The Crystal Palace manager Ian Holloway has said that he believes that his team can match Stoke city in the way that the club has progressed over the years. Ian Holloway has revealed that he is a good friend of the Stoke city manager Tony Pulis, who has managed to get the club from the Championship to the prospect of being an established Premier league team. Pulis remains the only British manager in English top-flight to have not suffered relegation with any of his teams. Holloway, though, has confirmed that he does not want to play in the style of Stoke city.

Holloway has always been an admirer of beautiful football, with his Blackpool team unable to stay in the Premier league as a result of the open and attractive football. Stoke city, on the other hand, have been able to establish themselves in the Premier league by playing pragmatic and defensive football. The two teams came against each other in the FA Cup third round. The match finished as a 0-0 draw and Ian Holloway will now be taking his players to the Britannia stadium hoping to achieve what few clubs have done this season – get an away victory at the Britannia stadium.

“Those Stoke fans should build a statue to him in my honest opinion, it’s fantastic what he’s done. It’s just remarkable. They’ve had European football, they’ve got in the FA Cup final. He gets slaughtered by some people — it’s absolute nonsense. He’s been completely phenomenal. On the whole, when I’ve first come here our stats were pretty awful, 40 odd per cent [of possession] even when we won 5-0,” said Ian Holloway. After a great start to the new season, Crystal Palace have fallen to the third position due to recent run of poor results in the league.

The Crystal Palace manager Ian Holloway has said that he is extremely delighted with the response of his players after two matches without a victory. The players finally brought an end to the poor form in the last two matches after the 3-0 win over rivals Brighton and Hove Albion. Prior to the match, the former Blackpool manager expressed his surprise at the way this fixture has become one of the fiercest rivalries, despite the two teams not sharing any common geographical link. Despite this, Crystal Palace supporters will have lot of advantage when it comes to gloating over the Brighton supporters, as they managed to win 3-0 to return to the top of the table.

The two matches without a victory in recent weeks have meant that Cardiff were able to take Crystal Palace at the top of the table. Gus Poyet also said that this match will be a real strength tester for Crystal Palace, but they were extremely comfortable throughout the match. However, Holloway did admit that the red card to the Brighton player in the 8th min of the match made a huge difference to the outcome. Murray scored before the first half to open the lead, and two penalty goals in the second half helped Crystal Palace to return to the top of the table.

“I’m glad I was in our dugout because Gus will be very disappointed with the way things went against his team. I have to say we earned that with the skill of the wide man. Yannick was on that so quickly, I’m sure Gus won’t argue about the sending off. What pleased me was what we did after, which was control the game. I’m delighted with the professionalism of my lads,” said Holloway, who will be facing his former club Blackpool next weekend.

Crystal Palace have revealed that he will be contacting the former Reading manager Steve Coppell over the possibility of taking over the managerial job at the club. Crystal Palace recently lost the manager Dougie Freedman after they gave permission for Bolton Wanderers. They have been looking to bring in a swift replacement for the outgoing manager. They have now identified the former Reading manager Steve Coppell as an ideal candidate. Steve Coppell is famous for having taken Reading from the Championship to the Premier league. Even though he has not been as successful in his subsequent jobs, Coppell would be a great fit for the club according to the chairman.

Steve Coppell has often not expressed his interest at returning into football management. He is currently at Crawley town as the football director. He has enjoyed for different spells as the manager of Crystal Palace. The Crystal Palace chairman has said that he will be consulting with Steve Coppell before taking any decision. Steve Parish has said that he will be looking to appoint a swift replacement such that their ambitions of the club do not get changed midway through the season. Crystal Palace have been struggling with finances for a long time, but they are currently fourth in the Championship table after a good start to the season.

“He’s always someone we would consider. But the situation has to be right for Steve and he would have to want to do it. I’m sure we’ll be taking his counsel at the very least. We’ve got to be respectful because he works for Crawley. He has always been a great friend to the club from when I took over with Steve Browett, Jeremy Hosking and Martin Long,” said the co-chairman of the club in a recent interview about the replacement for Dougie Freedman.