According to transfermarkt.com the net spend of each Prem League club is as follows (- figures denote a profit made)

Man City 150 million
United 143
Villa 133
Arsenal 121
Wolves 87
Spurs 74
Brighton 59
Sheff Utd 42
Newcastle 30
West Ham 30
Southampton 26
Bournemouth 20
Everton 20
Leicester 17
Watford 14
Norwich 2
Burnley 0
Liverpool -30
Palace -43
Chelsea -75

We've shown no ambition and it could get worse still if a big European club comes in for Zaha. Hope we sign Sturridge on a free as, at the moment, I do not see where the goals are coming from.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...

Unlike on Championship Manager signing players is a nightmare especially with all the hangers on looking for their 10%. Unless you throw big money you have not got at a player, who may end up being be a dud anyway. The transfer market is nuts. 74m for Lukaku, the rich man's Adi Akimbyi. Palace have spent beyond their means for the first 5 years in the premier league and have had to reign back spending in the Roy era. It is foolhardy to expect each transfer window to solve all the problems like a majic wand with money we don't have. I would imagine several right backs were sort but we're either injured, overpriced or not interested in joining a mediocre team. I hope we fill any gaps in the squad with academy players like Daly. AWB would never had a chance without our last failure to sign a right back as cover. Zaha only flourished due to Palace being broke and s***e. Reidwald can play emergency cover if they are afraid of adding in a youngster. Enjoy the rollercoaster rather than complain about things we don't have full knowledge about. 90% of clubs are in the same boat and have fans complaining just the same about their lack of quality signings. As long as the team put the effort in the games are there to be won. Hopefully Roy will try something different if his regular setup fails to work. I hope but I don't expect.

Edited by martinelliff (08 Aug 2019 10.53pm)

Palace average net spending is 30m per season since promotion. This is currently the only season with a transfer profit of 43m. The wages eat up most of the TV money. Until Palace get more bums on seats, break into Europe, get more TV games or risk a billionaire takeover we have to balance the books. The fate of Bolton, etc awaits who do not.

Absolutely, we have no idea what constraints were given in this window. Of course we all want a striker a left back the list never ends.

But maybe we’re in the crap financially, no backing from owners so no transfer cash , we have to sell to get back in the black a fact.

DF and SP may well of played a blinder bringing in 5 players for less than we pissed up the wall with Sorloth, face the facts we can’t carry on losing cash like we were, it’s club suicide if we go down.

So what if Br1-3ton spent 59 mill, they will finish below us as will Sheffield, Villa , and 3 or 4 more.

We actually have a better team than we give ourselves credit for, we just need RH to find a way to get our forward line working.

Time to put this to bed and get behind the team Saturday, and let’s beat that s***ty scouse team and that tosser of a manager they have.

Dam I just sold my T4 all tricked out .. would of been perfect

I bet the agent fees would have made the deal fall through