First ever post, but I feel I need to say something today. I have NEVER felt so ashamed to be a Palace fan. 40+ years of supporting the club through thick and thin, even through the lean years, and certainly no glory hunter. Today, I just feel ashamed; ashamed at the treatment of Roy who is a good man and who has always had the club foremost in his heart. I'm pretty sure that the majority of real fans appreciate what he has achieved and that he was always going to get us out of the mess that is this season, working with limited resources and being fed a shoestring budget to work on, but my God!! - those Ultras and anyone else with their banners demanding change, you really don't have a clue. You're so systematic of the disease that's going on today. You'd rather hate than build any kind of community, and you can barely string together a sentence, let alone have any valid opinion. But of course, like anywhere, if you shout loudest you get what you want. Now Roy is sick, and you still debate how the 'new' manager will turn out. Pathetic and sad. No doubt I'll get some of you coming on here and ranting and cussing, but I don't really give a damn. Would any one of you treat your father or grandfather like this, or if it happened to them, wouldn't you 'rally' against the injustice of it? I Wouldn't be surprised if half of you have no clue what I'm talking about: and that my friends is why most of the rest of London look at us 'Southeners' as being thick as ****. Unfortunately, I can't help but think that perhaps they're right. I never thought I'd feel this after 40 years of supporting the club, but it's finished, I really hope we get what we deserve and get relegated - and belive me, I'm crying as I say this.

I just noticed , Leuven the home of Stella , you lucky , lucky b******

Hey Elpis, maybe you're right, but you know, there's so many things more important than football, and when someone becomes ill because of all the grief they're receiving, you realise you have to prioritise what is most important, and that's people's well being. Palace is in my blood, but right now I'm feeling sick to the core, so you don't have to tell me I was doing well at the beginning ....

I feel that Roy hasn’t been well for a while and should have retired at the end of last season, i am disappointed by the silence from our chairman who should at least have issued some type of statement giving us some clarity on the current situation at Crystal Palace

As football fans who travel up and down the country paying a lot of money every week to follow their club why shouldn't they be allowed to show their displeasure at the bad results and utterly dire football that's been on show for such a long time now? Whether you have the same opinion or not they have the right to do it when it's been so bad. Everyone had enough. They wasn't rioting or anything, it was just a couple of silly banners.
As a Palace fan, today feels really weird. I wanted him out like most of the fan base but also like everyone else I'm gutted hes ended up in hospital on the day it was going to happen and really hope he's ok but it's just total bad luck that it had to be today. The amount of idiots on twitter who are calling us a scummy club for sacking him on the day he fell ill, like he was taken to hospital and the club officials turned up there and sacked him in his hospital bed.
He never came across as being stressed, quite the opposite actually.He always looked like he was enjoying himself to me but at his age things like this happen and he's already been taken ill a couple of times before this season so I dont think it's anything to do with stress. More age, cold, wet weather on the training ground or whatever.
Not quite sure what you're ashamed of and you have gone right over the top, especially if you're crying over it.
You might need to see someone.

His previous illness was when we had 7 points from 4 games. Pretty sure he wasn't getting much grief then