Patrick Vieira is enjoying an excellent first season as a Premier League manager and has already masterminded some memorable results for Crystal Palace fans.
After being announced as the new Eagles manager in July there were early calls from some football fans that the Frenchman would either be the first top-flight manager to lose his job or that he would oversee a disastrous campaign that would end in relegation.
Neither of those predictions have come remotely close to being fulfilled. In fact, since the start of the Premier League season there have been nine managerial sackings and Vieira’s position at Crystal Palace hasn’t come under scrutiny once. The club are riding the wave of an FA Cup run that will next month take them to Wembley while there’s been zero drop off in their league form as they look set to push for a top-half finish with nine matches remaining.
