Parish Out

Ok so let's say we stage a big protest every game from now until the end of the season with huge banners saying "Parish Out" or something like "Hairdressers appointments are holding back the club" and Parish goes "you know what, f*ck it, I'm sitting on millions, I don't need the money, I'm off to Richard Branson's island for a few years to play chess with Eze, bollocks to you all I'm off".

What happens next?

No seriously, what happens next?

Our remaining board members appoint a new chairperson who does what exactly? They'll look at the finances, look at the FFP and PSR rules and go "hmmm, well I've got these billionairre owners, but we can't spunk 500 million on players because we're not allowed. We can however spend the money on doing up the acadamy and training ground... oh that's been done already. Hmm, well the only way we can do anything is to increase our revenue, so let's get that stand build thing that Mr. Hairspray was on about".

I don't understand what people think will happen if Parish was to go, some metamorphsis into a Man City squad and riches? That he's putting massive brakes on the finances and diving into the Palace vault, swimming around in coins like Scrooge McDuck?

The only thing you can do if you want to risk it all and don't want to keep the club on an even keel, is to gamble and completely ignore the money rules, bust your FFP limit sky high and assume we'll win something. If it doesn't work, that could lead to fines, points deductions and transfer embargo's and then everyone will be saying "wtf is the board doing, we're screwed now". We've seen clubs do that and then end up tumbling down the leagues.

The only thing a club our size can do, like it or not, is try to stretch our limit that is set upon us by FFP/PSR by increasing revenue. It's why clubs like us, Fulham, Everton, et al. are building new stands or stadiums, because it's all we can do. It's not a coincedance is it?

All of that being said, I do think it would be ideal if Parish was to give us something information wise, outside of the sanitized programme notes. I would imagine that we won't see anymore transfer activity, in or out until the summer now, but I do expect to see something in the summer and getting the new manager in asap after the end of the season is beyond essential.
 
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I agree with what you are saying on the whole, however having a bigger capacity, by way of a new stand will help us towards FFP/PSR and being able to attract better players
It will enable us to tread water - no more IMO. The increased capacity will move us up from being the 17th largest ground in the current PL to the 13th. Even if we then increased to 40k we'd only overtake Elland Rd and move up to 12th.
 
The club is currently rudderless and heading in the wrong direction.

After the success of last season this was the year to take the club to new heights but we've been badly led down by the hierarchy.

I'm not suggesting "Parish out" but we need some communication from him. What is the direction of travel and expectations for the future? It seems like it's just going to be mediocrity when we all had such high hopes. Very disappointing.
OG would have been the ideal candidate to walk this way.
 
I can't access this as it's behind a paywall, but the journalist obviously has a problem with Parish

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the article is at the bottom of the homepage in the latest news links/clickbait.

I used to watch oliver holt on sunday supplement a few years ago. I was under the impression he was blind as he closes his eyes when he talks.
In fact i think he watches the game like that too!!
 
the article is at the bottom of the homepage in the latest news links/clickbait.

I used to watch oliver holt on sunday supplement a few years ago. I was under the impression he was blind as he closes his eyes when he talks.
In fact i think he watches the game like that too!!

true fact: oliver holt's mum is eileen derbyshire who played emily bishop in coronation street!!
 
SP can get fans back onside if he gets in new signings and makesure we stay up, also get rid of Glasner especially if we lose on Sunday
 
I feel for Crystal Palace as they're picked apart but here's why I have zero sympathy for 'let-them-eat-cake' Steve Parish. The poster boy for inequality should've been careful what he wished for, writes OLIVER HOLT

This link should work: https://archive.is/75DDT
I think Oliver Holt has an Agenda with that piece.

Whether you agree or not with Parish's stance I don't see the correlation between that and Holt's Big Six claim.

Parish/Palace aren't looking from handouts from those clubs. What they are looking for is to level the financial playing field. Because the rules coming in next season ensure that the rich get richer while the poor have less room to maneuver than ever.
 
I think Oliver Holt has an Agenda with that piece.

Whether you agree or not with Parish's stance I don't see the correlation between that and Holt's Big Six claim.

Parish/Palace aren't looking from handouts from those clubs. What they are looking for is to level the financial playing field. Because the rules coming in next season ensure that the rich get richer while the poor have less room to maneuver than ever.
Yes it seems personal more so
 
I think Oliver Holt has an Agenda with that piece.

Whether you agree or not with Parish's stance I don't see the correlation between that and Holt's Big Six claim.

Parish/Palace aren't looking from handouts from those clubs. What they are looking for is to level the financial playing field. Because the rules coming in next season ensure that the rich get richer while the poor have less room to maneuver than ever.
The (American) Premier League. Odd isn't it that in US Football the rules are designed to level the playing field and yet many of those same American owners want to pull up the drawbridge over here.
 
A purported £50M for Larsen is an insane amount of money for a striker that has 1 goal and 1 assist this season..!!

Add to that Guessand on loan and Mateta still with us - means we now have a forward line of; Mateta, Larsen, Sarr, Pino, Johnson and Guessand - then add to that Nketiah when fit and then the lump Uche..!!

When we actually need a replacement for Guehi and a CDM..!!

You've got to question the strategy - because on face value this just doesn't make sense and smacks of panic buying..!!

We bought Johnson for £35M - he is average at best, when today Fulham bought Oscar Bobb for £27M - who IMO would have been a much better option. But did we really need either - could have taken Guessand on loan and bought in Hayden Hackney as a CDM.

Then if we have £50M - spend it on Diomande as replacement for Guehi, then use Sarr and Nketiah (assuming Mateta leaves)as forwards for the rest of the season - then look at it again in the summer..!!

There just seems no plan or strategy - as I said panic buying..!!

We will see..!!

COYP..!!
 

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