The first 20 minutes were among the most shambolic of any Palace teams performances in 55 years of watching them. Effectively game over after 12 minutes.

Too many past it players that instead of playing for a new contract look resigned to moving on or being moved on. It's sad to see the likes of Scott Dann now turning in such woeful performances having been such a reliable player for us in the past.

People will be clamouring even more now for Parish to sack Hodgson. If he does, then who to bring in while the season is still in play ? I think Dyche had a good view of the size of the problem he would inherit, but could potentially see that as a challenge. I doubt whether he would jump ship at this time however.

Potentially that leaves an interim appointment or someone that is available straight away.

So perhaps not such an easy decision for Parish to make.

Old, Ungifted and White

If we were in the bottom three,or just a few points off the relegation zone, I believe that there might have been a temptation to make a change.In our current position I believe the likelihood is that Mr Hodgson will continue to the end of the season.

That’s what I think, as depressing as that might be. If the gap was to close considerably then that might change, but I don’t think it will.

Why wait until the end of the season, employ a new man now and keep Roy till end of the season as an advisor. We have a perfect opportunity for a new man to take control with competitive games to get these players functioning as a team.
If Roy stays till the summer then the new man will just have friendlies to assess the players and they can be very misleading .

It’s obvious Hodgson, takes the stick . And something is very wrong .But the team was set up 442 , as was Burnley,. It was told publicly prove you are capable of winning games without Wilf. The answer was woeful.
A complete breaking of trust between them and the people that pay them. It was not a tactical failure it was as fine a demonstration of not being good enough in any area of play you are likely to see, I don’t think that group today would have got the points in a Div 2 match. Much has been made of how good certain players are, or would be if Roy would just let them off the leash, what a load of tosh, if ever that became a non starter it was in the last two games. There was plenty of attacking intent, just no noticeable vitality in that intent. And that on top of conceding three of the easiest goals Burnley, will ever score. This lot look like they know they will not be here next season, one of few excuses, for doing all they can to get their manager sacked, that’s if he doesn’t turn it in,
Apart from any other reason changing manager now is far to late. So hopefully Hodgson won’t turn it in, but if he has blundered, it’s accepting that lot to work with.
And if Hodgson goes by next season, and the playing group has not made massive improvement by then . A new manager may well not be enough to stay in this league, let alone be enough to bring more watchable football.

Appointing a new manager is sometimes all about timing.If the manager is available who SP and the board want then mow is the time to act .ie Eddie Howe or Lampard ? They might not be available come the end of the season .