Whilst I agree with the thrust of your point.....Arthur Wait?

The question was "who would you rather have" which is the lazy cop out response to anyone who dares to question if Parish is the right man to lead the club. Before Parish and co turned up they had just as much reason to run the club as the next man. Well, except one glaring omission which is that other that being fans of Palace they werent involved in football whatsoever. Lastly yes how about Arthur Wait??? You throw them up I will knock them out of the park, that was an easy one, universal.

Why you want to run down the person overseeing our most successful period ever is beyond me. Maybe just spend a few moments appreciating where we are now, and where we have been.

No-one is above criticism but SP is doing a good job based on the history of our club.

My issue is that Parish doesnt show me that he can learn from his mistakes, Rudi. This is much bigger than just this transfer window, but he has just shown me once again how, IMHO, he doesnt go about things the right way.

We should have been going hell for leather to bring in at least 1 player by now, and if we have to pay a few million quid over the odds, then you know what, we should have done that.

Sometimes signing a new player is greater than the sum of its parts, meaning the overall shot in the arm it gives the supporters, the players, and the gaffer can be way more significant than that new players' actual performances.

But no - we are still dithering around like normal with transfers.

His lack of evolution and learning is what I find to be the most troubling thing about his tenure. After all of these years how he could quite so spectacularly balls up the FDB manager search is beyond me, it just shouldnt be allowed to happen.

Add that together with the fiasco of not signing a keeper or striker last window, not making an early signing in this window despite what Hogdson calls his worst injury crisis in his career ever; its just too many calamitous mistakes for my liking.

What successes? The only good hires he has made are well known names, anyone could hire Warnock, Allardyce, Pulis and Hodgson. The one time he tried to do something different he totally fouled it up with FDB. He has the right intentions on the business side of the club, but at the football side he is hopeless. Could you please list his successes, other than staying in the league, which has mostly been despite Parish rather than thanks to him. What other premier league chairman would have allowed us to walk out of the last transfer window with no keeper or strikers signed? We then sacked off a young keeper to make a squad space and didnt bring anyone in. Its amateur hour time and again.

Everton have spent close on £70 million on Pickford, Tosun and Walcott and yet they couldn't beat WBA at home.
Just saying.