Romain Esse

[doombear]

So, we are viewed as a stepping stone.

Where the brightest talent is concerned, of course we are. Apart from Real Madrid (and possibly Barcelona) every club in Europe will be seen as a stepping stone for the brightest young football talent. Even Liverpool and Man U fall into that category IMO.

 

[sotac464]

There is a pyramid and Real Madrid are top, I can't believe people don't think we are a stepping stone every player has his price, Liverpool are a stepping stone otherwise Trent wouldn't be joining Real in the summer.

We are now a better stepping stone so the best young talent are prepared to join us, on there way to getting to a bigger club.

 

[Cartman]

Anytime you can piss off the prick, scum Millwall fans it is worth it haha.

Seriously though, he reminds me of Eze and even to a point, some good things that Zaha did.

Think if we are patient with him, he can be very very good under Glasner.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Where the brightest talent is concerned, of course we are. Apart from Real Madrid (and possibly Barcelona) every club in Europe will be seen as a stepping stone for the brightest young football talent. Even Liverpool and Man U fall into that category IMO.

And in order to try to keep their players these clubs have to price them out of the market by paying farcical wages.

 

[ex hibitionist]

Ezzay is now Ezzer, so is Esse Esser or Essay ?

Esse is a French name so the second e is silent and you just pronounce his name like the 19th letter of the alphabet: 'S'. I'm not sure about the second e in Eze but it is NOT like the 'ay' in essay, it's either an 'e' as in bet or get (English words never end with this vowel sound it sounds retarded to us) or the schwa, i.e. the vowel sound in 'the'. I remember when our defence had Ryan Hall, John Halls on loan from Reading. Clint Hill and Lee Hills so the back four read: Hills, Hall, Hill and Halls, so it could be worse.

 

[cryrst]

Esse is a French name so the second e is silent and you just pronounce his name like the 19th letter of the alphabet: 'S'. I'm not sure about the second e in Eze but it is NOT like the 'ay' in essay, it's either an 'e' as in bet or get (English words never end with this vowel sound it sounds retarded to us) or the schwa, i.e. the vowel sound in 'the'. I remember when our defence had Ryan Hall, John Halls on loan from Reading. Clint Hill and Lee Hills so the back four read: Hills, Hall, Hill and Halls, so it could be worse.

What’s the answer to this quiz then ?

 

[Cartman]

Esse is a French name so the second e is silent and you just pronounce his name like the 19th letter of the alphabet: 'S'. I'm not sure about the second e in Eze but it is NOT like the 'ay' in essay, it's either an 'e' as in bet or get (English words never end with this vowel sound it sounds retarded to us) or the schwa, i.e. the vowel sound in 'the'. I remember when our defence had Ryan Hall, John Halls on loan from Reading. Clint Hill and Lee Hills so the back four read: Hills, Hall, Hill and Halls, so it could be worse.

What language is this?

 

[ex hibitionist]

What language is this?

English, get over it yankee!

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Esse is a French name so the second e is silent and you just pronounce his name like the 19th letter of the alphabet: 'S'. I'm not sure about the second e in Eze but it is NOT like the 'ay' in essay, it's either an 'e' as in bet or get (English words never end with this vowel sound it sounds retarded to us) or the schwa, i.e. the vowel sound in 'the'. I remember when our defence had Ryan Hall, John Halls on loan from Reading. Clint Hill and Lee Hills so the back four read: Hills, Hall, Hill and Halls, so it could be worse.

We also probably put out a team including John & Cliff Jackson and Colin & Tony Taylor.

 

[Team of the (20)80s]

'Very sustainable models' don't get fans off their seats or are discussed by fans 30 years on in a pub reminiscing about great games and players.

Some discussion forums now read like paragraphs from a financial report.

If football isn't about passion and excitement , it's truly lost it's way.

I don't want the likes of Reading and Millwall to act as a feeder club for us any more than I want us to act as a feeder club for Chelsea or Arsenal.
That leads to stagnation and ultimately football becoming boring.
It means that Reading are unlikely to achieve a top 10 Premier League position again or Millwall get to a FA Cup Final, things that have both happened not so long ago.

Football, like most sports, without genuine competition is dead.

I don’t disagree but unfortunately this is the reality. I would love football to change completely but I’m not really sure what you, I or even Parish can do about it.

Whilst the sport is the industry it is I want Palace to be as successful as they can in it. Yes I want to be ambitious and aim for higher, more exciting, off your seats and talking about in 30 years’ time but… when I look back (nearly 30 years!) to the Goldberg era I remember the excitement of Lombardo etc. but ultimately the feeling of getting relegated more.

We haven’t had a three season period that matches 88-91ish for excitement but the past decade has been by far my favourite longer period as a Palace fan (as much as I loved play-off finals!). We’re currently above Man U and Tottenham, having signed some of the most exciting young talent in the country, and the foundations have always aimed to be sustainable.