And it's Gayle grabbing a brace against pool!

I'm going to go on record right now and say we won't.

Way too far behind in basic football intelligence, positional sense, off the ball runs and work rate. If he was 19/20 I'd say he's a prospect. At 24 it's just too late.

Wd snap hands off for 2M.

"How can I remember to keep it all together when half the moon is taken away?"

Jesus, you lot are a miserable bunch of bumsniffers! This has got to be our best season in the Loadsadosh league and all you can do is pick on a player who you possibly watched for an hour all season and then you decide he's no good based on what? Nothing intelligent!

Old Father Time

Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit

I agree with an earlier comment saying that he certainly appears to have beefed up a bit lately, with a bit more strength I can see him becoming a Jermain Defoe type player who isn't too involved in linking up play but valuable purely for a bit of finesse in front of goal.

Speaking of his tactical awareness, he does seem a bit off but that is something that can be remedied quickly, and I'd argue that he is better than Murray, who seems to have gone back to his old ways of being caught offside too much.

But in all honesty he needs to be playing with a strike partner, or a playmaker in central mifield to play him through.(as IH clearly planned with Campana and Bannan)

He's worth another season, a full pre-season could be just what he needs and if anything he'll probably increase his market value.

Some people forget how far he's come in such a short space of time. That improvement won't stop, and TP is looking forward to working on him in pre-season. He's going to be great for us.

It was my dream to play for Palace and to make my debut. I've always played for the club so if I'm playing here, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

- John Bostock (Nov 2007)

I tend to agree with assessments that we'd make a loss on him now selling for around £2m, but if anything that's why I'd like to see us keep him.

Yeah, he's a bit too old to be seen as a hot prospect but I do think he has more untapped potential (or at least I have my fingers crossed that he might).

I'd rather us risking all the rest of that last £2m we estimate he's worth now, in trying to cultivate him a bit more. The worst that happens is he goes for a free transfer after he turns out to be really pants and we lose the last £2m that we estimate we could get. On the flip side we could find that he really does cut the mustard in the Prem after some hard work and ends up with a £15m price tag on his head. I'm sure most of us would be reasonably happy to see Palace sign a player for £2m that shows a bit of potential so why not risk keeping on one we already have?

Edited by Part Time James (30 Apr 2014 2.57pm)