This I agree with. I think there will be claw marks all the way down the corridors at Selhurst Park the day Parish leaves. At some point (some say right now) Parish remaining in charge is going to start to hold the club back.

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It's a fair question.

The third best (form) team in 2019!

The facts however, are at odds with most fans' feelings. And being Palace, we are pessimistic, realistic, ambitious and humble all at the same time. Such confusion cannot be daunted by facts alone.

As for Roy, I don't criticise him much and have respect for his commitment and experience however, as football fans, we think with blurred, biased, impassioned minds and the crappy defeats this year stand out like sore thumbs:

Brighton at home.
Watford in the cup.
Sheffield Utd
Pre-season!
Spurs in their first game at their new place (we rolled over)
Colchester!

Without those, perhaps we'd all be more in tune.

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Spirit of 1974

This post has been merged from a topic called 'a question for those who criticize Roy ' by bexleydave

As I said elsewhere the stats don't lie but I am one who would like to see fresh blood come the end of the season.
We are difficult to beat most of the time but he is stuck in his ways, he is too predictable and we don't have a plan B.
A season is played over 38 games so let's see what happens this season.
Saturday should have been a draw bar the dreadful refereeing decisions so maybe you wouldn't think the same had that been the case!
In his defence he can only work with what he is given but sometimes I wish he would change things rather than be happy with a narrow defeat!

Edited by The Dolphin (02 Sep 2019 3.35am)

I suppose when you have got your fingers burnt as badly as Parish has with Benteke and Wickham it’s not surprising he is cautious when it comes to new strikers.
A lot could happen between now and January. If Ayew continues his unbelievable rise then far less pressure will be on transfers.
After Colchester it does look like Wickham is finally at the end of the road at Palace. He is just too slow now. Big injuries like his normally end a career at top level for strikers. He was slow before it but now he needs to move down to save his mind. Beats me why he was offered a new contract.

Lets wait and see where we are at year end!

I don't think anybody could have foreseen such a spectacular loss of form from Benteke. But with Wickham, well that's football. Any given player at any time can get a serious injury.

Persisting with these two is the difficulty.

I keep hoping Benteke will rediscover himself but that looks increasingly unlikely. As for Wickham, sadly I think he no longer has what it takes at this level.

We are now pinning our hopes on one in-form player up top.

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