To my mind one of the biggest was not appointing Hodgson as soon as Allardyce resigned instead of spending a month considering options and selecting FDB.

We might be in a position whereby Parish is looking for another manager for next season and we can only hope that if this is the case we don't see a re-run of events last pre-season.

The problem is that we don't really know how the blame should be apportioned for the January debacle as for all we know Dougie had lined up the players that we needed but the failure to sign them lay elsewhere.

There were some very odd dealings in the transfer window including the loan signing of Erdal Rakip whom Roy has stated is finding it difficult to break into the team as he plays in a position that we are well served in. If that is the case then why the hell have we signed him considering we don't have an option to convert the loan to a permanent deal.

Likewise the Polish centre half was another odd signing as even with our desperate need for central defenders Roy prefers Calamity Delaney to our new Polish international

Very true. All we can take from the situation is that the window before was poor and the window just gone was poor, this time with Dougie and all the musings of the "best recruitment environment we've ever had" or something along those lines and still the window is hopeless. The Jach and Rakip signings do seem very curious at the very least. As you have highlighted Roys comments about Rakip are very odd. Why on earth sign him then? We were led to believe Dougie and co provide the targets and Roy makes the decision on the said player. So who is at fault with both players not being up to standard. All seems very disconnected.

Steve,along everybody concerned with our club who care about our club are working with the best interests in our club. The issues of managements appointment Steve has spoken at length in the press Apologising for his errors while reminding us how excited he and us the fans were with appointment of FDB, in regard to AP he again gone FYP and HOL radio to explain how he an AP had chosen to change Palaces' playing style. Again he admitted it didn't work. Steve has along with rest of management team and owner have produced a plan to upgrade Selhurst Park which will insure Palace have positive future despite the clubs position at the moment. Being a Palace fan isn't meant to a trail of glory hunting its about being Palace no matter what league. As I said Steve and all concerned are doing what they believe to be in the best interests of the club.

Can't blame CPFC2010 for cashing in when they had the opportunity, they had invested their own money, lived the dream of getting Palace to the prem & were probably financially unable as a consortium to really progress us much further.

But we've now got a chairman who's beholden to his major investors & who seem both insistent on making decisions & less clued up than SP.

I think SP is not in a happy place personally.

Fantastic post. This should be an automatic reply to every SP bashing post on this site.

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