Did Noades ever go into a season with only one striker having appointed the most s***e manager in the history of football? Genuine question.

Noades did appoint Mullery the worst manager in the history of the club.
All this one striker is nonsense, we have more than one striker, injured or not very good I grant you, but more than one.

Nail on the head is appropriate.

Because he doesn't care about us. He doesn't see any reason to let the fans know what he's done. Why do you think tickets are still so bloody expensive? Why do you think it took him five years to even think about installing mandatory features for disabled people? Because that's not what was important to him. Everything he's done since arriving here was to make himself look the bee's knees. He stumbled his way into the Premier League, especially after Dougie left, and now he's there he hasn't a clue what to do, so he's blaming all of it on everyone else he can. He thinks being a Palace fan makes him King of the Hill and doesn't think he needs to listen to anyone else. Any smart chairman would give their manager the money and say to them "This is our budget and if you want to use it to buy 5 center backs, you live or die by it." He should've thought through what tactics he wanted his team to play, got a man in who fit them, and then just let him get on with it. But no, he tried to be the scout, the players' agent, the coach AND the manager all at once, all while keeping his wallet as tightly closed as possible, because he thinks he knows best about everything. And that's the way it's going to carry on because he's got an ego bigger than his nose. This isn't Crystal Palace F.C. anymore, it's Steve Parish F.C.

The good manager appointments in the prem have been because they were out of work and wanted to come. I'll add Pardew to that because he wanted out of Newcastle and into Palace. Parish deserves credit for signing them but let's not pretend he identified them after lots of searching and analysis. They needed work and we needed someone before anyone else, which in 2 cases is the fault of the club for being in that situation so early. Holloway just wasn't good enough although the shyte recruitment didnt help him.

Pulis. Took forever dithering over him with games being chalked off.

Sam. Took for fvcking ever again sacking Pardew.

When he did have a choice to make he thought he'd be smart like the manager who makes leftfield subs to look smart. I didn't see that one coming because he was so clearly unsuitable and under qualified.

So Silva. Dunno what happened there but obviously, to me anyway and not those who said how he gave up for hull v us wasn't worthy of hiring, is miles better than waffling Frank. The bullsh1t I smelt a mile off.

Dyche. Making Parish look a fool this season. And rumour is he wasn't deemed a good fit. So f'ing Frank was. Jesus.

Pellegrino. We were clearly waiting for him and ended up with Frank. Shambolic.

So when the best manager is available without any other temptations his manager calls are spot on. When there is a choice, well we've just seen it. Tries to wind the clock forward to what the same players couldn't do with Pardew. Yep, he knows his onions does Steve.

He should leave this to a football person and do business on other stuff in the background which is also important.