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Crystal Palace managed to secure the signing of the former West Brom and Sunderland striker Kevin Phillips on a season-long loan deal from Blackpool. The striker has now said that he wants to repay the faith of the manager Ian Holloway, who has now linked up with him for the second time. Holloway was responsible for bringing him to Blackpool last season. The striker proved to be an immensely valuable addition to the team last season, as he scored 17 goals and helped the team reached the play-offs final. They almost made it into the Premier league in the first attempt.

However, this season has been extremely tough for the 38-year-old who has had to cope with the loss of Holloway. The manager left Blackpool to join Crystal Palace midway through the season. Now, he has worked a deal with his former employers to bring Phillips to the club. The 38-year-old has also scored just two goals in 19 appearances for Blackpool this season. Phillips has said that he cannot be more grateful for Holloway because he could not see any future at Blackpool. He has said that the club wanted him to leave as they looked to bring in someone younger. Phillips is one of the experienced players in the championship.

“I don’t want to let him down. He’s brought me here and I want to repay the faith he has shown in me. There was not a lot of people out there willing to take a chance – not just now, but at the beginning of last season as well. I managed to repay him [at Blackpool] last season with 17 goals and we nearly did it in the play-off final. I don’t want to let him down from now until the end of the season. Every time I pull on a Palace shirt or a training kit I will give 100 percent,” said Phillips.

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.