Now you see, I don't think that he would (or at least not massively differently). I think he uses the same methods regardless. That's why he had had a hard time getting Liverpool and England to shine - his methods are better suited to smaller clubs and nations.

My point about Roy has always been twofold:

1. I'm not necessarily pro-Roy, just anti the worst of the anti-Roy nonsense. That ends up leading me to challenge a lot of what is said about him, and perhaps to defend him more than I can remember defending any other Palace manager.

2. The way Roy naturally operates has been, is, and will likely remain, the best fit for a club our size. If we have suddenly got access to a far better squad than we have had in recent years then fine, get a different manager in - I reckon Howe or Lampard actually would play better football than Roy if all three were given the same top ten squad - but until we have a top ten squad we need the right man for the job, which we probably already have.

Roy hasn't Lost it. far from it.

Still think that this squad isn't one that is best placed to be handed over to a different Man for a major overhaul.. They rarely work, especially when the new manager is part of that overhaul.

What is required is one more decent Summer, (it's a short one, remember, thanks to the Euros - that means a shorter pre-season) a couple of shrewd signings(like last summer) and RH for another year to get the squad into a state whereby it can be taken on without the need for an overhaul seems to be the best course of actions from where I'm sitting.

If that means more negative tactics, then so be it. Although, that's not necessarily what is going to happen. At some points this season RH tried to be more expansive/attacking, only for it to backfire horribly(probably as we have aging and injured defenders). This summers job: Sort out the reason for that backfire.

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

It was stated on back of the nest that Roy only had 19 available and asked Hen as he has been training well if he wanted to be part of the squad for the match. The youngsters are busy/ just played and who knows what the procedure is on bubbles etc within the club.
Loyal respectful and a nice touch. That’s all it was I think.

Defences operate as a unit, knowing what your fellow defenders are going to do. But Every week there are 1 or 2 changes. Even the goalkeeper this week ! Unless you have continuity you will always get the kind of mistakes you describe. Will we have the same defence v the Arse ? I'd bet my balls the answer is no.

Individual mistakes have nothing to do changes in personal. They train together too, so it's not like they are playing with strangers.

The change in goalie clearly had no impact on either goal