Paul Robinson

But yeah, I did tell him that.

I did tell him that.

Because you told him to tuck his shirt and you've turned his career around.

he has been vital for them Paul hasn't he he's been superb in the way that they play with that figurehead as a number nine and like we said about him today in the first half he had a fairly quiet game and he struggled to find space he was getting crowded out by their two central defenders but because he's such a big unit because he's such a big presence he attracts the attention of others around him which then allows others on his side to pick up the space to run into the gaps that are left by the central defenders that he's occupying he's a real handful

Just had a big embrace with the chairman as well, just had a big embrace, exchanged words as he's going up, walking past the trophy.

I'm not so sure this story's finished, you know, I want to get Clinton's opinion after this.

So what are you thinking then, Paul?

I just don't know if the chapter's finished.

I was speaking to Ali through the commentary, and you're looking at all the big jobs that are slowly closing up, if you're thinking that Maresca's getting Manchester City, Mourinho back to Real Madrid.

Xavi Alonso in at Chelsea, the big jobs with the big names, Areola's obviously left Bournemouth, all these big names and the big jobs that are all linked.

I just don't know, is there any way, Clinton, can they persuade him?

And for Palace to actually make a stance to go to that next level, to not be that club that finishes 10th or 12th, not to be that club that has a good run in the cup one year and is always mid-table and the aim is to survive, you keep a manager like that, you try and make a statement, and then you keep the players, you keep Mateta, and you build from what you've got.

rather than regress because if they lose Mateta, if they lose one or two more players and the manager, it's a whole rebuild and they're almost back to where they were two years ago.

He's found the ceiling, hasn't he?

He's taken these to the ceiling.

With what he's got here, with the budget he's got, with the stadium that they've got, with the squad that's available to him, he has massively overachieved.

Let's not underestimate what they've done, what he's achieved at Crystal Palace.

FA Cup, European football, and winning a European competition, it's been fantastic for them, and to actually take this group of players on, they need investment, they need to go to that next level, but if the club's not ready to go to that next level, they'll always be here.

Yeah, I think if you look at a manager like Areola, then you can understand them if they're quite happy to let Glasner go.

That then is staying at this level and maybe progressing to the next level, because Areola is not going to come to Crystal Palace unless he's given the assurances that Glasner would have wanted, i.e.