Now I do have so much respect for Steve Parish and the board, But I am questioning his wisdom in keeping Alan Pardew in a job. Lots have been said on here about Alan Pardew being out of his depth and unable to change things around, With Parish and I love the guy, Is he out of his depth, If you look at the facts, He was comfortable with Ian Holloway guiding us through the first year of the Premier league, Iw was following such bad performances that Holloway was so embarrassed that he resigned and admitted that he was not the man for the job, With Tony Pulis he was never Steve'a first choice in fact at the time it was widely reported that he was the only one who accepted the job. So we did well by default under Pulis. another appointment was Neil Warnock & I don't think i need to say anything about that situation and again Steve let that run on far too long, and with the threat of relegation before he acted.

My question is I know Steve Parish has the company at heart and we all have the utmost respect for him, But is he out of his depth in the premier His appointment of managers in the Premier is pretty abysmal with Holloway, who IMO was lucky to get us promoted, He was put in charge with us pretty much expecting to be at least in the playoffs and nearly missed out, I think we needed to beat Peterborough on the last day, and Warnock and Pardew, Surely we have to question his wisdom on Management appointments.

Cant disagree with the Burley & Freedman comments, But I was referring to the this premier stay. Holloway in a way was a success but the point I made is Parish let it run far too long. Pulis was not first choice at all, He tried many candidates, And Pulis was the only one who accepted the job on the second approach. Warnock no excuses a poor appointment in taking any mitigating circumstances into account. Pardew a success if he actually goes now and does not take us down Otherwise its a major disaster

This thread is just asking for peoples opinions on Parish no wrongs or rights here

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Did they? I keep seeing this being said, though usually 5 yrs and when I have googled it I have been unable to find anything that confirms it ever happened

Holloway seemed a decent appointment at the time, and did get us promoted (just). I think his 'resignation' was just Parish letting him go gracefully. Warnock I also think was a sensible appointment - we were in absolute turmoil and he seemed like the kind of battling manager to keep us going for a while - he was never intended to be more than a stop-gap, and we did get enough points under him to stay afloat. Can't be denied that Pardew was a good appointment at the time, and has overall been good for our club, even if he has lost the plot now.

I do question Parish's judgment with every game that goes by with Pardew in charge at this point, but a sacking soon and a good manager to take us forward and I don't see how we'll be able to complain about the direction Parish is taking us.

He got us promoted, when we had to win we did. Our form was poor at times but we were never going to continue the 6 game winning streak that suddenly made Dougie the best manager Palace ever had.

People are really questioning SP. Just because he hasnt done what they want yet. f***ing unbelievable. Last time i checked we were still in the prem for our longest run ever and had made the cup final for only the second time in our history. And we arent even in the bottom 3. No wonder we get called Nigels.