I do hope we get a further statement from the board today or tomorrow. Right now, we look like an absolute laughing stock, and it ought to be made clear why the sacking occurred so soon.

Who cares, next week they will be onto something else.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

There has been so much bile toward Parish that I can't be doing with reading this thread in its entirety.

Steve Parish has made many strategic errors during his tenure, but none of us know if this was one of them. History will be the judge, not the apoplectic masses* of now.

However, it does LOOK questionable as would be any recruitment of Hodgson. Part of the reason is because so many of Parish's decisions/ actions looked questionable in isolation, when made:

--letting Dougie go when he'd really got us going (at last)
--keeping Holloway as our PL coach after promotion (harsh but I'd have sacked him)
--letting Pulis go
--naming Warnock
--keeping Pardew longer than almost anyone thought sensible
--letting Allardyce**, go
--recruiting a manager and retaining him for 4 games, the last of which we played fairly brilliantly

No doubt Parish can give a smart narrative for each individual one. And perhaps we Boer should have been fired, but when you combine all these, such a narrative loses a great deal of credibility.

That said, none of us would be anywhere near as good at the job as Parish. For every failing he has come up trumps. I doubt most of us are even capable of sorting ourselves out with proper pensions. So those throwing stones so violently would do well to keep a little more perspective.

For me, the bigger failing was not hiring a proper sporting director years ago and charging him or her with youth, scouting and managerial talent identification.

Right now, it looks like a throw of the dice for Hodgson. If THAT fails, then we will be left with a soured legacy and nothing to show for a handful of up and down years in the PL.

Let's hope he gets lucky again and, in the meantime, learns from his mistakes.

For the record, my only question is about Hodgson's age. the narrative he was terrible for England is one I disagree with. time will tell if he has the requisite energy and passion.

*Coined by R. Hedman
**Retired my arse.

If you want to live in a world full of kindness, respect and love, try to show these qualities.

I thought Nick was younger, I now don't know why I thought that.

It was funny though, Just Nick smiling away and then.. Cut off before anything could get going.

One thing is for sure, he's a fully paid up Palace supporter. That "interview" was typical Palace.

"You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be lead"

Stan Laurel

I can't believe he'd go on the radio to talk about Palace when there's people dying in the commonwealth.

You fed me, you bred me, I'll remember your name.

Now I have calmed down a bit at the end of the day, who knows what has been going on behind the scenes these past few weeks. So many conficting stories and opinions. I guess that a lot will come out over the next few weeks.

I will just go back to my optimistic self and try and enjoy the ride.

"You can lead a horse to water but a pencil must be lead"

Stan Laurel