KaKa

Middlesbrough being credited with an interest in Townsend now also.

Can't get over this

It's Marveaux, Ben Arfa, Thauvin, Cabella, Gouffran ... all over again. If only there was a job for ruining players then Pardew would be set.

Palace have completely mishandled this guy man. Are they crazy?! He's such a productive player. They've just bought into Pardew's scape goating of him.

Unreal stuff

I kind of admire Townsend for having the guts to hold his hands up and come back, with all the scrutiny and some criticism that will come with it. Fair play. i won't hold it against him. He'll be lucky to be getting another chance really.

That ball to Gouff from Shelvey that leads to the penalty man. Amazing.

Get in Gouffran

Hope he scores a hat trick. He's waited long enough to play as a striker the poor sod.

Man, so Gouffran finally plays upfront huh. Took long enough

Wow

I don’t have any problem continuing doing things in the way that we were doing. Each club has its own way to do things. The worse was always when the owner, or the chairman, or the president, were involved talking with players. That is the worst in my experience.

Rafa has dealt with some real crap man, particularly at Real. I think we'll be fine. I think he is quite flexible when it comes to recruitment. He'll work within whatever frame is provided, as long as he can get who he wants within the framework given to him.

Not to mention the fact that Kaka likes him.

This guy

I just find it hard to be as critical of him as others, considering we were owned by Mike Ashley and managed by Alan Pardew while he was tasked with providing good players.

One severely restricting his options right off the bat, and the other knowing nothing about the players being provided.

Carr is a hugely negative influence - a failed coach, with an ego problem. If you read his son's autobiography, he does not come across well.

What the heck?!

We were linked earlier in the window.

Knocked out  by a pair of P.E. teachers. Geez.

Blow the whistle ref, you creep.

Incredible goal really. Brilliant pass to set it up and the composure on the finish is brilliant. Class.

Chris Samba?!

Allardyce man ... come on

Gérard Deulofeu is my guess at the player Rafa likes.

Hopefully Everton can land Depay, and we can swoop in.

Bojan isn't going to come here to play 2nd fiddle to Gayle.

They're asking for £12 million apparently. Quite reasonable in the grand scheme of things. Can't get over the fact he is just 26 years old still.

Man ... so what's with this Costa thing. Great matchup with Hull coming up. Will this nonsense be resolved by then? Close to ditching the dunce.

Give him a run on the left if he's going to deliver the ball like that. That was sick.

There isn't someone named Teenage or Hardlife is there?! Please tell me you've made that up

It's not necessarily a bad thing, has to be said. Look at Sissoko and Gini. They were young enough to be of decent enough quality, but we were able to get very good value when they didn't really work out for us. I mean it's all a balance really.

We also got relegated mate

More to do with the joke managers really, rather than the quality of players we had on the whole.

Allardyce and Pardew have found out this year that having better players doesn't automatically mean better results.

Odds are better players are more likely to be absolutely disgusted and sickened by both your embarrassing approaches to management, and so tune you both out sharpish.

It's been class.

It's not necessarily a bad thing, has to be said. Look at Sissoko and Gini. They were young enough to be of decent enough quality, but we were able to get very good value when they didn't really work out for us. I mean it's all a balance really.