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Leroy Rosenior in the dugout at Plainmoor during his first spell in the Torquay United hot seat, from July 2002 till January 2006. Photograph: Back Page Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Hire and Fire Culture Does Football No Favors

by Liam Rosenior | Sep 20, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

London – My dad laughs about it now but having his name against the record for the shortest managerial reign is no joke. I very much doubt Frank de Boer, having been sacked by Crystal Palace after four games in charge, is feeling too jovial either. For those who...

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Former Crystal Palace manager Dave Bassett. (Getty Images)

Frank de Boer Left Crystal Palace after 77 Days. Dave Bassett Didn’t Last 77 Hours

by Steven Pye | Sep 18, 2017 | Sports

London – Frank de Boer didn’t win a league game in his short tenure at Crystal Palace’s Selhurst Park. Back in 1984, Dave Bassett didn’t stick around long enough to see the team play. Bassett’s stock was on the rise in the summer of 1984. After guiding Wimbledon...

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Frank de Boer tried in vain to use the tactics honed at Ajax, but lost his job on Monday after four straight league defeats. Photograph: Ed Sykes/Action Images via Reuters

Crystal Palace Revert to Short-Term Policy after Itching Frank de Boer Experiment

by Dominic Fifield | Sep 15, 2017 | Sports

London- Steve 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...

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Frank de Boer has made a disastrous start at Crystal Palace but his players are struggling with an extreme transition after a relegation battle under Sam Allardyce. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

Palace and Arsenal Epitomize Premier League’s Lack of Joined-Up Thinking

by Jacob Steinberg | Sep 9, 2017 | Sports

Now the honeymoon period has well and truly fizzled out, extinguished by so much sideways football that soon Louis van Gaal will be making a pilgrimage to Selhurst Park to see what all the fuss is about, it comes as no surprise to learn Crystal Palace appear to be...

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Clockwise from the left: Raheem Sterling, Arsene Wenger, Harry Kane, Antonio Conte, and Frank de Boer. Composite: TGSPhoto, JMP, PPAUK/Rex/Shutterstock

Premier League: 10 Talking Points from This Weekend’s Action

by The Guardian | Aug 31, 2017 | Sports

1) Guardiola learning from Sterling, rather than vice versa After Raheem Sterling again came to the fore, for the second time in six days, it was inevitable that Pep Guardiola would face questions about the in-form winger. What was not quite so expected was the...