Apart from the facts already mentioned re cheap/willing to be benched/able to step in if needed etc in this not simply clever management?

It's likely there's a rebuild coming (with the backroom already done) so it makes sense to have a couple of the big, long-standing personalities in the dressing room (Damo & Jules) to help the squad bond.

I'm pleased for Damo & it shows what the club means to him considering he was ready to retire from football when his contract expired at Ipswich.

Will this be five? It's gonna be five! It IS five!

I think the fact of Cucking's list of never starters and out of the door players leaves us with 15 players who are ever going to play leaves us with the problem of how to bump the squad up to over 20 and nearer 25 without having to spend £100 million, which we can't afford and aren't allowed to.

One way of doing that is a 5th CB who is happy not to play and doesn't require a signing on fee, agents fees etc etc etc.

We're going to save a lot on wages of deadwood leaving but the transfer fees to bring in quality rather than more of the same is going to be huge. You can only loan in 2 is it and how many quality prem level players are free agents these days? They're usually of little use like Flamini.

COYP

You would like to think that we will be looking to push on next year

What is the genuine Palace target for next year to avoid relegation I think and stalwarts like Ward Delaney Speroni will still be here.

Other teams must be thinking the same not having the financial clout and resources to make the top four so they just hope to stay in the PL I guess.

So outside of the big four every team should just be happy with 4th from bottom??

I'm not having a go but we are entering our 5th season in the Prem. I would like to think that we should be starting to move away from the 'I'm happy just to stay up' school of thought and looking towards a top ten finish and then further down the line at a Europa league place.

Yes we've had a difficult season but the removal of a manager who was destined to take us down and hiring a manager who does know what he's doing, and the team that we have with some additions in the summer should really see us looking at better than fourth from bottom.

Don't waste your time with jealousy. Sometimes your ahead, sometimes your behind, the race is long. But in the end it's only with yourself!!

I agree with those fans who think Damien Delaney should not be offered a new contract. He can only ever be used as a last resort substitution. We should be looking to bring on the younger players from the academy to replace him.

The man's a horse! Don't forget that, when we signed him, he was about to retire to become a professional tri-athlete. He doesn't have pace, but he has intelligence and experiencve as well strength and stamina to spare.

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.