[Football] The "Where will Zaha go?" Summer 2018 thread

[The Gem]

https://twitter.com/CPFC/status/1020258264691421184

They've now resorted to tweeting about transfers from a year ago. Safe to say the nigels are very disgruntled in the replies. Could never be our club....

Those replies are brilliant.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Those replies are brilliant.

"who the **** is that?" [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

 

[MattBackHome]

I'd be almost sad to see him leave to be honest. He's the ideal pantomime villain for us.

That said all this is VERY amusing isn't it.

 

[ThePaddy]

It's been said / alluded to already but honestly the funniest part of this delicious little saga is that their golden boy has clocked just how shit it is at the wrong end of the M23 and wants out as quick as possible.

It's like when you wake up next to a woman once the beer goggles have worn off.
The little mole on her cheek you thought was adorable is now a hairy wart and her voice is like nails scraping against a blackboard which is also covered in nails.
She wants to cook you breakfast but you've already f**ked off out the window and are shimmying down the drain pipe.

That's one view. Of course it's also totally possible that Wilf hasn't come to any sudden realisations except for the fact that he'd quite like to play Champions League football next season, and he won't be able to do that with Palace.
Any rational person would agree that Zaha and Mahrez were the two best players outside the top 6 last season. Mahrez has now joined Man City, and it wouldn't surprise me at all if Zaha fancied a move to a similar sized club.

One thing is for sure though; if Wilf leaves its because he wants to play at the highest level. There's not a chance of him going to Everton.

 

[rippleman]

Just been on BBS and although I got slung off as usual after reading a couple of pages, I was mightily amused at the 900 page plus thread which seems to be about trying to identify the BHAFC posters on there and finding out their NSC niks.

They are a very odd bunch.

I still can't understand why we are not allowed to read more than a couple of pages before we get banned from reading more. I would ask Dougie for an explanation but it apppears to have gone MIA. Now I wonder why that might be.

 

[ThePaddy]

I still can't understand why we are not allowed to read more than a couple of pages before we get banned from reading more. I would ask Dougie for an explanation but it apppears to have gone MIA. Now I wonder why that might be.

You don't get banned; you get told to register. This is because the owner of the website wants users to make accounts on his website. Not particularly tough, is it?

 

[Bozza]

That's one view. Of course it's also totally possible that Wilf hasn't come to any sudden realisations except for the fact that he'd quite like to play Champions League football next season, and he won't be able to do that with Palace..

Are you saying he's only just grasped how league tables work?

 

[rippleman]

That's one view. Of course it's also totally possible that Wilf hasn't come to any sudden realisations except for the fact that he'd quite like to play Champions League football next season, and he won't be able to do that with Palace.
Any rational person would agree that Zaha and Mahrez were the two best players outside the top 6 last season. Mahrez has now joined Man City, and it wouldn't surprise me at all if Zaha fancied a move to a similar sized club.

One thing is for sure though; if Wilf leaves its because he wants to play at the highest level. There's not a chance of him going to Everton.

Well that's crap. He knew at the end of the season that he wouldn't be playing CL football. In fact he will have known his entire CPFC career that he had no chance of playing CL with the jesterboys. Maybe it was Woy telling him "there is no more money son. You are stuck with the same crap we had last year" that made the swivel-eyed gravity whore pack his bags.

 

[Icy Gull]

I don't hate him at all. Its impossible to hate a man who celebrates promotion balanced barefoot on some white plastic patio furniture, wrapped in a BHA flag, wearing a headscarf and waving some BHA bunting around.

Sadly I think we all realise he's not PL standard though. Which shouldn't rule him out at Selhurst, but he's not really what we want here any more.

But we'll always have QPR. Best goal ever scored at the Amex.

It was a badly phrased joke, no Albion fan can hate Skalak can they? Cult figure in our promotion chasing years for me.

 

[Uter]

A few departures and one free transfer in so far this Summer.

If Zaha wants to leave I wonder if it would be better for them to cash in early. If they try to hang on to him, but ultimately fail, they might find themselves with very little time to secure replacements.

 

[Stat Brother]

Everyone it is then.

 

[lawros left foot]

Are you saying he's only just grasped how league tables work?

He believed Dougie, SE20, etc that they would qualify for Europe last season, and now it's all gone tits up,he needs to go to a proper football club

 

[Icy Gull]

A few departures and one free transfer in so far this Summer.

If Zaha wants to leave I wonder if it would be better for them to cash in early. If they try to hang on to him, but ultimately fail, they might find themselves with very little time to secure replacements.

Your last sentence sounds the best option to me.

 

[rippleman]

You don't get banned; you get told to register. This is because the owner of the website wants users to make accounts on his website. Not particularly tough, is it?

Why should I have to register? I don't want to post. I just want to have a good old chuckle at your sadness and sorrow at seeing your talisman giving you the finger. It's taken a long time for the penny to drop, but he figured it out in the end.

 

[lawros left foot]

It's a bit of a conundrum for Palace, wait till the last few days to screw the maximum amount of money for him, but no time to adequately replace , or, cash him in now and not get as much for him, but have more time to find a replacement.


Im looking forward to this.

 

[ThePaddy]

Why should I have to register? I don't want to post. I just want to have a good old chuckle at your sadness and sorrow at seeing your talisman giving you the finger. It's taken a long time for the penny to drop, but he figured it out in the end.

I don't think that's what's happening. I think that Zaha has been a wonderful servant to our club. If he has decided that he wants to move to a Champions League side then it's a sad day for Palace fans but we'll thank him for everything he has done and do our best to replace him with the £60-70m we'll get.

He believed Dougie, SE20, etc that they would qualify for Europe last season, and now it's all gone tits up,he needs to go to a proper football club

We finished 11th despite the worst injury crisis in living memory and an appalling managerial appointment.

If we'd had the luck Brighton had with injuries and Roy in charge for the whole season, we might well have finished above Burnley. Bit pointless discussing it now though.

 

[Mellotron]

He has all he needs to do very well in a good team, in truth.

I'm really not convinced. His balance is VERY poor (and this isn't a thinly veiled dig at his diving, but more his technique), his decision making can be dreadful and his end product is pretty low given the free role he plays in the side.

He's got quick, skilful legs, and that scares sides. I'm not convinced that all-round he's a very good player though. Mid-table side like Everton, sure. Top 6 and starting? Not for me.

 

[Seagull kimchi]

This is just a saga now - as transfer dealings play out in Norwood.

https://youtu.be/s2F4ZWTjwTU

 

[lawros left foot]

I don't think that's what's happening. I think that Zaha has been a wonderful servant to our club. If he has decided that he wants to move to a Champions League side then it's a sad day for Palace fans but we'll thank him for everything he has done and do our best to replace him with the £60-70m we'll get.

Is the 60-70 million after his last club have had their cut?

 

[ThePaddy]

I'm really not convinced. His balance is VERY poor (and this isn't a thinly veiled dig at his diving, but more his technique), his decision making can be dreadful and his end product is pretty low given the free role he plays in the side.

He's got quick, skilful legs, and that scares sides. I'm not convinced that all-round he's a very good player though. Mid-table side like Everton, sure. Top 6 and starting? Not for me.

I'll keep re-reading these two lines of utter shite when Wilf does finally leave, in that hope that I might begin to share your delusion and thus stem the flow of tears.