I am a little worried about all of the media articles currently appearing supposedly emanating from Big Sam as they all appear to be spreading doom and gloom.

Headlines such as "Allardyce says Crystal Palace won't beat drop without more signings" and "Sam Allardyce fears Crystal Palace players not good enough" and even "Staff could lose jobs if Crystal Palace don't stay up" have all appeared within the last 24 hours and unless I am missing something are so negative that they must be damaging to our cause.

Pardew used to talk rubbish but whilst Allardyce may be telling the truth surely these are things better left unsaid and a more positive approach taken after all "We only need one or two new players to turn the corner" is far more positive than "Palace won't beat drop without more signings" even if they are effectively saying the same thing.

Our chairman is a PR expert so if there is a point to all this negativity it has passed me by as the only effect that I can see these headlines and quotes having is to put people off from signing for us

For me it's a refreshing change a bit of honesty after pardew lies and biggen up opponents. The fact that we had a terrible results for 13 months now there is a cronic problem at palace. One of the most successful manager since promotion was pulis he pressured the board then they delivered with important signings in the Jan window with Dann, hennessey, Ince and Joe ledley. Steve parish let his friendship with pardew ruin what we were known for team spirt, determination and effort. Sam has a big task on his hand but I believe if we can get a win this month potential targets will see us as a more attractive club to play for.

Edited by Dan89 (21 Jan 2017 7.57am)

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So do I for seven out of the eight months of the season but January is the one month where we need positive PR to make people want to join us

I too am disappointed with his downbeat press conferences.

In the past he has not been short of a quip or two.

The team (and us) need a boost and a little lighter conversation would help.

Sam is telling everyone exactly how it is, AP has left a real mess behind and yes you are correct I'm afraid SP has to accept some of the blame for allowing AP to continue for so long when it was clear he had lost the plot in May 2016

I'm trying very hard to like him. But esthing him in his press cinference yesterday, I just really can't. Looks and talks like a slob and yes telling the truth, but there are ways to make it sound a bit more positive. Almost seems like he's either making it sound near impossible so that if we go down hes not to blame or if we stay up he's a genius.

Edited by spartakev2 (21 Jan 2017 9.07am)