Will you girls all grow up and stop being so petty. ‘You said...’ ‘I said...’ ‘he said it first’ bla bla bla. Listen to yourselves.

Get on topic and stick with it. If you want to debate, debate. Cut the ridiculous arguments and accept other might have a different opinion to you.

For me, Roy’s worked wonders and behold a professional squad with no money spent. We’ve been lucky to have him. I do reckon he’s thinking of leaving though and I wish him well. I’m excited for our next step and the opportunity to freshen things up in time for fans returning.

That was partially what I was getting at. The point I was trying to make was that your 18 month downward trend statement doesn't stack up.

And yes, the ends do justify the means. How many times does it need to be said that the first priority for our club is to stay in the Premier League ?? Now you may not be happy with that and it does say a lot about the short term ambition at Palace. But it is a fact. Hodgson has consistently achieved his main objective, so if you were doing his job, would you be willing to change and therefore risk not achieving that main objective ??

You should know ( assuming you read my posts ! ) that I have agreed that the entertainment value that go alongside Roy's tactics is minimal. Yes, I wish we played with more ambition - as we did in the second half today - but I know it's unlikely to happen while the focus is on the race for 40 points.

We have taken some bad beatings this season which always makes things feel worse. Just about all the pundits have commented on how out of character our defending has been for a Hodgson team. But is it any wonder when we have 4 central defenders, all 30plus and all injury prone ? Not the only reason, but a big factor in my view.

I think Roy will move on and it is about time the club was re set to run on more than just a 12 month basis. Whoever comes in has a big rebuild on their hands. And that of course is a result of the way the club has been run and not of Hodgson's making. And therein is the rub - a new man may get access to the kind of investment that Hodgson has not had.

I don't envy Parish having to make the decision...

Old, Ungifted and White

I really can't see what is motivating Roy to continue. If he wanted to prove a point after the England fiasco is 2014 and 2016 then he should probably have left after two seasons with us, and his head held high.

He got it right yesterday. Playing Eze through the middle reverts back to a set up we had when Puncheon was still performing. It suits Zaha and Benteke.

A great game for Mitchell too. PVA was only dropped due to personal issues apparently. How does a player thats been playing so badly for so long and doesn't want a new contract get selected?

We played for 3 points, rather than just a draw. We came out of the game with 3 points. Had we taken the usual negative approach we'd have come out with 0.

Had we taken that approach for the last two seasons we'd have a much happier set of fans. Instead we played within ourselves for the fear we need to get 40 points before we can try and play with any attacking intent. We have been set up too defensively and not posed enough of a threat to opposition defences. Without trying to pose any threat we've been easy pickings.

I'm happy to congratuate Roy on yesterday's performance, and I have previously on the few times he's got things right. However, it's a bit like praising the slow kid for catching up with the rest of the class.

Others seem blind to his massive failures, but seem to think he deserves huge amounts of praise each time we beat the likes of Sheffield United.

We need to play 3 players in midfield, one of them needs to be attack minded.

you may have struck on something here. Perhaps we should make the manager's position redundant and let the players figure it out each week. Would get a few mil off of the wage bill.

Best of luck to the big man for a long and healthy retirement.

Roy, i want to see you sitting in the stands next to Old Purple Nose when we thump ManUre next season.

Eze Peasy at Anfield....

Yes all the very best to Roy. There is no doubt it is time to move forward as a club and this is the right decision for all.

That being said he really is one of our own. He has had an amazing journey in his career and his impact on stabilising our club has been hugely significant.

I hope he will always be remembered fondly by the fans for what he did over his time with us.

Thank you Roy and I look forward to seeing you happy and healthy again on our screens in the near future