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Do you think George Burley by taking the Palace job was on a hiding to nothing,in much the same way Alan Smith was the last time we came out of administration? Decimated squad,no coaching staff,embargo,it would take one hell of a manager to turn it all around in six months.
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Hi Steve, I find it great that you interact with the fans so well, so thanks very much. Just a couple of questions, do you think it is necessary to get rid of the current coaching team and start a fresh with a new manager and his staff? Secondly, will the new manager be given sufficient funds to turn our season around or will we be reliant on loans once again? Thanks JC
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If Houghton is your choice great - how many managers have taken teams down and not gone back up (without spending as well)? More than have stayed down in in some cases spiralled into Div 1 (Charlton, Leeds, Southampton). Burley had the right approach in terms of football but sounds as if there were other things.
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Steve: 1. There have been a lot of rumours -- and I realise that you're not going to speak directly to rumours for legal reasons -- about certain aspects of George Burley's behaviour and general personal conduct both in recent months and before he came to Palace. Without, as I said, directly addressing the rumours, do you feel you did adequate due diligence on Burley prior to hiring him last summer? Results aside, do you feel personally let down by where things have ended up. Yes or no answer will do. 2. It's often said, and I'm sure you agree it's true, that a well run organisation rehearses various scenarios and thus has solutions to problems at hand as soon as those problems become real. Without implying that you'd interview candidates for the manager's position while you had a manager in place, would it be fair to say that you've given some thought to what you'd do in the situation in which you now find yourself and, as a result, you're already hitting the ground running in the search for a permanent manager? 3. To what extent did George acknowledge to you that it hadn't worked out? Did he give any indication that things had plummeted to a lower point than he'd anticipated and, if yes, did he give any reason why he thought we'd reached this point in terms of our performances on the pitch? I'm sure he believes he could have turned things round, given time, but was he shocked just how poorly things had become? Did he acknowledge that, for want of a better expression, we really are in a pretty desperate place? 4. Given that, short of a very quick hire, we now enter the transfer window with significant change needed and no manager in place, who's going to drive personnel decisions from here on?
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Steve - just wondering if you thought the signing of Egdar Davids has been part of our problems so far this season. What have you learned from that?
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Will the next manager have the option of bringing in his own back room staff or will they have to work along side Freedman and Austin?
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I recently got Palace promoted on Football Manager, am I on the shortlist?
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hi steve, i think a question i would like to ask is , will dougie remain in his capacity as first team coach along with dean in his role , i beleive all are nice guys and obviously these two especially have a long standing relationship with the club as players as well, i feel that the results ultimately fall at the feet of the manager, these two have had an impact also , or do you feel they just follow the managers direction with regards to tactics
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Quote CPFC2010 at 01 Jan 2011 10.30pm
Quote JayCee at 01 Jan 2011 10.26pm
Was it just a coincidence that Chris Hughton was at todays game or was he checking the team out?
really? so hes in the picture?
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Hi Steve, This is an incredibly long shot but... Are you aware that Ralf Rangnick quit his post at Bundesliga club, Hoffenheim, today? Are you aware of his record with bringing young players?
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will the compo you've had to payout,affect what we have to spend in jan?
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How long are we going to be managerless for?
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