If you splash the cash on players who get you relegated, the parachute payments will only cover your overspend mistake. Next year there will be at least 7 other teams also on parachute payments, so even if you finish above us this doesn't mean instant re-promotion.
Should Palace spend the...
Unfortunately going up via the playoffs puts that team at a disadvantage because of less time to prepare, especially when it is off the back of poor form without a defined style of play which needs instant reinvention. Automatic promotion is really the best way to move up a level and missing out...