I really hope Roy stays and is given some decent players to work with. It’s been a good season overall and the rigour he brings to the team is important. It might not be the most exciting football but how many non-top six sides stay up AND entertain? He’s an excellent manager and if we replace him I think we are more likely to go down next season.

We stayed up. Yes that's good. But we have played some of the worst football anyone can remember and ended the season getting 1 point from 24. No so good.

Good qustions. I made a post a while ago when it is clear we were safe asking what people wanted to see from the last few games. I think it should have been a discussion between Parish and Roy and we should have had a clear stratergy either way.

The options we had were;

1) Stick with our best team, and hope we finish as high up the league as possible.

2) Treat the matches as friendlys, try out some different players, see what we have to build on for next season.

We stuck with our best team, lost 7 games and drew one against a Spurs side who weren't pushing for a win. Therefore, the manager got it wrong.

In the matches we were losing, we failed to make uses of our substitutions to either chase the game or give the youngesters a run out. Roy's biggest concern seemed to be goal difference. He can always come in after a games with the same cliches about how the thought we were unlucky.

So Roy didn't chase the highest possible league finish but still played what he thought was our best team.

If we treated the games like friendlies, we could have seen what players might be able to contribute to the side next season, if a player played well, we could save or make millions in the transfer market. B

But Roy decided to play our senior players, showing that there is no real competition for first team places.

Your second question is pretty loaded and your language is quite devisive, and contains a typical Roy Hodgson appologist excuse. I can tell you that I wouldn't have bought on an experienced defensive midfielder for a winger with two minutes to go. I'd have like to have seen something done earlier, and with more attacking intent. We had Pierreck, Meyer, Kirby, and Gordon on the bench. We could even have bought on Woods and stuck Dann up front. Again, had we lost, we'd finish in exactly the same league position.

Contiually giving players 2 mintues on the pitch in just seems like an insult to the players, unless he's trying to kill a game off.

A draw with Spurs, on the last day of the season, when they only needed a draw, isn't some great acheivement to celebrate. It can't be used to hide from the fact we lost 7 in a row before then. In Roy's fans minds, it's his Dunkirk.

Lombardo stuck a young Clinton Morrison on the pitch for 10 minutes against Sheffield Wednesday on the last day of the season in 1998. He grabbed a tap in and gave the fans something to be hopeful for going into the next season.

We played almost everyone in top ten in our last run of games with a load of injuries and nothing to play for and no support.
We were actually safe way before the lockdown.

Supporters need a reality check.
We spent next to no money for several seasons and stayed up easily.
How can anyone possibly criticise the manager?

Does anyone really think we can open games up and play exciting football all the time with the squad we have?

Wake up.

I'm fully awake thanks.
I think you'll find no criticism in my post. I was stating the facts.

The fact that there has been so little investment over the last 3 years is indeed the probable reason
the team is now threadbare.

I have at no time called for Roy's sacking but surely you'll agree with me that something has to change.

Something does have to change . Unlike yourself many on here seem to think that getting rid of Hodgson, is that change. But as you point out the problems Palace actually have are so great that only a really experienced knowledgable manager could have kept us in this league.
How anyone can think it’s Hodgsons fault we don’t recruit enough quality players to fill his squad out , is beyond belief.
It must be obvious by now ,that the board can’t offer top draw signings on a regular basis . We are just lucky we have someone willing to work under those conditions, let alone keep us at this level.