'Fickle Fans'.
If one were to post that Parish was a brilliant Chairman and then subsequently write that he was abysmal, only to add that he was top notch and shortly afterwards that he was really very poor then one could reasonably be accused of being a 'fickle fan'. Or even a psychopath. But if one repeatedly suggests that Mr Parish's abilities as an Advertising guru are not quite matched by his performance as a Premiership Chairman, that's not 'fickle'. It's consistent.
As for those who claim to understand how the 'real world' works, do please share the secret with the rest of us. Premiership football is about anything BUT the 'real world'. It's about escapism and its economics are the stuff of fantasy.
The OP points out that there are real issues that at the moment are not being addressed. That is clearly correct. If the reply to that is that critics have to be 'realistic', then let's stop farting around with ideas that top managers would want to come to Palace. Why would they, when the purse strings are so tightly drawn? The best we can hope for is a manager on the way up, or perhaps in gentle decline, having sampled the heights elsewhere. I wouldn't mind at all if a Pochettino used us as a stepping stone. Indeed, we might well use Southampton as yardstick. There's no particular reason why we shouldn't be on par with them.
This is a forum for the exchange of ideas, or the venting of spleen when we've just lost 0-7, or the wish that we could sign such and such a player. Can we please avoid protestations about whether one is 'woke' or 'tough' or not and just stick to a polite spirit of agreement or disagreement.

I don't understand your point about the Academy being more of an asset outside the Premiership. If it produces another AWB, that's £50m in potential income plus a home grown talent occupying a first team place.

The Manager search has proven to be more difficult than thought. Of the supposed candidates, opinion on HOL has been extremely divided as to who should get the job. With little or no ' official ' updates coming out of the club, we are left to speculate. As you have done re the '' war chest ''. If Parish had someone in mind to replace Roy, then for whatever reason, it didn't happen. On the face of it, it looks like mismanagement but I think there is more to it than that. As an example, SP could not have legislated for the U-turn by Favre.

With regards to the players contract situation, it's an unusual one for sure. Most of those players are past their best and some have been expensive non-playing liabilities. I for one would have signed Sakho on the back of his initial performances for us, but both his form and fitness have been a huge disappointment that I would not have predicted any more than SP could of.

As for the club being '' established '' in the Premier, well other clubs have thought the same and look at say, Stoke now. You can't take it for granted. For the majority of clubs the definition of success is just staying in the league.

So...have mistakes been made ? - Yes. Palace are not unique in that respect. Is Steve Parish beyond critisism ? - No. Nobody's perfect. What I do believe is that some people underestimate the size of the job he has done in keeping Palace in the Premier League.

Edited by NEILLO (27 Jun 2021 11.14am)

'Fickle Fans'.
If one were to post that Parish was a brilliant Chairman and then subsequently write that he was abysmal, only to add that he was top notch and shortly afterwards that he was really very poor then one could reasonably be accused of being a 'fickle fan'. Or even a psychopath. But if one repeatedly suggests that Mr Parish's abilities as an Advertising guru are not quite matched by his performance as a Premiership Chairman, that's not 'fickle'. It's consistent.
As for those who claim to understand how the 'real world' works, do please share the secret with the rest of us. Premiership football is about anything BUT the 'real world'. It's about escapism and its economics are the stuff of fantasy.
The OP points out that there are real issues that at the moment are not being addressed. That is clearly correct. If the reply to that is that critics have to be 'realistic', then let's stop farting around with ideas that top managers would want to come to Palace. Why would they, when the purse strings are so tightly drawn? The best we can hope for is a manager on the way up, or perhaps in gentle decline, having sampled the heights elsewhere. I wouldn't mind at all if a Pochettino used us as a stepping stone. Indeed, we might well use Southampton as yardstick. There's no particular reason why we shouldn't be on par with them.
This is a forum for the exchange of ideas, or the venting of spleen when we've just lost 0-7, or the wish that we could sign such and such a player. Can we please avoid protestations about whether one is 'woke' or 'tough' or not and just stick to a polite spirit of agreement or disagreement.

Yes, he does we were paying him 90k a week, not Chelsea, and he has gone

First up, I don’t need to toughen up one bit. Careful there.

Secondly, I’m as far away from woke as it gets. All I’m saying is no one knows the bloody story and yet we’ve all hung Parish out to dry. It’s fine margins. If Favre signs, Parish is a hero who’s pulled off the coup of the season signing a manager of that ilk. Instead, an 11th hour change of heart (for personal reasons it sounds) and suddenly he’s incompetent and guilty or mismanagement etc.

It’s fickle fans having no idea how the real world works. I for one am glad Steve’s in charge and I trust him to make the right decision for the club - like he’s always done.