• Pardew addressed players at training ground on Monday
The Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish is to speak with Alan Pardew in the next 24 hours as he seeks evidence that the manager has drawn up a clear plan aimed at extricating the team from their dismal six-game losing run.
Parish, who has been supportive of Pardew throughout a difficult year, was keen to allow the dust to settle after Saturday’s numbing 5-4 defeat at Swansea, when the visitors surrendered a 4-3 lead in stoppage time to leave them outside the bottom three only on goal difference. The manager is anxious to remain in charge, spoke with his players at the club’s Beckenham training complex on Monday and, as it stands, will still be in charge for Saturday’s visit of Southampton to Selhurst Park.
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