So, if we're not prepared to pay the going rate then we lose out. Move on and find someone we can afford...

Denial is not just a river in Egypt!

I must admit, I thought he was on £80k, as other posters have said. £140k is steep. Although I would still love to see him at Selhurst.

It seems that Palace have been consistent the whole way through the window in that they have had an eye for quality, but a push for squeezing every bit of value out of the window. It does not feel like we have been rolled over by anyone.

Even if we get no-one else in then it has been a fantastic window, but spending the £140k a week on wages for two or three players who would give us depth would seem to be more sensible than one player (no matter how good), especially when his fitness record seems to suggest that we would need depth to cover for his regular games out.

Looks like more fans on here are starting to tune into the astute methods employed by our management in the transfer market.

don't they have some meglomaniac billionaire Russian playboy that owns them now?

Clinton is Clinton. I have known him for a long time, I know his mother... Simon Jordan

Do Ipswich fans feel the same every time they sign Williams, 4 times on loan and he just another injury prone player. Jonny Wheelchair

What amazes me about the whole Wilshire thing is we already have a player that fits exactly the same role as Wilshire. And we've once again let him go out on loan.

His name?

Johnny Williams.

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make some other b*stard die for theirs" - General Patton