Newly promoted league club Crystal Palace who joined the English topflight just recently, and guess what, it has started showing the vibes of being a league club by asking its manager Ian Holloway to leave the club –though with mutual consent. The reason being told is, as expected, their no so wanted performance in the current session where they are just second to the bottom; in fact, they lost seven of their first eight games in the Premiere league. This is not the first time to see a firing treatment given to a manager as we have seen in the past how top clubs thrown their top officials out for not delivering the results. The news of his ousted was announced in a hurriedly called press conference in central London on Wednesday; club Chairman Steve Parish joined the press meet and informed about their secretly made arrangements with 50-year-old former manager though without mentioning the exact reason for his departure. What he added in his statement is, “Ian's contract at Crystal … [Read more...]
Zaha gets one-match ban for his obscene gesture
Crystal Palace striker Wilfried Zaha has been slapped with a one match suspension after he found guilty of improper conduct during a match with Leeds United last week. He was being changed for posing his finger up on Leeds supporters which was taken as an obscene gesture posed by a player; however, fans are free to make any such gestures on players! Eagles manager Ian Holloway was also charged for a misconduct during the same match. They were given March 15 as a deadline to respond to their side and after hearing their side, it was decided that he should be banned for one match, which mean he will not be a part of his team who is going to play with Birmingham City in a home clash. Besides, he is also asked to pay £3,000 by football associations’ disciplinary committee. Zaha has been a regular player for Palace and played 35 league matches out of 37 in total, and performance wise he scored only six times in that. Such a behavior was marked as unprofessional by everyone coz his action … [Read more...]