TP, Q?

Why do you always insist on posting 'Mr Hodgson' & not Roy or RH, like everybody else on here? Your posting style is very similar to other *ahem* posters very similar to yours.

Some of what you post,imo, is true, most of it, like others is made up bollux & a total love-in FOR Roy/RH.

Show me my bollux post then! ..please do.

Did i referance one particular post?

No, i didnt i merely suggested most are bollux. Get ya facts right before digging other posters out to suit your own biased agenda.

Comprende?

So now I'm waiting for two posters ..one to inform me of how awful our manager has performed in keeping our poor squad away from the relegation places since he arrived and another who feels my views about our manager results in me writing bollux, I need to see proof about my bollux and proof about our battles in the relegation places .........come on

I mentioned this yesterday and questioned where Roy was in all this, but got told I know nothing about football - this is the coaches job..!!

Can you imagine Alex Ferguson after a first half performance like yesterdays leaving it to Queiroz, McLaren, Knox etc.. to get his point over - no..!!

Having first hand experience of Semi-Pro football, it was the Manager that gave you the "kick up the A@s" when things weren't going well if anything the coach was the pacifier.

It all just seemed a little odd to me and pointed towards that Roy for whatever reason is unable to get his point across and motivate the players.

I have said before on here IMO Roy has lost the dressing room and the players are not playing for him - yesterday and his curious after match comments just reaffirm that for me.

But as I have said that is my experience and opinion and others are welcome to their own and their own interpretation.

COYP

As this is referencing me, i NEVER mentioned a post of yours, i merely stated that most on here by others/all were bollux.

No, you have to turn it into a 'pity me' post, bit like your alter-egos did . . . Allegedly

It was me that said you know nothing about football if you don't think that from time to time coaches take the forefront in the half time team talk. However I did NOT say it was the coaches job - that's your interpretation to suit your own defenceless comments - you sensibly decided to swerve any response to me, I imagine to prevent embarrassing yourself any further.

Anyway, being at a loose end, I decided to do a bit of research. Here's just one example ;

Not just an immense presence on the pitch, Keown was tasked by Arsene Wenger to give his half-time team talk when Arsenal found themselves 2-1 down to Liverpool deep into the 2003-04 Premier League season.

Thierry Henry went on to score a hat-trick, and the Gunners won 4-2 without Wenger saying a word at half-time.

Edited by NEILLO (29 Dec 2020 5.11pm)

General thoughts / speculation:

I suspect that Parish had an idea for the team to play a more possession based game, and build an Academy that would provide future first teamers that would avoid the costly policy of signing seasoned pros, hence the appointment in 2017 of ex- Ajax man Frank de Boer. Unfortunately the plan quickly disintegrates and experienced and steady Roy Hodgson takes over and after an admirable first season Palace finish 11th.
Fast forward to 2020 and Hodgson is still in charge, on a one year contract extension, having seen the club finish comfortably mid-table in previous seasons.
The style of football is often dour and defensive, attracting criticism from some quarters, yet Hodgson knows what it takes to ensure Premiership survival.
Question: with a good number of players contracts expiring, and a squad that averages around 30 years of age, is Hodgson the man to take the club to the next level or has he been holding the fort while the Academy comes to fruition and players with expired contracts are released? Does Parish now have any ambition other than Premiership survival, or does he have a bold plan for the 2021 season with a new manager at the helm? Hodgson's contract expires in 2021 and he himself is no spring chicken at 73 years of age.
Personally I would like to believe that Parish has a plan for the future that incorporates getting rid of the deadwood and overpaid players who contribute little, whilst integrating players from the Academy into the first team. Regarding the Academy I believe he has said as much. I am not convinced Roy Hodgson is the person for this task although I am appreciative of his efforts in maintaining Palace's Premiership status.

Mr Hodgson and his dear wife Sheila celebrate their 50th (Golden) wedding anniversary next year.

Edited by Willo (29 Dec 2020 5.31pm)

Ha, you aint wrong PE, My bad, im too old to worry bout t***s but still get roped in, all in all we all, well most, support Palace, & for yhet im thankful, this 'lockdown' has brought out most of the worst in us, me included, im sorry for that