About the u23s, all of our better ones have spent most of the season in the first team squad…..I would think most clubs outside the top 5 aim for the season is top 10, Palace ended 11th this season, so just under what most fans would class as a good season.
There is no denying that BHA are a few years ahead on the Academy side of it but looking at the league finishing of u23s and all the academy sides, palace have done well in all of them.
Yes McCarthy might work or it might not, but that can be said of all mangers.
Given the players Roy has proved that he can get his teams to play good football, ask Fulham and West Brom fans.