Topic: Crystal Palace

[Flaccido Dongingo]

Colin has managed Palace twice already

[Fortneef]

I reckon they'll hire an Alan Pardew/Steve Bruce/Tony Pulis/Colin Wanker/Mark Hughes and spectacularly fail next season and go down. They've grossly mismanaged their situation. Knowing Hodgson's age and the fact that sooner or later he was going to retire and not plan for it is awful. That and the player contract situation.

Dont be silly. We have already employed and fallen out with all the Usual Suspects.
Except for H*gh*s but even we arent that stupid.

The next manager will be dougie freedman by default.
We will be bottom at christmas and then we’ll appoint someone promising for a championship rebuild.

[Fortneef]

The player contract situation is just a symptom
of the managerial fiasco.

All of the out of contract players were being paid more than they are worth now so we really needed a new manager to decide who is worth what.

[Barefoot Doctor]

Patrick Vieira to be the new Palace manager, says David Ornstein. Although until it's official...

[Ray K]

Patrick Vieira to be the new Palace manager, says David Ornstein. Although until it's official...

Tenner on them going down then.

[DelTrotter]

Someone is appointing a manager? Waheyyy!! Good luck to him, going to be a challenging job I think given the circumstances but I don't mind them and like Selhurst as cramped as it is!

[rafathegaffa83]

Patrick Vieira to be the new Palace manager, says David Ornstein. Although until it's official...

The speed of this suggests, either they are doing this very rushed or made sure they had an alternative if they couldn't come to terms with Favre

[67CherryRed]

Makes it look like his gig with ITV was his main priority and he's only happy to be announced now France are out.

[Elzar]

Makes it look like his gig with ITV was his main priority and he's only happy to be announced now France are out.

Or he didn't want to have questions about Palace while on ITV which would be weird if he was announced and then they ignored it.

[67CherryRed]

Or he didn't want to have questions about Palace while on ITV which would be weird if he was announced and then they ignored it.

OR, although unlikely, Parish was so desperate that he decided that whoever was on his screen when he turned the telly on was getting offered the job. He was two channels away from offering it to Andy Murray.

[Elzar]

OR, although unlikely, Parish was so desperate that he decided that whoever was on his screen when he turned the telly on was getting offered the job. He was two channels away from offering it to Andy Murray.

2 the other way and Alf Stewart would be on the sidelines.

[Barneylfc∗]

OR, although unlikely, Parish was so desperate that he decided that whoever was on his screen when he turned the telly on was getting offered the job. He was two channels away from offering it to Andy Murray.

I genuinely use this tactic when picking horses to back when I'm in the pub. Have had plenty of success with it in the past. Literally just look up, and whatever name I notice first is the one I back.

[Barneylfc∗]

2 the other way and Alf Stewart would be on the sidelines.

With Mark Hughes as his assistant

[67CherryRed]

Not keen on the new training gear, but the announcement video looks like it could be a good 'un.

[Cruiser]

With Mark Hughes as his assistant

Is that Madge?

[El Lobo]

Is that Madge?

Is that...how dare you!

[MrGrumpy]

The speed of this suggests, either they are doing this very rushed or made sure they had an alternative if they couldn't come to terms with Favre

I suspect the likes of Favre and Frank Lampard swerved this due to the amount of squad building needed.

[Dave McCoy]

Are they offering odds on whether he'll last longer than De Boer did?  Fat Sam has to be licking his lips already knowing another pay day is soon to be at hand.

[TepidT2O]

Weird appointment


Would they have appointed him if he hadn’t been a great player?  I think not.


Mind you, having another black manager in the league is a positive.

[Drinks Sangria]

Weird appointment


Would they have appointed him if he hadn’t been a great player?  I think not.


Mind you, having another black manager in the league is a positive.

Bizarre appointment and like you say, one made almost entirely off the back of his incredible playing career. Vieira for me was second only to Gerrard as the best midfielder the Premier League has seen.

In terms of his management credentials though.. it’s mediocre reading, at best. He did quite well with New York City, they of the advantages bought by being part of the City group. He then did okay in his first season at Nice (7th with maybe the 5th best squad in the division) without ripping up any trees and then the season after they went into absolute free fall and he was sacked after 5 losses in a row in streak of 1 win in 12, despite significant investment into the squad. So it’s a touch strange to see Palace give him the reins. He interviewed for the Newcastle job a while back and apparently excused himself from the running over the club’s transfer plans - surely Palace aren’t exactly in a position to lavish signings upon him.

It will be interesting to say the least.

