The problem Palace have been suffering from is a lack
of cash. It is vital to have cash to allow the general day-to-day running of
the club to continue.
The graph below shows how the cash situation
has been for the club. It is clear that every season there is a problem. As
the cash disappears the club has to borrow money from somewhere to pay the
staff, or the tax man, or the teams they have bought players from. When
borrowing became harder, and more expensive the load was passed on to Simon
Jordan. When he hit a personal cash problem it brought the club down.