A tale of 2 mouths to be honest. Jordan and Sutton both enjoy mouthing off. The only doors that Jordan has a pop at Celtic/Scottish football while Sutton has a pop at Palace/ lack of ambition.

I think Howe will go to Celtic if they agree to him taking his own staff. Whoever goes there next season will get publicity because Gerrard is now top dog and Celtic are in all sorts of trouble after Lennon wrecked Rodger’s squad. Rangers aren’t that good. They won by bringing in young players Gerrard knew from coaching at Liverpool who weren’t going to go straight into their first team. Rodgers did something similar when Celtic linked up with Citee. A decent coach could turn things round and win the league next season.

The Palace job is a risky option for someone like Howe. He is unlikely to finish higher than Hodgson without spending cash and that ain’t going to happen. Success would be bringing youngsters in to replace the older/ out of contract players while maintaining Premier League status. That might attract someone who’s never managed in the PL but won’t get the likes of Howe I to the big time. The risk of failure and relegation is high and Howe doesn’t need another trip to the Championship.

We need a young coach to bring on the youngsters, preferably one with links to a bigger team to bring in some of their kids. That has to be Lampard.

It is Dyche or Hodgson for me. We either go all out and back Dyche, securing him now when we need to overhaul the team, or we continue to have these conversations for another 12 months with Roy at the helm. Which I feel would be detrimental.

There is a huge risk factor when it comes to changing and despite pundits falling over themselves to whip up a frenzy in the transfer market (the usual Kane to Citeh / Haaland to Prem etc / plus relegated manager merry-go-round), I don't see much transfer action happening in this window. It worries me that we will stay with Roy because of the cost of securing a new manager with a loss of 54M (?). So I'd like Dyche.

Hodgson - Better Prem record than those we're linked to
Dyche - Slightly better record than Howe (IMHO)
Howe - Not going to take us forward (so will Dyche for that matter?)
Lampard - Too risky
Gerard - too risky - why should we be a testing ground for another clubs future heros
Potter - only if he brings his current midfield with him
Cooper - too risky
Ismail - too risky - don't get sentimental for 9 months / and no-one is going to want him as a number 2 if he is simply being groomed to take over in a couple of years.*
Paulo Fonseca - I genuinely can't see this as I think it would take money to convince him.

So I'd like Dyche now before he sees how well we balls up the negotiation of new transfers with our ageing squad or pish RH around further.

*Hodgson grooming Ismail? Maybe I'd take that, but still to risky.

Edited by pstrutt (15 Apr 2021 11.42am)

So I manage a Workshop which provides a safe learning environment for blokes struggling with PTSD and other mental health issues. Being a Palace fan isn't listed yet.

Running before we can crawl? This guys benefits lie in Europe. He would need to get us 6 places higher something other teams invest £100s millions to achieve with varying degrees of success. Ancelotti is about as good a coach as it is possible to be but look where Everton are in the league. And we lack their name network and resources.

If Parrish's long term plans bear fruit someone like this is a future option. However dyche would be a better option now to get us there.

I might take a risk on certain managers but not Howe. He has great PR and a boyish grin but I am far from convinced he is an EPL manager!

That all said this summer is crucial for Palace. With all those players and thenmanager out of contract it is an ideal time for a new broom - but a broom that has guile and a serious and sensible plan. And all this with a business with highly unprecedented and unpredictable financial issues. Over to you Steve!!!!

Always remembering walking from the Holmesdale to the Whitehorse end at half time!

Yeah, but the media read it here first.

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

I hope Roy announces he's leaving,don't want another season of him at the helm.

Understand and agree what your saying ,but look what happened when we done that with Frank Du Boar ?

with you on this one cucking...with ferguson, mitchell, eze, mateta developing we could have an more youthful exciting side.

if as expected we only have magic beans & buttons to spend in the summer roy gets my vote.

history tells us new managers need backing financially, which we cant afford to do.

‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway

good post. But could Parish cope?

Benitez has put it out there that he wants to return to the Premier but on the condition that the club he goes to has a plan to compete at the top. that's not us. So easy to say let's just get X, Y or Z but not based in any reality.