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Midlands Eagle 04 Mar 21 1.34pm | |
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Originally posted by Willo
I suspect many have concluded I am in the "Clueless" category but in the final analysis, the smorgasboard of opinions is all part of the rich tapestry of HOL. I do try to be as constructive,insightful and informative as I can but alas have to bow down to those who really do add a great deal of value to HOL. My comment wasn't aimed at you as I certainly don't think that you are clueless even though I wish you'd cut down on the irrelevant trivia
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Nicholas91 The Democratic Republic of Kent 04 Mar 21 1.35pm | |
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Originally posted by TheBigToePunt
Here's a question. Do you reckon pundits read this thread? In our recent games, different TV talking heads have made reference to supporter disquiet regarding our style of play, translating into questions to Roy. They could have got that from the banner of course, but there has also been some slightly deeper comments on budget, spending, reasonable expectations, a clubs place in the scheme of things, and also the possible effect of having so many players out of contract. I wonder if they are getting all that from here? If not, then where? Personally I think this thread has gone from predominantly pointless, sometimes rude and generally circular arguments to a pretty good place to understand the subtleties and nuance (and still to sometimes be rude to each other). Ten minutes on this thread and any neutral would get a good idea of the juggling act involving how hard it can be to watch us, whether results justify performances, the relative investment on Roy's watch, the debate over how good our squad actually is, what kind of football a club our size can actually play in this league, whether a club can reasonably expect to develop simply through spending time in the top flight, and even what the point is of going up if all you can do after is stay up, and staying up is not enjoyable. There are no shortage of pundits who struggle to form coherent sentences, and so I doubt they are carrying these pretty big issues around in their heads, particularly in relation to Crystal Palace. I wonder therefore if someone (probably not the pundits themselves) is dipping in here to take the temperature? Edited by TheBigToePunt (04 Mar 2021 11.43am) I assumed that was from the HF banner outside the training ground. That probably got a bit more attention than anything said on here. Only my assumption however.
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Gary St.Andrews Kenley 04 Mar 21 1.38pm | |
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Originally posted by TheBigToePunt
Here's a question. Do you reckon pundits read this thread? In our recent games, different TV talking heads have made reference to supporter disquiet regarding our style of play, translating into questions to Roy. They could have got that from the banner of course, but there has also been some slightly deeper comments on budget, spending, reasonable expectations, a clubs place in the scheme of things, and also the possible effect of having so many players out of contract. I wonder if they are getting all that from here? If not, then where? Personally I think this thread has gone from predominantly pointless, sometimes rude and generally circular arguments to a pretty good place to understand the subtleties and nuance (and still to sometimes be rude to each other). Ten minutes on this thread and any neutral would get a good idea of the juggling act involving how hard it can be to watch us, whether results justify performances, the relative investment on Roy's watch, the debate over how good our squad actually is, what kind of football a club our size can actually play in this league, whether a club can reasonably expect to develop simply through spending time in the top flight, and even what the point is of going up if all you can do after is stay up, and staying up is not enjoyable. There are no shortage of pundits who struggle to form coherent sentences, and so I doubt they are carrying these pretty big issues around in their heads, particularly in relation to Crystal Palace. I wonder therefore if someone (probably not the pundits themselves) is dipping in here to take the temperature? Edited by TheBigToePunt (04 Mar 2021 11.43am) I’m sure pundits do dip into fans forums to give themselves a feel of what goes on at clubs. They will have to drop the “ Palace always fall to defeat when Wilfred Zaha isn’t on the pitch” now. One Sky pundit dropped a clanger a while ago when he said “ the last time Palace scored 4 goals at home was a good few seasons back” He was literally correct within seconds by his opposite as we had just beaten Leeds 4-1.
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Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 04 Mar 21 1.46pm | |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
My comment wasn't aimed at you as I certainly don't think that you are clueless even though I wish you'd cut down on the irrelevant trivia You don't think I am "Clueless".Many would disagree with your opinion! Apropos "Irrelevant trivia", I can only re-iterate that I do try to be constructive and informative and perhaps my cerebral capacity is insufficient on occasions to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant. Returning to "Roy Out" I believe, given his track-record at our club in terms of ensuring survival, there will be a degree of perturbance come the day it is announced that the "Curtain has come down/will be coming down" on his time at the club.
