By Chris Charles

Jordan wants promotion next season

Taylor came under fire after a run of poor results in the first half of the season left Palace hovering dangerously above the relegation zone.

Jordan told BBC Sport: "We had a bad trot and some people wondered if Peter was going to stay at the club.

"But if you believe in someone you should give them enough opportunities to do the right thing."

Palace were most people's favourites to return to the Premiership, two seasons after being relegated, and Taylor made the perfect start to his reign with three successive victories.

But a dreadful run which saw them lose seven games out of eight, led to calls for his head from some fans.

The chairman decided to stick with Taylor and was rewarded with a return to form which eventually saw the Eagles finish in 12th place, 10 points adrift of the play-offs.

Jordan admitted: "I thought with Peter he'd maybe take a little longer than had been anticipated - which was getting us back up straight away - and hopefully he will succeed next time around.

"At the end of the season we played a lot of good games. It was not necessarily the most important time to show form like that, when you're basically playing for nothing, but we showed we had a team that can play.

The target for next season is undoubtedly winning promotion back to the Premiership Simon Jordan

"The most important thing was to get a bit of consistency and by the end of the season we seemed to be doing that."

In the last few weeks, Taylor has lost Jobi McAnuff to Watford and released four players, but Jordan hinted there would not be many new faces arriving at Selhurst Park over the summer.

He said: "It's more a question of who goes rather than who comes in, although I know Peter thinks he needs a quick one up front.

"The target for next season is undoubtedly winning promotion back to the Premiership and we're not far away from where we need to be.

"I like the way the team played at the end of the season and I can see there's something coming together."