It must be obvious by now tha club are really struggling to get a man they see as suitable for Palace. Let’s face it the out of work list is constantly being reshuffled by the media. They have to have their fun.It doesn’t look as if the club fancy any of them. Not surprisingly in my OHO, it does begin to look like another reliable short term option could be considered. That doesn’t make it that much easier, because only one comes to mind ,without searching the globe, and it has to be Sam.
He could settle us, sort the mess, and give the club the space to get the man for the future. Even at WB, if he had had a whole season they may have survived,, There is little doubt he knows what is needed to compete in this league.
Biggest problem. He didn’t walk for nothing, could he be convinced to take us on again? And as the club had four years of fire fighting under Roy, to identify where the club was going, would another year in a safe pair of hands change the clubs approach enough to make it any easier to attract the right person.?

The most worrying aspect for me is that the two managers that we were supposed to be after and nearly got were both last minute candidates ? So no previous homework was carried out even though as mentioned It was clear Roy was not going to be in charge next season.

Probably click bait but this mentions Fonseca again.

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Definitely click bait as the article starts "Crystal Palace could step up their interest in former Tottenham Hotspur target Paulo Fonseca"

The operative word is "could" which means that he hasn't a clue but needs to write something

Parish has been clear that there is no shortage of people who want to manage Palace, the issue is whether Palace want them. Looking at the two candidates the club have made serious progress with, it seems Palace are aiming a little higher than many of us thought we would. I can only applaud that personally.

My thoughts as well. I was shocked to read that the club seem to be prepared to still wait for the new manager before doing anything about the contracts expiring on Wednesday.

Pre-season training starts in 9 days, presumably with the 15 'fit' retained 1st team squad members together with the better development and academy players. The out-of-contract players will be just that and so how can they realistically take part?

As for who do we get in as manager now, it seems to me that experienced PL/European managers don't see the task of keeping Palace up (never mind taking the club forward) as feasible given the player and financial situation. Consequently, only someone who desperately wants to show what they can do in the PL (if given the chance) is likely now to step up to the challenge - is Cooper that desperate and are SP & Co desperate enough to go for him?

Finally, Palace Passion suggested Ranieri on a separate thread (he's left Sampdoria apparently), and on the face of it that seems not a bad shout, but as another poster said he'll be 70 in October - so another Hodgson both in age and style of play.

Edited by doombear (26 Jun 2021 10.47am)