No it wouldn’t. Look, your points have been answered in previous posts. Footballers don’t have the humility and maturity to handle the huge riches that come their way and haven’t had to go through hours upon hours upon years of hard work and study and sometimes knock backs or failure. It’s come to them relatively much faster and easier, and a lot of that is through genes or being (scouted) in the right place at the right time. Besides, footballers are meant to be role models or that is how it appears with how they’re idolised.

Compare the road to success of any of those you’ve mentioned to footballers and it’s anyone’s guess how many multiple more hours those people in those professions have worked to get where they are.

‘It is what is.’ An answer that always makes me roll my eyes.

COYP

This is the 21st century not the 18th!

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

It is only a desperate attempt to fill space when there is no real news about but looking at it from a Toon point of view Wilf on one wing and Allan Saint-Maximin on the other would be something special to watch.

Zaha hasn't the time for a Batty side pass, they have as much chance of winning anything as us.

If they pay way over the odds as clubs do when they’re in this building phase like Newcastle May be then I wouldn’t object to it, or we end up keeping hold of him until he’s worth nothing and probably on over £130k per week as well. But the problem we have is that it feels like we’re keeping him here until the shareholders get bought out because there’s little plan for life after Zaha and further, in this new climate I doubt we’ll see many looking to buy football clubs. At least we’ve been austere before others are going to have to be.

COYP

I agree; equally, clubs who have just been taken over by very wealthy owners are much more likely to pay what Palace want-£80m was the reputed figure last summer. Man City made a number of similar and very expensive buys when they were taken over.
As to how Wilf would do at Newcastle, I have my doubts. He seems to be very grounded in London from everything I read - guess that's why he thought Arsenal were the perfect fit and, according to Emery, he even met him for talks - presumably with the agreement of Palace. Looking back, I am still amazed Arsenal paid £72m for Pepe but offered far less fro wilf.