That goes back to my point that Pardew didn't know how to use him. Under Pulis he was great, under Warnock he was one of the few decent performers, I think Allardyce would know exactly how to use him.

Palace defy logic sometimes why sell the club captain for £3 million, didn't think of a replacement and how much that would cost so just didn't get anyone in.

So the lack of defensive cover sees Palace one point above the relegation places.

Ledley is his replacement.

Looking at his recent 3 or so appearances for Villa he has been subbed after 75 minutes or so, like today. Whilst Pards was partial to a change around this time couldn't see it every game.

“ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ”
—United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld

Flamini was is replacement but seemed a last minuted and overall ill-judged replacement. Pardew took no steps to try to get Flamini much game time until a few weeks ago. Many on here supported getting rid of Jedinak because he was supposedly getting on but Flamini was the same age (32) and had barely played for the last year.

Despite Flamini surprising us with a few good appearances in the last month, bringing him in still seems nonsensical when you consider the criteria that Jedinak was supposedly sold because of.

For me it's obvious that it's either blatant incompetence on Pardew's part or a deal falling through led us to signing Flamini to cover up the cracks left by Jedinak's departure.

Pards wanted him out because he was a big influence in the dressing room. That simple really. It was massively detrimental to the club. Now Pards has gone we have the opportunity to put this right.

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