Former Crystal Palace midfielder Shaun Derry has returned to the club, becoming professional development coach with the Palace youth setup.
Derry enjoyed two spells at Palace in the mid 2000’s, making over 220 appearances for the team.
Twitter: ? The former Palace captain rejoins the club as our Professional Development Coach.
#CPFC (@CPFC)
Several fans reacted to the news on social media, with many taking aim at chairman Steve Parish.
@gazbod reckons that this is brilliant for Crystal Palace.
Twitter: @CPFC This is excellent news …. (@gazbod)
@LocalShane is not a fan of it, however, and is concerned that Palace are just hiring their former players.
Twitter: @CPFC What’s our obsession with former players
He lost our respect at QPR away (@LocalShane)
Ronnie reckons that if he wasn’t an ex-player then he wouldn’t have gotten the job.
Twitter: @CPFC If he wasn’t a ex player he wouldn’t of got the job (@XoForrest)
Adam is shocked that Palace have signed yet another former player to their backroom staff.
Twitter: @CPFC A real surprise to see another ex-player joining the club ?? (@AdamFlinter)
Read Crystal Palace’s verdict
The backroom staff at a club can always use more experience from ex-players, but another ex-Palace man seems to show they have a preference to just hire former Palace players.
The Eagles favourite has received a lot of support since joining however and has managerial experience in the football league.
He may not be around at Palace for long.
