Dann: Crystal Palace need time under Allardyce

Scott Dann believes time will be a healer as Crystal Palace adjust to life under Sam Allardyce.

Allardyce, who was in charge of England for just one game, pitched up at the Eagles on December 23 following the sacking of Alan Pardew.

Just three days later Allardyce was in charge of his first game, but despite taking the lead against Watford from Yohan Cabaye the Hornets earned a share of the spoils thanks to a Troy Deeney penalty.

The result leaves Crystal Palace looking nervously over their shoulder as they sit one place and two points above the drop zone, but defender Dann is adamant good times are right around the corner under Allardyce.

“The manager has only been in for a couple of days and I am sure we will continue to work on defending as a team,” Dann said.

“As the weeks go by we will become more resilient as a team and when we do get ahead like we did we will see more games out and the points will start coming.

“We don’t play again for another few days which gives us more time to work on how we are going to set up for the games we have coming up and if we can put in another performance similar to this one we can start getting some more points on the board.”