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Palace to get major US investment

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  • BPhasnohair
    BPhasnohair Posts: 201
    This is only happening because the Yank was told he was investing in Buckingham Palace not some out of date TV ariel on South East London
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,145
    It's huge wishful thinking on my part, but I didn't like the cut of his jib and they are welcome to him. Parish has done a great job for them, and got them where they are now.

    I'd much rather our own Steve Parish emerges than that a Josh Harris buys us.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    Painful. Just fuckin painful...
  • Southendaddick
    Southendaddick Posts: 5,314
    I've not been since they spanked us

    Massive envy on my part and not ashamed to admit it

    Decent owner
    Decent crowds
    Decent atmosphere
    Decent away support
    Decent team

    Please don't flag me that hurt to write that

    Hate them
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,790
    sam3110 said:

    Rob said:

    That's where being run properly gets you.

    That's where swindling the local community and getting away with going into administration gets you more like
    There's more than one way to skin a cat though and they're doing well from it. I sense some sour grapes on this thread.
  • MartinCAFC
    MartinCAFC Posts: 3,219
    Southendaddick said:

    I've not been since they spanked us

    Massive envy on my part and not ashamed to admit it

    Decent owner
    Decent crowds
    Decent atmosphere
    Decent away support
    Decent team

    Please don't flag me that hurt to write that

    Hate them

    Everything we were in the Premier League years...so is it really a Palace thing or just a Premier League thing?

    While we're poles apart right now, lets say we somehow fluked it up to the Premier League this season or next season, are we still looking on with envy at them?
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
    edited November 2015
    Their fans must be constantly pinching themselves. I bet they just can't believe their luck. First they scrape into the play-offs, then the get promoted thanks to two of the most inept opposition performances ever seen in play-off football. They sell their star man to Man U for £10m, only to get him back on loan. Then, within a year he's back permanently at a third of the price. Their big nosed manager failed miserably with us, but is taking them to new heights. And now this.

    All I can say is, I hope something goes seriously wrong. I want them to crash and burn. I want their pathetic little stripy chickens to come home to roost. And when it does go tits up, I will laugh and laugh and laugh.
  • Southendaddick
    Southendaddick Posts: 5,314
    Apart from the away support Martin :)
  • Hovi's Biscuit
    Hovi's Biscuit Posts: 1,717
    Stig said:

    Their fans must be constantly pinching themselves. I bet they just can't believe their luck. First they scrape into the play-offs, then the get promoted thanks to two of the most inept opposition performances ever seen in play-off football. They sell their star man to Man U for £10m, only to get him back on loan. Then, within a year he's bag permanently at a third of the price. Their big nosed manager failed miserably with us, but is taking them to new heights. And now this.

    All I can say is, I hope something goes seriously wrong. I want them to crash and burn. I want their pathetic little stripy chickens to come home to roost. And when it does go tits up, I will laugh and laugh and laugh.

    Otherwise known as 'the Pardew Effect' - it may take a while to kick in, but it's coming
  • MartinCAFC
    MartinCAFC Posts: 3,219
    Southendaddick said:

    Apart from the away support Martin :)

    I still wouldn't say there away support is any better than ours. In the Premier League years we always had a good following and when Palace were in the Championship it was no better than ours really.

    Football comes around in cycles, the wheel of fortune is currently pointing in the direction of Palace but much like the way it pointed our way for so long, it won't last forever. Some of there players will outgrow Palace and one day they will have a very difficult task of replacing good players. Lets just hope when that day comes Pardew is still in charge to blow all the money.
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  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,964
    edited November 2015
    Who seriously gives a fuck about The Croydon massive? I don't.
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,964
    edited November 2015
    Let's worry about what we do and not this bunch of South London wannabee's. They are what they are and we are Charlton. Fuck 'em.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    MartinCAFC said:

    Southendaddick said:

    Apart from the away support Martin :)

