What a ridiculous thing to come out with. Do you not realise that people are dying ? Probably quite a few Palace supporters haven’t made it, including my dad who was a season ticket holder. He died 3 weeks ago.

Roy gets away with it because the bar is set low: Premiership survival is a means to an end, and we could finish 16th or 17th and he has achieved the target. In 8 seasons we haven't progressed at all since the days of Tony Pulis, Hodgson despite having his "best ever squad", has steadily gone backwards.
Roy gets away with it because there are no crowds, I think most here agree that by now Parish would have heard the disgruntlement from the stands and acted in one way or another.
Roy gets away with it because quite frankly the standard in the Premiership is woeful, this season being particularly bad, perhaps this is because of the fans not being present, but whatever the cause, Roy's task is made easier by the standard of opposition - remarkably there are worse teams than us!
Ultimately it depends on the ambition of the owners and the voice of the fans, I am increasingly thinking of the likelyhood of a drop down to the Championship from where we can get rid of the deadwood and start anew with the parachute payment, a few experienced pros, and a batch of youngsters with an enthusiastic front foot manager.
At the moment we are dining on the thinnest of gruel, and it's not good enough, the ambition is set too low.

Edited by southnorwoodhill (14 Feb 2021 8.51am)

There is no doubt we, like other teams ,are suffering from injuries .However some of the players yesterday looked totally disinterested and Roy seems unable to motivate them probably because he has realised his contract will not be renewed. He is talking about a new contract but note Parish has said nothing at all.
I reckon that by end of March Eddie Howe will be in charge

Lets not renew the following contracts

Van Anholt
Benteke
Cahill
Dann
Sakho

Can't make my mind up about Luka

We don't want Batschuayi

I agree! At the present time we are probably the worst team in the Premiership. There are still many games to play and my prediction at the beginning of the season (based on Hodgson's career trajectory, the end to last season, limited new signings and a very negative style of play) was 16th or 17th. Which for Parish seems good enough...

Edited by southnorwoodhill (14 Feb 2021 9.20am)

I know that we have to be careful and manage our expectations. It is not that we are losing it is the way in which it is happening that makes it hard to watch. We appear to have our best ever premier league squad and are hardly attacking. I do not necessarily want a playing out from the back style football just some goalmouth action which is not at our end. We are being arguably outplayed in our last 5 games and Roy has somehow organised the team to win two. This is creditable but can we continue particularly when we are losing it is by some margin.

I agree. Most sensible palace fans are not calling for possession based, tikka takka type football, that’s never been in our dna. Showing attacking internet, a plan to try and win a game of football is what I would like to see. Roy is a pragmatic coach, that’s his style and fair enough. Imo his time with us has reached its expiry date. It happens with all managers/players. The signs point towards this happening at the end of the season.