How will they do?
Came painfully close to taking full advantage of their late barge into the playoff picture the previous season by making a decent stab of staying in the top flight. Since relegation Routledge and the on-loan Sorondo have departed, but the arrivals of McAnuff, Ward and particularly Macken should make them a stronger package overall. If and when Johnson departs, one assumes that the compensation involved will facilitate a replacement plenty good enough for this division. Palace appear to be treating their promotion and relegation much as we should have. Probable champions, annoyingly.