Furey1878
Player Valuation: £70m
Palace are miles and away the best team in there, despite what the table says. If we get into it next year, I'd fully be expecting us to win it.
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Palace are miles and away the best team in there, despite what the table says. If we get into it next year, I'd fully be expecting us to win it.
Dwight K Schrute
Player Valuation: £35m
100%.
I was hoping for changes under this lot, but our comms, marketing, stadium management and transfer activity after 1 year seem almost as inept as they always have been.
It's very disappointing.
You crack on.
Of course, I'd just hope our recruitment wouldn't become dictated by it.
Part of me thinks we don't have the squad capable for it, the other things sod it, go all out for an Intertoto cup because we don't do anything in the league anyway.
I don't think Moyes will be here at the start of next season (wishful thinking, possibly) which has the potential to change the status of those first 3 transfers quite quickly. Barry is a great case in point - Up until recently he looked a waste of cash, whereas now he looks like a serviceable squad player at least. These players all have time on their side.
If - and I appreciate it's a big if - we can get a similar Summer of productivity, with more focus on FBs/wide players/striker this time then I'll continue to be bought into what they're doing. If we fall back into old habits then I'll walk into the sea. Benefit of the doubt, until then, for me.
I read that as meaning yes, he will do the job I want, or no. Depends what he is after, and whether the transfer committee "suggest" a player that fits the bill. In the past he was more proactive with scouting etc, I doubt whether thats the case in the new set up (of course I may be wrong about that
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The point that I think is being slightly forgotten is that a few of our better players, maybe likes of Ndiaye and Branthwaite are going to want European football and aren't going to be content with a slow boring rebuild where we hope to come 10-14th place every year.
To keep good players happy we need to have ambition off the field and clear improvement on the field. Careers at the top level can be short.
Furey1878
Player Valuation: £70m
As I see it, it's a gateway to bigger and better, the club has to get used to playing in Europe and managing the demands of it every year.
The club ?
Indeed.
But I recall our volume driven recruitment under Koeman/Walsh when last qualified, which set the club back about a decade.
Jeff?
Lob
Player Valuation: £60m
Most boring and uninspiring window ever i think. Real opportunity to sneak into Europe this season with the league being so poor and tightly bunched and we are just twiddling our thumbs. We are still short up top, on the left and at the back. Great we have players back but one of them gets injured again which is very possible with Everton and we are up the creek again. Don't get me wrong, i know mid table is acceptable after the last few years but it is insane not grasp the opportunity that has presented itself.
Still a couple of days left but I'm not optimistic.
Still a couple of days left but I'm not optimistic.
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Furey1878
Player Valuation: £70m
I don't think volume driven was necessarily bad approach when preparing for Europe, I think we just did it spectacularly badly under Koeman and Walsh.
Honestly, you just need capable back up players in a few key positions and a couple of utility men. A new pair of fullbacks, at least one new winger and a holding mid would probably do it for us next summer.
