The Palace and Spurs manager hunts remind me of the summer "Armageddon" and "Deep Impact" both came out in the same month with the same basic premise.
Spurs is the "Armageddon" one, stealing all the headlines due to having bigger names and a bigger budget, but like "Deep Impact" the Palace...
Everton fans usually strike me as being pretty good and knowledgeable about stuff. I assume it's because most of the tosser element of the city ends up on the red team.