Palace Summer 2026 transfers?

ambrose7 said:
Never even played for West Ham.

Had they just let us sign him, and sell Guehi in August, could that have been the 6 point swing they needed...?

Funny how these things work out.
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perhaps up there with the Brian Deane goal that put Dowies palace over the line to make the play offs, beating West Ham in the play off final to gain promotion
 
Well for entertainment value its been one of the craziest windows every , but in football terms its been a complete joke , and I put firm blame on the agents , they have got so greedy its destroying the game if its hasn't already , clubs have to deal with them regardless of there feelings , these agents need to have a major code of conduct forced on them , if they wish to trade in football , thank god in 2 hours its over
 
DenTyler said:
Not moaning but I really would love to ask Steve P why we leave things so late every time. It is such an odd thing to do every single time.
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It's got to be largely through necessity, surely?

To find players to improve even a mid table premier league team is very difficult because there are so few players who are both good enough and in budget.

Anyone good enough will be on the radar of at least one or two of the bigger clubs, which means the player will wait for the bigger clubs to decide before they entertain the likes of us, even if they have only an outside chance of joining a big club. Even if we bid early in the window, the better players will probably want to wait and explore all their options.

Plus, I think not leaving the selling club and player too much time to think is probably deliberate. It's a very old strategy but people like Warnock used to swear by the practice of making a bid late on deadline day to ramp up the pressure on the seller and player, who have to either accept the offer or accept that there may well not be a sale, as there isn't time to make alternative arrangements. I was told all about it once over breakfast by none other than a Mr D Freedman Esq no less, who at that time was coaching the reserves at Palace and doing a sort of apprenticeship under Warnock. But that's another story...

Things have moved on a bit, of course, but I'd still think that Parish making an early bid for a player gives the selling club and agent time to create an auction to the benefit of both but the downfall of palace.

Of course, Parish could make early offers that are too good to refuse and get the players in early, but in an open market that generally means paying more than anyone else is willing to. We can't do that very often before the budget is blown on too few players.

Ultimately, the proof that Palace aren't acting unusually is found in all the other clubs doing loads of deals in the closing stages of the window. Everton have brought in three today I think so far, when presumably they knew all summer that they wanted players in those positions. Everyone is at it.
 
Looking at the BBC and the fans of a lot of clubs are moaning: Arsenal- no left wing, Man U - no left back, Everton... no nothing.
The Parish bashing is a bit OTT.
Supposing we bought someone OK at the start of the window and then on the last day someone twice as good was available, he'd be lambasted on here.
All the clubs, agents and players play this stupid game of poker on the last day and us fans have to grin and bear it. It's all a bit s*** and not as entertaining as Sky TV think it is....but until someone comes up with a better idea, we're stuck with it.
Best not to get too excited about some mush you've never heard of deciding to go elsewhere. We've hardly ever missed out on anyone who turned out to be brilliant.
 
TheBigToePunt said:
It's got to be largely through necessity, surely?

To find players to improve even a mid table premier league team is very difficult because there are so few players who are both good enough and in budget.

Anyone good enough will be on the radar of at least one or two of the bigger clubs, which means the player will wait for the bigger clubs to decide before they entertain the likes of us, even if they have only an outside chance of joining a big club. Even if we bid early in the window, the better players will probably want to wait and explore all their options.

Plus, I think not leaving the selling club and player too much time to think is probably deliberate. It's a very old strategy but people like Warnock used to swear by the practice of making a bid late on deadline day to ramp up the pressure on the seller and player, who have to either accept the offer or accept that there may well not be a sale, as there isn't time to make alternative arrangements. I was told all about it once over breakfast by none other than a Mr D Freedman Esq no less, who at that time was coaching the reserves at Palace and doing a sort of apprenticeship under Warnock. But that's another story...

Things have moved on a bit, of course, but I'd still think that Parish making an early bid for a player gives the selling club and agent time to create an auction to the benefit of both but the downfall of palace.

Of course, Parish could make early offers that are too good to refuse and get the players in early, but in an open market that generally means paying more than anyone else is willing to. We can't do that very often before the budget is blown on too few players.

Ultimately, the proof that Palace aren't acting unusually is found in all the other clubs doing loads of deals in the closing stages of the window. Everton have brought in three today I think so far, when presumably they knew all summer that they wanted players in those positions. Everyone is at it.
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Indeed, its very easy to bash Parish or Hobbs. But in reality, its just what happens.


Even City signing Enzo today, thats literally be talked about all window. Which ironically is why we wouldn't have been able to get the Camara deal done. He would have been waiting for the Enzo deal to happen.
 
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