I’m not going tomorrow for the same reason, (working at 5:30 am on Tuesday). Who knows, there may not even be a game tomorrow if the weather forecast is correct.

I’ve worked in Liverpool on two occasions over the years, and my colleagues were nearly all Everton fans.

That is amazing from Hartley. I’ve seen a lot of him for Lancs and, got to be honest, I didn’t think he had that in him. He does have a very good temperament, and no doubt that helped his recovery in this game. Thought we were looking at another one cap wonder, to add to Kerrigan and Parkinson. No chance of that now 🙂

There are funds to drift along (and downwards) until the end of the season. Hail Venkys.

JDT might give a nod of approval, but that is a world away from the traditional managerial role of deciding who to buy and who to sell. I think team selections often illustrate how JDT views some of our incomings.

It's clear that many people can't distinguish between a manager and a head coach, and see JDT as the former.

Who knows, maybe the picture has changed since @J*B had the tip off?

I’ve just read that article and the clear subtext is “get it sorted”. Oh dear!

Yes, like the one a couple of years ago, supposedly from Balaji, (my ar*e).

It’s about to get weirder, Connor.

As others have said, Wharton is more likely to be given a decent chance of first team football at Palace. If he goes to Newcastle, (or another bigger club), he will likely rot in the reserves and get loaned back to the Championship. For all those people knocking Palace, (and yes, I was there in ‘89), we would do anything to be in their shoes.

I disagree and think the evidence is pretty clear. Batth is a good example. The owners have meddled in football matters from the off, and it’s one of the reasons we (and they) are in such a mess.

No, they wouldn’t, and this is why it was merely reshuffling the deckchairs when they changed the model from manager to DOF / Head Coach. Broughton and JDT have no real autonomy.

I could name one or two who can’t 😉

Hope O’Riordan has a great career at Rovers, but it’s just more of the same - sign a youngster and hope to add value. We badly need some players for the here and now. Our obsession with youth will lead to League One.

The chances of us doing that ?

Surely, it’s in a potential buying club’s interests to keep any bid quiet, for fear of others making an offer. You could argue it’s in the selling club’s interest to leak a bid, to try and start an auction. On the flip side, however, if the player’s present club wants to sell, it risks annoying the club that has bid.

How would that affect Crystal Palace's transfer strategy?

Personally, I think it’s too late to go down that avenue. It would look like an afterthought. We would’ve needed to highlight that during the initial protests. I abhor the ill treatment of animals, but, let’s be honest, our beef with Venky’s is how they have run our football club.

It's available generally via BBC iplayer and it's on BBC One Wales, so that can be accessed readily, via Sky etc.

It was a throwaway line whilst having a coffee in town. It’s not mandatory for you to quote every post I write. Yes, probably, but it’s the type of signing we are likely to make (if any).

Just what we need for a relegation scrap. Does Gregg have a dartboard with random, lower league European players names on instead of numbers? Screwed up piece of paper on standby.

A couple of kids on loan, at best.

Yes, sorry, I fell into the commentators common error there, (ironic cheers), but it was late 🙂

JDT far more sinned against than sinner. Fed a pack of lies about “the project”, pleaded for the club to sign experience, (rejected), and living off scraps thrown to him by Gregg. Not the right man for our circumstances, but the likes of Warnock wouldn’t be asked under this set up. We would only replace like for like.