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Frickin Saweet South Cronx 04 Mar 21 2.59pm | |
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Originally posted by TheBigToePunt
Here's a question. Do you reckon pundits read this thread? In our recent games, different TV talking heads have made reference to supporter disquiet regarding our style of play, translating into questions to Roy. They could have got that from the banner of course, but there has also been some slightly deeper comments on budget, spending, reasonable expectations, a clubs place in the scheme of things, and also the possible effect of having so many players out of contract. I wonder if they are getting all that from here? If not, then where? Personally I think this thread has gone from predominantly pointless, sometimes rude and generally circular arguments to a pretty good place to understand the subtleties and nuance (and still to sometimes be rude to each other). Ten minutes on this thread and any neutral would get a good idea of the juggling act involving how hard it can be to watch us, whether results justify performances, the relative investment on Roy's watch, the debate over how good our squad actually is, what kind of football a club our size can actually play in this league, whether a club can reasonably expect to develop simply through spending time in the top flight, and even what the point is of going up if all you can do after is stay up, and staying up is not enjoyable. There are no shortage of pundits who struggle to form coherent sentences, and so I doubt they are carrying these pretty big issues around in their heads, particularly in relation to Crystal Palace. I wonder therefore if someone (probably not the pundits themselves) is dipping in here to take the temperature? Edited by TheBigToePunt (04 Mar 2021 11.43am) given some of the articles that have started popping up in the media, making a case for Roy in/out, I'd say that some sports journalists must be reading fan forums to get a gist of the mood as they nail a lot of the arguments that are made on here from either side.
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Dubai Eagle 04 Mar 21 3.43pm | |
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I would imagine that competition for places in the pundits / commentators chairs increases every year & the pressure to earn their corn along with it - to come up with lots of informed or even semi informed information to help them seem knowledgeable & topical - so for sure having a look at what the supporters are saying makes lots of sense.
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Eaglecoops CR3 04 Mar 21 3.51pm | |
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Originally posted by Frickin Saweet
given some of the articles that have started popping up in the media, making a case for Roy in/out, I'd say that some sports journalists must be reading fan forums to get a gist of the mood as they nail a lot of the arguments that are made on here from either side. Such is the lazy state of modern journalism, there appears to be very few these days who are capable of generating their own ideas and you will either see a re-hash of someone else’s piece, quotations from Twitter or re-posting of fans comments.
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PatrickA London 04 Mar 21 4.04pm | |
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This thread started on 6 October 2020 so is celebrating it's 6 month anniversary.
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Eaglecoops CR3 04 Mar 21 4.32pm | |
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Originally posted by PatrickA
This thread started on 6 October 2020 so is celebrating it's 6 month anniversary. I’ve always hated Roy’s tactics since before he was Palace manager so I have never really wanted him at the club, however I do now have a better understanding of why he does what he does.
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midlandspalace kidderminster 04 Mar 21 4.38pm | |
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Originally posted by PatrickA
This thread started on 6 October 2020 so is celebrating it's 6 month anniversary. I know that our football has been pretty boring so time seems to drag but it really is just 2 days short of 5 months since 6th October 2020
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TheBigToePunt 04 Mar 21 5.55pm | |
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Originally posted by PatrickA
This thread started on 6 October 2020 so is celebrating it's 6 month anniversary. Personally my view on Hodgsons management hasn't changed drastically over the last six months, although I think this period has illustrated the arguments better than any before: The football has been at its worst whilst the points total relative to games played, pounds spent and quality of player available seems perhaps to be at or near its best. I was never in the 'Roy In' camp as such (does such a thing exist?), I just felt that many of the 'Roy Out' posts contained flawed, inaccurate or unfair reasoning that I wanted to politely challenge. Mostly politely, anyway. This thread lurched into pointless s***tiness at one stage, but was brought back round again and became quite a useful discussion. It seems like a fair few people have at least examined more closely some of the mitigating factors and wider context which I and others felt they were ignorant of, and have if nothing else had to accept the respect many of us (myself included) retain for Hodgson. In turn I can only respect that there are many who, all mitigating factors accepted and understood, still want him gone quite regardless of who might replace him. That argument is clear and reasonable in my view, even if I remain torn between my heart wanting a major change and my head identifying major risks.
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bicycle repair man 04 Mar 21 6.11pm | |
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Roy's doing a fantastic job, he gets results despite all the injuries, and only having peanuts to spend.
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