Four years ago Ian Wright graced the hallowed Selhurst Park turf for one last time for the Geoff Thomas charity match and as he volleyed home from outside the area a haze of nostalgia swept through the ground and he once again took his place in the hearts of Palace fans.

However, Wright is a dividing figure at Palace and always will be. There are those who remember the good times of the late 1980s and early 90s when he brought so much success to our corner of south London.

In fact, it was never his performances on the pitch that left a sour taste in the mouths of many, Wrighty was rightly named our player of the century. But he doesn’t enjoy the legend status and adulation of the likes of Steve Coppell, John Salako or Mark Bright for one key reason; his lack of emotional attachment to Palace.

Ever since he left however, whether it be kissing his badge or playing for a plethora of teams instead of Palace when we were really struggling in administration last time, he has done his best to alienate himself from the club for which he owes so much.

Some see it as ungratefulness but I’m not too sure. Deep down he just has a deeper emotional attachment for Arsenal. It’s understandable as well.

Palace wasn’t the pinnacle of his career while for Palace fans his years at the club represented the most successful period in the club's history of which he was a vital part of.

That’s not the man's fault but he doesn’t help himself when he shows this lack of knowledge or understanding of the club in such a public way as he did this week.

The ill-advised interview with Wrighty in The Sun in which he intimated amongst other things that Warnock was not the right man for the Palace job, we should have built a team around John Bostock to keep the player, sending Victor Moses to Wigan wasn’t a good move for the lad, we need people to ensure the youth players that they will get their chance and last but not least that we need to “maybe go down a couple of leagues then build back up.”

I’m sure people looking from the outside will be clamouring to agree with a man who claims to ‘loves Palace’ so his opinion must be respected, right?

Wrong, he is merely misinformed. Neil Warnock is doing a terrific job, He made it clear to Bostock that he was building his team round him, Wigan were the only ones with a sensible bid for Moses despite Warnock and Mick Jones being desperate for him to go to Arsenal, we are continuing to bring our fantastic youth players into the first team while relegation as the administrator has said is a grave outcome for the club, hence his desperation to keep Warnock.

Compare this to Dougie Freedman, who will go down in history as a true legend, fan and member of the supporters trust. His input so far has been a heartfelt message of support on the Trusts website that exuded class and empathy.

Nothing in Wrighty’s interview has any semblance of truth and is certainly unhelpful at this time. He just doesn’t seem to know the club any more so maybe he should admit that he has a fondness for Palace, but not a passion and stick to what he’s good at, talking Arsenal.