I think what some here might be worried about is the negative comments that will inevitably be aimed at our club because of perceptions of Allardyce. Most of us would stand up for Palace if a rival fan slagged us off. So we're probably all girding our loins a bit, getting ready for the inevitable vitriol coming our way. I think it's likely all nineteen other clubs' fans are ready to call our integrity into question, and that's going to wear thin after a while.

Honestly, I felt all along that Big Sam was just the one who got caught. He showed a certain amount of hubris, for which he paid dearly. Other than that, he seems to genuinely care about the game, and demonstrates regularly that he is incredibly well prepared. For me, we got the right man, and he quickly owned up to his stupid mistake. Not as big of a deal as the press made it out to be, in my opinion.

I'm looking forward to seeing what he'll do, and will support him because he now manages the team I love.

Stealing their women and eating their food since 1987.

He made the best of the situations we were in bar Burley. You say "Parish hasn't helped with the sacking managers stat" So would you of kept, Burley, Warnock, Pardew? Pulis and Freedman left for money. And before you say "Why appoint these rubbish managers in the first place". Nothing is guaranteed in football, everything is chance (Pep at City, Jose at United).

Instead of debating on here why are you not involved with the hiring of managers for the club? why isn't Parish ringing Kermit for advice?. Parish has made this club what it is today having managers of Sam's experience (5th most managed prem games), The likes of Benteke, Cabaye, Zaha and even Manadana to a degree.

Remember the times of Peter Taylor and Alan Lee?

Don't be stupid.

Merry Christmas.

Yannick Bolasie - Glenn Murray - Wilfried Zaha

Most exciting attacking trio at Selhurst Park in years.

Have we hell. We've all (most) of us have took backhanders before bent the rules ect for the greater good just some of us didn't get caught with our pants down. Promising appointment it's a welcome relief we've been suffering enough recently can't see things getting worse. Going down like a lead balloon before.

Edited by lancseagle (24 Dec 2016 2.10am)

Feels like more have left us for brighter lights than been sacked though?

Pulis always gets offers.

DF forgot about Bolton's spiralling £100mil debt which levelled us with our zero debt and their shiny training ground and stadium. He was like a teenager thinking of the quick money rather than career progression. Maybe Parish wanted to oversee things a bit too much but look at where we are and what DF is.

All the others are out of work or IH who is in the championship, which is where Pardew will probably have to restart.

Parish might hav clashed with Pulis over transfers although Pulis inviting Parish to his daughter's wedding it can't have been that bad. West Ham fans wanted Sam out but they went on a good run at the start of the season. That's why I think we saw Pulis out of work for a while. He was lined up for West Ham but it never happened.

There may have been clashes over transfer policy. Parish likes 22-25 year olds with resale value. Managers like to have proved heads closer to or at 30. The former is healthier for the longer term whereas the latter can eventually mean less and less funds to keep you where you are, obviously to most of us.

You cannot fault Parish on any of his hiring a or sackings or Pulis' walking out. I didn't like DF as manager and I do not like him snitching us up to the FA. He is a snake. Some things have never come out so there may be more to know. But DF must know now he should've stayed, proved his value for longer than 7 games and then demanded equal or more than Boltons offer. My impression was he just wanted the money quicker and saw Bolton as more likely to go up and be able to build a team easier. Only the quick money happened. The rest failed.

Parish is a brilliant chairman. Thought he was losing it with Pardew in some blinded love of Alan but he had us all fooled in the radio, including Alan. This has been moving for a few weeks and thank god it has.

COYP

Perhaps an honest, fair, and truthful club, with integrity, that has as much cash as we now do, might have considered repaying some of those small traders that were so much out-of-pocket when we went into administration, for the second time, enabling our current owners to buy it on the cheap and make a very handsome return on their investment? We're very far from being a paragon of virtue as a club so let's not pretend otherwise.

Bexley Dave

Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing!

"The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum)