Perhaps the point being made in the original post which has been lost is that we can win, and win well, playing good football.
Our most negative performances against the likes of Chelsea, Burnley and Newcastle have resulted in defeats in any event.
Defend strongly by all means with our ageing defenders, and allow Zaha and Eze to flourish.
None of us can say for sure that playing attractively will result in worse results.
We weren’t exactly on the front foot playing attractively when we had that terrible losing run at the end of last season .

I’m content with our points total so far this season, and playing attacking football against Man U, Leeds, WBA has made a significant contribution.
Like the original poster, I would like that to continue and don’t see it as contentious.

We’ll have to agree to disagree.
Football is to be enjoyed not endured.

If Schlupp had not been injured on Saturdays we are unlikely to have had the pleasure of witnessing Eze’s goal on Saturday - already acclaimed as a candidate for goal of the season.
Many pragmatists were acclaiming the decision not to start Eze thinking ‘how can ensure that we not lose ‘ as opposed to ‘how can we flourish.’
I’m reasonably pragmatic but don’t understand why it’s seen as risky to start Eze against a poor team without a win all season.
People can say Eze had a couple of indifferent games prior to Saturday so should be the scapegoat.
That seems unfair to me.
The likes of Luka and Ayew have been poor over considerably longer periods and retained their places.
Roy’s doing a sound job, but this does not mean having to buy into his philosophy wholesale.

There is every chance we have reached our ceiling , with Hodgson , or any other option. It’s the financial stature of the club that will break through that ceiling, on a permanent basis. Even if we had a manager get us in the to six, without huge financial certainty to back him, he would be gone in two minutes,
Technically not going forward we go no where But if we don’t go down , it’s not all bad. Because this club will not get richer stuck in the Championship.

In the final analysis, we play in a 'Tired' old stadium with one of the lowest capacities in the PL.

The much heralded 'Stadium Re-Development' in essence consists of a much-needed replacement for an ancient rickety stand, not a complete overhaul to modernise Selhurst Park and of course the building work is yet to get off the ground.
We don't have state-of-the-art training facilities enjoyed by other PL clubs and we have only quite recently attained 'Category 1' status for the academy.
We have an aged squad with little or no sell-on value for many of the players and I believe 78% of our income is spent on wages.
Our 'Net Spend covering this season and the previous 3 seasons has been about £10 Mill.

This is the reality and against this backdrop Mr Hodgson has secured PL survival for 3 seasons and many are of the opinion that this will extend to 4 seasons.
He has met his objectives and whilst many question his tactics, the end has justified the means.

Finally, we have now been in the PL for a few seasons and enjoyed watching our players perform on the 'Big stage' against some of the best players in the world.
A far cry from time when CPFC2010 took charge of the club after 'Administration'.

Edited by Willo (06 Jan 2021 11.14am)

I agree with Willo. It will be a very slow haul to get out of this lower mid-table position whilst the ownership structure remains as it is. In my view we desperately need new investment to exploit the fantastic potential we have of being the premier club in South London, which enjoys a great catchment area for support and recruits to our academy. I hope SP is making it a top priority to find new owners.