Dr Gloom

the ten men are teaching the league leaders basics in ball retention, distribution and movement. the eleven men are chasing shadows and giving the ball away cheaply

why is butt still on the pitch. you'd never guess they were down to ten men if you didn't know. still looking the better side.

i know most of the rest of the division is shit too but i can't remember the last time i watched a match where we looked the better side, even when we've won. awful. painful to watch even

how the fuck are we top of this league? awful.

butt gives the ball away AGAIN and falls in arse to boot to usher in another chance for them

may as well be ten men a piece as long as butt is on the pitch. fuck me, he's been shite

they're all over us now like a cheap suit

first 20 minutes have been painfully poor from both sides.

how is that midfield going to line up? guthrie left mid? butt and smith in the middle

you couldn't make it up

isn't jonas injured for this match?

i got caught up in it all, i must admit. it was a nice feeling though - to be almost interested in a transfer window again after such a long time. should have known better

i thougth ashley is chairman/owner/call it what you like while dekka is ceo/md/puppet/etc

i'm genuinely excited by this news. my complete apathy towards this transfer window is dissipating as we speak. if this goes through, you could almost claim that ashley has proved to be a competent chairman at championship level, or perhaps he just realises that we're fortunate to be top of the pile having played mostly crap all season, that if we don't invest, we could still easily fail to go up and that splashing a little cash now will get him a lot more money in the summer if it results in promotion.

guthrie might take up that role if wayne r plays wide right. sounds like we're in for some chelsea reserve left back on loan for a month too. good to see that houghton realises we're going to need cover for enrique.

enrique is going to be an even bigger miss than taylor. you don't many overlapping natural left-footed full backs at this level as good as him. jonas will miss linking up with him too

enrique is going to be an even bigger miss than taylor. you don't many overlapping natural left-footed full backs at this level as good as him. jonas will miss linking up with him too

to be fair, probably no different from most high street retailers. you've got to wonder how bad the conditions the kids in the thrid world work in to produce clothes for primark with their prices

sweet, another match on the telly. i think we've been on a much as man u this year

Hughton spoke very well of him in this mornings presser so I'd be surprised if we didn't go back with an improved bid. It's also nice to hear that he'd prefer a first team start to a being a reserve at a huge club. with ashley holding the purse strings? i would be pleasantly surprised if we did tbh

i imagine palace are holding out for a proper bid from a top flight club - there are a few days left until the window shuts, they'll probably get close to what they want. we probably made the usual derisory offer

at this level he bring goals. in the premier league he brings little, as we saw last season

my palace-supprting work mate says he's a decent championship-level defender, nothing more. he also reckons routledge is also nothing more than a championship-level winger.

mark hughes would be a good appointment if we were to go up. a proven manager at permier league level and better than most we could hope to attract. in fact i think we'd do well to get him - or anyone decent - with the current owner still on board.

Well I'd suggest you're using the wrong criteria. i'm trying to play devil's advocate a little bit. it would be very harsh on him to sack him if he took us up I'd move him back into a coaching role and get somebody better in ideally. Agree it would be harsh but I couldn't give a fuck tbh. All the most sucessful clubs are mercenary about that type of thing. Obviously I don't envisage us moving on the manager front anyway so it's all a bit moot really. if we go up and ashley manages to sell up in the summer, i wouldn't be surprised if a new owner comes in, has a look says 'thanks chris but see you later' and gets a better manager with more experience in. a more likely scenerio if we go up is ashley fucking around taking the club on and off the market, not signing anyone of note, keeping hughton, then sacking him when it all goes tits up a few months into the season.