Kid Dynamite

Does make you wonder why we didn't have this chat with Forest yesterday ffs Palace have well and truly fucked us this window, dangling the carrot until a few hours before the window shuts

I imagine we were after Madueke, Chiesa etc. originally so didn't push the boat out to include him in the Anderson deal. Bit off that we've decided this with a few hours to go though. In hindsight we should have just done the deal and saved ourselves an overpriced keeper we didn't need

The PSR hole was plugged 2 months ago. We've had 8 weeks to find a buyer for a couple of those players, nearly all of whom have had their fees paid off by now so would count as pure profit

You sell one of them for £6mil, and that gets you a £30mil upgrade as you can then spread the cost over 5 seasons. The first 6 players in that list are easily worth that much

The fact that Almiron, Targett, Dubravka, Wilson, Trippier, Krafth, Fraser, Hayden, Lewis and Kuol are all taking a wage and we couldn't agree a single sale for any of them to allow us to bring in an upgrade is farcical. As is adding further shite like Ruddy and 🇬🇷 to the list of players padding out the squad and never getting a game. Chelsea have just binned off a striker to a partner club for £20m. Our owners own 4 Saudi clubs and you're telling we couldn't agree a deal with any of them?

I suspect that was the thinking on Gordon being touted to Liverpool. £100m for him with Barnes waiting in the wings. Id argue that Isak is irreplaceable. Which only leaves Tonali, Bruno and Joelinton who would realistically be worth >£50m.

Is 2024 officially the year when you can't have a moan about your club without captain sensibles patronising you?

People can spin it any way they want, but having Burn, Kelly, Krafth and Lascelles as backup CBs, whilst Botman is the only real upgrade we've signed in that department since Schar (12 transfer windows ago!) is not befitting of a team supposedly wanting to challenge for the title. The fans keep their end of the bargain. Spend their money on tickets, pointless memberships, £80 a pop for 3 new shirts, a new clothing range launched on a monthly basis, pre season friendlies at the opposite end of the planet. We are entitled to be pissed off when the likes of Brighton and West Ham pump investment into their squads and we are left speculating about a 6th GK in the closing hours of the window. Scroll back to the start of this thread. There was near universal agreement that we needed long term replacements/competition for Wilson, Schar and Pope. A decent GK, RW and CF would have been a good window. We've ended up with none of them.

The has beens and never were's still taking up squad spaces while 2 players with a big future are in starting spots for rival clubs

The outgoings this window have been as farcical as the incomings.

Toney even. Turns out it's €40m, so about £33m

Brentford off to Saudi for £40m. He'd have been a decent replacement for Wilson at that price

Im dubious. He's just had the tournament of his life. His stock is at an all time high. He's hardly looked a world beater in his last 2 games for Palace. My main gripe now is I'm struggling to believe that at £70m, there isn't another RCB in world football on a par with Guehi.

There's no way we've spent a month on this without some encouragement from the Palace side. I'd release a statement to say they've taken the piss, the press leaks have all come from their side and we are rescinding the offer

What sort of wages is he asking for!?

https://x.com/GraemeBailey/status/1829134162936164418 It's laughable now

Howay then, what we thinking? We get Guehi over the line? We get an alternative CB in instead? We get a CB and a RW? Or all goes quiet and fuck all happens like the bad old days!?

He's missed 39 games in 12 months apparently, with 3 completely different injuries. I hope it's just a bad year and he hasn't got Wilson's body type

Chiesa probably has a £10m signing on bonus, £10m in agents fees and is on £300k pw

Almiron linked with Fulham

It would be a tough sell to convince Chiesa to choose us over recent CL/PL winning Liverpool tbf

He's Joachim Anderson's replacement apparently