Are you happy for Hodgson to continue next season and beyond Willlo?
You frequently suggest you are bored to tears watching us under Hodgson and refer to switching off the TV or changing channels when we feature.
Are you content watching your club with a manager that induces that type of reaction?
I know you think we have an ageing squad and lack of investment , but is that enough to give Hodgson a free pass?
Surely he has to accept at least some responsibility for our performances on the field.

I fully accept that the football has been somewhat torrid and I suspect most of our supporters are of the same opinion, however there are limitations in the squad in terms of creativity,pace and mobility.

The 'Hodgson way' has ensured survival for 3 seasons and many believe we will still be in the PL next season because of the manager and how he drills and sets up the team.

“The day it becomes impossible for teams like Palace to get results against City, the league might as well just fold up, and we'll do everything on paper”

Roy Hodgson

Might as well do everything on paper. Would be more entertaining.

The question, Willo, was not what 'some' or 'most' supporters think.
It was your personal view.
Are you content watching a team you have long supported playing in a manner that bores you to tears and makes you want to turn off the TV?
A simple enough question.
You seem to be saying he's kept us up and the fact that the style of play makes you stop watching the club you support is immaterial.
If that's your view fair enough, but I want to make sure that this is a reasonable reflection of your view.

Some excellent and balanced posts on this thread, with valid perspectives about the club's challenges of being a small market team, lack of a pipeline of young players, aging players, a stadium issue and owners with limited pockets.

I feel that the club culture is low risk and appropriately so, in these difficult times. Nevertheless, one has to ask oneself, if Roy & Ray were managing squads like Southhampton, Arsenal, Wolves, Villa, Everton, what would they look like on the field? Probably no different to our team ..... uninspiring, defensively structured, with no midfield guile, unable to hold on to the ball, punting Hail Mary balls up the middle, piss poor at throw ins and hoping the equivalent of Wilf can get a goal or two every now and then. Oh, and if they have a centre forward who might just be one of the best headers in the league, let's have him run around looking for the ball, doing hold up play and ensure that we don't have wing backs that would be firing crosses into the box for him.

We might be constrained by finances, as are the likes of Southampton, but at the end of the day, PL football is supposed to be about entertainment, not just year year on survival to ensure the cash flow to keep our investors fiscally satisfied.

I don't think Roy shouldld be fired right now, but I sure do hope we can transition to a manager next season that can get the best out of the squad, get rid of the under performers, attract and develop new talent, and inspire some modern day thinking and culture in the clubhouse.

Roy is not the only manager in the PL, who has been left behind as the game continues to evolve and the innovative coaches who can adapt lead the way. Unfortunately Roy plays a game that has long since declined into mediocrity. He has met a need, but the future requires someone with better leadership skills and the capacity to take managed risk.

Edited by radicalsteve (18 Jan 2021 9.55pm)

Of course we would all like to see our team play a more expansive game but we do have limitations in our squad as I have highlighted a few times.

Mr Hodgson is vastly experienced, his teams are built on 'Shape', distances between the lines, organisation and discipline, qualities which have served us well whilst he has been at our club and ensured our PL survival for 3 seasons.

At present, whilst we are a 'Hard watch' we are a world apart from the club that I supported in the lower divisions, in front of sparse crowds in all climes.