Moving forwards, we really need some guidance from our senior shareholders on what their aspirations are for CPFC.
In the modern game, it is now nearly all money driven. We are very fortunate to have three very rich, powerful and experienced American shareholders.
Admittedly the third member Woody Johnston has only just joined by removing Textor ( a dubious character at best) for some $200M and securing a 43% stake in the process.
I believe our three senior shareholders and Parish now need to get together to discuss our activities since Woody joined and decide how they want to move Palace forwards. I can't believe they are happy with our actions over the past two months. They have been knee jerk reactions without any proper planning.
The club needs to draw up some clear policies and plans to take us forward in a direction they want us to go. We really can't afford to carry on as we have through the past few weeks.
As fans, but complete outsiders to our owners plans, judging by the activity on here most of us have been quite shocked by this. I believe it is in the interest of the club and its owners to for them to let us know as soon as possible how they are planning to advance things from today. They have bought into a great club with an extraordinary history with a fan base that has built an amazing reputation around the world of football and beyond.
We have got a quality base of fans, players, team management and club management to build upon. It clearly needs significant funding to progress positively and that responsibility lies fully with the shareholders.
Hopefully they are fully aware of this and we will start to see/hear how they are planning to take 'our' great club forwards. They have a fantastic opportunity at their feet this morning. It will be very interesting through the next few months to see how they react.