Have you actually really considered the fact that some of our players (not all of them) have been completely dross in the passing department this season and that if they hadn't been quite so bad your view of Hodgson being as awful as you imagine wouldn't have legs to stand on.

Yeah, you keep harping on as if this isn't Hodgson's responsibility when it only reinforces the fact that he's a s***e manager.
You do realise he picks the team and conducts training?

Nothing to do with playing 3 or 4 central midfielders then, or nobody wide at all, no fullbacks overlapping or any movement upfront or not really supplying Benteke how he’s useful?

It’s just passing is it, or only attacking when the opposition by choice when they have 10 behind the ball? Watch better teams, or more confident teams. They know they have to draw the opposition out to have the space, but what do we do? Let them setup like they have done for 5 days in training so we just hope to luck a goal.

COYP

Have we actually been 'good' at home in any of the seasons since we came up? Personally I think it is a matter of personnel. We have the perfect team for counter-attacking football, with a solid defensive unit in the centre and very quick wingers and attacking fullbacks. However, we don't have a playmaker for when teams sit deep, someone who can unlock a defence. I think many of us hoped that would be Meyer, but he is yet to convince so far. Also, we have operated without an effective striker for a large part of the season.

Towards the end of the season Hodgson definitely seemed to be setting us up for results rather than performances and the fact we are 15 points clear of relegation support his pragmatic approcach. However, as we are unlikely to have the funds to push much beyond midtable I hope we can at least explore how we can provide more entertainment on the pitch, especially at home.

This season has been the most comfortable season for us by far. The closest we've got to the relegation zone is 16th. We had the Pardew season with a great start but then had the last half of the season with utter tripe.

We've been consistent and not had any real panics, which considering we've spent over half the campaign with no real striker and having injuries to players like Tomkins and Sakho for the last part of the season shows just how well we have actually done.

This is exactly what we needed as a club. No pay offs for sacking a manager. No expensive staying up bonuses for a new manager. No panic January buys to keep us up and the added bonus of moving on fringe players. Discovered a new home grown talent.

Home results aside, I'm really not sure what there is to moan about and why Hodgson is being questioned so much. We have a lot to be grateful for, I think.

Losing to Brighton twice and have some of their supporters crowing about it is somewhat galling.
Without those 6 pts they wouldn't be safe now but in the bottom 3 !

Edited by Willo (06 May 2019 9.18am)