Professional, focused and hard working manager something we have been missing and what is needed to stay in the Premier League. 'Football's love affairs' rarely work.

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

I am sure Tony Pulis felt pretty aggrieved of his treatment and sacking by Stoke City, which he has every right to be. So i am not surprised by his slightly detached attitude since joining Palace.

But you have got to hand it to him he knows how to organise his teams. One thing i picked up on yesterday and this might be totally irrelevant, but just as WBA were getting back into the game in the second half and the crowd were getting slightly edgy, he got Glen Murray to warm up along the touchline and this got the crowd buzzing again.

Sometimes its the little things which have the greatest impact...

Edited by Gary St.Andrews (09 Feb 2014 8.48am)

I kinid of understand where Kermit is coming from, because Palace has always been a smallish family-type club.
I think after Holloway (and Warnock), who were fantastic at getting the fans on board, with their post-match comments, the next manager would be a bit staid.
I actually think CPFC2010 are a tad too approachable for my liking, but then it's horses for courses.

The vision that comes into my head is:

Kermit awakening from a deep sleep in his marital double-bed. God, that was a great night last night.
The large duck-down duvet is very tussled , and as he blinks to adjust his eyes to the light, he can hear the shower running and singing coming from his en-suite bathroom.
He glances at the empty space next to him in the bed,.....and there on the pillow is a baseball cap !

The shout of a manly voice from the shower asks,.." Kermit!, did you hear the Stoke result from yesterday ?"

Tis a bit like sleeping with the enemy, but it's results what count. Warnock loved Sheffield, and Venables nearly raped the club to death ,..twice.

No doubt Croydon has provided a huge culture-shock for Pulis. Hopefully our fans and club can settle him in.
I for one, don't want Pulis to see as an easy one-night-stand.

I disengage, I turn the page.

Would much rather a manager that knows exactly what he is doing, is very tactically aware of our opponents and carries the respect of everyone around him rather than a manager who tells us what we want to hear, says how brilliant the fans are ect ect. He is probably still a little hurt at how Stoke dropped him after all the good work he did.

I find it quite refreshing that we have a manager who is not falling over himself to flatter us after 5 minutes in charge. Think TP has too much integrity for that.

Most of the comments here have been spot on. Let's not repeat the transfer window madness and imagine a problem where there is none! However, here's a reminder of his response:

'When asked about the speculation over his position, Pulis, who has never been relegated in his managerial career, said: “I’m not one of those people. I spent 10 years at Stoke.

“The supporters have been absolutely wonderful, absolutely fantastic. There would have to be a massive reason to leave and let them down. I’d find that very difficult to do.”'

Nice one Tony.

EDIT: Quotes from here, btw [Link]

Edited by Joeberto (09 Feb 2014 2.22pm)

Hey Kermit,
You couldn't get a manager WITH MORE HISTORY who loved the club, or so we He told us, more than Dougie FreEdman.......... and look what happened, JUDAS.
Lighten up we ARE WINNING PREMIER LEAGUE GAMES AND I AM LOVING EVERY SECOND!!!