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

[Easy 10]

I can see him going to Chelsea. They have been very quiet in the window, they need more attacking threat and Zaha is proven in the PL and would clearly love to join them. Palace (just like any bottom 14 club) won’t be able to stand in his way once the big money offer comes and his head is turned.

In a way I hope he stays at Palace as I think they could probably use £70m to strengthen their team above and beyond what he brings them alone.

In 2 days ?

 

[andy1980]

Would you say £38m and £25m losses are sustainable? Your last two sets of accounts.

You lot seem to forget that you have had £300m pumped into your club to elevate you way above your traditional level of 3rd tier football. But that's all fair!!...You love to talk about other clubs overspending but seem to ignore the fact the magic midgets millions have bought your current position.

Don't forget the £107m we had pumped into our club last season. We could build the Amex again with that.

 

[Bwian]

Would you say £38m and £25m losses are sustainable? Your last two sets of accounts.

You lot seem to forget that you have had £300m pumped into your club to elevate you way above your traditional level of 3rd tier football. But that's all fair!!...You love to talk about other clubs overspending but seem to ignore the fact the magic midgets millions have bought your current position.

And you lot aren't jealous? We have an owner who has been Albion since he was born. He is very smart, made a lot of money and pumped a chunk of it into his football club. He isn't a spiv or chancer like your string of owners who all follow the same road to financial ruin.

You do understand that Tony Bloom's money invested in BHAFC will not have to be repaid if the club cannot raise the funds. The owner has made sure that the only one who loses out is himself. Unlike your string of spivs who have been happy to financially screw local businesses, charities and St John Ambulance. Even a thick Palace goon must be able to see the differences?

So, to answer your snide question: yes, totally sustainable.

 

[Mr Putdown]

In 2 days ?

Tony Robinson would have no problem with that sort of timescale.

 

[Acker79]

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[dazzer6666]

And you lot aren't jealous? We have an owner who has been Albion since he was born. He is very smart, made a lot of money and pumped a chunk of it into his football club. He isn't a spiv or chancer like your string of owners who all follow the same road to financial ruin.

You do understand that Tony Bloom's money invested in BHAFC will not have to be repaid if the club cannot raise the funds. The owner has made sure that the only one who loses out is himself. Unlike your string of spivs who have been happy to financially screw local businesses, charities and St John Ambulance. Even a thick Palace goon must be able to see the differences?

So, to answer your snide question: yes, totally sustainable.

Their blinkered jealousy doesn’t allow them to accept that TB has built a completely sustainable club, and was content, and perfectly able, to fund Championship losses with the longer-term objective always there. Ground, academy/training facility, great team including recruitment, sensible wage structure, great team ethic across the whole club and on the pitch, no Billy Big Bollocks in the squad to mess things up, sold-out ground virtually every week etc etc

Everything Palace aren’t, or don’t have, having spunked the best part of half a billion quid on players in their 5 years in the PL, with nothing to show for it, and now managing their way to risking going bust. Again.

 

[Arkwright]

Anyway back to the thread title "where will Zaha go? " .

Can't see him going anywhere at such short notice.

 

[Easy 10]

They don’t have to spend it all in two days. If, and it’s a big if, all the money went on squad strengthening over the next window or two I think they could improve their team.

Of course, they might panic and sign a couple of losers in the next two days and waste most of it. Here’s hoping.

Its not looking likely now as it would be sheer suicide for them to sell their 1 man band this close to the deadline. 0 points and 0 goals without him last season - half a season of THAT till January and they'd be dead and buried. And with their wagebill, they simply won't survive now if they're not in the PL. Thats the club they've built.

 

[Triggaaar]

Would you say £38m and £25m losses are sustainable?

It is if it eventually gets you promotion, but it's not if it never does. We managed to spend less than several other clubs in the Championship, and get promoted.

You lot seem to forget that you have had £300m pumped into your club

Mostly to build a ground and training facilities, which will last for many years.

to elevate you way above your traditional level of 3rd tier football. But that's all fair!!...You love to talk about other clubs overspending but seem to ignore the fact the magic midgets millions have bought your current position.

It's only overspending if either it breaks FFP, or the owner can't afford it and risks putting the club into administration. Neither of those were going to happen to our club. Your club however, like to gamble with other people's money, then start again when it doesn't work out.

 

[Triggaaar]

In an attempt to bring the thread back on topic, is that the same trophy that Zaha, who has, according to this thread, won nothing of any worth so far in his career, actually has a winners medal for?

No, because 100 years ago the trophy was between the winners of different leagues, to provide a united winner for the country - that's no longer the case, now the leagues across the country are unified, so the winner of the PL is the champion for the country.

 

[Mr Putdown]

No, because 100 years ago the trophy was between the winners of different leagues, to provide a united winner for the country - that's no longer the case, now the leagues across the country are unified, so the winner of the PL is the champion for the country.

Cheeky, I referred to the trophy, not the competition.

 

[Triggaaar]

Cheeky, I referred to the trophy, not the competition.

Oh sorry. I assume the trophy itself has changed in that time.

 

[Dougie]

This thread is dying a very slow death .

 

[lawros left foot]

This thread is dying a very slow death .

With luck, it will spring back into vibrant, energetic life, on January 1st, as Mr Tumble presses for his hearts desire, to join a BIG club and prove he can hack it outside the 3rd world charms of Croydon.

 

[One Love]

This thread is dying a very slow death .

Then you should be worried.

Your wage bill is astronomical.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Then you should be worried.

Your wage bill is astronomical.

It's fine. The British Taxpayer will help them out. Palace have a plan and everything.

 

[lizard]

I'm kind of pleased it seems he's staying with them. If they'd have cashed in they'd have been able to build a better squad, but by keeping him they really haven't had a pot to p*** in. What have they managed, one decent signing all summer?
Could really see them struggling this year and would love him to be a key reason for them going down.

 

[Triggaaar]

Could really see them struggling this year and would love him to be a key reason for them going down.

Not going to happen.