Potter will be sacked soon and would be a far better choice.

Following Palace since 25 Feb 1978

I think talk of a new manager is still premature as things stand.

One thing I can say is the best hope for bringing Roy back in was that he’d be able to turn the arguably better talent at hand into a functioning, effective team capable of winning football matches where Vieira had turned them into a one dimensional group of stilted individualist players incapable of attacking an opponent let alone scoring.

The Leicester game was just about as good as I could have hoped for. We outclassed, outplayed and in dramatic style outscored them despite conceding first. Bodes well but full focus should still be on finishing 17th or above.

As for the next manager, we have been stung twice now trying to employ idealist managers seemingly incapable of the pragmatism necessary for a team that will not be funded so as to fully accommodate their ‘style’. My hope is Hodgson was pragmatically capable of keeping us alive in the PL on a shoestring however with better resource at his disposal will rack up results in the following games.

Any manager following Roy will have to be compatible with the ownership’s financial strategy/limitations with substance and style not mutually exclusive in their approach. The objective reality of the situation need to be understood by all for common sense and good judgement to prevail. Til then COYP and welcome home Roy, good to see you and the old guard holding the reins in these worrying times.

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

Would be very happy with either Potter or Rodgers. Great win for Roy yesterday but I still don't want him in charge next season.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...

I'm guessing I'm the dissenting voice. I just don't think either of them is a good fit for here. Rodgers seems good with good players but also seems unable to keep things going. Potter doesn't seem to have the clarity our current team needs. If we had a much better squad then I'd agree that these are good managers. For our limited squad, and likely low budget, I feel that we need a motivator with a clear message. The more Cooper or Dyche figures - just my feelings. Another thing about Rodgers is he's rumoured to be a club yes man, as long as he gets his rewards. In our case, I want a manager to say when players are obviously required - our board seems to need a kick up the Arthur.

Red and Blue Army!

Indeed. I was, of course, thinking in terms of next season

I think Rodgers would be a good fit. His cycle at Leicester had come to a close and he had overstayed his welcome.

It was quite obvious last season that he didn’t have the stomach or passion for the job and was quite clearly going through the motions this season.

No to Rodger’s and no again. Offers nothing to a club like Palace.
I’d say yes to Paddy in Championship but that is not going to happen now.

I wouldn't go with Paddy at this stage.
It would be a huge risk given his lack of experience or track record at senior level.
He's never even managed a club at any senior level with his experience confined to younger players.
To say he would be a realistic choice seems to me to based more on sentiment because of his Palace links as opposed to an assessment based on professional credentials.

It's by no means a straightforward decision.
When Allardyce left he thought Chris Wilder would have been a good replacement given his unbroken success at every level culminating in achieving promotion and keeping Sheffield United up against all the odds.
However, since then his record has been shocking.
It's so unpredictable with the flavour of any given month eventually seen as useless.

I do think we avoid vanity projects where a big name manager think they are doing us a favour (Gerrard, Lampard).

Ultimately though I suppose all managers end up failing with ever shortening tenures at clubs.
It's the nature of the profession.

It was noticeable yesterday that Roy was chatting quite a lot with Ray just like in the old days yet this time round Paddy is supposedly the Assistant Manager but it seems that although he has the job title he may not actually have the job

Potter will not be a Palace manager, he doesnt need to manage us. Money, he doesnt need, potential to get into Europe limited, why would he come here?