As it turns out the Southampton fans seem ready to get rid of Pellegrino already as well! I remember some people suggesting these two managers went to the wrong clubs and that de Boer was more suited to Southampton and Pellegrino to Palace. Maybe we can do a swap now and find out?

With age comes wisdom and I can't really see Hodgson (if he is appointed) having any problems with the current set up. A good person-manager knows not only how to manage the troops, but also how to deal with colleagues and senior management without making waves.

Every owner wants managers who are competent at doing the job they were employed for and to do it without causing a myriad of problems that require those at the top to intervene. That's the part of the job that Frank failed to understand.

It appears that there are a number of facets at play here, which ultimately contributed in FdB getting the boot and the ensuing confusion as to what actually happened.

1) FdB's attitutde towards players
2) Player Power
3) SP's inability to keep off of social media when he needs to

Whilst I'm all for a Manager to stamp his own authority on a club and with the squad, to upset the apple cart quite so quickly (if what's been reported is to be believed) is something of a triumph.

It appears that FdB was/is intent to live off of his playing reputation to force his ideals (however merited) on to a team to get them playing his way.

This is twice now that he has upset a squad within a short period and twice now that he has been shown the door.

I hope for his sake that he drops his ego and learns from this mistake as it's ok to act this way in a club that molded you with that mentality, subsequently allowing you to work with players in that style (as in Ajax); but another entirely to try and force that on other clubs in other countries.

Managing is as much about building relationships with players as it is coaching them and developing their skill sets.

As for Player Power...I'm a little concerned that SP is too close to a number of players, who seem to have running to him when they get upset.

To be fair to FdB, telling Ward and Damo that they weren't good enough is pretty much what us on the boards have been saying for 12months...the truth is hard to take, but again its not what you say its the way you say it.

However, for players to then go to the Chairman in order to oust the Manager and for Parish to then (seemingly) act on their behest shows he is too close to the squad. We've already seen that he has a fair amount of sentiment (we saw that we Jonniesta getting yet another contract) and I accept that he, like us is a fan first and foremost. But he needs to distance himself now from the day to day squad issues, concentrating on the Club's infrastructure and plans for progression. Perhaps that's why DF is now in as DoF?

Finally SP and Social Media; he needs to know when to go on it and when to simply turn the phone off.

Part of what makes SP special and someone to be treasured is that he DOES interact with us, but in the last few days his tweets have caused confusion around the situation when mentioning we need to stick together before then sacking FdB within 12hrs.

This confusion has led to further unnecessary interaction with Trolls etc. who are all over the situation due to the lack of clear thought and direction..just what the fans and club needs at a time like this from its Chairman.

All in all its been a pretty unedifying 36hrs for the club and it'd be wrong to blame any one individual...it appears that there were a number of contributors that have led to the current situation but now is the time to move on, as always and support the eleven that take the pitch.

I just hope that the experiences of the last few days have given SP food for thought and that lessons are learned preventing this from happening again.

Delaney appears to be a bit of a trouble maker as he has made known in the past that he didn't like certain players including Glen Murray and it wouldn't surprise me if he was the team's shop steward.

Kelly apparently didn't like being told that he wasn't good enough but that's something that most HOLers have been saying for ages and reading between the lines de Boer would have unloaded him in the transfer window but Parish interfered and wouldn't sell him.

Ward allegedly didn't like being told to sit out a training session so that he could watch from the sidelines how a wingback should play. The only word that springs to mind is "diddums"

de Boer was supposed to be a football club manager not a nursemaid to highly paid prima donnas so Parish needs to make sure that the job specification for the new manager includes the fact that the person needs to be an experienced mummy