On St Patrick’s Day of all days!
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I think the issue is their current style of play, he said himself he was trying to change the way the team plays but sure I read in the last few games they've not even registered a shot on target.
Maybe a bit like us with Jack Ross. Even when it was going well and we finished third there were plenty fans complaining about the style of play, despite it being relatively successful.
I checked up on that and noticed they haven't won a game this year though apart from one game they have only been getting beat by a odd goal in what is a really hard run of games, there's also 5 ( * ) results I'd consider pretty decent. I think Vieira should have got more time and his sacking is extremely harsh .
Spurs (h) lost 4-0 .
Chelsea (a ) lost 1-0 .
Man Utd (h) drew 1- 1 . * .
Newcastle (h) drew 0-0 *.
Man Utd (a ) lost 2-1 .
Brighton (h) drew 1-1 * .
Brentford (a) drew 1- 1 *.
Liverpool ( h) drew 0-0 * .
Aston villa (a) lost 1-0 .
Man city (h) lost 1-0 .
Brighton ( a) lost 1-0 .
Ain’t Patrick’s Day…
That is just a list of results. If you had actually watched all those games you would have known the boredom and frustration suffered by the Palace supporters and been appalled at the lack of fight from the players. The draws against Newcastle and Brighton were the luckiest two points in this league so far this season. Viera, like many managers, would not change or adapt his approach and, like Maloney, tried to shoehorn players into a style and shape that wasn't working. Looking at results and stats is not the whole story of a manager's efforts. Viera was a great player and a lot of hope was pinned on him. All very well looking in from the outside and making judgements but when you are an actual supporter of a club (even "those type of clubs") you feel very differently. Viera didn't work out - move on (and hopefully stay up).
The list of results are all against teams above palace and 7 out of the 11 are against the best and wealthiest teams in the league and with no disrespect to palace should be getting well beaten in . Even this Sunday they have arsenal at the Emirates . Which they could possibly get a doing in though after that they have I think a run of 5 or 6 winnable games were they have to play the bottom team's and I'd have stuck with the manager for them.
I don't know what crystal palace fans expectations are though Vieira finished 12th last season and got them to the semi final of the FA cup which I would have thought was a fairly decent season for them . They are 12th now and I'd have been pretty confident under Vieira they would have stayed up comfortably , now I'm not so sure , depends who they get .
Roy Hodgson seems to be the favourite and is a good manager though he's 75 now and mighten want the hassle of it . I don't really see that many good managers available for palace to be fair which is why I think they have taken a massive gamble. I heard before Vieira was appointed there were two other managers that had accepted the post only to pull out of the running in the end up which has me wondering did palace actually back Vieira financially or was the guy's hands tied . Anyhow crystal palace have made the decision and it will be interesting to see if it works out or not .
https://www.skysports.com/watch/vide...inton-morrison
Robbie's not Mr popular across the road :greengrin .
https://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/index...ll-march-2023/
Antonio Conte gone on some rant after todays game... surely hes trying to get a free holiday :greengrin
Be some laugh for them to lose 3rd (hopefully to us) and Stig of the Dump getting sacked because of losing to us. Again.
It’s their derby victory this season which is separating the teams swapping positions.
Quite mad when hearts were champions league material the way their fans were talking