Jose Baxter Not Joining Palace

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

In my view, Palace have to be one of the favourites to go down. They are weaker then last year and are relying on kids to create and score goals. Bearing in mind Zaha wasn't particularly proficient at doing either last season (despite how much Palace fans harp on about him).

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

the way they were banging on about him I assumed they'd already signed him

awful summer so far for palace in my view

 

[leigull]

It may well be the right decision to let Baxter go, but it isn't half funny seeing how depressed and pissed off they all are this afternoon

 

[Easy 10]

the way they were banging on about him I assumed they'd already signed him

And now they haven't, most of them will be saying he was "shit anyway".

 

[Betfair Bozo]

One thing that doesn't quite add up in the doom and gloom Palace financial situation. Why not sell Zaha? No bids other than Bolton's last Jan? Are they hoping that someone comes in late or are they hoping that he has such a great season that his value appreciates significantly and they muddle through in the meantime? You pays your money and you takes your chance I guess. Maybe they are the ultimate chess players and will surprise everyone but signings like Ramage look more like papering over the cracks than pushing on.

 

[gripper stebson]

An 80 page thread on a triallist. Impressive.

 

[leigull]

One thing that doesn't quite add up in the doom and gloom Palace financial situation. Why not sell Zaha? No bids other than Bolton's last Jan? Are they hoping that someone comes in late or are they hoping that he has such a great season that his value appreciates significantly and they muddle through in the meantime? You pays your money and you takes your chance I guess. Maybe they are the ultimate chess players and will surprise everyone but signings like Ramage look more like papering over the cracks than pushing on.

I said at the start of the summer the best thing they could do is sell Zaha for £5m, then get half a dozen new 1st team players in for the money. It seems keeping hold of one of their youngsters has a higher priority then developing the team as a whole.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

An 80 page thread on a triallist. Impressive.

More like desperate.

 

[NickBHAFC18]

Wow, I've been reading the comments on the Palace board. It's gone from them all saying how well they will do next season, to a couple starting to moan, now the entire board are shitting themselves.

I wanted to play Palace a few more times before the went down

 

[Glenn-Murray]

I said at the start of the summer the best thing they could do is sell Zaha for £5m, then get half a dozen new 1st team players in for the money. It seems keeping hold of one of their youngsters has a higher priority then developing the team as a whole.

Selling a player on a 5 year contract for far less than they are worth is never a good idea.

As for Baxter, he was clearly a talented lad. When he came on trial Everton fans said he had a bad attitude and was unfit, and when he played he looked quite beefy. However, he was great with the ball at his feet even if he didn't move around a lot.

Everton fans think we've dodged a bullet. He was certainly a good enough player to offer a contract, but the question marks around his attitude must have led to him not being given one.

The man himself is absolutely gutted. He's said on Twitter loads of times that he'd love to join us, but it seems like he wasn't right for the club.

 

[Glenn-Murray]

Wow, I've been reading the comments on the Palace board. It's gone from them all saying how well they will do next season, to a couple starting to moan, now the entire board are shitting themselves.

I wanted to play Palace a few more times before the went down

Everyone is pissed off because we haven't signed a player who wanted to join us, and was clearly very talented.

It doesn't add up. Clearly there was another factor (attitude) that led to him being turned down.

 

[Simster]

Can anyone tell me how Ross McCormack is settling in?

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Selling a player on a 5 year contract for far less than they are worth is never a good idea.

As for Baxter, he was clearly a talented lad. When he came on trial Everton fans said he had a bad attitude and was unfit, and when he played he looked quite beefy. However, he was great with the ball at his feet even if he didn't move around a lot.

Everton fans think we've dodged a bullet. He was certainly a good enough player to offer a contract, but the question marks around his attitude must have led to him not being given one.

The man himself is absolutely gutted. He's said on Twitter loads of times that he'd love to join us, but it seems like he wasn't right for the club.

Looking forward to the first game of the season then Seaside? Your fellow fans seem to be approaching it with some trepidation but I expect you'll be retaining your rosy demeanour and positivity towards the Doug, CPFC2010 and your chances of promotion this season

 

[Glenn-Murray]

Looking forward to the first game of the season then Seaside? Your fellow fans seem to be approaching it with some trepidation but I expect you'll be retaining your rosy demeanour and positivity towards the Doug, CPFC2010 and your chances of promotion this season

I can't wait until the season starts. It has been too long without football. The majority of the BBS was quite positive until the Baxter news. I'd expect tomorrow things will have settled down again.

Promotion is very unlikely unless we get McCormack. Given Leeds' financial situation it could happen, but who knows.

 

[NickBHAFC18]

He is a legend there, but I think if the season starts bad for them the fans will turn.

 

[Simster]

Looking forward to the first game of the season the Seaside? Your fellow fans seem to be approaching it with some trepidation but I expect you'll be retaining your rosy demeanour and positivity towards the Doug, CPFC2010 an your chances of promotion this season

It is quite cute how [MENTION=24994]Seaside[/MENTION] takes every scrap of bullshit coming out of their ramshackle from CPFC2010 as signs of his noddy little outfit heading towards being a sustainable version of Man City.

 

[Glenn-Murray]

However I will say, if Dougie doesn't have an excellent signing or two up his sleeve, he is a complete idiot.

Luckily I don't think he is, so there must be.

 

[grummitts gloves]

Either CPFC owners aren't as rich as they say they are or they don't trust Doogie or maybe both. I'd be seriously worried if I was a Palace fan as something clearly doesn't add up. Can't see them doing anything else but struggle this season with that squad TBH.

 

[leigull]

Selling a player on a 5 year contract for far less than they are worth is never a good idea.

As for Baxter, he was clearly a talented lad. When he came on trial Everton fans said he had a bad attitude and was unfit, and when he played he looked quite beefy. However, he was great with the ball at his feet even if he didn't move around a lot.

Everton fans think we've dodged a bullet. He was certainly a good enough player to offer a contract, but the question marks around his attitude must have led to him not being given one.

The man himself is absolutely gutted. He's said on Twitter loads of times that he'd love to join us, but it seems like he wasn't right for the club.

As above, it may well be the right decision that Baxter was released - but it's bloody funny seeing the fans implode as a result a trialist not being signed. Shows there isn't much faith in the Palace regime at the moment.

You may not think Zaha is worth as little as £5m, but you've only been offered £4.5m for him so far, and that would go a long way to sorting a side out that isn't going to be battling relegation

 

[Glenn-Murray]

Either CPFC owners aren't as rich as they say they are or they don't trust Doogie or maybe both. I'd be seriously worried if I was a Palace fan as something clearly doesn't add up. Can't see them doing anything else but struggle this season with that squad TBH.

Our squad is missing 2 or 3 players. Wait until the end of the transfer window until you judge.

Although it's probably more fun for you now, before we sign anyone...