As an ex striker himself what are everyone’s thoughts on Freedman’s inability to pick a striker since Murray? Benteke, Sorloth, Mateta, Eduard?

A heck of a waste of funds…

Slowly slowly catchy monkey

Freedman was made DOF on august 21st 2017, Sakho was signed 6 days later, so since then we have signed:
Sorloth 14m, Kouyate 8m, Sako 0, Guaita 0, Meyer 0, McCarthy 3m, Ayew 2.2m, Cahill 0, Eze 16m, Butland 1.1m, Ferguson 0, Clyne 0, Guehi 19m, Andersen 17m, Edouard 15m, Mateta 10m, Olise 8m, Hughes 6m, Plange 1m, Doucoure 21m, Ebowei 0, Johnstone 0, Richards 10m, Franca 17m, Lerma 0, Hendersen 18m, Holding 1.2m

In my opinion, overall an excellent selection of signings, I personally hold Freeman in the highest esteem as a Player, Manager and DOF for Crystal Palace

All figures supplied by transfermk

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You can not judge a striker in a Roy Hodgson team and all of those mainly played in his all out defence, gutless and boring set up.

His overall record is probably slightly better than average. Nothing more than that. I wouldn’t be unhappy to see him go.

Loved him as a player, thought we were on to something as a manager until he left.

As a DOF......I'd give him a B-

Enough decent players there, but also a fair bit of dross.

By and large the expensive players were/are the good players.
As yet, no profit turned from a recruited player except Sorloth
Huge gaps in squad
Contracts extended unnecessarily

We have been in administration twice, the latter of which almost killed us. This sits like an obelisk on the tummy of the club and it informs the desire never to go there again and to run the club on sustainable grounds. Good or bad, this runs through the club and gives us our cheapskate persona.

Likewise, in all the years I supported the club, our best players were poached. This was usually by the usual suspects, but not always. I suspect this history also sits heavily on us and is why the club's mentality is to never be a selling club again. This has its down sides. Players are kept on past their "use by" dates, especially ones with poor injury records.

On a positive side, players may be told when they are approached, go anywhere you like if you are only searching for a rung on the ladder. At Palace, if you perform and make the cut, you have a top flight career well into your 30s with an adoring fan base. Settling down for 10 years must seem an incredible package to the modern player, starting a family etc. It is the modern EPL equivalent of a job for life.