OLLIE'S WAY: Jacob Butterfield's had it tough, but he's a nice lad
I'M HOPING to have Jacob Butterfield on loan until the end of the season, instead of one month.
I really like him and he's a good passer of the ball. He's had it tough, as he just got in the team at Barnsley then everybody was talking about him.
Premier League clubs were fighting over him and he went to Norwich City, but they bought him injured, so it was pretty frustrating, but he's a nice, down-to-earth lad and it's about getting that balance right.
The bad news is we've lost Alex Nimely for three to four weeks. He tore a piece of his hamstring against Bolton last week and it's a little bit more serious than we were hoping, so it's probably four weeks he's going to be out.
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I think we'll be looking at bringing in someone again.
However, I will never talk about anybody else's player because you could upset your owner and you can also upset that club – you should never talk about anybody and I never will.
However, DJ Campbell won't be coming to us from Queens Park Rangers.
I've allowed David Wright to go to Gillingham and we're working on trying to get him there.
I think the reason he isn't there already is that my chairman and their chairman are discussing bits and pieces, but that's none of my business.
Owen Garvan has got a knee injury at the moment as we know. The chairman and I spoke about his contract situation on Monday and I think he was going to give him a ring to say we were talking and thinking about him.
But we don't know when he's going to be fit yet.
At the moment I just want to help my players rather than concern myself about their future yet. I just want them to keep winning and getting back to winning ways because we're still in a fantastic position.
Cardiff City are getting stronger and stronger, so good luck to them, and we're being as busy as we've ever been, I would suggest.
We've got some decent targets, but whether we can get them, I don't know. I just can't name names I'm afraid.
This weekend we've got no game but I'll still be busy and I'm going scouting.
I'll be going to watch a specific transfer target that we've already enquired about and maybe try to finalise a bid we've been making.
It's exciting for me as I know what we need. I've been at the club long enough now to help this group and make us stronger.
I don't think we're as strong as some of the other squads and I'm going to try to strengthen other areas.
To be honest, every fan will have their idea of where that is but I'm on it, and Steve and I have had good conversations and we've got a great scouting network.
I've got my own people from the last 17 years and I've done all right in the transfer market to say the least.
So I'm looking forward to putting my mark on this group very soon.






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by Jackanory
Wednesday, January 30 2013, 6:52PM
“Potty petettheseagull Stone
sorry to hear you had a comment deleted Today, was it the normal anti- Parish & ****ging the ambition of the owners or did you revert to your nasty old ways of Cowardly posting a Racial or Sexist comment or did you just start another rumour from the Seaweed site?
At-least you have come out of the closet & admitted you made a Racist comment 3 years ago, fair play to you, did you make it under Peter, Northants or Peter, Croydon?
Potty petetheseagull, your comment Today you mention hating Gays, is that wise considering you are Brighton Fan?”
by petetheeagle
Wednesday, January 30 2013, 1:38PM
“The truth hurts, is this why I have had my post deleted. Must have been good if I upset someone.”
by OAPeagle
Wednesday, January 30 2013, 9:21AM
“"mandycroydon"
GREAT POST. If i wasn't to old and you were single i'd ask for your hand in marriage.....p.s..dont tell my missus i wrote this.”
by nicecityboy
Wednesday, January 30 2013, 9:15AM
“Sharpeyed, apologies if I came across a bit too aggressive. Some times when petetheseagull makes his usual daft comments the red mist descends.
Of course CPFC2010 are a business and long term perhaps they would like to make some money out of the football club. This would only happen if they please the fans and grow the club in a sensible manner, not by spending £10 million on players in a one week period. Have you listened to the lenghy interview given by Steve Parish on Sunday night? He talks about the zaha sale and how/why it was such a hard decision. When you put things into perspective, it's difficult to argue against the decision they have made which genuinely feels like the best deal for the football club. It's hardly "asset stripping" as some have accused on this website. By the way you seem to suggest they have no personal liability were the business to lose money - I can assure you that is a long way from the truth.
As much as you don't trust the hard headed businessmen, without them we may not be able to go and watch our beloved Crystal Palace play every week. You do go and watch the games don't you Sharpeyed? It's just that others on here are known to follow through Palace iPlayer or even more alarmingly through having match reports sent by text message to their mobile phones! The same are often the biggest self-proclaimed experts on who our talented players are and how our football club needs to be run.”
by SelhurstLee
Wednesday, January 30 2013, 6:35AM
“MandyCroydon,
excellent post, perhaps he will finally shut about Parish, spending 10m, ****ging the club off etc etc etc................................
