Greatest ever player.

[JohnIngham]

My XI:

Speroni
Muñoz
Guehi
Lacroix
Sansom
Olise
G. Thomas
Eze
Zaha
Johnson
Wright

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Palace's greatest ever player by a country mile (albeit only 2 years with us) is Michael Olise. No one else is that close.

But could Olise do it while getting kicked all over the place with no protection from referees and on a muddy pitch…….like Vince Hilaire 😎

 

[BromleyMonkey]

noooo do you have witnesses 🤣

If the old buggers remember 🤣 it was against Coventry I think

 

[ASCPFC]

Super Al.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Super Al.

Capone?

 

[ASCPFC]

Capone?

For it to fit into the song, we'd have to accentuate the e in Capone. Which is probably the proper Italian pronunciation. Al, Al, Super Al, Super Al Capon-e.

 

[mtp1958]

If the old buggers remember 🤣 it was against Coventry I think

Think I missed that game did we get him from southend or Colchester or did we loan to them 🤣

 

[dreamwaverider]

Palace have nearly always had one or two really exciting players on the pitch over the years.
The last decade or so we have been graced with Zaha ('he's just too good for you'), Bolase, then Eze, Olise, Guehi with some of his runs and even Wharton with some of his passing. These are players who make you want to go to matches to watch them play. There are probably one or two more in this period.
Recent times have undoubtedly been our best era for top end results and exciting football.
My big concern is that all the magic seems to have moved on. Wharton undoubtedly needs special players who can read his game and vice versa.
Here is hoping we can find some more of these types. For me it is what watching football is all about.

 

[BromleyMonkey]

Palace have nearly always had one or two really exciting players on the pitch over the years.

Fair point, even in the dreadful Mullery era with all the old donkeys we were signing we had Kevin Mabbutt who was a great little player

Must admit I’m struggling to think of an ‘exciting’ player in the Peter Taylor era though, but in general I think you’re right, we’ve always got someone to get us off seats

 

[mtp1958]

Fair point, even in the dreadful Mullery era with all the old donkeys we were signing we had Kevin Mabbutt who was a great little player

Must admit I’m struggling to think of an ‘exciting’ player in the Peter Taylor era though, but in general I think you’re right, we’ve always got someone to get us off seats

I did mention Martin Hinshelwood who was young from Taylors time sadly injury cut short his career , the players around him knew how to play , not world beaters but knew how to get the best from the younger players ,

Or was you talking managerial if so sure we did , Ben Watson Michael Hughes Jobi mcanuff Tommy Black last one just loved watching him but had more , just Peter Taylor couldn't get them to play like the England kids did 🥲

 

[BromleyMonkey]

I did mention Martin Hinshelwood who was young from Taylors time sadly injury cut short his career , the players around him knew how to play , not world beaters but knew how to get the best from the younger players ,

Or was you talking managerial if so sure we did , Ben Watson Michael Hughes Jobi mcanuff Tommy Black last one just loved watching him but had more , just Peter Taylor couldn't get them to play like the England kids did 🥲

I was talking about his management era. But my old brain seems to remember McAnuff and Black had gone by the time Taylor took over, and much as I liked Michael Hughes, I’m not sure he comes into the category of ‘exciting’ and I was never really a fan of Ben Watson

 

[mtp1958]

I was talking about his management era. But my old brain seems to remember McAnuff and Black had gone by the time Taylor took over, and much as I liked Michael Hughes, I’m not sure he comes into the category of ‘exciting’ and I was never really a fan of Ben Watson

Both did tommy didn't leave until end of 2007 window think jobi was the same

 

[rob1969]

Two players who joined CP and both were head and shoulders above their new team mates.

Attilo Lombardo and Yohan Cabaye