As long as it isn’t change for the sake of change. We are one of a long list of , clubs , that go sooner or later between Premier and championship, There are three of them stuck in the bottom three right now. It isn’t wrong to want bright entertaining football, but most of the clubs in the long list ,have tried to achieve just that and it hasn’t stopped them being on the list, and spending two much time in the Championship. Most have experimented with multiple Changes of manager ,and so called nice to watch entertaining football, all to often leading to disaster. So it’s all very well pleading for new management , but all of those clubs similar to us show it is an exceptional case when it all goes well for very long.
I think Hodgson, could call it a day at his age, maybe should, it’s inevitable anyway especially if the support don’t appreciate what he has done here, but that doesn’t alter what he has done. Hodgson has kept us at the top or near the top of that list, it would be great to be in that position having hardly ever played dull to win, but the odds are heavily against no matter who gets Hodgson,s job.

As long as it isn’t change for the sake of change. We are one of a long list of , clubs , that go sooner or later between Premier and championship, There are three of them stuck in the bottom three right now. It isn’t wrong to want bright entertaining football, but most of the clubs in the long list ,have tried to achieve just that and it hasn’t stopped them being on the list, and spending two much time in the Championship. Most have experimented with multiple Changes of manager ,and so called nice to watch entertaining football, all to often leading to disaster. So it’s all very well pleading for new management , but all of those clubs similar to us show it is an exceptional case when it all goes well for very long.
I think Hodgson, could call it a day at his age, maybe should, it’s inevitable anyway especially if the support don’t appreciate what he has done here, but that doesn’t alter what he has done. Hodgson has kept us at the top or near the top of that list, it would be great to be in that position having hardly ever played dull to win, but the odds are heavily against no matter who gets Hodgson,s job.

Good one. Like you're style. Also agree with Willo when he reminds us of the unprecedented season our aging team and, frankly, the manager, are having. Dealing with the effects of Covid in a condensed season following shortly after the last one with very little pre-season must be tricky to say the least.

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

Oh come on, you know it runs much deeper than this. Playing a different style doesn’t necessarily mean moving from the sublime to the ridiculous. There are all manner of changes that a new manager can make including shape, transition, attacking tactics, early tactical substitutions, seeing different things in different players, having a different approach to youth, fitness regimes, the list is pretty endless. So just to say that fans want to see free flowing high octane football is not really fair on fans who are asking to see change.

I totally agree.

I would be very interested to see how our next manager goes about his business. Whenever that may be.

I also think that after 4 years in the job, players usually need a ' different voice ' other than their present manager - whatever the club, with the exception of those that are serially winning things.

But this constant criticism of Hodgson on here - some of it valid, some not and some plainly ludicrous - continues to ignore that fact that his methods achieve the objective set by his employer. So where is his motivation to change ? Ask yourself, and be honest...you enjoy your job, you are well paid for doing it and the way you do it satisfies your employers expectations - would YOU change ?

My learned friend,in the higher court of HOL, I acted as Mark Clattenburg's 'Defence Lawyer' and then as now the arguments of the Prosecution were defeated neck and crop.

Edited by Willo (12 Feb 2021 2.14pm)