Possibly because the thread wasn't in anyway similar to this but more to point I was still 100% unsure about Pardew whilst people like you were rimming him and praising our "free flowing football" haha.

Then you got all brave behind your computer screen and starting firing abuse my way like a lot do on here because I had a different opinion to you and wasn't blindly sucking "super Als" genitals. So I thought instead of getting into some keyboard debate I'd speak with you directly to see how you'd feel about having this chat before a game instead. Unsurprisingly, like a lot on here, you'd rather not and I'm guessing because you wouldn't feel even half as assertive in your abuse when it comes to a real life situation.

I don't care if you take me seriously, you didn't take me seriously last year when I questioned what wasn't so great about pardew and now we have the worst record in English football so maybe there was something in what I was saying. Carry on not taking me seriously, still gonna say what I think.

Charlie Nicholas wasn't too complimentary about Palace and Pardew yesterday either as he was doing the commentary on our match.

Sadly, Pardew's future remains in the hands of Steve Parrish and he seems to be content with things on and off the pitch right now.

As I've said on another thread, we have a great squad which is good enough to be top 10 PL, but with Pardew's guidance is flirting with relegation to the Championship because of his lack of defensive nous.

There is no doubt that 2016 has been a disasterous year for us. Six measly wins since Xmas is by anyone's standards PATHETIC. Again and again the same old pig headed and arrogant mistakes have cost us points. Pardew's future should be under threat and I'm surprised by Parishes' stance on this subject. Maybe he's letting his heart rule his head on this one. Pardew is tactically dyslexic, he won't admit when he's wrong and he's at the helm of a squad who could be easily idling along in mid table, instead they are flirting with relegation. He is not the answer for us and we need to be parting the ways with him, the sooner the better.

I am shocked at the rhetoric on here at the moment. Perhaps others will say I lack ambition for the club, but I do not see Palace as being in crisis.

There were some positives today. We came back from a dodgy penalty when it would have been justified for our heads to drop. Wilf had a great game - he is getting less into his sulks. We scored 3 goals - when was the last time that Palace scored as freely as we are? We came back from a goal behind and did not lose in the last minute - it is also good to get a draw for a change (we had lost the knack). And perhaps most remarkably Campbell scored!

However, exciting as it is, I am frustrated by the poor defending and inability to hold onto a lead. I am especially concerned by Dann's lack of form. Our defending crisis seemed to start when he was out injured, but he has not been the usual stalwart or leader since he's returned. I think we also miss Soaure.

If we can get the defending together then the results will follow. Most of the commentary on our games is positive apart from that aspect. I still think Pardew has the dressing room. If he did not I would agree that he should go now. We are on a two game unbeaten run. Let's see how we do up to Christmas. Look at Leicester - they were below us until their result yesterday.

As for the comments we have to beat teams like Hull. They have recently beaten Southampton and drew with West Brom - both of whom had been doing well; so hardly whipping boys. There are few easy away games and no consistently awful teams this year. There are a number of clubs, like us, who are having good and then bad runs. However it is imperative that we improve our home form.

After watching that disjointed effort yesterday I'd say we definitely are in a crisis. I saw players out there who weren't sure what they should be doing especially knowing when to switch between defending and attack, they weren't together or quick enough. If it weren't for Wilf we probably would've been seriously embarrassed.
I think Pardew's lost his way with the style he was developing because we weren't getting any points and is now fudging it but the players are lost out there on the pitch. Leicester's win over City yesterday proves Guardiola style football isn't a sure way to win football matches in this league. You have to be able to adapt more and we don't seem to be able to do that and that's where Pardew has to take responsibility.