..say goodbye to Zaha, Puncheon, Cabaye, McArthur, Souare and Ward.

..you actually think the owners have actually taken one seconds thought of actually having this thing called Allardyce.

pardew is a better manager with all better record than big sam.

wtf would any real palace fan want that knob in charge at selhurst?

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

Agreed.

If people think he would be better, they should look at his actual record. His teams average 1.38 goals against per game. A worse record than Pardew! His teams don't score as often either.

A real step up.

If you come to a fork in the road, take it.

Burley was bad... then Freedman didn't wanna stay. Holloway and the transfer window was an embaressment. Then Pulis then walked out, Warnock steadying the ship, the whole texting issue, then to AP's record. Then some dodgy signings that gambled and back fired. Whilst they haven't had any high profile f**k ups' it hasn't really been stable, we can look at each individual cases and see common dominators which is kinda suggests its not that smooth, which is what we desperately need.
It just seems instead of playing it safe they like a gamble, fair play, it's their money.

With Fat Sam, the first club he joins will have eyes on him, just look at Malky, he tried to get employment and boom, Tan opened up an old wound. That's not the stability we need.

Honestly, i still feel Steve Bruce was the one we should have gone for.

And going back to Dougie, it's like Howe at Bournemouth - some clubs suit some managers and ofcourse its hindsight, but freedman looked as if it was all coming together - which kind a makes you wonder why he left - but i do feel he has got it in him to manage at a decent level.

This was once a quality forum....