I said I wasn’t going to give my view on this window until it was over. So I’ll leave that for tomorrow when the picture is clearer.
To take your other points ;
“ No strategy, no plan “ I’m interested to know what yours would have been . Me, I would have wanted to add some players to the squad. We added four. I believe Glasner said he wanted four or five so that was delivered.
The UEFA saga - presumably then you would have just thrown the towel in as soon as it became an issue. Maybe you thought that we were part of a MCO ?? I don’t think Parish could win in that situation - he would either be adjudged as not having the character to challenge them or , as you have, said it was a waste of time.
“ Dancing around the transfer budget “ - if you haven’t realised by now that Palace is a tightly run ship then maybe that’s where that hole in your head is. I don’t claim to be an expert in the clubs finances but I do know that despite consistently losing money the club is considered to be financially stable.
I’ve already provided my view on why we could be dependent on incoming transfer revenue and I think you just choose to ignore it so I won’t bore you with a repeat.
I see little evidence on here that people are “ blinded “ when it comes to Parish. I think he’s made a pigs ear of the Guehi situation but guess what - he ain’t perfect. There are a lot of moving parts to transfers and it’s not difficult to end up in a less than optimal situation. But yes, I think he could have done better during this process.
Anyway, congratulations are due to you for predicting Parish’s procrastination. Maybe now you could stop reminding us on such a regular basis.
Mate you and I are coming closer to agreeing - which is scary..!!
Just to clear up/clarify a couple of points..
Agree - let’s wait until tomorrow - to see exactly who we have signed, who has gone before we rate the window..!!
On strategy and plan I’d of replaced players before outgoings - so been proactive rather than reactive books can always be balanced further down the line - example I’d of got Pino in before Eze left - Pino looks great by the way..!!
Europe - the moment Lyon were reinstated back into League 1 - we were cooked..!! Yes it’s corrupt £0.5Bn debt and paying Botafogo players out of the Lyon budget is just wrong - but we’re never winning that argument against a corrupt and heavily French bias UEFA..!! CAS were never going to overturn that decision - was complete fantasy - as difficult as it is to swallow..!!
Budget - as has been widely reported we are nowhere near breaching PSR rules - I strongly suspect our issue is that SP is not able to commit funds commensurate with his shareholding compared to the other shareholders. As I mentioned I don’t get the whole balancing the book thing - football clubs run on debt which is why they have Billionaire owners, and underwrite that debt, of which we have 3 - SP is not in the Billionaire category - hence I suspect the issue..!!
Transfer revenue - other clubs seem to ignore it - why are we so obsessed with it - when owned by 3 multi billionaires….!!
People are blinded by SP nostalgia and rhetoric - the amount of times I read but SP saved us in 2010 is unbelievable. What people are failing to see is as you quite rightly say is the “pigs ear” of not only the Guehi situation but this window as a whole..!! Which must bring into question his ability to take us forward..
I take no gratification in being proven right about SP’s procrastination - in fact the complete opposite - I’m just dumbfounded he doesn’t learn..!!
But as scary as it may seem - it seems largely we agree..!!
COYP..!!