Crystal Palace went through a fairly long process and a number of names while trying to find the best possible successor for Tony Pulis, and they've settled on a familiar face. Neil Warnock has been named the new manager of the club.
Crystal Palace appoint Neil Warnock as manager
Matthew Lewis
Palace decided to hire Warnock after going through a string of of other candidates. Malky Mackay was ruled out after some bigoted text messages surfaced, Tim Sherwood ruled himself out, potential talks with Neil Lennon never came to fruition and Steve Clarke was interviewed this week before being told he wouldn't be getting the job.
Previously, Warnock managed Palace from 2007 until 2010. The club had serious financial problems at the end of his tenure, and he opted to resign when the club was placed into administration.
Since that point, Warnock's managerial career has been a bit rocky. He got Queens Park Rangers promoted to the Premier League, but was fired mid-season with the club sitting in 17th place. His next job was at Leeds United, where he was a pretty significant failure. He was fired from that job in April 2013, with the club close to the relegation zone.
At Palace, Warnock will have to work with Jason Puncheon, who openly criticized him last year. Warnock said he wouldn’t trust Puncheon to take a penalty, and this was the result.
Neil Warnock will be managing Jason Puncheon at Selhurst Park, just months after the latter was fined for this. pic.twitter.com/kmc2RH1ei1
— Back Page Football (@bpfootball) August 27, 2014 However, Warnock has a history of working things out with players he’s had spats with. Regarding El-Hadji Diouf, Warnock once said “I was going to call him a sewer rat but that might be insulting to sewer rats.” Diouf responded by calling Warnock “a big shit”, but Warnock later went on to sign Diouf for Leeds.
Between his teams’ defensive, old-school English style of football, his outbursts and his recent poor results, Warnock is unlikely to be a popular hire at Palace. But having a manager is probably better than having no manager at all, even if it is Neil Warnock.
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