http://hltco.org/2014/08/15/simon-jo...let-pulis-go/?
Simon Jordan has never been one to pull punches when asked for his thoughts on footballing matters, and following the shock departure of Tony Pulis last night, the former Palace chairman was more than happy to continue the trend.
Having been contacted by TalkSPORT for his opinion on the happenings at Selhurst Park, Jordan presented an argument that very few will have been expecting, given the historically frosty nature of relations between himself and our current owners in years gone by.
He said:
“Whether Parish is a difficult character or not, he makes the decisions and the football club has prospered under his management, so I think he’s earned the right to make certain decisions.”
“If you’re put in a position where you’re the chairman and you’re called out by a manager, if you lose that battle it’s like a manager having a go at a player in the dressing room and then not putting that player down when the player gets up.
“I know what managers will do, they will put you to the sword. If you don’t stand up and you don’t manage your football club properly, they will run havoc in it and then they will disappear into the ether when it least suits you.
“Pulis is an established Premier League manager and a very, very good one. But by the same token, he was at Stoke for a few years and he was used to writing big cheques for Wilson Palacios or Peter Crouch.
“Palace isn’t at that stage yet. If it is about transfer policy, I’ve got to go with the Palace guys because they’ve got a bigger picture to look at. Maybe they think staying up last year was a very admirable thing to achieve and lightning doesn’t strike twice, maybe they want to build a new stadium, maybe they’ve got a bigger picture.
“But you can be sure that when it suits Tony Pulis or any other football manager, they will leave when it suits them and football club owners like these guys have got to deal with the aftermath.”