I found Sutton's comments interesting about training and how Roy was ahead of his time.

With most things in life, and people, there are highs and lows (cue me mentioning Harry Kane on corners).

There are many things I dont agree with regarding RH but he has us playing some excellent football lately. He is mostly not to blame that from games where have 28, 30, 25 shots we only score 1 goal or even none. His job is to deploy players and a system to create chances and limit them at the other end.

He has failed to improve some players like Sorloth, but has succeeded with others, such as Schlupp.

He is finally making subs and it is now patently clear that the lack of substitutions was sitting squarely and Parish's door, not Roy's.

All in all it is mightily disappointing that his speech at the end of last season has not come to pass (kicking on) but I think this is more down to the losses in our midfield ranks, coupled with abysmal finishing, than anything else.

If he is still around next season and assuming we have a strike force who can score goals this will be the best squad of players ever seen at Selhurst Park.

With those players another relegation fight would be inexcusable.

Trump lost. Badly. Hahahahahahaha.

Roy has done a sound job.
The team looks well drilled and is always competitive and you can see evidence of the work on the training field.
However, we are only three points outside the relegation zone and there is a nagging feeling that we should be doing better with the available squad, which is up there with the best we have had in recent times.
I think it’s too easy to point to a lack of obvious goalscorer and feel that in many games we have been too defensive and not got enough players into the box as we are so rigid in maintaining our shape.
The perception for example that we can’t play Meyer with Zaha in the same team as it leaves us short defensively is bizarre.
Even assuming that the striker( whoever that is) does not defend, we would still have eight players in defensive positions as the other midfielders and Townsend are very disciplined in this regard.

..here we go again Kane has scored two goals resulting from corners both against Panama who could not and had not a clue how to defend.

Yes, he is very badly wrong.

Aside from his football tactics (of which I have no complaint except the same as everyone else about late subs), has anyone else ever noted how warmly he is greeted at the start of the match by virtually every other manager? Not just a shake of hands in passing, but always a hug, a pat on the arm and a few words is the norm, accompanied by genuine smiles on both sides.

A very well liked and respected gentleman our Gaffer!

A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers

Predictable line up, same tactics every week and no plan B to worry about, oh and more often than not they get the 3 points. What's not to love?