Personally - I just wish Roy a well deserved happy and long retirement..!!

He will always be “one of our own” and a Palace Manager legend IMO alongside Venables and Coppell..!!

I feel sorry for the way it came about - but the time was right - he’d run his race and in the end time caught up with him..!!

Thanks for everything Roy - now just go and enjoy your time in your Portugal villa..!!

COYP

Completely agree…

He sure would thrive as a set piece coach failure. 😆

I said a couple of months ago I'd have no issue with him moving upstairs in some capacity.

However, on balance that might undermine the current manager and prove too tempting for Parish to put him in charge again if we start struggling under Glasner.

I fear that, despite his enormous experience, his overriding footballing philosophy is at odds with what most ambitious clubs are trying to do now. He might be a hugely valuable resource for a newly promoted club with an inexperienced manager trying to establish themselves in the division.

Whatever he does, wish him the best and would be great if he could come to one of our final games of the season after we're safe to say goodbye and get an ovation.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold...

I’m pleased he’s gone, while acknowledging that he did have some good spells at the club .
I think we’ll see a marked improvement in his absence.
In terms of his taking another role this could prove problematic.
He’s always been very much a hands on coach out on the training field every day.
I just don’t see him as a consultant in some vague role cooked up to keep him in employment.

A post full of contradictions.