True. Common sense seems to be at a premium on these boards nowadays.

I do so agree. It’s become really tiresome.

I don't know what else you can say about Roy at this point. The players have quit on him. He's lost the plot.

After West Ham went ahead 3-1, with 30 minutes left, the announcer said, "And that should do it." As if the prospect of us scoring 2 goals in 30 minutes was beyond any possibility. Which of course, it is.

Also later, the other announcer started to try to figure out what our plan was and finally said something like, "I have no idea what they are trying to do."

That sums up Roy. I appreciate his service, but if we don't get relegated, it won't be any credit to him or the players, it will only be because there are 3 teams who are more pathetic sh-t than us.

He's ruining Eze, he never plays Bats, SP has to be fed up with him too.

Our last 10 games, we have won 1 game, against Sheffield.

No one could do worse than this with our current roster, except maybe FDB, and we won't hire him again. Roy out.

2017 Feb. (Van Aanholt) Palace 1 - 0 Middlesboro
2018 Jan. (Sako) Palace 1 - 0 Burnley
2019 May (Batshuayi, Batshuayi, OG, Van Aanholt, Townsend) Palace 5 - 3 Bournemouth
2020 Feb. (Van Aanholt) Palace 1 - 0 Newcastle

The big thing saving Roy this season is no fans. A full Selhurst would have kicked off last night. Would not have been pretty.

It’s not working but no way Freedman. He has, in my opinion, failed at management. I don’t even know why he’s at our club. He would be a disaster. I mean, I can’t stand the bloke anyway but to manage an established PL team is way above his ability - especially when there are proper managers - like Eddie Howe - out there. Although I’d look at Rafa but suspect he wouldn’t come, given our buying policy.

I suspect, however, Freedman is what will happen as he’s cheap, already on the payroll and for some absolutely inexplicable reason it appears Parish loves him.

I wouldn’t have even let him back in the door in the first place but to manage the team will be an unmitigated disaster - even for a few months, in my view.

Edited by Helmet46 (27 Jan 2021 7.14am)

Our defensive discipline and shape (supposedly Hodgson’s strengths) have deserted us for much of the season.
Why go in to a game against a 5 man West Ham midfield with just a woefully out of form Luka and an ageing Mcarthur to counteract their 5?
They were running through us at will and a 5 goal victory wouldn’t have flattered them.
We look as defensively vulnerable as we have done during our entire tenure in the Premier League.
We look vulnerable to every set piece, and at the same time never threaten from our own.
We don’t look like a team that has been coached as we’re all over the place. That’s a huge indictment on Hodgson.
Why persist with Luka and Townsend when they continually underperform? Hodgson seems reluctant to make changes when it’s not working.
While the buck has to stop with Hodgson, in mitigation I would say the club has been negligent in allowing the contractual situation drift.
To have a significant proportion of the squad out of contract in the summer cannot help.
Some of them must be wondering what the future holds in a few months time and if this have even has a limited effect on concentration levels or attitude, the cumulative effect cannot be helpful to a collective team approach.