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Very interesting piece.

Some on here slate Roy and think he is terrible but he is a top manager in the game.

He makes mistakes, but you can see in the comments from ex players and Lewington that he is massively respected.

Interesting comments from Lewington on it being ok to play badly, as long as you are following the game plan. Might explain a few selection choices now and then!

Trump lost. Badly. Hahahahahahaha.

Im sure that doesnt go unoticed and is appreciated.
Some games are boring though and in game management with roy can be lacking.
Everton away a prime example.
Lack of subs in time on at least this occasion pretty sure cost us points.

Hodgson is hugely respected in the game as a manager and as a person and one could advance the argument that had it not been for him we would not now be in the hallowed land of the PL.

Plaudits for him on this thread but should we succumb to a defeat at Leicester tomorrow, I suspect that he will come in for some of the ordure he has received in the past.

Maybe that washes once motivationally: "it's ok lad, you did as you were told and it didn't work out, we'll work on it for next time" but every week?

It's pure belligerence. Basically Wodgson and his staff are valuing obedience over talent as it protects their authority and therefore their jobs. There is some merit in this, but the balance should be loyalty and talent.

We would easily be top ten if he didn't wait 15-20 games for players to come good or just keep picking the same trusty carthorses over a bit of flare.

And in terms of respect within the game? I've heard plenty of ex players on podcasts and in the media who speak negatively about his style.

He's extremely one dimensional and predictable, no matter how good the passing and positional discipline has looked at times.

Edited by ChrisGC (22 Feb 2019 9.30am)

Managers like Roy, Pulis and Fat Sam get slated, but as all of them have said in the past, if you’re letting in 2 or 3 goals every game, whatever division you’re in, you’re only going one way, down!!

Yes we feel like we should be higher up the league and we should be scoring more goals, and yes I do get the feeling constant relegation battles could catch up with us, but at the moment Roy’s got us organised and competitive, as did Pulis and Allardyce. We were definitely going down with Holloway and Pardew’s more attacking style because we were shipping goals.

We used to play it in the Orpington and Bromley sunday league,throw everything forward and f*** the defence