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Jamie:

1. Its their club and their money, if they want to take a more hands on approch and govern the club thats their right.

Of course it is. But it's also our right to comment and criticise. That's what football's all about.

2. If there is any issue, which I doubt, Pulis is their employee - He needs to either get with the plan, or hand in his resignation.

It is silly to doubt there's an issue. Neither of us know whether there is or not, but Pulis' very public comments about his expectations in the transfer market make it quite reasonable to suspect there might be. As for your second observation, why should he just up and quit if he doesn't get what he feels he needs? Surely we need a competent manager, one who knows more about football than the board, and one who's prepared to fight for what he believes is right? Even you cannot want a lap dog running the football side of the club. That would mean a board that knows little about football would be making all the football decisions. Hardly a recipe for success.

3. Only in football do you have a situation where the manager considers himself to be the de facto power over all aspects of the business

I've seen no evidence that Pulis wants to run "all aspects" of the business. I have yet to see him comment on building new stands, re-furnishing the bars, broadening the catering menus, relocating the club shop, or lowering ticket prices. To the best of my knowledge, he simply wants power over the part of the club that delivers the results that he is personally judged on. Can't see why you have a problem with that. Hospital CEOs don't tell surgeons how to operate, do they?

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

I fully understand and feel the frustration that we have so far not managed to add any quality to the squad but I'm sure no more than SP , the board ,TP and a host of other managers in the Prem. It is a very difficult time and the whole concept of having transfer windows puts players and their agents in the driving seat.
Of course TP wanted to sign players early in the window
- who wouldn't want to have deals lined up ready for signature on Jan 1st - but it just isn't that easy !

SP has gone on record saying that he is fully aware that we have always blown our Prem status before and that he wants to build a firm basis for progress this time. I also have no doubt that when TP took the job he was under no false impression that we had a sugar daddy to dosh out money like Hull or Cardiff - he knew the score because there was no point in SP feeding him bullsh1t.
It's a difficult time but we need to have faith in these owners and the manager who have all been brilliant for the club so far. We fans may get frustrated just like them but we need to stick together and keep going without all of this constant sniping and posting rumours and rubbish from gutter press.

The only real alternative is that Parish sells the club to a richer owner so we can buy in the players we need. I'm sure Parish is the poorest chairman in the PL by quite some distance but on the other hand the fans like him because he is a supporter himself and wouldn't do anything to damage the club. I don't think we can have it both ways unless some rich billionaire happens to be twiddling his thumbs in Sydenham and wants to take over.

Edited by redpalace91 (27 Jan 2014 9.55am)

Parish is NOT the sole-owner, there are 4 in CPFC2010 !
And he is Joint-Chairman with Steve Browett being the other one.
And YES CPFC2010 would sell to the right owner if it was in the interests of the club.

I hate these transfer windows - very unsettling.

Okay we haven't signed anyone but neither have we lost anyone of any significance.

It's not as if we are in a desperate situation. Look at the table. A win against Hull would make things even better.

For sure its is going to be a desperate fight amongst 9/10 sides to stay up and a couple of astute buys wouldn't go amiss. However, the squad we have has been doing a great job and new signings don't always turn out to the miracle panacea we wish them to be.

I am old enough to remember the 72/72 season when Bert Head bought in Don Rogers, Alan Whittle, Derek Possee and others in a bid to retain Div 1 status. These buys gave us what appeared to be a much stronger line-up. Result? relegation.