Very good and a fair point. But IIRC his mind wasn't exactly on the job ? A shame as I remember him as quality right back in very good Ipswich team.

Which i think and hope he let in on purpose, he had a smile all over his face, i was right behind the goal

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but there was a relegation 6 pointer away at Norwich. John Jackson came out for a cross, got baulked, and Norwich scored the winner. I think it was after this game, or soon after, that he was replaced.

Have to say, I just don't agree with this view at all. Pardew was a terrible manager, comfortably one of the worst I've ever seen at the club (and I go back to 1967). The first six months or so including the Cup Final run we had a team that had been together for a while with very strong leadership in the group (starting with Jedi) and they achieved what they did in spite of Pardew, not because of him. That side was dismantled due to Pardew's ego (no dressing room was big enough for his ego to share) and what followed was a complete s***show. The last six month's of his tenure were appalling and it speaks volumes that he's been more or less unemployable since. Listen to those players talk about their time with Pardew; it's as funny as it is sad and pathetic.

As Palace boss, the guy was an unmitigated disaster glossed over with a Cup run that he contributed little to achieving (other than costing us the first trophy in our history when his ego (surprise, surprise) could no longer be contained just ten minutes before the final whistle at Wembley. Any manager who thinks dancing a jig to draw attention to himself rather than doing his f***ing job is an arse of the highest level.)

Can anyone imagine Bert Head, Patrick Vieira, Steve Coppell, or Terry Venables; all proper football managers, behaving in such a stupid, childish, egotistical way with glory within reach. Look at the way Vieira has brought the best out of the players he's inherited, where Pardew just drummed some our key players out of the club because they had too much personality for his fragile little ego to manage.

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Sydenham by birth. Selhurst by the Grace of God.

you may be right, but he still had a smile on his face, good old Jacko

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

Took over a team with 16 points and in the relegation zone and finished the season on 48 points in tenth place. 30 odd points in 19 matches iirc. Not sure the much touted he took over a good team stands up to analysis in his first season. For 12 months under him Palace were indeed a very good team - that spell is by a distance the best Palace have performed in the Premier League.

Also you're cherry picking on transfer business somewhat. He also bought Cabaye and Townsend no? Still two of the best bits of business we have pulled off in my time. Also prepared to cut him slack on Wickham who could indeed have been very good.

Was he rubbish when the wheels fell off. Yes.