Really?

Did Pep, SAF, Ancelloti, Arteta, Coppell, et al do that? Think they were pretty successful nes pas?

Edited by eagleman13 (08 Nov 2023 5.27pm)

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there are people in football, who havent played for Palace!! Why do we have this obsession with ex players?

Because its the palace way, and we love them.

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

I suspect Goal Machine was being facetious, and very much tongue-in-cheek

Perhaps the reason stems from the fact that in his only club managerial post, Middlesbrough were relegated and their win percentage under Southgate was about 30%.

Southgate?
1) Steve Holland does the coaching for England, not Southgate.
2) Southgate’s preachy manner grates on many and he often ends up contradicting himself (e.g on Qatar and Saudi) depending upon which way the wind is blowing or what the flavour of the month is.
3) There is no outstanding team in world football at present- I.e not a patch on the past Brazil, West Germany, Argentina, France and Netherlands teams . It could be argued that Southgate is if anything underachieving considering the players at his disposal.
A record of semi final and final may look good in comparative terms , but how many world class teams were beaten in those runs?
4) Some of the affection for Southgate appears to be on misplaced sentiment based on the fact that he came up through the youth team and captained a promotion winning team. Nonetheless, he always had his eye on the main chance and has never really shown any loyalty or affinity for Palace.
5) As Willo points out, he was not a success as a club level manager despite working under one of the most supportive chairmen in the league.

Feel free to disagree, but I’m unimpressed.
Let’s see if when he does leave England whether any Champions League team bite.
I recall when he was trying to negotiate a new contract for England, his agent started leaking stories that Man Utd were interested.
In a perverse way that would have been a very good fit, and I don’t mean that as a compliment.