Classic…. :-)

Interesting tactics….change of ends the last few games playing with the Holmesdale the first half. Makes sense…gets the crowd going a lot earlier

Indeed! The main merrit of PV is not just making the stars shine but lifting the "also-runs" to top-performances. The fact that Eze has currently difficulties to get a place in the starting 11 tells everything. When he got injured last season a lot of us (me included) thought that this would lead to a massive downturn of the overall performance of the team. Nope!

I hope this wasnt PVs Arsenal audition.

Arsenal quite rightly decided long ago they'd rather go with a club legend such as Arteta than some old boy in Vieira. Plus, Arteta obviously had a far better audition in management than Vieira did, you know when he managed, erm...uh?

Part of Vieira's brief is going to be playing his old sides, both of whom sit in the top 5 in the league, and both of whom we've taken 4 points a piece off this season.

Do totally get the point made but I have the opinion of Vieira that he is a reasonably intelligent person. Arsenal have long been the gloryhunters' club, but have fallen far from their previous grace. They don't have the finances or attraction to compete right at the top, the most non-fans in Europe and a side sorely lacking the excitement of your Wilf's, Olise's and Eze's in the world.

Even if they did come sniffing, I would consider it foolish indeed for PV to even consider taking over there. I've also heard rumours that as a young boy growing up in France, PV dreamed of one day moving to Norwood, going to football training in Beckenham, drinking in the Wetherspoons in Forest Hill and shopping at Tesco's in Purley. His life is complete at the Palace.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Ooh you risk taker you.