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PatrickA London 08 Aug 19 6.56pm
The strategy seems to be try and scrape by this season with no plan other than short term. If you take a similar sized club e.g Watford they already have Deeney, Gray, Success and Okaka as strikers with Delofeu, Pereira and Gray in the wide areas. They’ve just purchased Sarr and Wellbeck even though they are well covered in attacking areas. We’ve taken £45 million in on AWB and in attack have only purchased Ayew at £2.5 m because he was cheap. I think we may just have enough to survive but if you thought last season was bad at home wait until this season. Four/five central midfielders strung across the park with lots of sideways/ backwards passing. Very odd as Parish has always seemed a progressive guy and has asked the fans to aim high with aspirations for the club, but there now appears to be a crippling lack of ambition.
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PatrickA

London 08 Aug 19 6.56pm

The strategy seems to be try and scrape by this season with no plan other than short term.
If you take a similar sized club e.g Watford they already have Deeney, Gray, Success and Okaka as strikers with Delofeu, Pereira and Gray in the wide areas.
They’ve just purchased Sarr and Wellbeck even though they are well covered in attacking areas.
We’ve taken £45 million in on AWB and in attack have only purchased Ayew at £2.5 m because he was cheap.
I think we may just have enough to survive but if you thought last season was bad at home wait until this season.
Four/five central midfielders strung across the park with lots of sideways/ backwards passing.
Very odd as Parish has always seemed a progressive guy and has asked the fans to aim high with aspirations for the club, but there now appears to be a crippling lack of ambition.

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fish mitten Chelmsford 08 Aug 19 7.15pm
I have suspected for the last year or so that things are not right behind the scenes and this window confirms it. SP’s silence is deafening. He has either lost interest or there is no money. We will go down this year or next without significant strengthening to an ageing squad. We have as gone as far as we can with the current owners. It’s sell up to a rich investor or risk plunging down a couple of divisions.
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fish mitten

Chelmsford 08 Aug 19 7.15pm

I have suspected for the last year or so that things are not right behind the scenes and this window confirms it. SP’s silence is deafening. He has either lost interest or there is no money. We will go down this year or next without significant strengthening to an ageing squad. We have as gone as far as we can with the current owners. It’s sell up to a rich investor or risk plunging down a couple of divisions.

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Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 08 Aug 19 7.17pm
Originally posted by PatrickA The strategy seems to be try and scrape by this season with no plan other than short term. If you take a similar sized club e.g Watford they already have Deeney, Gray, Success and Okaka as strikers with Delofeu, Pereira and Gray in the wide areas. They’ve just purchased Sarr and Wellbeck even though they are well covered in attacking areas. We’ve taken £45 million in on AWB and in attack have only purchased Ayew at £2.5 m because he was cheap. I think we may just have enough to survive but if you thought last season was bad at home wait until this season. Four/five central midfielders strung across the park with lots of sideways/ backwards passing. Very odd as Parish has always seemed a progressive guy and has asked the fans to aim high with aspirations for the club, but there now appears to be a crippling lack of ambition. This pre-season we have brought in approx £46 million and spent only around £7 Mill. If the AWB money was not available to spend to strengthen in key areas I would like to know the reason. Last season our net spend was just over £10 Mill. Supporters have been let down and will surely vent their spleens when,as expected, we start to struggle.
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Willo

South coast - west of Brighton. 08 Aug 19 7.17pm

Originally posted by PatrickA

This pre-season we have brought in approx £46 million and spent only around £7 Mill.
If the AWB money was not available to spend to strengthen in key areas I would like to know the reason.
Last season our net spend was just over £10 Mill.
Supporters have been let down and will surely vent their spleens when,as expected, we start to struggle.

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Bangell Oxford 08 Aug 19 7.25pm
Originally posted by fish mitten I have suspected for the last year or so that things are not right behind the scenes and this window confirms it. SP’s silence is deafening. He has either lost interest or there is no money. We will go down this year or next without significant strengthening to an ageing squad. We have as gone as far as we can with the current owners. It’s sell up to a rich investor or risk plunging down a couple of divisions. I know these sorts of behind-the-scenes things are sensitive, but we fans need some sort of statement soon.
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Bangell

Oxford 08 Aug 19 7.25pm

Originally posted by fish mitten

I know these sorts of behind-the-scenes things are sensitive, but we fans need some sort of statement soon.

