Yeah, maybe.
You’re the one with all the answers after all.
Obviously Jack still thinks transfers work like they do in Footy Manager.
He is probably close to criticising Hughes for not doing a save game this morning to go back to.
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You’re the one with the suggestion.
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Probably… after all the best time to improve is when your winning.
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What have I said to talk down the club and people running it exactly? Literally haven’t mentioned them once, my focus is getting to the bottom of what “can’t afford to lose him on a free” actually means for Palace and to what end, Parish has let the manager he employs make the decision for Guehi not to be sold…in no business does something like this happen if there was a significant consequence waiting down the line, so to me at least it’s not reaaaaaaally that unaffordable.
“We can’t afford to lose Guehi on a free”, but actually tell you what - we’re gonna do just that anyway because the gaffa just reminded us an hour ago we couldn’t get a replacement in by a specific date. Ok, cool.
Exact same thing happened with Zaha when Arsenal bid £40m, Palace have gone on to do more than fine, where’s the drama?
Parish literally said we can’t afford to lose him on a free. He said it, on the record, on TV, after the Charity Shield.
It’s seems quite obvious that Glasner, who clearly does not give a fuck about about Palace’s finances, wanted Guehi to stay. Today the defender they had lined up to replace him got cold feet after being told by the manager that he might not get much game time.
Glasner has manoeuvred the club to the point where not having a replacement for Guehi gives him the opportunity to put an ultimatum to the owner - keep this player or I walk. Parish should have called his bluff.
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I feel sad for Guehi. It’s a short career and he had a great chance to come in and compete for the Prem and CL this season at Liverpool, in his mid 20s.
He did everything by the book. Played and gave his all for Palace. Did not agitate for a move, but obviously he wanted the Liverpool move as there’s no comparison between Palace and Liverpool. He did the right thing, and then…
Got shafted in the midst of a power play between Glasner and Parish.
As for the future, I doubt Glasner will be there for too much longer. It feels as though he has a high opinion of himself and he will get a bigger club than Palace. They will not extract £35M worth of loyalty from him. He will be off as soon as a bigger and better deal comes along.
Parish has given in to his manager and it will end in a lose-lose situation for him. I feel a bit sorry for him, but not too much. Instead of £35M he will now get nothing, or a minimal fee in January, for Guehi. Parish needed to be stronger.
And having been bullied by his manager, he will receive no loyalty in return, as soon as Glasner gets a better offer than Palace.
Final comment on Guehi. Good player. Did the right thing by his club, as their captain. At the moment it seems as though his dreams have been dashed. I hope the redemption arc completes, and he gets his move to Liverpool and does really well for us.
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Parish shit the bed when Glasner basically boxed him into an ultimatum. He looked at the two scenarios, and decided that one he could afford to lose most was Glasner.
Poor call I think.
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For any misty eyed football romantics out there, who recoil from the shenigans of players like Isak and Wissa, the behaviour of Palace, and Glasner in particular is the counter point to that hang-wringing.
Guehi was sound all window. It was clear he wanted the move, but he didn’t down tools, he didn’t sulk and he didn’t go on strike. He behaved exactly how all those fucking pundits droned on all summer about how players should behave - and he did not get his move. He was used as a pawn in a power struggle between Glasner and Parish, and was dragged back to the club even after doing a medical and filming. He was shafted by Palace and his manager, in an incredible cruel fashion.
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I don’t think we ever planned on getting a top level CB in this summer, it was not a top priority. Guehi was an opportunity for us to get him in early at a good value. So we were not in a hurry. While this now means, there is every possible chance Guehi can take his time to choose his next club, the ethos of right player, right time and right price, will never do us wrong. I see us still top of Guehi’s priority next summer.
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Exactly.
I hope he gets his move, whether January or next summer, and does well for us.
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I LOL’d
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That one is over then, for now, Guehi did the right thing throughout, good to see!
We will likely get him for a song, in time, the only one looking a bit silly here is Glasner,certainly cost Palace money, but hey, they are millionaires, really?
I feel sorry for the player he is the one it should be all about, but is the meat in the sandwich in this case is within Palace.
Guehi wants us it seems, hope we see the lad in our shirt in time.
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Knowing Manure, they will pay for him and the amount will be so little due to Glasner’s contract expiring the end of this season that it will make Parish cry.
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Plan B isn’t always a transfer. Plan B in this case looks like using the players currently at the club (see: Gomez not allowed to leave).
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I believe Glasner will see out the season unless someone comes with a really large compensation package. And this is probably the best scenario for Palace right now.
Yes, Parish would have loved to sell Guehi and reinvest those funds. But 35M wasn’t really going to help them as much as retaining their manager 3 games into the season. Palace just don’t have the drawing power that would make another good manager quit part way through the season and join them.
Without Guehi and Eze and without a good manager, I would fear for them.
We might not like it, but I think Palace made the right decision for themselves.
The moment Glasner rejects that contract extension will be the moment Parish knew he has fucked up massively.
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I mean, I hear Ten Haag is available
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You’re the one with the great suggestions.
Like 30 minutes into the Newcastle match…saying the right back experiment was over for Szoboszlai. That served you well.
Like swapping Joe Gomez as if he was a Panini sticker in a schoolyard?
I, and most have answers to that sort of stuff…
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