Whatever the price, at some point we need to take a stand and move to the next level. I get so frustrated that Bournemouth, Fulham and Brentford etc are looking like more established clubs than us, in fact I’m positively sick of it.
If we want to keep a decent manager and move forwards we need to build and KEEP a team together for a few seasons. Bring in cover in the places we all know needs strengthening. Our main starting 11 is competive in this league and so we are really not that far away but it always seems to be out of our grasp. We always just look a bit Mickey Mouse and cut corners or do things on the cheap or too late. I understand resources are tight at Palace but long term we need to grow or we might as well pack up and go home.
I also know how good we have it now. Best run in the top flight bar none but that doesn’t mean we should just except that’s as good as it gets for us.
I get that Olise was out of our hands. I can even see what the powers that be were thinking with Anderson out and Max in (looking like decent business now although I’m pretty certain he was brought in for MG not Anderson).
Ayew was a strange one. 8 million was a lot of money for a player of his age but hindsight is a wonderful thing and he would have had plenty of game time with all the injuries we’ve had plus who knew how bad Kamada would be.
This coming window I believe will tell us a lot about where we are going.