Only Moses can rescue poor Palace now...

Palace went into administration this week, meaning a season which was looking like a fruitless mid-table finish has turned into a desperate relegation battle.

Moses was banned from playing by- Not the Football League, not his manager, but by the administrators.

I understand the reasoning, if he got injured and Palace missed out on a multi-million pound windfall it would be disastrous, but it was the way it was done.

To make things worse, and to insult the poor supporters who endured a misery-filled trip from south London to Newcastle and back for a 2-0 defeat last night, the administrators said:

"He will not be available because he is 'our most saleable asset'"

Cut the rubbish- 'Best player' they mean, when did a footballer become a 'saleable asset'?

May be I'm fighting against the tide here, may be football finances are in too desperate a state to get caught up in semantics, but then wouldn't it be nice, for the powers that be who are in the position to wipe a historic club like Crystal Palace off the map, to refer to players as players, and show some sort of connection to football supporters?

Is that too much to ask?

Still going back to City chief exec Garry Cook, at least he wasn't the poor sod who had to break the news to Neil Warnock that his star player wouldn't be available...