WTF has that got to do with Managing/Coaching a football team?.

I am actually insulted by being compared to Charlton fans and will now deal with a couple of Roy's points.
He states it's an achievement in itself to stay up. Eight years in it shouldn't be the objective. Targets go up incrementally every year in every business. As many have stated, an objective of staying up is just treading water. There has been no discernable year on year improvement at the club. Even our ambitions have not evolved. That's called stagnation in anyone's book.
The budget is an interesting point. We've just let Meyer go on a free. Firstly, why not a fee, he was certainly worth something? Even then, if we were never going to play him (Roy) why wait years? Why not get rid a year ago and save the wages.
Secondly, it is the wages that are a problem combined with poor management (not just Roy). However, Roy could have asked to be rid of some of the deadwood a while ago. He was never going to play certain players and others are permanently injured. We have spent more on wasted wages than we have on transfers. It's why we never have any money. Wickham for example. Play or go, not renew contract. Roy could have simply asked seasons ago that certain players were sold, or released. One has to suspect a manager would be listened to. Roy's as culpable for this as anyone else.
Also Roy, and all your mates and supporters, why pick Benteke all of the time? Nobody else would, or would they? I doubt it. That's on you Roy.
The style of play, no shots, no entries to the box, the fitness training, that's on you Roy. The injuries are on you Roy, your idea of rotation is play the crap players in the two Cup games we get in a season. You must have taken a leaf out of early eighties Villa - who used 12 players to win the league. The news Roy, however, is it's 2021. Squads rotate or die: in fact they even use their own youth sometimes. Despite various sycophants saying they're crap our youngsters are plenty better than many of our first team. But I guess they're not favourites.
When someone is sh1t Roy, you drop them. You don't just play the same over and over again. Competition for places. Does not exist in our club, Roy. Who is that on? - oh yes the manager.
When we stay up take the accolades that you seem to need and avoid the criticism you seem unable to take.
Don't ever f***ing equate us to Charlton again, you're out of order in my book. Stop making your f***ing excuses and do something. You're the f***ing boss, own the problems. Solve the problems. Instead you deflect, this fault, that fault.
And please God go at the end of this season or earlier. I'll always support Palace but I'm going to need the Samaritans if your contract is renewed. So will plenty of others.

Any new manager coming in now, is going to inherit a mass of situations , that will not make success easy for him beyond remaining a bottom half club.
It goes beyond that though. ,Does anyone really believe that with our injury list as it is, winning any game, has not become a real problem under any manager.
Everyone concentrates on Wilf, with some reason , but what about Thomps, he was for me our main reason for some success in the games he was involved in recently. And judging by the diabolical defending in the last two games, he is all we really have to put any trust in, in that department. And with forwards that are shy of hitting the back of any net, keeping clean sheets is more and more what’s needed right now.
The two Mc,s are not world beaters but generally we are better with , than without, in particular Mc,Arthur , over seventy minutes.
If , and it is only an if, players out of contract is a problem. What can a new man do about that, other than ask for the same let downs be kept on? The club have made this bed, and no manager can alter that .
If the club genuinely want an improved future , a manager Change has to happen but , it’s clutching straws to to do that now. Because if the man that has got 8 wins 5draws out of the group can,t get our best players fit, and get a decent performance out of the rest. Why should we believe it would be any easier for someone else.
If we survive this year or not a change is needed. But it can not end at a new manager.

I think you make some valid points, but I don't agree with the bits that I have highlighted.

For a club with our resources, staying up is the first objective. Anything like a Cup Final appearance, a bonus. Do the targets go up incrementally every year ? If so, how do you implement that when you are frequently changing managers ??

At the risk of repeating myself, it's the Director of Football and the Chairman that have responsibility and oversight of contracts, wages and transfer fees. Stop blaming Hodgson for things he that are outside of his remit.

Your comment about our young players simply doesn't stack up. Was it you that advocated playing a 16 year old in the first team without so much as seeing him play ? It's been debated before, but your anti Hodgson sentiment is getting the better of you.

Results, performances, tactics, team selections are all down to Hodgson. At the moment results are variable, performances underwhelming, tactics - frustrating. Team selection - at the moment, not a lot of choice, but most fans question managers selections.

Fair enough, NEILLO, I have advocated playing untried youngsters. I already gave the reason. No point in playing players that are physically shot. At least an able bodied person, and a footballer too, should be able to do what many of our first team do. Wasn't you that advocated playing only the seasoned regulars? That's happened. Let's hope we don't go down, basically fingers crossed! I understand your opinion, I have mine. You believe I'm wrong, fair point.
As for Roy having no input, it would seem that most managers are indeed first team coaches these days. For a start the improvement in the player's performances would be down to coaching. How are we doing there. I'm struggling to think of anyone who has improved. There must be one I've forgotten.
But, I've already said, if it were Roy's excuse that he doesn't sign people, doesn't renew etc, then could he not have even suggested anything and be listened to? Dies he genuinely have no input at meetings? We may as well get someone to copy the tactics in FM20 in that case.
He was quick enough to not play people and make sure everyone knew he never would give them a chance. But not quick to suggest getting rid of some others. In fact, no way did he suggest anything at all. So he meddled when he wanted and washed his hands of all responsibility when it suited. That's just too convenient and reminds me of the Liverpool and England excuses - which I have never brought up before.
So yes, NEILLO, we don't agree on everything - we probably never will. But I'm sure we both want a win tonight. I hope our team and manager does too.
And I'm not infallible or ITK, just giving an opinion as a pissed off fan of many years of the ups and downs. I realise I probably come across as a know it all. I'm not the easiest to argue with!