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.TUX. 08 Aug 19 7.30pm
Originally posted by Willo This pre-season we have brought in approx £46 million and spent only around £7 Mill. If the AWB money was not available to spend to strengthen in key areas I would like to know the reason. Last season our net spend was just over £10 Mill. Supporters have been let down and will surely vent their spleens when,as expected, we start to struggle. Possibly, but equally we're enjoying(?) our longest ever run in the top flight. Swings n Roundabouts? Buy Litecoin.
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.TUX.

08 Aug 19 7.30pm

Originally posted by Willo

This pre-season we have brought in approx £46 million and spent only around £7 Mill.
If the AWB money was not available to spend to strengthen in key areas I would like to know the reason.
Last season our net spend was just over £10 Mill.
Supporters have been let down and will surely vent their spleens when,as expected, we start to struggle.

Possibly, but equally we're enjoying(?) our longest ever run in the top flight.

Swings n Roundabouts?

Buy Litecoin.

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slubglurge welling 08 Aug 19 7.32pm
This is how i see it. The Yanks want their money back. They probably took most of the AWB fee and wanted most of the Wilf money too so Parish pulled the transfer because we would have had no Wilf and no replacement either. The quicker they are out of the club the better.
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slubglurge

welling 08 Aug 19 7.32pm

This is how i see it. The Yanks want their money back. They probably took most of the AWB fee and wanted most of the Wilf money too so Parish pulled the transfer because we would have had no Wilf and no replacement either. The quicker they are out of the club the better.

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braunstoneagle the middle of bumf*** nowhere... 08 Aug 19 7.34pm
im happy, we kept wilf and have strengthened the squad bar right back, however we have a player who is extremely experienced and has never let us down to play there in joel ward. on top of that we only spend like £4m in fees whilst doing so...fantastic business. bring on the new season...onwards & upwards. Edited by braunstoneagle (08 Aug 2019 7.36pm) ‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway
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im happy, we kept wilf and have strengthened the squad bar right back, however we have a player who is extremely experienced and has never let us down to play there in joel ward.

on top of that we only spend like £4m in fees whilst doing so...fantastic business.

bring on the new season...onwards & upwards.

Edited by braunstoneagle (08 Aug 2019 7.36pm)

‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway

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Tickled pink Cornwall 08 Aug 19 7.42pm
Looks OK to me.
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Tickled pink

Cornwall 08 Aug 19 7.42pm

Looks OK to me.

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wainesworld west wickham 08 Aug 19 7.43pm
How come everyone bar the person above and Steve Parish thinks where in the s***?
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wainesworld

west wickham 08 Aug 19 7.43pm

How come everyone bar the person above and Steve Parish thinks where in the s***?

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Wilbraham413 08 Aug 19 7.44pm
I agree that something is going on behind the scenes with ownership. We're either in much worse shape financially than we know, and/or the investors are trying to cash out. If SP is under investor pressure to cash out, it may be that he fought hard not sell Zaha. Based on AWB's cash, it seems clear that whatever money we make from sales will not be allowed to put back into new players. If we had sold Wilf for 60M, that money would have gone straight into the investors' pockets. My point being, maybe SP did the best he could to give us a chance this season given unknown financial problems. Regarding midfield, I thought it was a huge problem last year, so I'm hoping Camarasa brings some creativity there that could unlock some more scoring from our strikers. Wishful thinking, but I want to look forward this season, and save the doom and gloom at least until we've seen how the team plays. 2017 Feb. (Van Aanholt) Palace 1 - 0 Middlesboro 2018 Jan. (Sako) Palace 1 - 0 Burnley 2019 May (Batshuayi, Batshuayi, OG, Van Aanholt, Townsend) Palace 5 - 3 Bournemouth 2020 Feb. (Van Aanholt) Palace 1 - 0 Newcastle
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Wilbraham413

08 Aug 19 7.44pm

I agree that something is going on behind the scenes with ownership. We're either in much worse shape financially than we know, and/or the investors are trying to cash out.

