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Whoever has pulled that list together has applied an arbitrary annual interest charge on each debt. There will be many on that list who will be paying some of their debts at much higher interest rates. Others will be paying significantly lower rates. There is no interest charges on our debt...

Well hopefully Palace sell Olise, our returnees come back firing on all cylinders, leaving Palace with our emptying stadium as their only bragging right. "Decent transport links, You'll never sing that!"

I think we were worse hit by first team injuries, but they were equally badly hit with overall squad injuries. Our biggest issue was having all wide players injured/unavailable at the same time at crucial points of the season.

Fair enough. It's a shame that we've fallen back to just having infrastructure bragging rights though isn't it? "Padded seats and unrestricted views! You'll never sing that"

I think the idea that they " are in the shit financially" is based on their wage costs from 4 seasons ago. They have done a good job in addressing this and now have a comparable salary to income percentage as us. The difference between the clubs is that we pay wages for a lot more players...

I'd have Olise over Enciso. But I'd rather have them both. Considering where they were 3 or 4 seasons ago, when they had to release 3/4s of their squad and start again, it's very impressive, where they are right now.

To be clear. All I'm saying is that we have overplayed how good our model is in comparison to Palace's The reality is we are much more closely matched, than either side likes to admit.

Dougie rejected Newcastle I believe - or more likely he used a Newcastle approach to leverage a better contract from Beaky

It isn't really so much about league position last season. It's about where they are right now. Their recruitment has been better than ours this season. Undoubtedly. And players they have signed over the past 3 or 4 seasons could well be sold for close to £200m this summer. They seem to be...

Some of us (me) thought their recruitment model was significantly worse than ours. However they are now in a position where they can sell 3 players for £100m+ profit and still have players such as Decoure, Wharton and Mateta to build a new team around. They have also managed to retain the...

Palace are currently proving how deluded we have been over the past few seasons. Our model really isn't that much better than theirs. They have the opportunity to make huge profits from their recruitment and will still be left with a very good midfield and their top scorer. We are doing ok...

Ornstein said that Eze has a release clause too ( but Olise's is not excessive) . There is also some online chat that Olise's release clause is complicated. Not sure what that means but he held all the aces when he renegotiated his contract, so probably not in Palace's favour.

Yeah, I saw that. Was quite disappointed - he knows what he's doing and has an excellent success rate. I don't think he has been turning down cash as such, I think he has signed a new contract hasn't he?

You're correct - it was after the 2-2 at Old trafford, and the 3-0 against Atalanta. When their form had really taken a nosedive.

Liverpool you definitely got at the perfect time. They played a gruelling game against United the week before which went to extra time, and then a shock loss to Atalanta at Anfield. Much like us, their season unravelled in a series of 3 or 4 games.

Palace's run in was every bit as hard as ours. City Liverpool Newcastle West Ham Fulham United Wolves Villa They just happened to play most of them at the perfect time. Liverpool and west Ham directly after difficult Europa league games - United without any centre backs and Fernandes out -...

The main impact to a player's value is wages. The impact to the P&L of having 2 or 3 players that don't break through can be horrific. South americans are happy to take a relatively low wage with much better wages if they break through to teh first team squad. EFL players will expect a decent...

There is limited value in the Championship. You can buy 3 gifted South american kids for 1 championship player. The wages and sell on clauses required to win their signature also take a big chunk out of their value. Dougie is undeniably an expert at identifying the right players for their...

I doubt United would have had you as a win. No Fernandes and down to 6/7 choice centre-backs. You literally couldn't have played them at a better time. Liverpool was a decent result, but again you played them at the perfect time - straight after 2 disappointing cup results and midway between 2...

They have a good first 11, that features players in their prime. They have also found a good manager. If they stick with what they've got they will have another good season next year. They are certainly ahead of us in preparation for next season.