[xbugawugax]

the pundits all willing him to fail surely

get the old guard in big sam, pardew, hughes will be waiting for the job the moment palace and viera look like struggling

[thaddeus]

Apparently the main champion of Vieira was their sporting director Dougie Freeman.  I'm used to most of the Premier League sporting directors being exotic foreign sorts that I just assume have wonderful CVs.  Freedman's CV is an impressive but not stellar playing career, short and uneventful managerial career, bit of a break from the game and then sporting director gig.

[OOS]

the pundits all willing him to fail surely

get the old guard in big sam, pardew, hughes will be waiting for the job the moment palace and viera look like struggling

Ex pro with a bit of character around him, he's part of the Premier League 'folklore'. I think most will be wanting him to succeed.

[Red-Soldier]

Fat Sam in after 6 games 

[RedForeverTT]

I support this appointment whole heartedly. PL has been under represented by BAME managers and I hope he would do well.

[John C]

I support this appointment whole heartedly. PL has been under represented by BAME managers and I hope he would do well.

Very much this but also it's a very refreshing appointment, I'm delighted the circle of losers has ceased momentarily.

With Rafa and Vieira joining the PL it makes it all more interesting.

[keano7]

Palace barely have an XI to field. There must be some kind of master plan which we all don’t know yet.

[Clayton Bigsby]

Think he is on a hiding to nothing here. Obviously wish him all the best

[Dim Glas]

Palace barely have an XI to field. There must be some kind of master plan which we all don’t know yet.

their squad situation really is mad. They seem to have 16 players in their first team squad at the moment. That includes like likes of Nathan Ferguson who’s never even played a game for them due to long term injury - and is still injured. And James McArthur who hasn’t played for ages either (injured I guess?). Martin Kelly who also doesn’t seem to feature for them these days. And JP Mateta who I think they have an obligation to buy, yet he barely featured or made an impact last season after arriving on loan. And Jaroslaw Jach - who at 27 has only ever played 1 game for them, and spent last season on loan in Poland.

And so far the only player have have signed is Jacob Montes who they signed on a free from an American university!

Viera has one heck of a job on his hands.

[RyanBabel19]

Hope he does well. Would be good to see more black managers at a good level in the game, there are very few and I do like him, doesn't always translate into great management but he speaks well and is actually interesting to listen to his view of the game.

Get the feeling a young player like Eze will learn a lot from someone like Vieira

[RedSince86]

Good to see the usual suspects not getting this job.

What makes me laugh is they do their punditry and say they are waiting for the right job, the "right job" for them is a plum midtable no expectations PL one, the other week BFS was hawking himself on SSN about how he's ready for a job.

Not one of these Dinosaurs would risk taking a job in the Championship.

I hope Viera is a great success there, the PL needs a new blood of young and upcoming managers.

[Lad]

Will all end in tears I fear. Tears for fears even.

[rossipersempre]

If this appointment goes wrong (and it probably will given the shitshow Vieira is walking into) they may as well rebrand themselves officially as Richmond FC and get Ted Lasso in.

[Redwhiteandnotblue]

Hope he does well. Would be good to see more black managers at a good level in the game, there are very few and I do like him, doesn't always translate into great management but he speaks well and is actually interesting to listen to his view of the game.

Get the feeling a young player like Eze will learn a lot from someone like Vieira

Eze is out injured long term, isn't he? He may not return to fitness during Vierra's tenure...

[stockdam]

A bit left field but at least it’s a new face and maybe new tactics. Good luck to him.

[afc tukrish]

Will all end in tears I fear. Tears for fears even.

Evieira wants to rule the world...

[Caligula?]

An absolute shit show of an appointment. He'll be sacked before November. They'll then appoint a "firefighter" like Allardyce who they probably would have been better off with from the start but won't recover and will go down.

[Jack_Bauer]

If this appointment goes wrong (and it probably will given the shitshow Vieira is walking into) they may as well rebrand themselves officially as Richmond FC and get Ted Lasso in.

Funnily enough Richmond have been the best team in the Australian Football League for the past 4 years and have 3 out of the last 4 Premierships though prior to that they spent a long time being kind of a shambles.

[Lad]

Evieira wants to rule the world...

👌

[Stockholm Syndrome]

I hope he does well; as mentioned BAME managers are massively underrepresented in the Premier League and top level football as a whole.

Further, in general it is good to see that the usual carousel of shit English managers is seemingly now ended. Previously it would be guaranteed that these type of jobs would be reserved for Pardew, Hughes, Fat Sam, etc, on a rotating basis. Now it seems all of them can't actually get a job other than Fat Sam on a saviour mission

Having said that, Vierra is going to have a tough time with this squad and his experience. I wish him the best of luck but I can't see it being a long appointment unfortunately. Hopefully he proves me wrong (enough to continue the supposed Man City plan from years ago of him being the next successor, but not good enough to actually be a good successor to City  )