From Syd, that's VERY unlikely. Skybet currently 100/1 on that one.

This is really an embarrassingly facile post. An obvious mess is resolved by taking the "least worst" scenario and, rather like a petulant child, the best you can come up with is "so there...see...sorted...it was fine all along." I mean, come on. We all support Palace but if the comment above shows the limit of your critical faculties than it's no wonder the powers that be in football don't pay much attention to the thoughts of supporters. You sound like a ten year old trying to win an argument with his younger sister.

For all the reasons I've repeatedly and clearly given our board, who are learning on the job and no doubt have the best of intentions, made a pig's ear of this whole thing. I'm not going to repeat why. Just read my (multiple) previous posts --I've already explained it at some lengths.

Then, absent either a real plan or any of their preferred options like Howe being interested, at the eleventh hour, with the transfer window passing by and the pool of good candidates seemingly either diminishing or non-existent they give Dougie the job. Words that come to mind: least worst option. Damage limitation. No real alternatives.

Now with that said let me add: I am 100% behind the decision to hire Dougie. Given where we ended up in this process when Howe said no, in my view this was the right decision (it wouldn't have been my choice at the outset of the process, but in my view the board rightly identified Dougie as the best choice now that circumstances had intervened.) So for all the mess in how things have been run along the way, in the end the board have taken the sensible way out of a mess that they had made for themselves.

There is no animosity towards the board on my part. They're neophytes learning on the job and they're clearly finding the learning curve very steep. You try running a business with no experience of the industry. Trust me...it's not easy. You're going to make mistakes. But stop acting like a child. All I have done is drawn sensible conclusions based on observable evidence. This isn't a game of childish "he says, she says". It's business. It is not hard to judge whether things are being competently run or not and for the past 10 days, I'm afraid, they've been a mess.

Edited by sydtheeagle (12 Jan 2011 12.13pm)

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

Jesus, do you not have a job? I do the best I can. You're right, I don't read everything forensically; I don't reply to every last point people make, and I probably overlook (if not intentionally) a few valid things people say. But FFS, I work approximately 15 hours a day and dissecting Palace is, while obviously interesting, not my sole function in life. I tend to post a lot in short busts (when I have an hour free) and then I'm tied up for a much longer period, hence I come and go.

As for full comprehension, yes, I see what you're saying. However, to me if something walks like a duck and talks like a duck then even without a blood test, I'm prepared to leap to the conclusion that, yes, it is a duck. I saw a mess, and in my world you don't need inside information to say it. But if, in your world, you do then fair enough, that's your call.

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

Syd,at least your 15 hours a day working as a biologist is paying off.

Hambo,i'll give you your bung later.

1/6/2010.a new era.we made it everyone!!!lets get the ball rolling for another 105 years of proud history.thank you cpfc2010.

palace forever.eeaaaaaaaaaaaaaggglless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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The verbal jousting here has been first class. It is nice to read posts put forward by two of the more articulate posters on the HOL. The fact that their 'battle lines' are clearly drawn make for fascinating reading, and after all in most arguments there is no wrong or right - merely perspective.

The truth of the matter is that none of us know the intricate internal dealing of the board and club as a whole. What we are all commenting and speculating on is how their actions appear to the wider footballing world, ourselves as fans included. My own opinion on the matter is that the Eddie Howe saga dragged on, and because it did we were waiting around for what felt like an eternity not knowing what the short-term future had in store for our beloved CPFC.

The upshot of this is that the moralistic stance that the consortium took over replacing George (and I feel that not lining up a replacement before he went was out of courtesy and respect rather than much else) has potentially been shown to be a gamble at best. Whilst I agree wholeheartedly with the sentiment of not having a manager lined up in advance, the subsequent debacle of the 'Howe-gate' incident has meant that the board have appeared to be naive.

Whilst that may sound like a crticism, it is not as far as I am concerned (I don't believe that syd was intentionally digging them out either). I expect some learning curves to occur this season and into the next few as we are starting from relative scratch as a club. Only a few players and staff remain from what once was, with the only constant being us fans. What I really like about CPFC2010 is their openness and honesty. They also seem like quick learners and after getting themselves in a sticky spot over the last week - I feel that the appointment of Dougie showed that they acted quickly to resolve it. Time will tell on this, but I believe it to be yet another sign that they have learnt quickly. They even made a statement today indicating that they spent a week or so looking for something that was right under their noses the whole time. Fair play to you all for holding your hands up to that rather than trying to pass off some spin.

In short - we should understand the odd short-comings that the board may incur from time-to-time, but on the whole we are confident that you'll grow and prosper into fantastic chairmen. The ingredients are very much there.

Edited by palace4ever (12 Jan 2011 3.42pm)