I think that's a fair commentary.

Whether or not it is 'all PV's fault' is irrelevant at this stage however I would add though, my thinking is that it is very far from all his fault. The question for me is solely PL survival right now and I don't think PV has the capability to deliver that, mainly due to the fact an all time low for which he is the poster boy, first in the firing line and easiest replaced, right or not, needs to be reversed.

The 'investors' coming in, for me, always seemed a bit overhyped if not misconstrued as the prospect of impactful financial backing. They aren't in it for the glory, fun or what have you, they are literally just investing, with very little understanding of the game and what for me has now been confirmed as a financial venture as opposed to a sporting or personal one.

The paradigm therefore is correlating the playing side of things with the financial stance. There's no point us having someone in like PV if there is not going to be sincere investment into the team and that's being proved. We now have a very lightweight squad, where the quality isn't consistent enough even in the first team to see us really hopeful of anything but just staying in the PL, which we may well not do.

I'm reluctant to pin this all on Parish, even if it is bad strategy from him I still believe he was (one of) our saviour, has worked wonders and has the club's best interest at heart. Equally, I am reluctant to lob vitriol at PV with any real venom however that's very different to saying he's a square peg in a round hole atm.

You never know, my dream is we do pick up wins when we need them, go into the next PL season off the back of some sincere investment in the summer and brighter days ahead. That all seems very much fantasy to me now however and what I would much prefer is some reality and honesty about everything from what's happening on the pitch to what's happening with the business. I believe the term 'gaslighting' is being used a lot by youngsters these days and seems relevant. Getting overly angry/emotional about the football side of things is pointless and some clarity would help ease that. I fear we are going to see some real toxicity come to the fore soon however. I have even seen the emergence of some racist commentary by fans on social media etc. and that for me is so far removed from my club's identity.

I could see a season of struggle after the summer transfer window, and then we failed to rectify all the problems in the winter one.

In the summer window we needed replacements for Gallagher, Kouyate Benteke and Kelly. We also needed to upgrade/replace McArthur, Luka, one of Ward/Clyne and get a second left back. For me we needed 5 or 6 players in who could come into the first team or be adequate replacements for the bench. What did we do? Get in one player who was first team ready, a couple of injury prone bench players (Richards and Johnstone) and some promising youngsters, who have been subsequently been loaned out.

In the winter window, we tried to strengthen the midfield but have brought in another youngster who seems not to be ready to start and a loan player, so we haven't fully addressed the issue.

This summer, should we stay up, we still have all of the above plus consider replacements for Ayew, Tomkins and Zaha. We have continually kicked the can down the road and it's now caught up with us. If we don't go down this year, we certainly will next if we think we can paper over the cracks again by buying one or two players who are first team material and another couple of promising youngsters.

For me, I suspect there is something not right at board room level, because if I and many other Palace fans could see the weakness in the squad, I sure as hell hope the board could. I can only think the hope was we could stay up and board room issues could be resolved next summer, with a fresh injection of cash to rebuild half a team. Either that or it's project reset and go down and start again.

Vieira may not be perfect, but every game I look at our bench and I look to think who can we bring on to change it, and its depressing. We have two of the worst forwards, two of the worst right backs, one out of form left back, one fit first team goalkeeper and not a lot of options in midfield. The squad is as imbalanced as it has ever been since we have been back in the Premier League. We have 5-6 very good players, though most of them are not back to the wall battlers either. Thankfully we haven't been injury ravaged.

Do we stick or twist? Either way I can't see how bringing a new manager in will change much, as the squad is woefully inadequate. Will we go down? Possible, but if we don't and we have another summer transfer window like the last one, we will be going down with an embarrassingly low level of points.

To me the fault is at board level. If we don't have the money then it is natural we won't be able to compete. It is the board's job to find ways that we can. FFP - we have to address that at a later stage. Anyone who thinks it's completely Vieira's fault is looking for a scapegoat that we can change now and as stated above I'm not sure anyone coming in will be able to do any better.