Been supporting the club for 40 years so been through the wringer.

Boards may have tried many things but never actually did them. What he did do was appoint the best manager in the clubs history and guide us to our highest ever league place.

We now have American owners who seem keener to make the lights flash in time to a loud PA system than build a cohesive team on the pitch. By sold our soul I mean when I look at the team at the moment I see a disjointed band playing for the money not each other or the team.

Bad run of form I can accept but looking at recent games there are some on the pitch who look like they can't be bothered and I don't like that

I watched through those days as well. This is different though back then there was no expectation that we were any good, the players were pretty cheap and generally we turned up knowing we were poor. Now we have spent the best part of £100m and have supposedly the best squad ever and we are terrible. The second half of last season was one of the more depressing ever. Only me and a few others seemed concerned by the shocking form. All the rest were caught up in buying balloons

The ups and downs of Palace have left me older than my years

We know Parish would like a solid infrastructure in place that can weather any storm. The problem is as soon as we get a new manager in in recent years for whatever reason as soon as the manager gets settled the results start to plummet. Freedman? Left for a few pennies more off the back of an 8 game unbeaten run (which was mostly draws)
Holloway? Landed in a division he is not familiar enough with, couldn't attract quality, couldn't deal with the job once it got so much bigger.
Pulis? A decent manager especially if you rate results over entertainment but ultimately proved to be only interested in what money he could squeeze out of the role.
Warnock? Way out of his depth in the top division but in fairness he knew he was a stopgap and was never getting the job long term.
Pardew? Now. Here's an appointment that many of us thought could just be the one who might provide a steady ship. A manager that lets be honest, at the time we thought was a bit of a coup to get him. Sadly his methods will not work in the long term at a club of our size and resources, Maybe any club. Didn't really pull up any trees at Newcastle either. We stuck with him way longer than we should have. I'd have sacked him in the summer. The Cup final papered over cracks we all knew were already there and for me that's the only reason he held on to his job.
And so we arrive at Allardyce. Not a man I'm particularly keen on as a person but... he can do the job. We know this. We have seen him do it time after time. He represents our best chance of staying up because he is a survival expert. Its that simple. IF we stay up (I don't think we will but would love obviously to be wrong) only then will be the time to look at if he is the way forward in terms of finally trying to build that infrastructure that will weather any storm. That's a discussion for the summer. For now our only real option (if we want a positive outcome) is to get behind him.
The turning point? I believe that was the day Pardew sold Jedi and thought Cabaye would do a better job. Our midfield has been bullied ever since.
I'm hoping the signing of Luka will address this. Time will tell.

So much default negativity. Win v boro and a lot changes. And why shouldn't we?

If you want to live in a world full of kindness, respect and love, try to show these qualities.

Very eloquently put - I am in total agreement.

Nothing to do with them, Flashing lights etc are the work of Steve Parish. Under Pardew it was Parish that pulled the strings on what players we bought in as Pardew had never had that responsability at Newcastle. Pardew got the final say on a player but most of them were Parish's targets. We have bought in some decent players. Personally dont blame those coming in. The biggest mistake we made was getting rid of the players that made the team a unit, Those that were great in the dressing room, the leaders and characters. Pardew should have been sacked after the cup final.