Dean Wilkins believes Crystal Palace have "a lot of talent" within their academy and that the Eagles have a bright future ahead.
The former Brighton boss recently joined Palace as head of coaching within the club's academy, working alongside academy director Gary Issott, professional development coach Shaun Derry, U23 coach Richard Shaw and U18 coach Paddy McCarthy, among others.
And within the first few weeks since joining the Eagles, he has already seen enough to know that there is "massive potential" for the future of the club, as Palace look to try and get more players from the academy into the first team, following on from the likes of Wilfried Zaha and Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
"A lot of talent. I've spent the last six weeks trying to digest everything, watch the coaches work, watch the teams play so my initial sort of job working under Gary [Issott] is to adapt the philosophy slightly maybe, try and improve things," he said.
"I've been observing everything and the potential is massive. Every department has to work together to make that happen."
Wilkins has plenty of experience to draw upon when it comes to his own coaching career, having worked at Brighton and Southampton, including a spell as the manager of Palace's arch-rivals between 2006 and 2008.
And Wilkins believes that Palace can follow the model from one of his former clubs, although he says it will be up the players to buy in to the plan to fulfil their potential.
"Southampton, if I had to point to one that works, that would be the model," said Wilkins.
"The reason it worked was every department was working together to reach that one goal. There was a clear plan in place.
"There is a plan in place here and now with the increased staffing that allows us to implement that even stronger.
"It's up to us as a whole group of staff to try and find a way to get these messages across to every individual because it's the most powerful thing you can do. If players see you working collectively for him, the buy in from the player is massive."
