Absolutely, to say Hodgson , is happy to just fiddle around with totally defensive tactics is rubbish. Even here at Palace, in the first two year s , you could see him using the teams potential to attack teams.
And as you say there was not a lot wrong with the attacking capabilities, of the sides you mention.
It’s obvious that’ the board have allowed this squad to stagnate, under his feet, one or two signings with potential backed up with one or two free transfers involving some experience, but legs that will never get quicker has not been enough.
Big Sam, talked them into some solid in their prime improvements ,player wise, this hasn’t happened since that time, and even those people are four years older now. Every average team needs something close to what happened then, to stand any chance of real improvement. The real question for Palace is not who is to manage, right now, it’s a case of, has the club got the where with all to improve this club under any manager?

Not regressing but certainly not progressing at the moment.

I think he'll be ok, but he seems lightweight physically and his short passing game needs improving.

I think the step up from the EFL was a bigger one that he thought.

Old, Ungifted and White

New manager, same squad. Although the couple additions you speak of are important.

But yes, that one, every day of the week.

Roy needs to go.

you fell into that trap mate - that's total c*bblers. Sorry to be rude - but we need new players, and you need new glasses.

I’m leaning the other direction. I’ll actually be surprised if he leaves. I’m sure he will be thinking that with few decent signings that he could be the man to push us towards Europe. I also think that SP will be thinking the same.

I ask partly to see what folk think the priorities are, but also because I'm becoming increasingly doubtful that both can be achieved this summer. The season ends late, then the Euros will take place and that usually delays transfer activity (even if only due to the trickle down effect), so there will be even less time than usual to make signings. We are far more likely to barter, bluff and wait than to barge around paying over the odds, especially if we want our pot of cash to stretch to five or six players.

I presume any new players will at least want to know who their manager would be if they signed for us, and a new manager would want at least some say in recruitment, so we'd have to get the new manager in place pretty early. If we have to negotiate permission with Swansea and Burnley to talk to their managers ahead of an interview process then there literally might not be time to secure a manager and then new players afterwards, especially if Swansea are in the play offs.

Edited by TheBigToePunt (10 Mar 2021 9.37pm)