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Reason's not to be over optimistic for next season:
1) We had a great end to the previous season when Roy took over again and this was not replicated at the start of this season.
2) I think with Roy's style we were not not a pressing team sat back and conserved our energy and moved the ball slowly. I think other teams playing a high energy style flag a bit as the season goes on whereas we still seem to have gas in the tanks so to speak.
3) Olise has a release clause in his contract
Reason's to be optimistic for next season:
1) In our current run we have beaten teams with a lot more to play for than ourselves.
2) Apart from the Liverpool away game, where we rode our luck in the second half, it has not been back to the walls victory's but deserved wins where we have out played teams higher in the table
3) The Newcastle and Fulham results came when their teams had a decent break so we would have been a disadvantage due to limited preparation time and player fatigue.
4) Glasner has impressed me all along and the results have not come straight away but after he has had time to implement his playing style. When Nuno took over at Forest he got the new manager bounce but their results reverted to type soon after this.
5) I suspect the signings of Wharton and Munoz will continue to prove to be excellent ones
6) JRS and Danny Imray look capable of stepping up to this level in the next 1-2 years

Every Palace fan wants Silverware and to keep our best players. I don't really agree with your perspective around the rest of your post but recognise the frustration that creates it.

As I posted before we haven't been 'underfeeding the animal' or as I think you mean underspending. We are 11th in Premier League net spending over the last 5 years. And we haven't been pillaged at all in the last five years. Only Wan-Bissaka has bought in any significant cash. It seems like we hardly spend anything in comparison to other clubs but that's because we hardly sell anyone to fund new players or break the financial fair play rules.

That means we have failed to produce or develop players who other prestigious (rich) clubs want at the better wages the improved ambitious players want. Until now.

The recruitment has been good over the last few years (though I await with hope for Franca to come good next season) and the development has been much better - but perhaps only really noticeable to the wider world in the last two months! Generating a lot of interest in those players.

I am sure every Palace fan agrees we want to keep the current team together for next season. But that may not be viable for the owners to fit into the financial fair play. I think the owners will be looking very closely at this. A better team on the pitch is good for them too.

But the players who have release clauses may have those triggered. Both Eze and Olise had the contracts renegotiated so I trust / Freedman Parish got the best deal there that was possible. The lack of opportunities at the bigger clubs in the champions league and dismal state of Man U give me hope for one more year with them both.

We need a bit of cover in the squad. Wing backs. But on the plus side we don't need to spend any money at all if the current form of the current squad can be replicated and (unlikely) everyone stayed fit.

As for Silverware. I have thought both ways on this. We have been within 10-15 minutes twice of winning the FA Cup. Had that gone the other way would I be happier than now if we were in the lower reaches of the football league like Wigan and Portsmouth? At times I have thought yes when the threat of relegation seemed a permanent feature of being a Palace fun with pragmatic football grinding out results. As relegation was surely inevitable with a season of bad luck (my bad mindset) please give us a taste of glory.

Right now, after a decade in the premier league, it looks encouraging for a more progressive system of play with a manager who aspires to more than grinding out 40 points and has the players to go with it. He can get better performances from all players, whether destined for the elite clubs or not.

So do we 'need' Silverware as a club or do we just really really want Silverware?

I think what we really 'need' is a better and bigger ground to grow the club, fanbase, finances, bring in players more easily and I think the owners have really let the club down by not getting on with that 5-6 years ago when the planning permission was first granted.

I still can't believe that building is going to start happening this summer. But the current success on the pitch must now give the owners the incentive to sign those construction contracts.

Well I'm a year younger than you. Yes I would love to see Palace win a cup, and although it's something of a poisoned chalice for a club of our size, get into Europe.

That's where I stop agreeing with you because I don't think you have a clue when it comes to running football clubs in general and Palace in particular.

Old, Ungifted and White

Some supporters always pick up that pint glass of Ribena and see it half empty , embrace the end of season , that feel good factor can be carried forward into next season

Edited by Surrey Hills (08 May 2024 11.49am)

Yes im putting aside the whole whenever somthing good comes our way how long will it last or when will it all go tits up? will the manager leave before the start of thenew season? will we end how vieria ended etc.. etc..

Just enjoy it and get wrapped up in all the feel vibes at the moment. We all deserve it