Crystal Palace revert to short-term policy after ditching Frank de Boer experiment | Dominic Fifield
The Dutchman was hired by Steve Parish to implement a new style but was never given the time or the tools to succeed in an unforgiving leagueSteve Parish had taken to Twitter on Sunday night on the way back from Burnley and his team’s latest scoreless defeat. There were irate supporters to address and plenty of disgruntled fans pointing fingers at a board who, up to now, have been relatively immune to criticism given their achievements in hoisting Crystal Palace from the second tier. The chairman’s responses verged on the defiant, from “football teams lose games” to “we know we are better than this”. In among the series of tweets, too, was one suggesting “we have to stick together”.As it...