Probably using his methods and experiences of some time ago, which were a little bit outdated at the end of his days with us. Football has changed so much since the haydays of his career. As another poster mentioned, players are like race-horses nowadays, days were you can start players slightly injured, don’ t care too much about their required physical condition, nutrition, recreation times etc are over. Don’t get me wrong, Roy was a fantastic manager and I rate him highly, but his contributions at the end were probably the same as mine would have been in my profession, had I opted to stay in business until his age of retirement.

Can't help thinking that Eze would have done his hamstring scoring his goal yesterday a few months back

Living down here does have some advantages. At least you can see them cry.

Sorry, but this sounds like the favourite pastime of the smurfs.

It also sounds like Oily Ball. A condition to be avoided.
Glaz Ball is a similar affliction.

I'm one of those who opted for "Glasball". Why? Because it rhymes with cricket's "Bazball" and is just as entertaining. Sorry but Ollie Ball? Definitely not for reasons others have stated.

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And rightly so. Just showed a complete lack of concentration. Whilst on the subject of Henderson he appears not to want to come for the ball do fans think he has been told by the coaches to hug his goal line.ZcOYP

Well as they say, you can only beat what is in front of you. And West Ham were on a par with Burnley in terms of performance.

But OG once again came up trumps tactically and you can see the players becoming increasingly able to compete over the whole course of the game now.

As at Liverpool, the team performed to a high standard - although I can't include Henderson in that. I thought he was too passive for their first goal and the second was schoolboy stuff. Not a good look for someone hoping to get a Euros spot.

Ebs and Olise will grab the headlines understandably, but I thought Richards and Clyne were star performers too. OG seems to have enabled a renaissance in Nat - great to see.

A wonderful afternoon which I was still celebrating in the Station pub in Hove at 10pm.

Old, Ungifted and White

I'm perfectly willing to entertain the notion, and perhaps concede, that Ollie is a better coach than Roy for our squad at the moment. On the other hand, the arrival and growth of Wharton & Munoz, the joint availability of Eze and Olise, and the confidence of JPP (born of starts, time, and perhaps even spring weather) – have been an immense help to Glasner, assistance not available to Roy.

The only decision for which I fault Roy entirely is his favoring Ward over Clyne (or Richards), but even that choice is one which most fans appeared to support. Demoting our loyal, long-serving captain can't be easy.

He had a shocker - apart from that late save. He is extremely reluctant to play out from the back yet his first long kick and throw went straight to opposition players in the Palace half

Fantastic couple of performances on the trot in which we've displayed different styles to get the job done. Great to see and a huge amount of credit to Glasner and his team.

A massive test on Wednesday now against a rested and resurgent Newcastle. Hopefully we can put in another strong display and keep the run going.