No set criteria, whatever you like - who are your top 10 Palace signings and who are your worse 10? I have chosen mine only including players I watched (so late 80s onwards) and based the selection on their impact (or lack of) at Palace and factored in how much they cost too - so value for money. They are in order of the transfers (I think) not in preference.
Best 10
Ian Wright - obvious choice, bargain, unknown and probably the best player we ever had.
Geoff Thomas - very low cost, terrific player, terrific leader and key cog in our best ever side.
Mark Bright - plucked from Leicester so cheaply and huge impact at club. Another key figure in our best ever team.
Nigel Martyn - The last one from that great side. Served us so well and for many, many years
David Hopkin (1st time round) - what a superb player, such quality on the ball and in front of goal - good at curling one at Wembley.
Andy Johnson - We got £4m plus AJ for Morrison. A joy to watch and took us up, almost kept us up. Loads of goals and a lot of assists too. Such a huge impact on that team and so likeable too.
Darren Ambrose - Free transfer who supplied so many great moments and was vital in keeping us up at the time of our greatest need. Plus that goal at Old Trafford!
Mile Jedinak - Another free (I think?) Superb player, headers, tackles, a few goals, a few assists and a great leader. Key figure in promotion and keeping us up.
Yannick Bolasie - Bargain buy who has improved so much, helped us go up and arguably has been our most regular match winner in last 3 seasons
Scott Dann - exactly the right player at that time. Essential part of keeping us up for these last 3 seasons and very, very good price
Special mentions: Armstrong, Freedman (2nd time), Jansen, Delaney, Ward
Worst 10
Gareth Taylor - can't remember the fee but I know it was big and wow, he was poor. Did he just get 1 goal?
Neil Emblem - Didn't we spend around £2m on him? Don't even understand the logic or idea with this one. Was never, ever going to be worth that.
Valerian Ismael - Record signing but a disaster - day a good player in there but his time at Palace was awful
Lee Bradbury - Think we paid close to £2m for him - complete flop although I thought he tried at least but we sold Marcus Bent for peanuts and signed him for a lot -crazy!
Ade Akinbiyi - We were desperate for a good strong striker, we didn't have much mk ey to waste and we bought a player whose confidence was already destroyed by a very expensive move. We paid around £2m?
David Hopkin (2nd time) - so, so poor and again we paid a significant fee.
Jon Macken - Another very expensive flop. Didn't suit us at all and barely scored any goals even in a decent Palace side.
Nick Carle - Around £1m spent on the basis of one good game vrs. us - pathetic scouting policy. My brother works at BC and they were already disappointed by Carle there - only played in play offs as Lee Johnson injured - they couldn't believe their luck when we came along with the bid.
Jimmy Kebe - Believe we played around £2m and a few poor performances that was him gone.
Zeki Fryers - Desperate for a left back and we signed this guy for a significant fee, I guess big wages and he is nowhere near the team
Special mentions: Florian Marange, David Ansalem, Michele Padavano, Itzik Zohar
So what would yours be?
Best 10
Ian Wright - obvious choice, bargain, unknown and probably the best player we ever had.
Geoff Thomas - very low cost, terrific player, terrific leader and key cog in our best ever side.
Mark Bright - plucked from Leicester so cheaply and huge impact at club. Another key figure in our best ever team.
Nigel Martyn - The last one from that great side. Served us so well and for many, many years
David Hopkin (1st time round) - what a superb player, such quality on the ball and in front of goal - good at curling one at Wembley.
Andy Johnson - We got £4m plus AJ for Morrison. A joy to watch and took us up, almost kept us up. Loads of goals and a lot of assists too. Such a huge impact on that team and so likeable too.
Darren Ambrose - Free transfer who supplied so many great moments and was vital in keeping us up at the time of our greatest need. Plus that goal at Old Trafford!
Mile Jedinak - Another free (I think?) Superb player, headers, tackles, a few goals, a few assists and a great leader. Key figure in promotion and keeping us up.
Yannick Bolasie - Bargain buy who has improved so much, helped us go up and arguably has been our most regular match winner in last 3 seasons
Scott Dann - exactly the right player at that time. Essential part of keeping us up for these last 3 seasons and very, very good price
Special mentions: Armstrong, Freedman (2nd time), Jansen, Delaney, Ward
Worst 10
Gareth Taylor - can't remember the fee but I know it was big and wow, he was poor. Did he just get 1 goal?
Neil Emblem - Didn't we spend around £2m on him? Don't even understand the logic or idea with this one. Was never, ever going to be worth that.
Valerian Ismael - Record signing but a disaster - day a good player in there but his time at Palace was awful
Lee Bradbury - Think we paid close to £2m for him - complete flop although I thought he tried at least but we sold Marcus Bent for peanuts and signed him for a lot -crazy!
Ade Akinbiyi - We were desperate for a good strong striker, we didn't have much mk ey to waste and we bought a player whose confidence was already destroyed by a very expensive move. We paid around £2m?
David Hopkin (2nd time) - so, so poor and again we paid a significant fee.
Jon Macken - Another very expensive flop. Didn't suit us at all and barely scored any goals even in a decent Palace side.
Nick Carle - Around £1m spent on the basis of one good game vrs. us - pathetic scouting policy. My brother works at BC and they were already disappointed by Carle there - only played in play offs as Lee Johnson injured - they couldn't believe their luck when we came along with the bid.
Jimmy Kebe - Believe we played around £2m and a few poor performances that was him gone.
Zeki Fryers - Desperate for a left back and we signed this guy for a significant fee, I guess big wages and he is nowhere near the team
Special mentions: Florian Marange, David Ansalem, Michele Padavano, Itzik Zohar
So what would yours be?
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