As much as I would support the return of Sam Allardyce it should be remembered that he choose to "retire" rather than stay on as Palace manager. Pulis before him left under a cloud, so there may well be a problem between strong managers and the board. Whereas, Hodgson was very much a yes man.

I think this rules out Benitez who also will not be able to bring any players in at this stage of the season.

My choice would be Tony Popovic who I think has won the Australian League with soon to be three different clubs. I expect any move for him will be at the end of the season and he may have to start his UK career in the Championship.

Contrary to many people's opinion if we could get six points under a temporary manager, and then appoint Rooney, I feel he would be an excellent choice. He is an imperfect human, and would relate well with the players. He would also help inspire the strikers. His appointment would do much more good than harm.

Good call and he would have a proven striker at his disposal:

Benteke!!

No matter who does the job it may well seem dull if not negative ,from the sidelines ,
. There isn’t a team there that will lie down, every game is going to be win any way we can, and all to often it’ won’t be pretty. We should be able to do the dull bit, scoring some game winning goals is another matter though.

What is the net worth of Palace now i.e. likely sale price Parish & co could get compared to how much we would be worth if we get relegated? Is Parish more or less likely to leave if we get relegated? Could this put off any new decent manager?

One of the biggest mysteries in life is that loud stupid people normally don't have even the slightest inclination that they are stupid.

It's not fair enough. If Roy returns as a two-month emergency bandage (which, by the way, I'm not saying isn't a good idea) it shows the club has done no long-term planning, no preparation for changing the manager, and is basically reacting to events in desperation rather than controlling them. Since Parish only owns 20% of the club, what needs to happen is that the majority owners should remove him as CEO and hire someone for whom CPFC rather than his own ego is the main motivating factor. Parish has had his day and we're all grateful for what CPFC2010 did but just as managers have a shelf-life, so do chairmen. Parish's leadership of the club for over twelve months now has been woeful, and it's brought us directly to this pass.

Edited by sydtheeagle (17 Mar 2023 7.00pm)

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