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Is it time up for Pardew

Is this weekend the very last chance for Alan Pardew at Crystal Palace?


Pardew has been in charge at Palace since 3 January 2015


Pardew’s men are on a run of six consecutive defeats in the Premier League. Palace have won just five Premier League games throughout the whole of 2016 and sit 17th in the table. The only good part of 2016 for Palace was their run to the FA Cup Final in May which they went on to lose 2-1 to Manchester United at Wembley.

The facts are not good for Palace just 22 points from 31 games throughout 2016 is extremely poor, after such a good 2015 where Palace were occupying a place in the Premier League’s top six, the wheels have well and truly come off for Pardew’s men.

A run like this is not uncommon in an Alan Pardew team, remember that awful run with Newcastle just before he took over at Palace. However, before he left for Selhurst Park he had found a way out of the run and led the side up the table, Palace fans are hoping that he can rescue them before they end up in the bottom three.

Palace do still have a tough run of fixtures leading into the festive period and into the new year, starting with Southampton on Saturday at Selhurst Park, followed by a six pointer at Hull on the 10th December. Followed by three tough fixtures, United and Chelsea at Selhurst Park, followed by Watford away on Boxing day and then a trip to the Emirates on New Years Day.

Following that run there is a bit of light at the end of the tunnel for Palace, with some fixtures against the sides around them including Swansea (H), West Ham(A), Everton(H) and Bournemouth(A).

So if the Palace board remain patient and the fans are willing to back Pardew then maybe he can lead the side out of the trouble that they are in.

However, should Palace lose this weekend and decide to end Pardew’s time as gaffer then the first question is who would be the man to replace him. There is a strong case for a lot of managers and a fair few bosses would want to give it a go. The Favourite for the post is Wales manager Chris Coleman who has had a wonderful 2016 getting Wales to the Semi-Finals of Euro 2016.


The man behind him is former England Manager Sam Allardyce who is an expert in keeping teams in the Premier League, would Palace take a gamble and appoint the former England boss, if I was Steve Parish I know what I would do.

Comments

  1. Stefan13 December 2016 at 16:31

    Everton will meet Arsenal in today's game played at Goodison Park Stadium. In their last meeting, Arsenal won the match with 0-2. I wonder if Wenger's team prepared us with a surprise for today. Based on the past results of the two teams, I would expect for Arsenal to perform well during this meeting and win this game. It should be interesting to see if Alexis Sánchez will score during this match as he has a good average in terms of goals scored / match. If you have some knowledge regarding football, you can share your opinion using the Betsafe review.

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