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I know there is a school of thought on here that, with the players we have (and the wage bill we have) we should be doing better than we are. A number of posters attribute that to Roy's negative and unimaginative tactics. But are we really under performing?

I thought it would be interesting to compare league position with average home attendance. On that basis Watford and Bournemouth are over performing while West Ham, Newcastle and, yes, Brighton are definitely under performing.

We are 15th for attendances but 13th on points. If anything we are punching slightly above our weight?

Thing is, we chop and change, which is expensive.

We get in Holloway, we go up. He signs players, how he came about them is a whole different story.

Pulis comes in, does a remarkable job - he too signs players, Dann, Ledley and Henenrsey and the job is done we have a respectable finish.

He then wants to implement his team - Campbell, Kelly.

Then he's gone - Warnock comes in, very different manager. He brings in players like Zaha, Fryers and McArthur.

Then we get Pardew and a whole different breed of player comes in. The likes of Cabaye, Wickham, Mutch, Souare, McCarthy, followed by Tomkins, Townsend, Mandana, Remy.

Then Fat Sam - PVA, Luca, Sakho, Schlupp.

So already, it's a mix and match. How many of these players were veiwed as potential first teamers and paid so, but gone AWOL.

Suffice to say, this summer should be the result of a long hard scouting period where players are sold, moved on, replaced.
Roy stamps his mark on the squad and has 2 years to work on it.
changing a manager now is just going to add to that depressing list.

This was once a quality forum....

Paul Merson on sky has consistently said palace are the most underachieving team in the premiership, with a equal to anyone outside the top 6, I agree with this.

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

In relation to missed scoring opportunities he is reasonably right, this has nothing to do with performances, to get into a position to score and then miss means the manager and coaches have done their jobs but the players themselves on the day are never going to be interesting the top six clubs.
Also how many games has Merson actuyally watched.

How does it show that coaches have done their job when numerous run of the mill chances are missed by premier League standard players?

It shows the exact opposite. Not enough work is being done on finishing.

Take penalties and corners for example. Luka is so good because he clearly practices a lot.
Corners we are absolutely s***e at because we obviously don't practice them much at all. Conversely, under Pulis and Fat Sam we were mustard. No surprise that those managers worked on them in training.

Missing very important key players at both ends is something that any manager will struggle with, we are extremely weak with certain positions, doesn't take very long for the opposition to work out.
Our players have actually over performed for the last couple of months.