Coffee
7:21 Wed May 24
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Admiral Lard 3:37 Wed May 24
More like unfinished business on a Spanish beach.
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PwoperNaughtyButNot
7:18 Wed May 24
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Didn't another manager get a bonus from palace and then ended up at another club and got sued?
I think palace will have some strong contract clauses in place so I expect he is retiring which is great news for football.
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Admiral Lard
3:37 Wed May 24
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Unfinished business at Sunderland or a last hurrah at Bolton
Lump on
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gph
2:47 Wed May 24
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Yes - if I was on a raft set adrift and had to resort to cannibalism.
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stoneman
2:34 Wed May 24
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Expect the following thread to be posted by 1307 in the next few days -
" would you take Allardyce over Bilic "
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normannomates
1:15 Wed May 24
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The cunt is as crafty as wonky
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VirginiaHam
12:25 Wed May 24
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AlvinMartinAllen 11:31 Tue May 23
This is the Walrus through and through. All about negativity, not creativity and taking risks. He did a good job at WHU but was ill equipped to take us to the next level.
We will find out if Slav can do that, assuming we have a decent window, we don't have another 'Fat French Snake' moment and everyone stops moaning about the LS.
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Any Old Iron
12:16 Wed May 24
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Well he just got a £2 million bonus for 'keeping Palace up, so added to all the wedge he's earn't over the years he's now a seriously wealthy man, so he hardly needs to work. Expect to see rather too much of him as a pundit next season.
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grasshopper
11:40 Tue May 23
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Trevor B 10:18 Tue May 23
Suggest you read his statement, he is retiring.
Nevermind old chap.
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,
11:36 Tue May 23
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He will definitely be back managing somewhere.
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AlvinMartinAllen
11:31 Tue May 23
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"In some ways, this has been a very difficult decision to make but in others it has been a simple one.
"I will always be grateful to Crystal Palace and Steve Parish for giving me the opportunity to go out with my head held high having helped keep the club in the Premier League.
"More than that, they gave me a chance of rebuilding my reputation after what happened with England. I felt I needed another shot at being a Premier League manager and showing that I still had the ability to achieve something significant. As I said last weekend, Palace gave me the chance of rehabilitation.
"That's why it's hard walking away now. I believe the club are heading in the right direction with a hugely supportive board of directors, a great squad of players and some of the most passionate fans I've ever met.
"But there comes a time when you have to take stock of what direction you want your life to take - and that's been the simple part for me.
"I want to be able to savour life while I'm still relatively young and when I'm still relatively healthy, even if I'm beginning to feel all my 62 years.
"While I've got the energy, I want to travel and also spend more time with my family and grandchildren without the huge pressure that comes with being a football manager. I owe that to my wife and family.
"This is the right time for me, I know that in my heart. I have no ambitions to take another job, I simply want to be able to enjoy all the things you cannot really enjoy with the 24/7 demands of managing any football club, let alone one in the Premier League.
"Steve Parish has been superb during our conversations today. I know it came as a shock to him that I would walk away but our discussions have been incredibly civilised with no recriminations and no fall-out.
"This is not about transfer targets, club finances or anything along those lines. This is me taking the decision I believe is right for my family and myself.
"I would like to thank everybody for their messages of support since the news broke. I've no doubt I will miss management but I certainly have no regrets at this decision. It's been a privilege to have worked for them for the past five months."
Fair play to him. As much as he is hated by a lot of our fans, he did a good job for us overall.
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LeroysBoots
11:17 Tue May 23
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Not read any of this bit5 I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Manchester bomb convinced him to live a life devoid of strain and shit...good luck to him
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Sven Roeder
10:56 Tue May 23
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In his statement he says he has no ambitions to take another job.
He wants to travel & spend more time with his family
No comment on whether his family are keen on that.
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zebthecat
10:53 Tue May 23
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Tomsdad 8:09 Tue May 23
HaHa!
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claret on my shirt
10:51 Tue May 23
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Perhaps after Slav's meetings with the David's he's a replacement for Slav, i think i would break down and cry if he came back to us!
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Mart O
10:50 Tue May 23
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According to the Telegraph, his contract with Palace obliges him to pay back a stack of cash to them if he takes another job within 2 years. They reckon he's jacking it in for good.
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WHUDeano
10:50 Tue May 23
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From his statement, it sounds as though he's retiring. If so, fair play really - we sold our soul to the devil and he did the job he was paid for. Under a different manager we may have won the title, however the fact that a manager of the calibre of Benitez only just managed to do it suggests that he did a decent job.
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Far Cough
10:22 Tue May 23
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He's probably waiting for the England gig?
Oh...
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Trevor B
10:18 Tue May 23
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He dropped into the Championship with us didn't he? If he's been offered more money, he will go wherever that money is, make no mistake.
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Sven Roeder
10:17 Tue May 23
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I can't see Sams ego letting him drop into the Championship
And presume he has left Palace because he wanted a bigger pile of cash to spend.
Saw the other day he was supposedly keen on Sagna and Clichy from Man City. He bought Van Aanholt & Schlupp as full backs in January for about £27m and was obviously bored of them
Nowhere obvious that is a step up from Palace that he could get immediately comes to mind unless it's true he fancies Chinese money. And pints of rice wine
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