and everything that is wrong about football today.

Season ticket for 15 years, very modern

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Bekken 16 Feb 14 7.20pm
Special mention to Itzik Zohar, Ade Akinbiyi, Thomas Brolin but for me id like to see Mr Marange forever remembered at Selhurst
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Bekken

16 Feb 14 7.20pm

Special mention to Itzik Zohar, Ade Akinbiyi, Thomas Brolin but for me id like to see Mr Marange forever remembered at Selhurst

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Mr Palaceman 16 Feb 14 7.21pm
Your all wrong..... Staffie.... Palace Leadge.. I've watched nearly every game this season, even though I've only managed to get to 4. "You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be lead" Stan Laurel
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Mr Palaceman

16 Feb 14 7.21pm