There is absolutely no question that things could be better with Palace. But that applies to one degree or another up and down this league, and all of the others that make up the football league.
Most common response sack manager,. He has lost team, doesn’t have a clue after years in the game,.This failure is better than ours for some reason, etc, etc,.
Usual result several changes of manager if not a relegation, flirting with one, or even getting more than one relegation.
All to often , tha actual records of other candidates are inferior, or no better than the man you have.
In our case people say Hodgson, should play one potential failure for another if things are going badly,, always after the event.
I say potential failure, simply because this squad have all failed at various times . There is hardly a player even including those out injured that has not been found wanting on to many occasions . Even for substitutions, if the choice, and it often is, to bring on some one that has been crap for weeks it’s no wonder the judgement is it will not change events.
The last two games were woeful, but we were missing at least four of our most reliable players. And it is sadly only to clear we don’t possess to many of those. We had won two of our last four games. We do have 29 points, And with the right people fit Hodgson knows how to win games. He has proved that time and again.
Next year the club has to make its mind up as to not only where it wants to be but how to get there, and quiet frankly if it’s to be much above where it’s been for four years, then it must include the finances to hire a top manager , or top prospective manager, and the resources to attain the class of player all top managers require.
If anyone wants to seriously consider how this works, and how difficult it is to make it work, just look down the A23. Or in a close to the worse scenario , Nottingham Forest, manager after manager , net result not much , presently in the hands of an old campaigner often sacked for not entertaining the masses.

Edited by Putitout (15 Feb 2021 1.23pm)

So because one fan considers a coach to be in the same mould as Hassenhuttl, it is appropriate to compare Schmidt to Southampton’s recent results? I’ve seen tenuous connections and reasons not to take someone on before, but this has to take the biscuit.

Very well said.

With respect we are 'On the opposite sides of the house' on this matter.

Mr Hodgson's objective has been to ensure we stay in the PL and thus far he has delivered within tight financial parameters.

In relation to blooding youngsters he did bring AWB into the team and he has added £50 Mill to our coffers ! Furthermore, Tyrick Mitchell has been given his chance.
The notion that we have an abundance of young players 'Knocking on the door' is fanciful and one can understand why Mr Hodgson has relied on his tried and trusted players given the 'Terms of reference' under which he works.

I refer back to my comments concerning an aged squad not being replaced by younger, more vibrant players.

You can not get much more personal than that . I think we get the message.not all about football then.

On this Hassenhuttl style, let's get real. It's high octane, high defending, constant pressing, physical stuff. How would our players handle that style exactly? We'd lose ten nil and half our team would have a heart attack.

Red and Blue Army!