The joke has been doing the rounds on social media for some time: whatever the weekend's results, whatever macroeconomic forces might be at play, wherever Jupiter lies in its cycle, glance at the Premier League table and there you will find Crystal Palace, sitting comfortably in 12th place.
Now, though, with Palace still in their apparent natural habitat, but also just four points off the bottom and not quite so comfortable, chairman Steve Parish has gone all-in on the sense of deja vu by confirming the return of Roy Hodgson, the manager who first brought the stability that made the club the common butt of mid-table memes.
