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Watching Palace in the cup final it crazy to think I’d happily take 5 players off Palace that would improve our first team.

Henderson is better than Sanchez

Guehi is better than probably all of our CBs

Wharton is better than Enzo

Eze is currently better than Palmer but I’ll concede Palmer is better when on form. I’d take Eze for a left winger anyway.

Mateta is better than anything we have. He’ll be a target if we finish outside the top 5 I reckon.

And I nearly forgot Glasner. He’s a proper manager.

 
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Watching Palace in the cup final it crazy to think I’d happily take 5 players off Palace that would improve our first team.

Henderson is better than Sanchez

Guehi is better than probably all of our CBs

Wharton is better than Enzo

Eze is currently better than Palmer but I’ll concede Palmer is better when on form. I’d take Eze for a left winger anyway.

Mateta is better than anything we have. He’ll be a target if we finish outside the top 5 I reckon.

And I nearly forgot Glasner. He’s a proper manager.
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I posted almost exactly this on one of the other threads a few weeks back. How are Palace looking a much better side than us on a fraction of the budget? Really good little side and pleased for their FA Cuo win.

Only trouble is, bigger clubs will now be sniffing around all the players you list and possibly Glasner too. They'll do well to keep them - I guess they're in Europe now, so that will help.

 
I'd take current Gareth Barry over Jacko when he's on one...

Guirassy not an option for us at striker? Whenever I watch him he scores for fun!
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The time for Guirassy was last season. Now it will take 80-90m for him.

 
Watching Palace in the cup final it crazy to think I’d happily take 5 players off Palace that would improve our first team.

Henderson is better than Sanchez

Guehi is better than probably all of our CBs

Wharton is better than Enzo

Eze is currently better than Palmer but I’ll concede Palmer is better when on form. I’d take Eze for a left winger anyway.

Mateta is better than anything we have. He’ll be a target if we finish outside the top 5 I reckon.

And I nearly forgot Glasner. He’s a proper manager.
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Eze's a funny one. He always seems to be the jewel in the Palace crown, but clubs have pursued Zaha, Olise etc instead even when Eze likely would have been cheaper. I remember watching him loads when Gallagher was on loan there and he was sensational even in that star-studded attack. He's 26 now and hitting his prime, but only managed 15 G/A in a team largely built around him. I think he's another Adam Lallana, Gareth Barry, Juan Mata type who can be the best player on the pitch in any given day but just isn't consistent.

 
Eze's a funny one. He always seems to be the jewel in the Palace crown, but clubs have pursued Zaha, Olise etc instead even when Eze likely would have been cheaper. I remember watching him loads when Gallagher was on loan there and he was sensational even in that star-studded attack. He's 26 now and hitting his prime, but only managed 15 G/A in a team largely built around him. I think he's another Adam Lallana, Gareth Barry, Juan Mata type who can be the best player on the pitch in any given day but just isn't consistent.
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I'm sorry but Chelsea Mata can't be put in the same sentence as Lallana and Barry

 
I would. Underachiever in Serie A. 10 goals this season, only 1 against decent oppo. Inter. The rest against the bottom feeders who are seriously terrible teams.
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Motta terrorism-ball tax.

14 G/A in 1770 minutes and carries the same return in the CL with a goal contribution every 127 minutes.

Adds a different profile of striker until we can pull the trigger on someone realistic. Unless of course the club will go all out for Gyokeres, but i doubt that'll happen.

 
Motta terrorism-ball tax.

14 G/A in 1770 minutes and carries the same return in the CL with a goal contribution every 127 minutes.

Adds a different profile of striker until we can pull the trigger on someone realistic. Unless of course the club will go all out for Gyokeres, but i doubt that'll happen.
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Meh. Has never consistently cut it in Serie A. Absolutely no evidence he is good enough for PL. A class below the likes of Chiesa who, sadly, will never realise his potential.

 
Motta terrorism-ball tax.

14 G/A in 1770 minutes and carries the same return in the CL with a goal contribution every 127 minutes.

Adds a different profile of striker until we can pull the trigger on someone realistic. Unless of course the club will go all out for Gyokeres, but i doubt that'll happen.
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Apart from the fact that he's not very good, he's also on big wages so not realistic at all.

