Agree with most of this.

However, where we get those points from I really don't care. Obviously be nice to get more at home, but if the first priority is to stay in the Premier League then those 39 points should achieve that.

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Yep, wage bill is probably the most reliable indicator of likely league position

As a season ticket holder who infrequently travels away, it would be nice to see a few more wins at home. However it would also be nice if they could save the away wins up for when I do go

I emphatically don't agree!
On paper we have good players - in practice we have no cohesion, teamwork, ball holding skills or intelligence. I guess some manager would be able to sort this out but Roy Hodgson has proved he can't.

The title of this thread should actually be under performing and over paid!

When I started the thread I had in mind how our performance in terms of league position compared with our relative financial clout (or lack of it). Probably 'punching above our weight?' might have been a better title.

I used attendance as a proxy for 'financial clout' and clearly it isn't a very good proxy. Someone pointed out that TV money is very unevenly distributed and also there's the question of sponsorship, money from stadium naming rights etc, etc.

I think Palace are well down the 'financial clout' table and I suspect we are truly 'punching above our weight'. The disparity in resources was crystal clear against Man City, as was pointed out on the match thread I think, any one of their players, including those on the bench, would be guaranteed starters for us and none of our players would make it into their team. That has very little it seems to me to do with Guardiola being a better manager than Roy and everything to do with the financial muscle City have.