Wouldn't be surprised if there is a split in thinking about Roy. I have to assume the man we wanted wasn't available this season, so we went for "safe hands" with Roy. In my opinion that's always a problem. The players know he's not the man for next season, so I believe subconsciously efforts drop as they don't need to impress. Just my theory.
SP admitted the transfer policy was affected by a desire not to block the 1st team pathway for the youth players, but I don't think even he believed that Roy would totally black ball all of them to this extent.
We are not a rich club, so we always have to be careful with money, especially as we still have, (unbelievably) our stadium to update, which makes criticism of SP being cheap quite laughable really, especially as for a few years he did put players before infrastructure and now we are still where we are because of it. Anyway, I believe the reason we are only looking to loans, as SP stated is because we can't afford to waste what we have on young players to develop and sell when we have a manager that won't use them. Therefore I believe we will bring in players Roy will use, but only on a loan basis as we don't want to be lumbered with the types of players he wants for 3 years that the next manager won't use. I just hope we do business early for once, cos we need to start improving as quickly as possible. I really believe it wouldn't be as urgent if he'd used his whole squad and not totally ignored the younger players and slagged them off into the bargain. Just my opinions.

Edited by Dangermouse (30 Dec 2023 10.44am)

That's Life
And as funny as it may seem
Some people get their kicks stompin' on a Dream.
KEEP THE FAITH!!!!!

Despite the media noise I've not seen any of the reports suggest Cooper actually wants the job. If he did speak to us in the summer it may be that he didn't fancy us then (although he was obviously employed at the time).

I would be understandable if he wanted to take some time out. Also, Textor's fall out with the rest of the Board has been quite public and some would be put off by this.

Edited by Rachid Rachid Rachid (30 Dec 2023 11.10am)

Brentford today is a must win game for Hodgson, lose & he should be gone. There are no excuses today, Brentford are in a terrible run of form so he cannot use the excuse’ we were up against difficult opponents’ today.
I would like to see him go anyway, fed up with the boring football , terrible & predictable substitutions.
I would rather appoint someone else who tries to win games & entertains even if it means relegation, instead scoring a goal & trying to defend that lead at home & then drawing or losing.
We are currently ranked. 20th in form at home, this is normally our strength.
Whatever happens though it will not matter to my 2 boys & me, we will always support Palace whatever.

Anything less than a win today will not suffice. Particularly not a "should have won". No excuses.

Red and Blue Army!

Good post Dave, I agree.

Today seems somewhat decisive though that’s not to say it will be.

I think one thing you could suggest is that it is pivotal for the team. If they don’t turn up for Roy that may be the writing on the wall. Equally, although I doubt they will be, but if they are ill prepared for the game… same.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Would the hierarchy be 'beautyist' in not hiring Cooper!? Personally I think he'd be decent but still think his head wouldn't be right after being sacked by Forest. He'd definitely play more of our youth players, which is what most of us are crying out for. I think Lopetegui is the guy we need for now though, as he seems hungry to get back into management and would show strong intent from the club (as he's sure to demand we strengthen where needed). He comes across very well in interviews and hopefully Parish et al were feeling that way when he came to Selhurst.