Yes or No

yes

Should never have been allowed to leave without a replacement lined up.
Scrap that , it makes to much sense for Palace.

I don't think he would consider it yet, but I expect us to be in a real jam 6 games in.

An appeal to his love for his boyhood club etc etc. might get a response.

He will be sick of his relations by then.

It's a multi million pound business, which Roy has been involved in , and well payed, for decades.
His feelings come a distant second to the future of the club.

Discretion.
Not the first word that springs to mind with the chairman.
If it was his aim, imo, its very misguided.