Like PatrickA, being a long standing (or sitting when I can) fan, I remember the Cliff Holton n ‘Budgie’ Burne days with fond memories. So what’s different now? Well just about everything, but in particular that they and the teams of those days were not afraid to shoot! I don’t know what the stats say for the season but if the Saints game is anything to go by I bet we are at the foot of the ‘ attempts league’. We just don’t shoot enough. The two goals Southampton scored were top class and both from outside the area, which is something we rarely attempt, but when you set up to defend and play most of the game in your own half that is not altogether surprising. They won’t all be like Townsend’s ‘worldie’ but we would surely score more if we stopped trying to play like Arsenal and play through the opposition. There are always knock-downs, deflections and resultant scraps from a speculative shot on target!

Please Roy, give us something positive and resembling entertainment!

One of by best memories since we have been back in the Premier League is the 3-3 at home to Liverpool.
The atmosphere was fantastic and the ground was rocking.
We came back from 3-0 down and believe we could have scored a winner if the game had gone on for 5 more minutes as we threw the kitchen sink at them.
What has this got to with Hodgson or the Southampton game?
I can’t say for sure, but believe that if Hodgson had been manager for that Liverpool game he would have tried to shut up shop at 3-0 down to ensure that the defeat was not heavier and would congratulate himself if the damage was thereby limited.
Against Southampton we never looked like coming back at them and never even tried 2 up front or ‘throwing the kitchen sink ‘ at them.
And it’s not just the Southampton game.
We’re averaging around 3 efforts on goal per game and I think we have only scored one goal in the first half at home all season.
Our set pieces and corners are the worst I can remember since I started following the club.

It's a wonder you've never been asked to host Soccer Saturday

We've been largely lucky this season. We took more points early this season than we were really entitled to, or our performances deserved.

this should see us safe this year - but this won't happen every year. We keep going like we are now with this mix of Hodgson and lack of investment in playing squad then we will be relagated sooner rather than later.

I'm not saying Hodgsons the problem - hes done the best job he can with the players he's got - but something needs to change, or relegation beckons.

Nice to see us interested in a couple of youngsters, this may well be the way forward..hopefully they'll get some gametime. Excited to see what Scott Banks has, and Tosun is the type of player we needed, time will tell if he's the right player.

I beleive Hodgson can get us performing better with the addition of the right players and a better squad. So lets get the squad in a better state, then Hodgson can hand over the reigns to a new man.

"It was a Team effort, I guess it took all players working together to lose this one"

A couple of seasons ago towards the back end when we had Cabaye and RLC, Wilf and Andros firing we were playing some of the most attractive football I can remember a Palace team playing. Roy was our manager then.
So Roy is just setting the team up to play to the players strengths. With our current squad we can expect more of the same. Hopefully e can keep grinding out the points and not come up against too many teams at the top of their game (e.g. Southampton)

Do some of you want Premier League football?? It is a genuine question because the moaning about Roy Hodgson is becoming pathetic. Have you not learnt from other clubs examples such as Stoke. They had a Manager who had kept them in the PL for ten years but their fans started to moan non stop about their style of football so the Chairman panicked and sacked Tony Pullis. Take a look where they are now, just above the trapdoor in the Championship. Not quite as bad was the Arsenal fans hounding Wenger out and they, based purely on league points, are no better than us now.

Be careful what you wish for.

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