As listed in previous posts we do have a number of free agents
As well as two lemons to release

So I think Parish is nervous to buy now as he knows the Budget for spend come summer is very considerable & wants PV to blood a couple of Academy now to cover injuries plus two lemons

Yet PV is up against it as Palace recruitment is out performed by others.
I just hope he doesn’t throw in the towel if he is asked to zip it

Forever Palace Proud

Hopefully they soon will be - roll on the European Super League Mark II.

When a player departs, what you're really looking at isn't incoming transfer fee but the salary money you take off your books/operating budget. What would be more interesting to know is the exact amount of cash freed up weekly by the list above. My guess is that Wilf, if he leaves, would be able to replaced by at least two well-remunerated players given what he's earning. I'd guess Luka (who signed his contract in his prime) is earning a decent sum too and will be easy to replace with someone far more productive for the same or even less money. Ditto Macca who is also likely well-paid, but at this stage we're not really getting much value for the outlay.

Bottom line is that cumulatively, the above are probably collectively earning around £400-£500k a week. Forget transfer fees which, anyway, are amortized over the length of the contract. That frees up a lot of budget to reinvest.

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

Regardless of the transfer budget, I think we SHOULD be blooding youngsters. If we don't, what's the point of a world-class academy? I'm not saying count on them; but to me using Ozoh for a few minutes last weekend made far more sense than using Jairo yet again. Ozoh might be the future. Jairo definitely is not. PV shouldn't need to be told to do that.

As for our recruitment, I'd argue that we're not regularly out-performed by others. What we are is out-budgeted (which is different0, but the players we do manage to bring in on our limited budget have a reasonable hit-rate in the past couple of years compared to the signings of many other teams. Our recruitment itself doesn't need to get better. We just need more to spend on it.

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

It's painful to think that we're probably paying Macca, Luka, Butland, Tomkins, and Ferguson the better part of £350k a week collectively this season to play a total of maybe ten matches between them all season. Next year, that money should be funding at least five decent new players at £75k a week each who are actually contributing on the pitch. Sweeping out the deadwood alone will make a massive difference as we will be putting the cash we are wasting now to good use.

Edited by sydtheeagle (24 Jan 2023 9.13pm)

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

Good observations about how we are going this season and why we need to be concerned especially given how tight the relegation battle is and that the teams below us are adding to their player base.