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rob1969 Flag Banstead Surrey 17 Apr 24 2.32pm Send a Private Message to rob1969 Add rob1969 as a friend

Originally posted by Uphill

One of our more promising investments. He is getting fitter as well, as are most of our squad with the advent of Glasner.

Working with Olise and Eze plus Doucoure our goal chances should improve greatly - if we can hold on to them.

Munoz also a good buy but I have reservations about his Van Arnault tendencies - great as an attacking full back but can be caught out on the break.

All in all proves that you can get bargains in the January window.

Our next need is to get Mateta to be more prolific as he misses far more than he scores.

The majority of strikers do !

 

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DutchEagleJohan Flag Vlissingen, Netherlands 17 Apr 24 4.46pm Send a Private Message to DutchEagleJohan Add DutchEagleJohan as a friend

Interesting stats! May I ask you which source you use? Not to doubt what you stated, just so I can have acces myself.

Originally posted by doombear


He has the best shot to goal conversion rate of any of our players and his shots are on target 74% of the time.

Compare that to the top PL goal scorers(as per the Beeb's 'tops scorer list' and:
1. His shot to goal conversion rate is better than Haaland, Watkins, Salah, Bowen etc., and behind only, Palmer, Wood and Hwang.
2. His shot accuracy is better than every single one of them.

In other words, he's doing fine.

 

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est1905 Flag 17 Apr 24 4.49pm Send a Private Message to est1905 Add est1905 as a friend

Originally posted by DenTyler

What do others think?

Is wharton the bargain of the season? Rice was more than 5 times what we paid for this kid. He has been outstanding since his arrival and probably added a good 10 million or more to his value.

When you think about the cost of our team, you have to take your hat off to DF.

He reminds me of a young Steven Gerrard. Excellent passer, reads the opposition well and breaks their moves up. Aggressive going forward and is willing to get back and help the defence. Really like him. If we keep hold of him he'll be worth well over £50m in a couple of years. Munoz is another one who has massively impressed me.

 

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Canterbury Palace Flag Whitstable 17 Apr 24 4.58pm Send a Private Message to Canterbury Palace Add Canterbury Palace as a friend

In the entire league I think it's difficult to look past Alexis Mac Allister as bargain of the season. £35m and Liverpool wouldn't be anywhere near the title race without him. Very happy that, for once, the weed seem to have been the losers in that deal.

Wharton is clearly going to be exceptional and I'm truly excited to see what he can do over a full season but, as others have said, Lerma on a free is our bargain signing of the season.

 


We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...

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slubglurge Flag welling 17 Apr 24 5.16pm Send a Private Message to slubglurge Add slubglurge as a friend

Cole Palmer at 40m now looks a snip

 

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doombear Flag Too far from Selhurst Park 17 Apr 24 6.41pm Send a Private Message to doombear Add doombear as a friend

Originally posted by DutchEagleJohan

Interesting stats! May I ask you which source you use? Not to doubt what you stated, just so I can have acces myself.


From the football pages of the BBC website here in the UK comparing the 'top scorer' stats for the top PL strikers with the same stats for all the Palace players on the BBC's Crystal Palace pages.

 

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MrRobbo Flag Chaldon 17 Apr 24 7.56pm Send a Private Message to MrRobbo Add MrRobbo as a friend

Bargain and c.20m for a 19yo is difficult to process. I suspect market value was closer to the 10m mark, but was he worth the £20m, 100%.

I've genuinely not seen the control and passing vision in anyone since Cabaye.

With Olise, MG and Eze we sure have some young talent.

 

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DutchEagleJohan Flag Vlissingen, Netherlands 18 Apr 24 12.24pm Send a Private Message to DutchEagleJohan Add DutchEagleJohan as a friend

tx! was unaware that was so easily available

Originally posted by doombear


From the football pages of the BBC website here in the UK comparing the 'top scorer' stats for the top PL strikers with the same stats for all the Palace players on the BBC's Crystal Palace pages.

 

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doombear Flag Too far from Selhurst Park 18 Apr 24 12.41pm Send a Private Message to doombear Add doombear as a friend

Originally posted by DutchEagleJohan

tx! was unaware that was so easily available


They're not quite like for like stats because the general top scorer stats only refer to PL games whereas the club ones include cup games so for Mateta includes his hat-trick against Plymouth (so I cheated a little bit - but Mateta's stats are reasonable for a club of our stature.

 

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esox lucius Flag Deal 23 Apr 24 10.36am Send a Private Message to esox lucius Add esox lucius as a friend

Any news on the knock he went off with, can’t find anything. Very much hope it’s not another long’ish term injury.

 

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Pierre Flag Purley 23 Apr 24 10.42am Send a Private Message to Pierre Add Pierre as a friend

Originally posted by esox lucius

Any news on the knock he went off with, can’t find anything. Very much hope it’s not another long’ish term injury.

We may know a little more information from the press conference today at 13.30. Although I am sure OG will want to keep the barcodes guessing for as long as possible!

 

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XKudu Flag The Midlands, England 23 Apr 24 11.00am Send a Private Message to XKudu Add XKudu as a friend

A very impressive start that’s for sure.

I particularly like the fact that he’s a busy player always in the thick of things snapping at heels, disrupting the opposition’s play but also pushing things forward and helping create attacking opportunities. I like him and Lerma together and it will be interesting to see how Doucoure fits in when he’s fit again. Could we play all 3 in a central triangle?

Ps. I also thought Hughes had an excellent game on Sunday.

Edited by XKudu (23 Apr 2024 11.16am)

 

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