Roy has done a great job keeping us up on a shoestring budget, for sure. But as the stats show, this has largely, if not soley, been down to Zaha.

Without him, would we still be here? I doubt it. The club as a whole, and not just Roy, have failed to find a solution. For too long we have hidden behind the Zaha effect, disguising our obvious shortcommings.

We mustered twice as many shots on goal yesterday than the previous two matches put together - 0 shots against Fulham and 2 against Brighton. Is that anything to shout about, especially against a lacklusture Man Ure? No.

On the positive, we have seemed to have rediscovered our resillience and determination in defence. When we're that bad going forward, this is a must.

For that Roy should be given credit, but lets not be deluded by the decent 11 pts from 7 games return.

Edited by GujiRascal (04 Mar 2021 11.16am)

Glass half full.

I agree with these sentiments.

Jurgen might be free soon

Originally posted by askyourself

I assume that whoever believes that Roy is no longer our best bet for manager, knows who we should replace him with.

Not pulling you up specifically, but...

..I read this a lot. The board did their job. They employed Roy Hodgson. They are not seeking change as far as we know. Why would they speculate who would be our best bet for manager, when they chose Roy Hodgson as our best bet for manager? If you want a different manager, fine. Offer your suggestions for debate. But to just say "Roy out" is not reasonable on it's own.

By the way, if the board give Roy another contract, will you back him?

edit: posted to doombear

Edited by Tim Gypsy Hill '64 (05 Mar 2021 12.27am)

Systematically dragged down by the lawmakers

Roy out is a perfectly reasonable stance if you are not happy with the manner in which we play football and there are many who feel that way. Why do we have to come up with alternatives when we have absolutely zero impact on the decision of who should replace him. Wanting Roy out and who replaces him are two entirely separate subjects.

Would I back Roy for another year? Not with my money I won’t but the team will still get my support as it always does. The next time I visit SP will be when we have a different manager.

The problem I find with so much of the Roy out, argument, is the attitude that . Palace, have found themselves playing negative backs to the wall football ,on many occasions , purely because of Roy.
When the problem is that the squad he works with is just not strong enough to not have to play that way if we are to remain a top league competitor .
The truth being . Roy has done what he can ,with what he has got.
The bottom line is without drastic restructuring of the squad, there is not a manager you could hang your hat on to actually be successful in any real way, at CPFC.
It’s strange so many of the candidates put up are failures in their own right. Because they are supposed to be preferable to someone that has succeeded in difficult circumstances.
This is a repeat of what happened at Stoke. Teams like us need to be able to fall back on basics, when needed. It’s a fact we have to do it to often right now. So answer better players. Not get rid of the manager that gets performances out of average players, where many, including most put forward here for the job , wouldn’t.