Crystal Palace co-chairman Steve Parish paid tribute to Ian Holloway after he chose to leave the club yesterday.
Parish emphasised that he never had any intention of sacking Holloway, praising the 50-year-old for doing the "honourable thing" and admitting he was not the man for the job.
He said: "He leaves our club with his head held very high.
"He's a remarkable man, he's done something that most people wouldn't do, and said, 'we need to talk about the situation, I don't think it's working at the moment'."
