How it came to this

Palacesince64 said:
I don’t think Lacroix was like that. He gave his all for the club and loved the fans. I thought he should have been offered the captaincy and a significant raise in salary to sign a new contract.
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Yeah to be fair he seems unlikely to be the sort to down tools. From what I’ve read (and who really knows) he was adamant he wanted to go to Chelsea so not sure anything we did would have got him to stay much like Guehi. We should have been able to bring in better replacements than we did though
 
If any of the rumour bull sh*t was true, we tried but either the players in question had a sore foot, their current club kept upping the price or they simply didn't want to come. none of this excuses though selling before a replacement is through the door and we have a notarised certificate of health
 
Painter said:
Successful smaller clubs end up selling their best players, as they are lured away by bigger clubs, who can offer them bigger wages and almost guaranteed success. It happened to the 1990 team, most of them left after being picked for England or had their heads turned.

Recently Leicester had the audacity to win the Premier, all their key players except Vardy left.
We have been a victim of our own success, Europe is a joke, as 70% PSR rule, where non European qualifiers have 85% of turnover to spend on transfers. Lacroix and Munoz were sold to enable the squad to be bolstered, unfortunately the players bought haven't hit the ground running, bar maybe Timber.

Clubs our size aren't meant to be successful, just fodder for the big teams to play.
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Pretty much sums it up,I’ve been around long enough to know what we are as a club, my first taste of selling our best player was Peter Taylor, then Kenny Sansom.
I totally get why our best players have to be sold, but it looks like our luck could’ve run out as in replacing them
 
BromleyMonkey said:
Pretty much sums it up,I’ve been around long enough to know what we are as a club, my first taste of selling our best player was Peter Taylor, then Kenny Sansom.
I totally get why our best players have to be sold, but it looks like our luck could’ve run out as in replacing them
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You're lucky. I remember Alan Stephenson leaving and Steve Kember going to Chelsea was a real dagger to the heart.
 
BromleyMonkey said:
how was it when John Jackson left? Paul Hammond was my first keeper
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Agree with the earlier poster that Alan Stephenson leaving was my first recollection of losing one of our star players. Then as he said, Steve Kember to Chelsea was a real body blow, especially as Alan Birchenall was sold at the same time (I think it was the same day in 1971?). Our best midfielder and forward in one go. Couldn’t really believe it. Of course, subsequently we had Peter Taylor, Kenny Sansom, Ian Wright, etc. right through to Michael Olise, Eze, Guehi and LaCroix. Each time we looked on the brink of really competing with the big clubs it’s fallen apart.

As regards John Jackson, still in my opinion our best ever, with Nigel Martyn and Dean Henderson as very close competitors for the title. Unlucky to not play for England due to being in the same era as Gordon Banks and several other outstanding English keepers. Treated harshly by big Mal I thought and unceremoniously shipped off to Orient. It was very disappointing to witness.
 
Vectis said:
Agree with the earlier poster that Alan Stephenson leaving was my first recollection of losing one of our star players. Then as he said, Steve Kember to Chelsea was a real body blow, especially as Alan Birchenall was sold at the same time (I think it was the same day in 1971?). Our best midfielder and forward in one go. Couldn’t really believe it. Of course, subsequently we had Peter Taylor, Kenny Sansom, Ian Wright, etc. right through to Michael Olise, Eze, Guehi and LaCroix. Each time we looked on the brink of really competing with the big clubs it’s fallen apart.

As regards John Jackson, still in my opinion our best ever, with Nigel Martyn and Dean Henderson as very close competitors for the title. Unlucky to not play for England due to being in the same era as Gordon Banks and several other outstanding English keepers. Treated harshly by big Mal I thought and unceremoniously shipped off to Orient. It was very disappointing to witness.
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Yes Jackson was just before my time and I remember Hammond getting stick, but the older person I was with in my early games said Hammonds only crime was he wasn’t John Jackson. I’ve often wondered what the average palace fan back then thought when Jackson left
 
BromleyMonkey said:
Yes Jackson was just before my time and I remember Hammond getting stick, but the older person I was with in my early games said Hammonds only crime was he wasn’t John Jackson. I’ve often wondered what the average palace fan back then thought when Jackson left
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He was only about 30 and played another 300 + games after leaving. Guess someone thought Paul Hammond was an adequate replacement just like Tottenham did with the recently deceased Barry Daines and Pat Jennings.
 
Teddy Eagle said:
He was only about 30 and played another 300 + games after leaving. Guess someone thought Paul Hammond was an adequate replacement just like Tottenham did with the recently deceased Barry Daines and Pat Jennings.
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It was Malcolm Allison who ditched Jackson.

Jennings was the greatest goalkeeper I ever saw and Spurs let him go far too early.
He had an unflappable temperament and was adept at catching the ball with one hand on occasions, with his early days in Gaelic football a good grounding.
 
PatrickA said:
It was Malcolm Allison who ditched Jackson.

Jennings was the greatest goalkeeper I ever saw and Spurs let him go far too early.
He had an unflappable temperament and was adept at catching the ball with one hand on occasions, with his early days in Gaelic football a good grounding.
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Big Mal was prone to errors of judgement.
I agree Jennings was a phenomenon. But Jacko was ours.
 
BromleyMonkey said:
how was it when John Jackson left? Paul Hammond was my first keeper
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People didnt complain as much back then . Transfer window was all season back then .
Remember Hammond and his final game think he went to Canada or north America after that . And come from the youth team . Can't remember who we had in goal after may have been Burridge lol
 
mtp1958 said:
People didnt complain as much back then . Transfer window was all season back then .
Remember Hammond and his final game think he went to Canada or north America after that . And come from the youth team . Can't remember who we had in goal after may have been Burridge lol
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I think it was Burridge and then Paul Barron and David Fry.
 
PatrickA said:
It was Malcolm Allison who ditched Jackson.

Jennings was the greatest goalkeeper I ever saw and Spurs let him go far too early.
He had an unflappable temperament and was adept at catching the ball with one hand on occasions, with his early days in Gaelic football a good grounding.
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Yes, Allison did ditch Jacko. A very unpopular decision at that time. His replacement, Paul Hammond, turned into a decent 'keeper himself. Left for the good life in Florida and played for Tampa Bay Rowdies with another ex Palace player, Mark Lindsey. Mark still lives in Tampa to this day and was at the pre season game in Tampa v. West Ham 2 years ago.

Around that same era, mid to late 70's, a colleague of mine, Denise, was ' friends ' with Pat Jennings. She confirmed that he was indeed adept with both hands !
 
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