Hi Steve, I find it great that you interact with the fans so well, so thanks very much.

Just a couple of questions, do you think it is necessary to get rid of the current coaching team and start a fresh with a new manager and his staff?

Secondly, will the new manager be given sufficient funds to turn our season around or will we be reliant on loans once again?

Thanks

JC

Steve:

1. There have been a lot of rumours -- and I realise that you're not going to speak directly to rumours for legal reasons -- about certain aspects of George Burley's behaviour and general personal conduct both in recent months and before he came to Palace. Without, as I said, directly addressing the rumours, do you feel you did adequate due diligence on Burley prior to hiring him last summer? Results aside, do you feel personally let down by where things have ended up. Yes or no answer will do.

2. It's often said, and I'm sure you agree it's true, that a well run organisation rehearses various scenarios and thus has solutions to problems at hand as soon as those problems become real. Without implying that you'd interview candidates for the manager's position while you had a manager in place, would it be fair to say that you've given some thought to what you'd do in the situation in which you now find yourself and, as a result, you're already hitting the ground running in the search for a permanent manager?

3. To what extent did George acknowledge to you that it hadn't worked out? Did he give any indication that things had plummeted to a lower point than he'd anticipated and, if yes, did he give any reason why he thought we'd reached this point in terms of our performances on the pitch? I'm sure he believes he could have turned things round, given time, but was he shocked just how poorly things had become? Did he acknowledge that, for want of a better expression, we really are in a pretty desperate place?

4. Given that, short of a very quick hire, we now enter the transfer window with significant change needed and no manager in place, who's going to drive personnel decisions from here on?

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Will the next manager have the option of bringing in his own back room staff or will they have to work along side Freedman and Austin?

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hi steve, i think a question i would like to ask is , will dougie remain in his capacity as first team coach along with dean in his role , i beleive all are nice guys and obviously these two especially have a long standing relationship with the club as players as well, i feel that the results ultimately fall at the feet of the manager, these two have had an impact also , or do you feel they just follow the managers direction with regards to tactics
thankyou for your time on coming on to answer questions, it feels healing after the pain of our first day of the new year, i just hope the next guy brings us some progression

Hi Steve,

This is an incredibly long shot but...

Are you aware that Ralf Rangnick quit his post at Bundesliga club, Hoffenheim, today?

Are you aware of his record with bringing young players?

Do you think that he may be interested in taking on a challenge like Palace?

How long are we going to be managerless for?
Are you still going to try and get JV back? (think you should )
Are you willing to spend money this month?
PLEASE PLEASE GET THE RITE MAN FOR THE JOB
Still love you for saving us haha