I hadn't seen that before. There does seem to have been a lot of turmoil in Nice though which may have compromised Viera's position. He was certainly very highly rated when he arrived at Nice and results wise it was only his final season where it seems to have gone a bit pear shaped. I read a few articles when he was rumoured to be in the fray a few weeks ago and thought he might do ok (a quick google brings up lots of articles).

The question is has he learned from his mistakes and has he stayed in touch with the PL, which has changed a lot in the last few years. Most managers have a period when they're starting out where things don't go well and the best learn from it. Hopefully if he does sign he'll be a better manager for his experiences, or failing that, Wenger as assistant?!

For him to from Palace he would have to do a good job right?
And presumably that good job would be based on the attractive style of football played, eye for good recruitment and perhaps even a top 10 finish for Palace.

If he can deliver that over the next 2-3 years and then jumps to Arsenal then so what? We'd have more than our money's worth and be left in a great position to attract better players and a manager than to date.

On the plus side the song from the terrace is pretty simple if I recall.
Viera oh oh Viera oh oh oh oh! To the tune of Volare.
Altogether now ……..

Its been said Dougie talking to Vieira, while the CPFC 3 are still talking to Favre so anything possible.

lol

Patrick Vieira has been an ITV pundit for the Euros, which makes the plane to France story seem a load of ballacks.

SP could presumably meet him in London

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

Apparently he’s already rang Dazza with his transfer aspirations, can’t wait for the update!!

Edited by Nicholas91 (29 Jun 2021 1.46pm)

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

This whole manager recruitment has seen more twists and turns than the Monaco Formula 1 street circuit with Steve Parish having a brow corrugated with worries on occasions and tearing chunks out of his shampoo-advert mane.

This. With giant knobs on.

good point, don't know details of second season, but it may be one less straw to clutch sadly. He's a natural leader, he's not stupid, and he's learnt from the very best - similar grounding to Arteta, hopefully will be around that standard. And he won't have to be too proactive with recruitment - what type of player we need and where they play is not a mystery, and viable candidates will have been gone through, and he does know a thing or two about midfield play, which is where we really need to strengthen.

So Vieira in...

My thoughts (and worth fu*k all).

I'm looking at it in 2 ways.

1. Klopp & Mourinho had to start somewhere. Now we know that being a good or in Vieira's case a great player, doesn't mean you are going to be a good manager (Otherwise it would be Tony Adams or Shearer leading England out tonight and not there team mate from 96).

We can only hope that Vieira has learned lessons from his first few jobs and its been a good learning curve. Now he is back in the Premier league with his knowledge of the league and his contacts he gets us inspired and firing along with moving us forwards at a club.
Thats all we can ask at this stage. The whole manager search has been a joke and as I said in a previous post the main priority was a manager that actually wanted the job to start with.

2. Watching ITV last night, Keane, Vieira and Neville... they all have one thing in common... great pundits but are all there because its not worked out as managers. I was having a chat with a pal last night and I was saying I love Roy Keane and would love him as a manager but unfortunately for him he is from a time long gone and I just can't see him ever working with todays woke/Nancy players that have to be cuddled and have there way every 2 minutes.

I hope my first thoughts are what we get and that we have a great season next year with better football than we have had the last couple of seasons. As somebody on here said, lets hope Vieira sorts out Luka as I think there is a good player in there that has lost his way.
I also think Vieira might be able to get Zaha to not only stay but actually look like he wants to be there again which would be like making a massive signing... hey I can dream.