The thing is, can Palace EVER be more than a mid-table club? Much like Stoke and Southampton etc., there is a finite limit to how many fans we can get and whether we could ever become as big as Arsenal, Liverpool, either Manchester club, Everton, Spurs (we can't).

So ultimately we can never be a huge club, so why not be happy just aspiring to match Southampton and Stoke and similar. Personally I'd be happy to be consistently in the second tier of the Premier league than the second tier of English football. And in fairness we have a very long way to go to establish ourselves in the premier league!

Hmmmm.

If we play our cards right, we will have relative financial stability, a platform to grow the club and a fast-track pass for some of the longer term improvements needed around the club.

We need to establish ourselves first; that means no breaking the bank. We need to be shrewd enough that if we suffer from second season syndrome, we aren't paddling up a certain creek without a paddle. I fully expect a summer transfer window that is similar to the recently passed January one.

I know it's alien to us, we've always been defined by hardship, the "so very nearly" moments and one hell of a yo-yo rollercoaster, but if handled right, establishing the club in the BPL would give us a foundation unlike anything this club has seen for a very very long time. It's like dreaming of winning the lottery, and then it happens. You have to be careful not to take the money for granted, because it might not always be there. At the same time, it's important to remember who you are and not lose sight of that. The club could potentially change in the next decade, but it's important everyone involved remembers where we came from.

Until then though, let's get the Villa game out of the way. After that, the next, and so on.

RED AND BLUE ARMY!

How about a trip to cold sh!tty Priestfield or Cardiff on a freezing Tuesday night?

Mid-table in the Prem is a much nicer thought!

And I see signs of half remembered days, I hear bells that chime in strange familiar ways

What may be a big change in all this - Is it inevitable that their will be a European League, possibly two? This would take away perhaps up to four clubs. Then the logistics of everything changes.

The pyramid to beat all pyramids!!

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Find out what team is in which division, eg which division is Coppull United in?

Should we stay up then mid table for the next few seasons would be good...The after that !!!!

Bleed Claret & Blue THEN Red & Blue!!!!!