In actual fact Freedman didn't quite leave in mid-season, he left in October after 11 games with the club in 4th place and winning 6 of his last 8 games in charge.

When he joined Bolton they were 18th and they finished the season in 7th place.

Edited by Willo (17 Nov 2019 8.59am)

he was entitled to go - there is no unconditional loyalty in any job, but it was a bad decision for Palace and for him, he has never got back to the level he was when we dragged us up the championship, his astuteness picking players back then was remarkable so his recruitment role here made sense but he hasn't managed to repeat the trick for whatever reason - there was an interesting quote about available players too often being either too expensive for us or not good enough, but if Bournemouth with their Subbuteo stadium can attract the right type of player than so can we - we need to recruit better recruiters than the likes of Freedman and Moody.

That's all very well Willo, but the amount of games he had won or lost and league positions at Palace and Bolton are irrelevant, my point was about the way he left and the damage it could and nearly did do to the club.

I understand your sentiments and of course he was vilified for the action he took.

I believe the point I was making was that he didn't desert a 'sinking ship' and departed for a club much lower in the table so I suppose he took a bit of a gamble.

We of course were promoted the season he left so perhaps some might opine that having left us in 4th place, this provided the platform for our promotion.

Spot on. However good he was as a player, he’s never a club legend anymore. For the record, I don’t think he was a great player at all... decent, but not great.

Is this purely speculation from the press linking every Scottish manager, past and present to a vacant big job or more wishful thinking on our behalf that we might be shot of him. Considering his managerial record and his previous wage demands , I can't see this happening.