I’d like us to beat a good team by playing good football. Have we done that yet this season? Could and should have got a draw v Everton. Does that count?

I go back to the days of Bert Head and have seen all the managers come and go since, including the likes of Ernie Whalley.
Roy is competent and a steady manager; he does what it says on the tin and gets enough results to keep employers satisfied.
He is not a Coppell or a Venables who genuinely transformed the fortunes of the club through in the first instance brilliant use of bargain buys and in the latter case innovative coaching of a promising group of youth players.
Roy is doing no better or worse than expected.

It must be difficult driving with tunnel vision.

Today was a great example of what Palace fans have been screaming out for for the best part of 2 seasons. It was a game full of ambition and drive, something that has been sadly missing In all the frustrating crap we were seeing week in week out.

If Roy sets them up to go out and play like that for the rest of the season then I will back him to the hilt win or lose. If we go out with the limp wristed approach we put in against Brighton I will be back in the Roy out camp because there is a world of difference between the two.

who is this joker you replied to?

last season was last season...we stayed up with ease.

this season we have started superbly...i swear some fans wouldnt be happy unless we had 21 points after 7 games.

roy out? bollocks...i hope we get him to sign a year extension, something i am sure SP will be chipping away at.

stability is a lovely thing, and not to be underestimated.

I have still not changed my mind, Royball is depressing and dour. And we have too good a squad to be playing Pulis style football at this stage. After the game yesterday he downplayed the score line- saying it only matters that you score one more than the oppo. Of course it’s true but come on! It shows the negative mindset and explains the disgusting performances v Chelski and Brighton.

That said. If he picks out strongest (attacking) line up against beatable teams then that’s something. Eze is obviously ahead of Schlupp in my mind. I am just wondering how we’d have handled Leeds drawing level. They were good going forward and carved us open - but we’re so wide open at times and we didn’t mess around. I’d like us to beat a good team by playing good football. Have we done that yet this season? Could and should have got a draw v Everton. Does that count?

Well done Roy for adapting a new attacking style yesterday and for harnessing the quality of our new superstar.

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People have been saying for months to try Meyer, Reidewald, Camarasa, Sorloth etc whilst his supporters have been saying that we have a weak squad. There were claims we needed wholesale changes, when really all it seems we needed was one or two extra players and better use of the squad we already had.

Turns out the Reidewald finally got a break where there was no one else to play in the left back position and after a bit of a run people realise that the 20 year old Dutch international we signed 3 years ago was a decent player.

His supporters also say that we can't judge him on one match against say Chelsea or Brighton or Wolves, yet claim he should be totally vindicated for the last half of last season based on the last half of last season.

You're arguments are hypocritical and fundamental flawed.

I've constantly said he's an average manager who ran out of ideas. He's finally had an idea to play Reidewald and 4-4-2 and he's now on par with whats expected of him. I think the real test is over the next 3 games.

The best time to get rid of him would have been the tail end of last season, so an incoming manager would have a transfer window to prepare.

At the moment I wouldnt sack him, but we have to think of succession planning and if a decent manager is available we should get them in.

Every time we beat a newly promoted side you are straight on here saying what a great manager he is. Bit sad really.