I was comparing the tactical approach of defending without committing players forward and boring the opposition to death.

And I can’t name any of the Greek team because there was no pleasure in watching them play despite them being ‘winners’.
Whereas I can recall great ‘losing’ teams such as Brazil and Holland because of the pleasure they brought.

The broader point being made is that football for me is about enjoyment and pleasure as well.
I accept that some fans don’t feel this way and don’t care how we play.

The football played under e.g Peter Taylor and Trevor Francis was dire but they were working with inferior players and I don’t think Hodgson has that excuse.
Hodgson is working with a far superior group of players and should be capable of setting us up to produce more attacking threat than demonstrated in recent games.To be able to play for a win rather a draw at home to the team 3rd from bottom.
Is that really too much to ask.

2/3 years ago we played some good football under Hodgson - not every week but often enough for us to be reasonably happy with things. The problem is that those players are now older, slower, more prone to injury and past their best and yet many fans seem to think they should still be able to play at a higher level.
Hodgson (or any other manager who might replace him) can only use what's available and let's face it, at present it ain't a lot.
The summer business (including decisions regarding the management team) will determine where we will be heading next year. I fear that the board will not do enough.

Aaaaand thats a 3rd..........You struck out buddy!!

Get some decent chat about you.......

The very best for the future ;-)

If you think the injury prone, partly fast approaching geriatric squad we have is good enough for top 10 you’re a fantasist.

Did you know? 98.0000001% of people are morons.

Yes, he actually said ‘0-0 at home to Fulham was the best we were going to be able to get from today’...

I’m now firmly in the the Roy OUT camp and hope it’s simply a case of Parish letting his contract run down and saying ‘thank you very much, all the best’.

I cannot and would not go to Selhurst to watch that sh*te live. I spent the preceding days really looking forward to Sunday and watching the game but the reality was, it was just more of the same utter rubbish. Heroic defending yes and some effort put in by the majority of the team but the actual ‘performance’ was awful, like so many of ours over the last season and a half.

I simply do not subscribe to the bizarre theory promoted time and time again on here that Roy is the only person in the world who can keep this team up. Even if he were, does anyone seriously want to be that bored, embarrassed, underwhelmed and frustrated watching our team play week in week out?!

The majority feel that Roy should go at the end of the season, and I am of that group. He has done his job, with little support from SP and a very ineffective board.

I wouldn’t be too confident of someone new taking the hot seat and being a success. Who would be your choice Phil?