I think the difference where others are concerned and you're excited comes from the difference in belief of what the club can acquire.

Taking your list -

Eze - 15m
Ferguson - 5m but can I just add we had a budget in Jan of 12m for him so I see this as 6m saved from the Jan budget and therefore he’s free in terms of the summer budget
Young CM - 8m
Young CB - 8m
Striker - 10m - 20m
Fraser signing on fee etc. - 3m

A lower cost estimate on all of them, which likely means the reality is higher, is still a net transfer fee spend of ~£50-60m.

I'd say most on here reckon we're capped at probably the £30m-35m range?

Personally, my big worry is the squad's performance deteriorated when they had to play back to back, and this season is going to be more back to back than ever. This season will require depth and on that metric, we look weak. I agree with you that we probably need to sign 4-5 players more than we lose. I'm nervous on our ability to achieve it.

The arch typical No.9 who bulldozed his way to goal.
Mention of him makes me want to pick my all time greatest Palace team which must include John Jackson the greatest and bravest keeper I ever saw ...

My favourite Palace player. Without him and "Dickie" Dowsett we would as like as not have ended up in Division Four instead of being promoted to Div 2.

Anyway, enough of past glories.

Edited by Pigglelet (19 Aug 2020 2.51pm)

Holton,Burridge,Burnside,Woods and Kellard were all at the club in the early to mid-60s.
Kellard returned for a second spell in the early 70s by which time the others had departed.

Edited by Willo (19 Aug 2020 3.25pm)

So we now know that Willo can use the Holmesdale Players Database.
Can we keep this to transfers now?