Richard was hen-pecked.I can assure one and all that my dear wife does not peck at any part of my anatomy.

I used to sit next to a really nice family in the Sainsbury end and whilst I loved to watch Hopkins, Houghton and Freedman zinging it around the bloke next to me couldnt stand them and preferred the honest grifter types.
We all see something different but for me whilst Hodgson performed a miracle on a shoe string, the football was dire.
A while back someone was lamenting Pulis, again the lowest possession stats in the division. 442 used to publish the top 15 passer combinations stats per game and we were lucky to get one! Why pay money to watch the other team with the ball. On the flip side there was the dreadful but successful pass till you fall asleep Spanish team, so its not all about possession, I admit.
This team has three of the most exciting players I've seen at Palace. It didnt happen against Newcastle but in the previous games we have been playing a really good to watch passing game with real zip and some end product. Yes we lost to Spurs and to Southampton but we had some really good passages.
This last seems to be our problem, converting good work in the first two thirds of the pitch to decent chances. Not chances where someone has to beat two men and cut a worldy into the corner. Hughes does seem the best answer we have and it is frustrating to not see him used but on the whole I think PV is on the right track and god forbid a return to something like Dyche ball.