I’m not suggesting ‘Roy out’ but at 73 and with his contract due to expire at the end of the season, now might be a good time to start the transition. At least, that way, the new man could learn from him, get to know the players and both have a Jan window to consider things.
Tactically yesterday, bringing on like for like wasn’t, in my view, going to change anything.
And yeah, hindsight is easy, but I think fans are entitled to feel frustrated after a 4-0 defeat, especially following a win to Southampton, a great performance against Utd and an unlucky one against Everton.
What would I have done? God knows, you’re right on the depth so that may show the club something.

Edited by Helmet46 (04 Oct 2020 8.39am)

It is going to be hard to take a weed mullering but I reckon it's coming if we play like that.

Oh the clowns are out again.

Roy out! Where’s the attacking substitutions??

We played basically the same starting 11 as against United but included Eze so we were even more attacking. We got battered because Chelsea are much better than us and mainly because of shocking defending. Roy did not send that team out to play any differently than against United ?

So who’s at fault?

Have a look at our bench and tell me where these amazing attacking substitutes were sitting?

Oh the clowns are out again.

Roy out! Where’s the attacking substitutions??

We played basically the same starting 11 as against United but included Eze so we were even more attacking. We got battered because Chelsea are much better than us and mainly because of shocking defending. Roy did not send that team out to play any differently than against United ?

So who’s at fault?

Have a look at our bench and tell me where these amazing attacking substitutes were sitting?

..and the reason we had hardly no movement in their half of the pitch is because the rare times we actually tried they did a professional job on fouling us, all the very top players do it and in a way to keep the refs at bay, only late on after ridiculous amounts of stopping us this way did the ref start booking them ...way too late.

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It is coming to a new low when fans want to sack the manager because we lose to one of the richest clubs in the world away from home.
The scoreline was the result of two dodgy penalties and the mistakes of one player.

Until we reach the Eldorado of a higher status like Chelsea, we will always be looking to average a point a game and stay up.
If some fans are unhappy now then god knows what it will be like when Zaha goes.
Right now, a couple more signings will hopefully give us more going forward.

Yes, I fully agree with your comments, the Manager can prepare a team for a game but how they play and execute the plan is down to them as individuals on the day. Yesterday you would not have thought that it was basically the same players from a week ago , with the exception of Townsend, yesterday there play was well below par, even Zaha was slipping back to his end of last season form. I am a great fan of Roy and grateful for what he has done with this modest squad over the last three years, however, I can also understand why some fans are frustrated especially because yesterday we did not have one shot on target. let's hope the next game is different but we will still have to be at our best to beat a modest Brighton side and that requires us to score goals!