[quote=Tim Gypsy Hill '64;3601975]

Probably not as frustrating as being in 13th place with 15 games to go and Roy still at the helm. You must be seething.

Nope.

I admit that I cannot provide an answer to the publication, but the article is yet another example of opprobrium flying the way of Mr Hodgson like a grit-studded snowball.

Ha!

Possibly even more surprising than that.

It was a bit of a trick question in fairness.

It was from Palace in the big time, the best of Eagle eye 1987 to 1994.

Which of course means that the clueless, incompetent manager drawing such hostile criticism was in fact, Steve Coppell.

Yep, that Steve Coppell.

Proof perhaps that nobody in our clubs history has been able to make all the people happy all the time!

Shame there wasn't a Steve Out thread at the time...

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My odds were even longer than I originally thought!

Interesting contribution though I have to say.

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

Fantastic post...a reminder to be careful what we wish for

If you want to live in a world full of kindness, respect and love, try to show these qualities.

Was it from Angling Times?

Coppell wasn't liked with the long ball yet we had excellent strikers so he did what he thought and what was pretty obvious to do considering our ability on the ball at the time behind the strikers, today we are playing without the long ball and we have crap attackers (apart from Ayew) and we still have poor players with ability on the ball, so our performances are quite obvious in the entertaining ranks, Eze and Riedewald are in the correct direction with ability and age I would include Mitchel but it appears he wants out.

The only real way to measure the success of a manager is to look at he investment in the team versus table position. I don't think the squad is getting stronger. I think the squad is getting weaker compared to many other clubs in and around mid-table. The team and the staff have done really well to maintain roughly the same league position given the very poor investment in the squad. Roy and the players deserve credit for this.

Change the manger in the Summer and crucially invest in new young hungry players that the new manager wants then there's a chance we could stay in the Premier league for a few more years. Surely a better chance of getting the right man in the Summer.