Pressure grows on Sage as fans turn on Palace boss

Pierre Sage’s start as Crystal Palace manager is under growing scrutiny after a 2-0 home defeat by Newcastle left the club in the Premier League’s bottom four. The boos at Selhurst Park followed a 5-0 loss to Brighton the previous weekend, and Palace have now gone four games without a win.

Sage, who replaced Oliver Glasner after his trophy-winning spell, said there was no internal unrest and that he was focused on finding solutions. Palace have seven points from eight league matches and have conceded 19 goals, the most in the division; they face Tottenham next, then Liverpool, before a November visit to Coventry. French football expert Julien Laurens said Sage may need to be more ruthless, while the article also notes that his former Lens side made 426 high turnovers in the 2025-26 season.