Whether Crystal Palace have drifted away from their strategy of buying young talent from lower leagues and offering them a pathway has been the subject of several questions sent in via our ''Ask about Crystal Palace' form.
Now the dust has settled on the transfer window, I think the strategy change in terms of players like Brennan Johnson and Jorgen Strand Larsen was down to two things.
First, poor form had them looking over their shoulders at the relegation places - and no matter how much those signings may look like Palace overpaid, the price of dropping to the Championship is bigger than that.
And two, Palace are into the play-off stage in the Conference League and are trying to win it. To get over the line in those competitions you need senior pros.
Johnson won the Europa League with Spurs last season, scoring the winner in the final, so having him and Strand Larsen - experienced but at a good age - makes sense at this point in the season and was what Palace needed in their squad.
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