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April Fools has been and gone mate
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Is it definite nowRead that Palace will not play in Europe next season due to the multi club ownership rules, Eze might take that as his cue to join the mighty Champions League bound Spurs
I'm hearing that we're trying to sign Chelsea defender Alfie Gilchrist. He was on loan at Sheffield United last season.
What's that all about?I'm hearing that we're trying to sign Chelsea defender Alfie Gilchrist. He was on loan at Sheffield United last season.
What's that all about?
We certainly have a vacancy for a left back.You must log in or register to see media
We certainly have a vacancy for a left back.
True, but the "fattening them up" process involves them becoming established first team players.Let's see how many of them establish themselves in the Championship and then the Prem, preferably with us. There is a danger that they are being recruited simply in order to fatten them up for sale to the highest bidder.
True, but the "fattening them up" process involves them becoming established first team players.
The frustration would be that we blood them through their early patchy periods and they leave at the first sign of success - although with the exception of Eze, very few seem to signicantly progress after leaving our first team - Furlong/Manning?
That's great in theory but they are few and far between. Eze being our greatest example of that. Turning a profit on players is vital to a club in our situation but then it becomes a catch 22 as in losing your best players each season and limiting the ambitions of any achievements.Developing young kids can't be a business model because they just get poached by PL clubs for scant compensation.
Signing 18-19 year olds for little money but with a potential big sell-on seems like a sensible way to go.
That's great in theory but they are few and far between. Eze being our greatest example of that. Turning a profit on players is vital to a club in our situation but then it becomes a catch 22 as in losing your best players each season and limiting the ambitions of any achievements.