 
I think it's a bad idea but it's probably worth the £20m just to enjoy Jim having to spend a season pretending that Vlahović is better than Jackson.
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I don't know who he is but if he lasts 90 minutes, and can also run around like a headless chicken 🐔... He will be better than Jackson

 
Vlahovic is good in the air and can finish outside the box, two things we categorically suck at. However, he also tends to ignore players in better positions around the box and takes a lot of shots. He has been frustrating and his support at Juve has been mixed. The biggest issue for me, however, is his injury history - he had hamstring injuries as a young player, and seems to have recurring niggling groin/thigh injuries since. That's a big red flag for me given he would be playing in a much more intense league.

 
With the end of the season 2 games away the seasonal Clearlake Clear out™ is upon us. Where all the terrible transfer mistakes can be brushed under the carpet. We can probably afford to buy a big marquee signing like a striker maybe for this Club World Cup, but feels like we need a big clear out before we buy more players.

Players we need to sell but will most likely be loaned.

Sterling
Chilwell
Nkunku
Felix
Chukwuemeka
Dewsbury-Hall
Badiashile
Datro Fofana
Kepa
Disasi
Renato Veiga
Ugochukwu
Broja
Washington

Wouldn't be surprised if we need to get rid of others like Sanchez or Tosin if we buy replacements for them either. Figure by the time we've sorted out where most of them are going it will be right at the end of the transfer window giving us just enough time to panic buy the future loan army.

 
With the end of the season 2 games away the seasonal Clearlake Clear out™ is upon us. Where all the terrible transfer mistakes can be brushed under the carpet. We can probably afford to buy a big marquee signing like a striker maybe for this Club World Cup, but feels like we need a big clear out before we buy more players.

Players we need to sell but will most likely be loaned.

Sterling
Chilwell
Nkunku
Felix
Chukwuemeka
Dewsbury-Hall
Badiashile
Datro Fofana
Kepa
Disasi
Renato Veiga
Ugochukwu
Broja
Washington

Wouldn't be surprised if we need to get rid of others like Sanchez or Tosin if we buy replacements for them either. Figure by the time we've sorted out where most of them are going it will be right at the end of the transfer window giving us just enough time to panic buy the future loan army.
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Realistically:

Sterling - loan with us covering 60% of his wages

Chilwell - loan with us covering 50% of his wages

Nkunku - £35m

Felix - loan with us covering 40% of his wages

Chukwuemeka - £15m

Dewsbury-Hall - loan with us covering 30% of his wages

Badiashile - £10m from Italy

Datro Fofana - Loan, 800k loan fee

Kepa - Sell to Bournemouth for £5m

Disasi - Loan to Villa again, £4m fee?

Renato Veiga - £18m

Ugochukwu - loan to premier league bottom feeders, £3m fee

Broja - Released and banished to the shadow realm

Washington - Sold to Strasbourg to break even

I imagine most of these will be a loss, might make a bit on Kepa as i assume his transfer fee is cleared.

 
Realistically:

Sterling - loan with us covering 60% of his wages

Chilwell - loan with us covering 50% of his wages

Nkunku - £35m

Felix - loan with us covering 40% of his wages

Chukwuemeka - £15m

Dewsbury-Hall - loan with us covering 30% of his wages

Badiashile - £10m from Italy

Datro Fofana - Loan, 800k loan fee

Kepa - Sell to Bournemouth for £5m

Disasi - Loan to Villa again, £4m fee?

Renato Veiga - £18m

Ugochukwu - loan to premier league bottom feeders, £3m fee

Broja - Released and banished to the shadow realm

Washington - Sold to Strasbourg to break even

I imagine most of these will be a loss, might make a bit on Kepa as i assume his transfer fee is cleared.
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Sounds about right, although I doubt anyones paying £18m for Viega. Think we can get more for Kepa he's actually proven to be quite good for Bournemouth this season. Nkunku, have to hope there still teams that value him highly so we can get a bit more for him. Getting rid of Felix and Sterling needs to be the priority.

 
That strategy being the WinStupid Aldi bargain bucket Strategy.

  • We're going to pay £25m to Man U for Sancho - Amortised
  • Sell Sancho to Dortmund for £35m - Cash in Bank
  • Buy Jamie Gittens for £45m - Amortised.
If he stays fit for long enough eventually loan Gittens out when Maresca stops playing him cos he doesn't fit his model.

Fck me.

It doesn't matter if we win or lose on Sunday, there is no winning mentality or ambition at this club. Not in any sporting sense.

 
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