There are those who opine that Hodgson can only work with the squad he possesses and given that he has secured survival on a limited spend he should be applauded for his efforts.The football might be turgid but the end justifies the means.

There are others however who believe that a different manager with the same squad might actually play a different more exciting brand of football instead of the dross we have been witnessing of late.

When we grind out a turgid 1-0 victory the actual performance is often forgotten in the euphoria of the win.When we lose on the back of a similar performance the opprobrium is very evident.

Roy going is not equivalent with FDB coming Fact is Roy is a luck of the draw manager whose squad output is less than the summ total of the talent he has Hence the narrow wins, narrow losses. Just remember this is an up or out league. Aiming at mid table as a strategy is the first step to relegation. Dont doubt me on this one folks. Respect RH and what he has done for us, but this does not justify accepting pending relegation and turpid uninspired football.

He has been given funds the issue is he has no interest in being the person who is using them this is something he has said many times he lets others deal with all that sort of stuff what sort of manager does that terrible.

Sorloth - 8/12m with addons taking to to around 15m.

Koutate - 9/12m

Mccarthy - 3/5m

Ayew 3/5m

Jach 2/3m

Our home record is awful he has not even tried to change anything to solve this.

Zaha should be dropped again shows how weak Roy is he keeps selecting out of form players no one is bigger then the club he should be dropped to the bench try something different.

The club needs to move forward it's gone backwards just like the passing how trying to play the ball at the back slow is progress is just baffling and to not even bring in a bunch of coaches whats that about we are awful at set plays and cant even counter attack anymore this is the manager.

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We have signed some creative players, some on loan, but he refuses to play them. Could try a midfield with Jairo and Max, Pierrick up front would we do worse? And let’s not forget Camarasa who didn’t get a look in. Carassco who played and scored in CL Final not deemed good enough. Come on time has caught up with Roy

Football is an entertainment business and at the moment there is no entertainment with Palace the players look tired and disinterested especially Zaha. As Warnock once said you need the ooos and ahhs with shots on goal to get the crowd interested and engaged. The entertainment that's served up now is almost non existent.
Whether or not people are allowed back next season remains to be seen but as a long term season ticket holder I'm not sure I can watch another season with such defensive tactics and Roy's reluctance to try anything different no matter who we are playing or what the score is.

I think we are screwed - Hodgson with I guess 3 additions to the squad for next season will play the same way again and may just keep us up. However, I doubt looking at the way we are finishing this season that squad even with those additions will stay up. I’m fairly sure we are going down next season and we will be relegated by the time the Xmas decs come down. Reason I think we are screwed is because I don’t think anyone Replacing Hodgson can make this squad any better - we are doomed whatever we do I’m afraid. Unless we replace practically everyone and that won’t happen. I’m wondering if we should hand the reigns now to Cahill with perhaps Freedman as his number two and see how they can finish this season? If looking good then give it a go for next season? I just don’t think without a major overhaul anyone can keep us up :-(

10th highest wage bill in the division. It’s not that limited.

I also doubt we’ll see a change of manager next season unless Hodgson decides to stand down.
My view on Hodgson is not based on the last three games which we’ve all lost without scoring.
He could equally point in response to the four games before that which we all won without conceding a goal.
My difficulty with him is that season I’ve only really enjoyed at home the Villa and Liverpool games during which we actually took the game to the opposition and played with some attacking intent and purpose.
I can’t prove it, but remain convinced that we could have at least as many points as we have now if we attacked teams more without the smothering rigid play and lack of flexibility that we witness most games.

This is why I am in the Roy remain camp.

Do I like his style, no. Do I even understand his decision making at times, no. Do I believe we’ll progress under Roy, please.

At the moment, we have no money to spend on transfers and a relegation worthy team.

I understand the appeal of being in the championship again if just to see us compete in games but would still prefer we stay up, just my personal preference not saying it’s right or wrong. Roy is probably our only bet, but even that’s not guaranteed. I would say however I think most seasons were a sure bet to go down.

Also, I can’t see many managers retaining the will to live let alone do the job for an entire season but RH will.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Wage budget is far more indicative of squad quality, and the correlation between wage bill and league finish is far stronger than transfer spend/league finish.