Today is Roy’s first day at training and I would imagine there will be footage of this soon available together with interviews.
This will probably be available on the club website and available to the national media.
I’m not sure if Parish will be included in this exercise although he probably should.

On the subject of Parish it seems that a fair proportion of the fanbase has turned against him.
In my view this is slightly harsh as his achievements outweigh his failings.
Ten years in the Premier League and a brand new academy are no small achievements for longer standing supporters who remember the days in Division 3 and the muddy training ground at Mitcham.

That being said, I can see why there are reservations about Parish going forward.
The boardroom arrangements are opaque at best and , while it could be argued that this should not be the fans’ concern, there seems little doubt that it has a direct bearing on the confused direction of the club.
Parish has been responsible for setting up this structure which in truth has not worked
successfully.
The directors seem to have different objectives and this is having a detrimental effect on the decision making process.
It’s not a good look to have to go back to the manager who was deemed not good enough to do the role a couple of seasons ago.
It’s symptomatic of a club which is unclear of its strategy, other than of course to avoid relegation.
It’s noteworthy that the four main investors apparently met on Thursday to decide to dispense with Vieira’s services.
The thought of losing an estimated £150 million through relegation has had the effect of concentrating the investors’ minds to achieve consensus on at least one decision.

Now the thought has turned to the appointment of a new manager and we are hearing that Fonsesca has support from some ‘boardroom’ elements and Cooper or Favre from others.
Some of this could be agent talk, but nonetheless you can see boardroom splits emerging again on who we appoint and subsequently players that we sign.

Ideally the issue of control of the club will be resolved in the summer, with or without Parish.

I also live in Shanghai & London - not sure what your point is
Yet I have a season ticket also & membership too

Forever Palace Proud

Very good, had to do a double take must admit

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

Former Palace boss Ian Holloway has some interesting comments - some favourable, some less so - about his relationship with the chairman in his recent book about football management.

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So. f***ing. What.

People keep saying this in defense of Parish, like it's some sort of "get out of jail free" card. It's not. There are 36,000 people who love the club at Selhurst Park every week. Their passion cannot be doubted. I wouldn't want 35,999 of them managing the team or directing the company (if you're wondering, the comedy value of Willo in the dugout is the exception). I don't give a f*** if Parish loves the club. I just want him to be competent at his job.

Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.