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He’s terrible. Can’t pass. No creativity. Never looks to pass forwards. Always gives it away. He is not the midfielder you are looking for. #cpfc

Can we just sign him this time please?

Can’t think of many that we didn’t give a chance to and regretted. Jake O’Brien. But he was well down the pecking order as we had plenty of depth at the time.

It does seem odd JRS hasn’t had much of a chance considering how short we are now.

With Devenny he’s shown he’s happy to play youngsters.

How could I forget!

A new signing won’t play tomorrow or away on Thursday.

I think it’ll be the usual deadline day scramble. I just hope we have our targets lined up and pretty much good to go.

Considering you just got £25m for a player who had only played for you 10 times, how much would Elliot go for?

I’m sure there was a striker on loan at some point too. He certainly didn’t help even things out. I can’t even remember his name!

I’m sure our squad wages are high and I know we’ve not been great at selling players but how can we be so broke when teams all around us are spending a fortune.

I don’t want us to go on a mass spending spree but I’d assumed there was a bit more wiggle room.

That’s the Palace spirit ❤️💙

Considering we played with Mitchell and no backup LB for so long and it took us years to replace AWB, I’m not holding out much hope for ‘planning ahead’ and ‘clear strategy’.

Last minute scramble for a loan from Chelsea when he’s sold is probably the best we can hope for. #cpfc

I don’t understand why we are in this situation.

Freedmen left in March. We knew Guehi would likely go. We knew Eze would go this summer or next. Glasner has highlighted the importance of early signings to integrate. I can’t understand why replacements haven’t been brought in in advance. #cpfc

Most successful in that he’s scored the important goals to win our first silverware.

Olise might go on to be greatest player to have ever played for Palace but his successes will be at other clubs.

Wilf is our greatest ever for the impact he had over so many seasons.

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… and we’ll be shocked when Glasner walks in the summer.

Then we’ll need 4 week to ‘draw up a shortlist’ of suitable managers.

Glad it wasn’t just me. One player even went the extra step by hitching his shorts up high.

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It would be interesting to hear what happens to the #cpfc academy players that were released from Palace this summer.

I hope some of them sign deals and continue their development and careers.

Slightly concerning that 13 of the last 14 FA Community Shield winners have not gone on to win the Premier League. #CPFC looking to beat the odds again.

I assumed that it was a story with a bit of creative freedom.

I assume the reality it something more boring like we didn’t want to pay as much as Southampton.

I guess he needs to get as much media attention as possible to sell a few more tickets for his shows.

I think the last time we went to Austria for pre season was under Tony Pulis. He walked the day before our first game of the season. Let’s hope history doesn’t repeat itself.

Esse has some work to do after annoying him against Liverpool. OG showed with Holding that he doesn’t tolerate any nonsense.

França has been injured so long that we don’t really know if there is still a decent player left. There was also the rumour about him not settling.

Ebiowei and Plange were cheap enough gambles.

França and Esse will be more painful financially if they don’t come off. I’m happy to give them more time and optimistically hopefully they’ll still come good.

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I really enjoy Ed Malyon’s weekly Footbiz newsletters. This from today’s about Palace and UEFA is as spot on as it is succinct.

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Any idea why França hasn't featured in preseason for Palace? I assume another injury but haven't seen anything officially mentioned #cpfc

Good point. The players were also split with some in the UK and some in America. Plus we had so many players away on international duty last year.

Really 😬 Any idea how serious? What a blow.

I'd imagine he's a more realistic target. I can't see us going after the other two as they will be too expensive. Doesn't really match our transfer strategy. Saying that, El Khannouss will still cost a bit.

I fear that this will end up an even bigger issue for #cpfc.

The majority of the summer spent fighting to get the Europa place back. Transfers in and out delayed. Glasner made it clear he wanted transfer business done earlier. I can't imagine any of this is convincing him to sign a new contract.

It’s a real shame he's ended up there. I’d have understood if he's gone somewhere where he's likely to play. Look at the way they treated Trevoh Chalobah.

Matt Woosnam suggested a
while back that it would be ‘millions’ we’d be looking at in compensation.

I wonder what we consider an appropriate fee. He didn't set the world alight at Sheffield United and wasn't always first choice there either. #cpfc

With 8 European clubs chasing him we should at least get a decent development fee from Chelsea. Although I'm sure they'll try and bend the rules somehow.