What a load of bollix, we're far from in a relegation scrap. I don't know why some people bother following Palace

This 'unproven manager' is trying to get us to play more, have more possession, look far more watchable. Wasn't that our biggest gripe with Hodgson?
I'm more than happy to accept 8-14th and a cup run over the next few seasons if it means achieving Academy development and a new stand.

Yes, PV has introduced a far more palatable watch than Hodgson did.

But it's a results business.

I keep saying it, but we are still in a transitional phase. The challenge is to deliver points while still developing the playing style.

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Yes how dare someone have a different opinion to yourself, they have no right supporting palace

The eve of a key game is most probably a good time to take stock. I feel we are in an ok position considering the changes that have been made. We most probably could have been in a higher position, but we failed to take advantage of the winning or drawing situations we were in, in certain games.

Let’s be conservative and say we have dropped 7points which we should have taken. We were not outplayed or undeserving of the points, we lost them due to mistakes. That’s all mistakes, cut those out and we can easily make the top 10.

We are definitely in a better place now and big Patrick will take us onto greater things, I’m confident of that.

Rome wasn’t built in a day.
The brand spanking new academy is not even finished yet. Already we have 2 youth teams in the top 6 of their divisions regularly beating the top teams. Our catchment area is almost like discovering a really rich oil field and putting the very latest drilling platform slap bang in the middle of it. Even Man Utd are trying to pinch our junior scouting team.
Once the fruits of this mature (imminent) we should see 30-40% of our squad as home grown. Far more than all the top teams. The talent at U 18 level is exceptional.
We have a new unproven manager with one of the best football brains and historic talent on the planet backed up by a very exciting coaching team albeit with no premier experience other than the keeper coach
We need two or three new players but which club doesn’t. Once our mature top men are back I’m confident our exciting start will be restoredk. We need to overcome last minute jitters which have cost us 6 points so far. We also need far more clinical finishing which must be our biggest concern re current squad players. We also need more potency when we are within range. Pulling the trigger more often. It’s work in progress.
This season we should be good for mid table. From then on we should be good to maintain that based on what we already have with a couple more buys.
Depending on the positive development of the club and players we may even make top 10 over the next couple of seasons.
West Ham are a good example if you get it right. Their U 23 are top of the league at the moment (who we gave a good game to but lost) and if their seniors were not top 6 you would expect to see some of them make the squad.
Our academy is punching way above our current weight. Creating that jewel was a very shrewd move.