You are of course entitled to your opinion and I think you've explained it quite nicely.

Some maybe content with what we have now and may even think we've peaked and should be grateful for that. They may also be more risk averse and concerned about the consequences of change when we appear to have relative stability, regardless of the entertainment value of the football, citing previous situations the club has found itself in and downfalls of similarly sized clubs from our position.

Others may be more inclined to want a bit more, (which surely is the nature of a football fan), being less risk averse and dreaming of a better tomorrow. They might also have genuine concerns over the performances we are seeing and a legitimate gripe at performances not being entertaining, football is entertainment at its core surely not? As always, either side can point to facts or generally accepted truths as evidence for their beliefs.

Either way, I actually quite enjoy considering all views on this, centred around the manger on this particular thread. I of course have my own views but it can be refreshing and thought provoking to consider things I have not considered and get different angles of perspective.

I am however growing quite a grudge against this weird obsession for some posters to be cultivating some new kind of 'virtue signalling', cringingly reminiscent of 'wokeism', whereby they feel the need to jump on anyone who has any criticism, or even a slightly negative opinion, on anything club related. You see them often resorting to using extreme interpretations or distortions of someone's position as a reason to ridicule, belittle, denounce and insult them whilst trying to simultaneously elevate their own standing as a 'fan' (in their own heads and invented hierarchy anyway). This is of course entirely different to even very heated debates over such matters where opposing opinions are clashing. We have 'thought police' pervasive throughout our society now and it seems as though you can't even discuss your views on football anymore without someone from the 'cancel culture' mob trying to censor and shut down your opinion!

The more I keep banging on about this the closer I ironically come to doing something similar to that I claim to despise... so I may begin to swerve! Rant over, COYP!!

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Why do you speak in absolutes? Brighton was a fluke win, it was a result that couldn’t have been any more against the run of play. In goal scoring terms it was in a way similar to the Liverpool game, what was it, 9 shots, 7 goals. Us against Brighton 3 shots, 2 goals, although that is where the similarities end.

But I have made no reference to other matches. To be honest, I do believe we have probably had more than our fair share of good fortune this season, but last year I thought it was the other way round. It does have a way of levelling out over a period of time. I haven’t used this point of view to emphasise anything, only you.

I don’t like Roy’s tactics, I never have, whether he was at England, Liverpool or Palace. I hate his style of football and as such I would rather he was out the club as soon as we can find a suitable replacement. It is as simple as that.

You have made your views patently clear with eloquence and your sentiments resonate with many of our supporters.

I will re-iterate that supporters and owners can have different perspectives and priorities.To major investors remaining in the PL with it's profile and global reach is paramount and to this end Mr Hodgson has met his objectives season on season and that on a limited spend.
Of course the style might not be that attractive to many but so long as the club are in the PL there won't be many empty seats at Selhurst Park and of course the club will retain it's profile across the globe.

Our Home form in recent seasons with spectators in the ground hasn't been that impressive.
Last season of course we never had supporters for every game, however our average home wins per season over the previous 3 seasons was 6.

I've been in the Roy out brigade - more for succession planning than anything else. However, last Summer we appears to have had a change in tack and started to invest in younger players; Eze, Ferguson, Banks, and a whole host of of others to strengthen our academy, this January we bought Mateta.

We cannot fix our ageing squad in one window(you run The risk of doing a chelsea, and having gelling issues) but actually we are going about things in the right way.
Another window like the Last one - replacing a couple of our older players with some fresh blood is good progression, and Roy is here to oversee this.

The football is dreadful at the moment, but there were times earlier this season where it wasn't (or am I misremembering?!). Providing we have another window like the one last year, and add more young promising Players, I think we'll stick with RH and I'll be happy for him to remain for another year.

Edited by CrazyBadger (25 Feb 2021 12.03pm)

"It was a Team effort, I guess it took all players working together to lose this one"

I don’t think anyone would be to unhappy at the fact he has a naughty streak . If he can play, and the the more you see of this boy he can. Some of the very best midfielders throughout the years have not been angels. Luca, is all about braking play up , stopping movements from developing. Gallagher, will sit in and can do all of that ,
But he can play on the front foot just as comfortable , in a way we don’t see from Milo. We have a problem most games in the transition from defence to offence, he would help that no end.