If SP is under investor pressure to cash out, it may be that he fought hard not sell Zaha. Based on AWB's cash, it seems clear that whatever money we make from sales will not be allowed to put back into new players. If we had sold Wilf for 60M, that money would have gone straight into the investors' pockets.

My point being, maybe SP did the best he could to give us a chance this season given unknown financial problems.

Regarding midfield, I thought it was a huge problem last year, so I'm hoping Camarasa brings some creativity there that could unlock some more scoring from our strikers.

Wishful thinking, but I want to look forward this season, and save the doom and gloom at least until we've seen how the team plays.

2017 Feb. (Van Aanholt) Palace 1 - 0 Middlesboro
2018 Jan. (Sako) Palace 1 - 0 Burnley
2019 May (Batshuayi, Batshuayi, OG, Van Aanholt, Townsend) Palace 5 - 3 Bournemouth
2020 Feb. (Van Aanholt) Palace 1 - 0 Newcastle

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Tickled pink Cornwall 08 Aug 19 7.44pm
Originally posted by braunstoneagle im happy, we kept wilf and have strengthened the squad bar right back, however we have a player who is extremely experienced and has never let us down to play there in Joel ward. on top of that we only spend like £4m in fees whilst doing so...fantastic business. bring on the new season...onwards & upwards. Edited by braunstoneagle (08 Aug 2019 7.36pm) An excellent player.
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Tickled pink

Cornwall 08 Aug 19 7.44pm

Originally posted by braunstoneagle

im happy, we kept wilf and have strengthened the squad bar right back, however we have a player who is extremely experienced and has never let us down to play there in Joel ward.

on top of that we only spend like £4m in fees whilst doing so...fantastic business.

bring on the new season...onwards & upwards.

Edited by braunstoneagle (08 Aug 2019 7.36pm)

An excellent player.

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Tickled pink Cornwall 08 Aug 19 8.00pm
Originally posted by Wilbraham413 I agree that something is going on behind the scenes with ownership. We're either in much worse shape financially than we know, and/or the investors are trying to cash out. If SP is under investor pressure to cash out, it may be that he fought hard not sell Zaha. Based on AWB's cash, it seems clear that whatever money we make from sales will not be allowed to put back into new players. If we had sold Wilf for 60M, that money would have gone straight into the investors' pockets. My point being, maybe SP did the best he could to give us a chance this season given unknown financial problems. Regarding midfield, I thought it was a huge problem last year, so I'm hoping Camarasa brings some creativity there that could unlock some more scoring from our strikers. Wishful thinking, but I want to look forward this season, and save the doom and gloom at least until we've seen how the team plays. Yes definitely, simple movement with and without the ball has not been good at home for some time mostly due to feeble ball control and passing. Great chances and opportunities were either missed or just wasted with bad decisions when scoring seemed inevitable so I feel we have no real problems with creating, our problem has been giving the ball away through sloppy passing and not being aware of danger.
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Tickled pink

Cornwall 08 Aug 19 8.00pm

Originally posted by Wilbraham413

I agree that something is going on behind the scenes with ownership. We're either in much worse shape financially than we know, and/or the investors are trying to cash out.

My point being, maybe SP did the best he could to give us a chance this season given unknown financial problems.

Regarding midfield, I thought it was a huge problem last year, so I'm hoping Camarasa brings some creativity there that could unlock some more scoring from our strikers.

Wishful thinking, but I want to look forward this season, and save the doom and gloom at least until we've seen how the team plays.

Yes definitely, simple movement with and without the ball has not been good at home for some time mostly due to feeble ball control and passing.

Great chances and opportunities were either missed or just wasted with bad decisions when scoring seemed inevitable so I feel we have no real problems with creating, our problem has been giving the ball away through sloppy passing and not being aware of danger.

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