James Daly

All ego with nothing to show for it…

May 23, 2010

Simon Jordan still being an arse six months after leaving Palace. Who’d have thunk it?

The former Eagles chairman threw his toys out of his orange pram last week at a creditors’ meeting, angry that CPFC 2010′s offer of 1p in the £1 wasn’t enough. [...]

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A big shout goes out to Paul hart

May 4, 2010

It was the job no-one wanted. Not even Steve Coppell wanted to come back to Crystal Palace to try and steer them away from relegation to League One. The club was in a mess; 10 points deducted plummeting the side from play-off contenders to relegation battlers, star man Victor Moses gone, no takeover bids, and a side shattered by the administration [...]

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Roy Hodsgon – manager of the year

April 9, 2010

It seems a bit unfair that speculation is already mounting as to who will be Fabio Capello’s successor as England boss? Especially as the doughy-faced Italian hasn’t had the chance to lead the Three Lions through a proper competition yet, and has a record so far most managers would kill for.
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To much pressure?

November 22, 2009

The pressures of being a Premiership manager aren’t a secret – the mood status of thousands of fans resting on your shoulders, juggling the egos of 30 prima donas, probing journalists, and managing the bank balances of multi-million pound businesses can be a testing existence. [...]

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Is it time to start taking Man City seriously?

September 21, 2009

Wining your first four league games straight is championship winning form in anyone’s book. Yes, there are still eight months to go of a long, trying season, but with 15 points from 18 surely it is time to start taking Mark Hughes’s multi-million pound team seriously. [...]

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Campbell cashes in

August 26, 2009

We live in a weird footballing world. Where some teams struggle to stay afloat and yet others have so much cash they are positively overflowing with notes. Doesn’t seem fair does it? [...]

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