Palace By Numbers

  Now that academy is finished. Parish and co can go “hell for leather” for the new stand. Let's look into what it will mean for the club.  Increase in seats in the main stand of 7,873, reduction in Family stand of 594 and filling in the corner of Arthur Wait to add 683 seats. That would put the ground at 34,259. It would make Selhurst Park the 14th biggest club ground in England. Looking through the plans, It looks like the club will really increase its corporate facilities with two floors of the five-floor stand just being for corporate. It looks good for all budgets of hospitality. Watching padded seat on TikTok, I have noticed very different levels of hospitality. Before that, I used to think it was all very high-end. Actually, there are more affordable packages but still expensive.  New landmark I remember in the early days of cpfc2010 they replaced the gates to the stadium car park. Before that, if there was a news story about Palace. The go-to picture was of the ta...

  Feelings after Fulham As Crystal Palace fans, we've all noticed the team's struggles this season. Whether it's the defense not quite holding up or the attack stalling out, something has been off. In this blog post, we take a closer look at the numbers to try and understand what's been going on. We examine the reliance on Doucouré in defense and the balance issues with the attacking players. Are these the root causes of the team's struggles? Once again Vieira must ask too much of Doucouré I like Doucouré and he having a good season but he is not Kante. He is currently the main defense-minded midfielder. The only one that can break up play in the first eleven. He has the most tackles per 90 in the defensive final 3rd for Palace this season (Players over 100 mins). Only Luka is above him on tackles plus interceptions per 90. Last season the load was shared more. McArthur (3.9), Kouyaté (4.1), and Mitchell (4.2) all with high tackles and interceptions per 90. After Ko...

  Botafogo Let's start in Brazil. Botafogo is a historical team in Brazil with legends that have played in black and white. Didi played over hundred games and scored sixty goals. Won three world cups and was player of the tournament in 58. Honours for the club don't look as good as they should with two top-flight titles. They have won Campeonato Carioca (Rio State Championship) 21 times. As national top division didn't get started until 1971. I guess every Brazilian team would make the argument that should have won more on the national level if there was a league before the '70s. Before the 70s travel around Brazil was difficult and there was more focus on state championships. Rio is one of the main football regions. Also won the interstate cup against Sao Paulo three times in the sixties. If the national league was around before the 70’s then they would have been in the mix to have won couple more times.   From the videos online the fans look very passionate and what t...

 Summer Transfer Window Review The transfer window closed with a whimper rather than a bang. It was disappointing after a great start not to get a couple of signings through the door. Let’s start with the arrivals Cheick Doucouré The number one target. That was signed up relatively early. A combative midfielder that progresses the ball quickly. He suits the system and early days but looks a great signing. The last game against Newcastle he won 5 tackles (joint most in the match), goal-line clearance, two key passes and 79% passing accuracy.  Transfermarkt has a fee of 20 million. For my amortisation figure, I normally add 30%. Historically comparing transfermarkt to statutory accounts they are 30% lower. This could be agent fees and player bonuses which are not included in the Transfermarkt figure. This works out to be £4 million per season. That’s only 0.3k more per season than Kouyaté cost. That looks like good value. Especially as he is 22 years old. If the club play their ...