Sorry to hear about your Husband & Son being banned by Dumb & Dumber, they have also got countless others banned from here, Lofty, Terry, Jim, Nobby, James etc etc etc, it is rather sad how 2 Individuals that do not attend any Palace games can have so much influence by telling tales, snitching & grassing people up on here for people telling the truth, but they have nothing better to do allday, none of them work, who would actually employ these 2 morons?
They come on here & give reports on Palace matches & how do they get those reports, Dumb gets all his information via PalaceIplayer, he just repeats what the commentator`s have said, right or wrong he just copies them because Dumb cannot think for himself.
Dumber, well you have to laugh at him because he gets the Palace match reports sent to his phone by text message, you honestly could not make it up.”
by MandyCroydon
Tuesday, January 29 2013, 11:05PM
“No doubt i will be told to get back into the kitchen after posting this comment.
petetheeagle, it seems the guys on here do not agree with your opinion on Steve Parish, perhaps you would get a better response from the other site you use, the BBS?
After reading your comments, you seem to contradict yourself quite a lot, 1 minute you are saying you personally expect the whole of the £10m of the Zaha to be spent by Thursday because you said we only had 4 days to get players in & spend the 10 million, you then back tracked & said a big chunk of the transfer monies, in your opinion would be used to improve the condition of the ground.
You are now back in your Walter Mitty fantasy world by saying, only 2 days & 6 hours to spend the 10 or so million & you have the audacity to call anybody deluded on here, petetheeagle, you must be the only Palace fan that `expects`them to spend all the upfront fee they got from Man Utd for Zaha by deadline day.
petetheagle, are you 1 of these people in their eyes that is never wrong?
That makes 2 of you on this site & by all accounts it is you 2 that have got loads of people banned, you certainly got my Husband & Son banned, for telling the truth.
This site is a disgrace for allowing these 2 Clowns to get away with it.
Rant over, by all accounts my Son informs me Boyd has nearly signed for us, he just needs to agree terms, Palace & Peterboro have agreed on the fee, maybe a million, i do not know the fee but if it is a million, we only have 2 days & 1 hour to go before spend all the rest of the £9m or so.
I wonder if Holloway will make the game Tomorrow night because he will a busy busy boy trying to spend all that £9m or so on players.”
by Jackanory
Tuesday, January 29 2013, 10:20PM
“Potty petetheseagull Stone,
how can i be a disgrace?
Have i ever made a Vile Racist Comment on this site, no i have not, you have just admitted you have 3 years ago.
Have i ever told a lady(Julie from West Wickham) to get back into the kitchen, no i have not, but you have.
Have i reported any of your comments, have i snitched on you, have i grassed you up to thisiscroydontoday, no i would not steep so low.
Potty, you have admitted you are a Racist, so you in fact Matey, are certainly a Disgrace.”
by petetheeagle
Tuesday, January 29 2013, 8:57PM
“All I was doing was give my thoughts on the sale of Wilf and commenting on the issues of the day. It's a shame that Jackanory spoils it with his racist tone, something that happened three years ago, an issue that was a non issue some like to exaggerate. Jackanory, you are **** stirrer and a disgrace.
If people get upset over my comments then it's not my problem that they are too sensitive. They should grow a pair and get over themselves.”
by Sharpeyed
Tuesday, January 29 2013, 8:37PM
“frankbromley. I was not implying nicecityboy was any of those the things,the contrary actually . Re banning of comments, yes that was before my contributions .
Your brief history of the site{s} is informative . The trouble with sites like these is that they veer way from what they were set up for,in this case comment on CPFC. Its the team obviously .What is more of a concern to many of us is... behind the scenes and decision makers,and I don`t include Holloway in this !”
by frankbromley
Tuesday, January 29 2013, 7:45PM
“Sharpeyed,
you must be new to this site because a great deal of Good Honest Palace Fans have been banned from this site from the Cowardly Antics of Peter Stone aka Peter, Northants aka Peter, Croydon aka petetheeagle & his Chum, Rambo_3 aka Luis, Henfield.
These 2 actually got the old site closed down, hence their new usernames.
petetheeagle, comes on here to cause trouble, to court controversy, he always has done & he always will, on the old site he made a Racist comment to Cosmos & made a Sexist comment to Julie, West Wickham, when he told Julie to get back into the kitchen, he has openly admitted he has reported comments, he even threatened Jack Today.
petetheeagle cannot deny these allegations because we have read them when he was Peter, Northants or Peter, Croydon, because he is & he always Peter Stone, whichever username he uses.
Nicecityboy, has done nothing wrong on this site, he has never made a Racist comment, never made a Sexist comment or i would imagine, reported anybody for making a comment he didn`t agree with or getting anyone banned from this site.
Sharpeyed, perhaps you could ask petetheeeagle, Peter Stone if he has ever done the same?”