Pardew: Palace should not sack De Boer
Former Crystal Palace manager, Alan Pardew, believes current boss Frank de Boer should be given more time despite a terrible start to the Premier League season.
De Boer's side have lost and failed to score in all four of their opening Premier League games this season, mounting serious pressure on the Dutchman.
The 47-year-old only took charge at Selhurst Park in June but is already facing calls from the Palace faithful to resign.
Pardew, on the other hand, insists De Bor deserves more time. After the defeat to Burnley, expressed his opinion on the matter by telling 'Sky Sports':
'Not after that performance. It was a performance of a team away from home trying to win.'
'They did everything they could with the players available. Unfortunately it wasn't good enough today.'
'When you start getting those stats put against your name then it's difficult to run away from it really with the media as it is. He's got a little bit to work on this week. He's got a week to work with them. He's got a home game coming up. There were some decent performances today.
'What you've got to do is get into that changing room and get the message into that group that next week we've got to get it right and to get the points on the board.
'They certainly have to score some goals. Keep calm and look like you're in control of things even though you're pulling your hair out when you get home.'
Meanwhile, De Boer himself claims he 'can't do any more' in his position.
"I'm focusing on what I can control - I couldn't do much more than this," he said. "There was only one team that deserved to win today and that was us - although that is football.
"Sometimes you don't get what you deserve - but we can also blame ourselves by giving the goal away and not scoring our 100% opportunities.
"After the goal, we played how we can play, sometimes in the air, sometimes on the ground. We created our chances and didn't give anything away. We controlled the game.
"When the referee whistles for the last time and you think, 'we didn't score and we don't have any points', it is unbelievable when you see this game.
"The most important thing I think is if you play every week like this, you will get what you deserve, and that is going to be points.
"But football is about scoring goals, no doubt about it, and we have to do that much better."