Roy tuned down a couple of players in the last window that SP and DF had got lined up because they did not fit into his plans that does not seem to fit with what is being said.
I would think if the deal of £4m new contract is on the table Roy will jump at it as he knows his time is slowly running out and will eventually be out of work. His style of play is no good in todays football world hence the reason we are losing so many games. I don't blame the players as they are told what and how to play and they never look happy....just as Roy is when the cameras show him on the touchline. He is total void of new ideas and just sticks to his old ways.
Managers who bring their team to play us know what to expect and win games.
Roy looks absolutely lost at games and stands there like a dummy I only wish he would retire and give someone else a chance to get our team playing like a winning team and get rid of all the dead wood that Roy holds so close to himself. Same team same tactics and same results we are getting week in week out.
To be honest he has had his day and not the manager he once was.......Recent results have proved it!

Supported Palace for over 69 years since the age of 7 and have seen all the ups and downs and will probably see many more ups and downs before I go up to the big football club in the sky.

I don’t think he needs the job for the money. It makes you wonder, why he bothers, he would of had some nice pay offs from Liverpool and England.

"Ere Roy, quick word please. Listen, results aren't too clever at the moment, and what's this 3 defensive midfielder cobblers? Look, I'll give you the next 3 games to get one win, otherwise you're out, deal?"

Cue Freedman, who has been lurking offstage:
"What say you Roy dear chap, sounds perfectly reasonable. Don't mess up, or I'll have to cover for the rest of the season".

Cue theatrical thunderclap, curtains close...

We had a system that was working with our limited squad !!!!

Now, injuries have caused problems but we should never have moved Ayew away from being CF. Towewnsend being injured was an issue, so we should have played Meyer on the left instead, but Townsend is back now so revert to formula (Zaha, Ayew, Townsend).

The midfield did a job with Kouyate in there. Get back to Kouyate, McArthur, McCarthy/Luka.

Rieldewald was surprising us at LB, but as soon as PVA is fit he is automatically back in. Get Riedlewad back in.

My word does Roy have his favourites.

Can't see this point much on here if at all, so I may be alone in my thinking but my biggest grievance is that we are outworked by almost every single team.

Not counting the x-mas rush and injury crisis, although we are not the only team to go through this, we are outworked every single game and the only way to overcome a lack of work effort is with superior talent which we don't have either.

The top performers in this league are those with the highest work effort - Man City, Liverpool Leicester and look at Sheffield United. Everton, Watford and Southampton have all stepped up in this department and have been completely rejuvenated.

The only game we truly turned up was Liverpool and despite the loss we were great to watch. Most games we look slow to start, losing every second ball and 50/50. None of our players beyond Wilf, Schlupp (injured) and maybe PvA have any pace and the lack of athleticism all round is painful. Some may say Ayew but he always looks quicker with the ball to me.

That's one of the things frustrating me the most, not only is it dross football 95% of the time but the team looks it's age and the effort looks minimal.

Things in football are always far more forgivable if you see 11 men actually giving it all they have.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

An excellent post that hits the nail firmly on the head. I've been saying all season that our players look unfit compared to the opposition. Whether this is through laziness, complacency, a poor training regime, or whatever, it needs sorting out. Said it elsewhere, everything else is excuses.