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Same as villa for the past few years!!

I’ve got no problem with us not spending much on players but it would just be nice to have a bit of clarity from the hierarchy so we know.
I’ve literally just said the same to a mate on the phone, I know where we’re at as a club and I’m fine with it, we eventually have to sell our best players and it’s a struggle for us getting players in, but same as you I wish SP would come out and explain this to us, if moneys tight and/or were restricted with the regulations and we’ve got to more or less go with what we’ve got, then fine, but it would be nice to hear it from the gaffer
 
But we also can raise revenue by selling players.
I know we all feel attachment to our beloved hero’s and feel gutted when they move on (especially when it’s a key player like Max) but the model of selling players once we have developed them is n important part of our ability to generate funds for new players. The problem is average young replacements are now millions of pounds overpriced- so instead of selling one prized asset for 3 (or maybe 4) new additions we’re ending up spending almost the same amount to bring in a replacement! It’s gone mad!
So bringing in out of contract players or promoting from the academy is the only realistic way we can keep improving……until we can increase revenue through match days.

It’s amazing that we’ve been doing so well when you actually sit and think about it.
Take a look at the this Beeb article and the matchday income of PL clubs the season before last. We simply can't compete with most of the other PL clubs.

 
Take a look at the this Beeb article and the matchday income of PL clubs the season before last. We simply can't compete with most of the other PL clubs.

Thanks doombear - that was a very interesting read and just shows what an uneven environment we’re operating in.
 
Take a look at the this Beeb article and the matchday income of PL clubs the season before last. We simply can't compete with most of the other PL clubs.

The game is rigged to where the clubs that were able to generate revenue before the rules came in are able to pay more which gives them a higher chance of success by being able to spend more then small clubs.

Deloitte puts out some interesting information on the financial breakdown. Their numbers tend to be for the year before because the most recent numbers haven't been released. I stole the chart below from them so you can see how the higher profile clubs are able to spend more overall but have a smaller wage/revenue ratio so that they can add more during the windows while mid and lower tier teams are a signing or two away from busting that limit. While the upgraded stand is going to really help out, it needed to be done a few years ago.
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A key take away for me is that at a minimum, we need to stay up because if we get relegated, it becomes a huge challenge to field a squad that can keep you up because the finances go out the window like my wife shopping on Amazon.
 
I’ve literally just said the same to a mate on the phone, I know where we’re at as a club and I’m fine with it, we eventually have to sell our best players and it’s a struggle for us getting players in, but same as you I wish SP would come out and explain this to us, if moneys tight and/or were restricted with the regulations and we’ve got to more or less go with what we’ve got, then fine, but it would be nice to hear it from the gaffer
If SP comes out and says this, Palace would be inundated with low ball offers for our better players Agents/contacts of the Sky 6 would be tapping up our boys, trying to lure them with promises of milk and honey etc.
The first rule of negotiation is not to show your rivals what you have in your hand. The fans do not have the right to know all the ins and outs of club finances !
 
If SP comes out and says this, Palace would be inundated with low ball offers for our better players Agents/contacts of the Sky 6 would be tapping up our boys, trying to lure them with promises of milk and honey etc.
The first rule of negotiation is not to show your rivals what you have in your hand. The fans do not have the right to know all the ins and outs of club finances !
Absolutely this. We do best when we bring players in under the radar or when the deal is well advanced before news breaks out. It's right that the club doesn't let on how much or little it's planning to spend in any particular window.
 
While the signing of Johnson looks poor as he has contributed nothing I completely understand JSL. A regular criticism of the club has been we sell players without a replacement lined up. In JSL’s case he was the replacement for JPM. Yes it was an awful lot of money but that is the market for a premier league striker. As it turned out the JPM transfer didn’t happen. However, I can’t really criticise the club for their planning on that one. In any event up front was an area we badly lacked any depth in.

The really bad signing was Nketiah for the thick end of £30m. A player with a bang average record who didn’t fit the system and can’t play as a loan front man.
Agreed, although to be fair to the club at the time we bought Nketiah, Mateta had only just started scoring after being crap for years, and we had been hunting for a striker most of that time, so I can understand how it happened.
 
If SP comes out and says this, Palace would be inundated with low ball offers for our better players Agents/contacts of the Sky 6 would be tapping up our boys, trying to lure them with promises of milk and honey etc.
The first rule of negotiation is not to show your rivals what you have in your hand. The fans do not have the right to know all the ins and outs of club finances !
It's like Jack Nicholson said in A Few Good Men. 'You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!!'.

Seriously, it is like that film, as the point of the story was that people in charge of something can't always tell people who care about that thing everything there is to know, as it wouldn't help them to do a good job running that thing.

Keep your cards close to your chest Steve, old son.
 
If SP comes out and says this, Palace would be inundated with low ball offers for our better players Agents/contacts of the Sky 6 would be tapping up our boys, trying to lure them with promises of milk and honey etc.
The first rule of negotiation is not to show your rivals what you have in your hand. The fans do not have the right to know all the ins and outs of club finances !
We don't need to know the ins and outs, I mean at the end of each window when we’re proudly lining up our bargains and free transfers in the new kit when fans were expecting some big signings(not me by the way) it would be nice if SP would explain why after selling 3 of our best players why we’re unable to spend much this summer. We can all guess, £85 million in January? New stand? PSR squad ratio etc, maybe players just don’t like parish and don’t fancy coming to us.
A bit of an explanation after last seasons summer window would’ve been nice because we clearly needed players. I always bang on about how it’s not like popping into Tesco’s and taking your pick of any players and fans get on my nerves keep saying we should be buying x y z players, it’s not that easy and I get we’re not able to throw money around like some clubs(except in January in a last ditch effort probably to change glasners mind) but just a few words to put fans straight on how it as it the club would be nice.
You say fans haven't got the right to know everything at the club, but selhurst would be a pretty bleak place without us in the stands, so I think we’re important enough to ask questions and want a few answers.
 

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