Out of the frying pan....

Absolutely gutted that we are selling Wharton. We won't have a player of his quality on the books for quite some time. We are now desperately in need of a CM or 2 and our whole game plan/way of playing is up in the air, as he was the only player in squad of taking the ball off the centre halves. Who've we got left in CM? Tronstad Garrett That it? Buckley is injured, JRC will be at RB and Trav is at Ipswich. Mental. If we fuck this up, we are going down.

I missed most of the game last night, Gallagher didn't look overly bothered when he scored, not sure what his demeanour was for the rest of the game? Wonder if he is unhappy and wants to move to Ipswich (couldn't blame him) or if he just didn't feel the need to celebrate much after scoring past lower League opposition? We've been burned in the past by keeping unhappy players. And it's probably too much to expect a decent plan off the clowns in charge.

Ah cheers, my bad.

2 days left in the window, we won't be signing any replacements for either Gallagher or Wharton with the time we have left. It would be madness to sell either.

The cherry on the cake would have been a Telalovic goal but alas, the wait goes on.

Good win. Great to see Tronstad on the score sheet (even if it was deflected) but it clearly meant something to him. Shame we've pulled Newcastle in the next round, as it's basically a guaranteed defeat.

No idea tbh. The line up is normally announced in formation though.

4 at the back with JRC and Garrett at full back.

Yep, that's one way to look at it.

Makes way more sense that it would be £500k permanent transfer fee, presumably it's a loan with an obligation to buy that we are pushing for. Doesn't look good on us that we are trying to ship him out permanently after 1/2 a season. Looking like an abysmal purchase.

FFS, drawn against Oilcastle.

WBA Vs Wolves suspended in the 83rd minute, just after Wolves went 2 up, as fighting broke out in 2 parts of the ground/objects being thrown into and out of the away end.

Nixon reckons we are close to agreeing a £2m fee with Ipswich.

Phew, thought the world had gone (even more) mental for a moment then

Wait, what? Ipswich are offering Sam Gallagher a 7 year contract? Through till he's 35? Why would they do that?!?

Is Phillips any good? He's not made many appearances for a 26 year old.

Cheers for the pointless statement Waggott. We know you wrote it.

Chaddy said we were getting 5 more in, have faith 👊

Yeah, could see them going for Alonso. Obviously working wonders at Leverkusen.

Hill subbed off injured for Bournemouth, not that we would be signing him anyway.

Both loan players have scored and Ayari has an assist as well. Good stuff!

"Develop players and stay in the league." Literally the club's ambitions as stated by our CEO.

Personally I'd rather he went to non-league before signing for Newcastle. As good as I think Wharton could be, I assume they would have their sights set higher than Wharton. As you say FFP might scupper that anyway, as they are (supposedly) on the limit (although looks like they are selling Almerion to a Saudi Arabian team) I think Palace are trying to get this tied up before other clubs come in, like Newcastle etc. If he signs for Palace, as crap as it sounds, he could use them as a springboard to a bigger club.

I don't disagree with you, however that's us looking at it from the outside. It's certainly not how Palace will have sold the move to Wharton, his family or his agent though.