[St Charles Owl]

Very true baggiesteve, no forward motion visible which usually ends in relegation, hoping that after eighteen months in charge we may get more of a head coach / scout transfer balance which may freshen the squad with pace, width, youth  and creativity.

I seem to be disagreeing with you recently 4eva, please don't take it personally!!!

To be right, no forward motion means you stay in about 15th spot, and in the prem, it takes Villa and Newcastle style backward motion to get relegated!!!  Your stability (stagnation may also apply) means you are about 100m richer than either of those clubs will be next season, I would like to think that Pulis can at least discover some of his Palace form through wise use of that money, even if it's to just bring you guys back together again!!!

St Charles no offence taken, I value everyone's views, in the premier no forward motion is a recipe for relegation because other teams will improve and advance, hovering just above the trapdoor season after season leads to a villa type collapse ..... you need to spend and advance to stand still ... harsh but true.

And that I agree with, to enable you to stand still requires investment across the club from the academy to the first team.  But while JP runs your club very well which sees you being a fairly rare commodity in football - a viable business!!  That is great, and probably very prudent, but if we accept that with the extra money coming into the Prem most clubs will up their spend on transfers and wages, I have yet to see any evidence of JP really being willing to push the boat out to keep up with the other clubs!!  Could this "prudence" be part of the issue you will face in the coming seasons, irrespective of who is manager???

We have all seen good managers fail to achieve their goals due to their club not giving him the resources to achieve in the highly competitive world of the PL, and of course we have also seen the opposite as well, managers who succeed despite the lack of resources.  Question is do you consider TP to be a manager that achieves goals without the need to spend a fortune, keep you above the relegation spots and maybe more importantly keep JPs policy of prudence intact??