There aren't enough in my opinion. This has taken me back to the Peter Taylor days.

Palace were set up to play like that from minute one, and it's all looking a bit suspiciously like the end of last season. We'll be in relegation trouble by Xmas and fans will ask how did it come be, we have some good attacking players, why do we cede possession to teams as bad as us? Hodgson is on a downward spiral and I don't think he has anything in the locker to turn it round.
"Hodgson pleased with Eagles defending" - yeah, when plan A is to put the whole team behind the ball from minute one of course you are going to be defending, possession stats are going to be in the low 30%, and attempts on the opposition goal are going to be counted on one hand. Actually none against Chelsea and one against Brighton, a penalty resulting from an obvious dive. Truly pathetic and the writing is on the wall.

I wholeheartedly concur.

At home we have played 3 PL games, scored 3 goals, 1 from the penalty spot.Our possession stats in these games :
Southampton 29%, Everton 42% and against Brighton 34%.

I believe that supporters have had enough, there is only so much we can take.

Having re read my negative post (which I stand by), it should also be said that Tyrick Mitchell played his heart out, but there were signs of him becoming tired and starting to make errors, because he is young and inexperienced. Why wasn't he substituted, as he has played a lot of games? We don't want him to be burnt out. Other players gave their all, albeit handcuffed in this system like Townsend.

The manager needs to take full responsibility. The players followed instructions.

Why would you reward a failing manager with a cushy job? I see your intention is to try and be respectful, and prephaps two years ago we could have asked Roy to help with a managed transition but we are currently on a run of 2 wins in 13.

No manager worth his salt would accept a role in a job where the old manger is still linguring around.

Not sure if Howe is the right man for the job, but we have an estabilished, experienced, and professional group of players. Even if he doesn't succeed, it's very unlikely we'd get relegated with the squad we have. Worth a punt.

My understanding is that Eddie Howe wants a break from football. He is probably enjoying life away from the rigours of football management at his abode near Poole Harbour.

I doubt if any new manager worth his salt would welcome advice from Mr H about how to defend for 90% of the game and I think, as fans, we would want to see a fresh approach too.

"Better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt."
Mark Twain.

Last season heading up to a home fixture was a very sad experience, I went as I had a season ticket and had paid for it but I'd probably have rather stayed home. The excitement to watch my team on a Saturday is slowly disappearing.

Sitting in the main stand nearer the WH Lane end, I didn't see a Palace goal at my end all year ! May as well have stayed in the bar until the second half.

3 wins in 14 I think it is, off the back of last season from the restart.

1 shot on target from a penalty against Brighton AT HOME is worse than woeful, it's unforgiveable.

I would admit that within those 14 fixtures, there were some tough fixtures but it is just the way we get beat and the performances.

I didn't even celebrate the penalty yesterday. It was a soft decision and we knew what would happen after, so there wasn't much chance of us putting Brighton to the sword.

Neutrals hate to watch us and if you are the opposition manager, you must think we really are sh*te and a team to be patient with and pick off.

I actually feel sorry for Zaha, what must he think?! It is embarrassing and the players must talk about it in training and in the changing room.

We have a squad that is now capable to finish in the top half, IMO.

Roy is now no longer the answer, but I would suggestion the question is who else would we have?

Steve Parish needs to make a decision soon.

We have Fulham next and if we get beat, surely he has to go?

Like some others today, I don’t believe Eddie Howe is the answer. Not sure who is, but it needs an new injection of ideas, strategy, tactics, and a platform to allow some skilful, creative footballers to flourish.

Again, I would agree that Hodgson staying on in some capacity would be a wrong move too.

I hope Mr Parish reads this forum so he knows what fans actually think!

Well, if he did, he would know what some fan's think but I am sure he is more than capable of making up his own mind! My thoughts are that some perspective needs to be shown - for sure it was a poor performance from Palace and the inability to do anything much in an attacking sense was really disappointing. Watching on TV, you could sense Brighton would equalise and possibly then get a winner - at least that didn't happen.
There were some positives - the central defensive partnership looked really solid and Riedewald was outstanding in midfield. He showed what he could do last season when he was MOM against Arsenal when playing at left back.
That said, the Chelsea second half and this match were certainly poor but before then, the start had been fine and the football ok. My sense would be to put it down to a "bad day at the office" and move on. Roy and Ray will be more than aware of what needs to be done and I think Palace will both beat Fulham next week and go on a decent run - the fundamentals of a good team are there.
I also suspect he will make a change at left back. Teams have clearly been targeting Mitchell and it showed both yesterday and at Chelsea - the PL is a brutal environment for a young player to learn his trade.