This is not in anyway me slating Hodgson. He has proved me wrong already this season and I actually think his doing a brilliant job so far this with what he has got but why on earth does Hodgson never bring players on early today being an example. Rak Sakyi sub was absolutely way too late honestly think it’s possible he could have changed the game by making more subs earlier. Also really stubborn at giving young players a chance. Again I mean this in a constructive way

He could have changed the game by making earlier subs he could have also thrown it away
Roy obviously doesn't trust the subs enough yet and was happy to settle for the point

And we still need a striker

Call it what you like eagleman , but at the end of the season its a point we might need and one we could have lost with a rash decision to 'go for it' . Those days will hopefully come later in the season

And we still need a striker

Do posters actually look at our subs bench and know who is on it.

Roy’s team reflects his personality. While it was refreshing to see him play more attacking football with the players we have and clearly he brought order to the chaos last season, he has his preferred 11 and the option of switching to 442 at 70 minutes if we need a goal. That’s our season right there unless injuries force a change. It must be soul destroying being on the bench knowing you’re very unlikely to get on and then hearing that you’re not good enough in the post match interview. Someone needs to tell him that’s not motivating.

On the subject of his post match interviews I find his long winded answers to questions a bit irritating. Last nights monologue on penalty decisions is a case in point. Why couldn’t he just say “I haven’t seen the Eze penalty incident yet but we were on the wrong end of a poor decision last week.”

Edited by Palacesince64 (24 Sep 2023 10.23am)