    I still wouldn't say there away support is any better than ours. In the Premier League years we always had a good following and when Palace were in the Championship it was no better than ours really.
    Our first season down from the Prem when we had the new ground affect and just under 20k of home fans as our average that season we had a smaller away following than palace who averaged just under 14k of home fans that season

    we'll finish above palace before our away numbers are better than them and we're not gonna finish above them for a long long time 2006/7 our relegation season from the Prem was the last time we finished above them
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,619
    edited November 2015
    having a 'rich' owner only makes a big difference if they are seriously rich and can pour money at the team a la Chelsea and Man City...if they are just an 'investor' with only a share in the club then I suspect they are in it for what they can get out of it, and that may not be the football...I could be reading this completely wrongly and all the new owners will collectively pour cash into the club each season and palace will become a huge club in a big stadium and win the PL every other year....
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,619
    And why would anybody develop selhurst park...it's not placed in an access friendly area...a big crowd there would cause chaos...
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 11,985
    It'll all unravel. Just have patience.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,229
    letthegoodtimesroll said:

    And why would anybody develop selhurst park...it's not placed in an access friendly area...a big crowd there would cause chaos...

    They have three train stations within 1/2 mile, with trains to London or Surrey.
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,619
    iaitch said:

    letthegoodtimesroll said:

    And why would anybody develop selhurst park...it's not placed in an access friendly area...a big crowd there would cause chaos...

    They have three train stations within 1/2 mile, with trains to London or Surrey.
    Getting on one of those trains after the match has been the problem...and a lot of fans travel by coach and car...the roads around selhurst would have been inadequate in the days when the White Horse was around, let alone today...
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,229
    letthegoodtimesroll said:

    iaitch said:

    letthegoodtimesroll said:

    And why would anybody develop selhurst park...it's not placed in an access friendly area...a big crowd there would cause chaos...

    They have three train stations within 1/2 mile, with trains to London or Surrey.
    Getting on one of those trains after the match has been the problem...and a lot of fans travel by coach and car...the roads around selhurst would have been inadequate in the days when the White Horse was around, let alone today...
    Oh yes, getting on the trains at Charlton is so easy and all the road around the valley have easy parking.
  • Its_Hamer_Time
    Its_Hamer_Time Posts: 1,565
    We enjoyed out Premiership years at the wrong time :(
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  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,728
    oohaahmortimer said:

    they are so far ahead of us it's a joke

    at least it's not millwall
    at least it's not millwall
    at least it's not millwall
    at least it's not millwall
    at least it's not millwall
    at least it's not millwall
    at least it's not millwall

    It's just as bad in my opinion
  • Lazy_eye_metaphor
    Lazy_eye_metaphor Posts: 1,959
    oohaahmortimer said:

    they are so far ahead of us it's a joke

    at least it's not millwall
    at least it's not millwall
    at least it's not millwall
    at least it's not millwall
    at least it's not millwall
    at least it's not millwall
    at least it's not millwall

    In these dark times, we have to be grateful for small mercies.
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,623
    charliewright1 said:

    Jealous ................YEAH YOU BET. Palace are very lucky to have Steve Parish, a "proper Palace fan" and when I have heard and watched him, he always comes over really well and seems like a nice fella. If only????.................it was us! :neutral:

    He is, I worked for him for a number of years. Very honest and very smart (apart from the obvious, of course)

  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,362
    Worked out well for Fulham with an American owner, nearly made League one last season.
    I always thought the price he paid for Fulham was cheap, (if he owns the ground), and he wouldn't be too concerned if his club disappeared off the planet.
    Beach front property in London, god knows what that is worth.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Palace are like any other club outside of the top group of English teams, like Charlton in the 00s, they're having their time to shine but like every other club, they'll make a stupid decision sooner or later and they'll suffer from it.

    Steve Parish is simply the Richard Murray from the 90s
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,002
    JessieAddick said:

    Anyone noticed there's a blank post under every newest post in this thread? Spooky.
    image

    yup, weird
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited November 2015
    JessieAddick said:

    Anyone noticed there's a blank post under every newest post in this thread? Spooky.
    image

    .
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    C'mon Katrien... Dont be shy now, you can say hello...
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Unknown - Roland's plans for the club
  • Atletico Addick
    Atletico Addick Posts: 5,843
    Even if they won the treble I wouldn't be jealous. Despise the lot of 'em. Hope they bite off more than they can chew and fail miserably :-)

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