Since Cioffi took charge they have won all their Home league games but lost all their Away games.
They have gone from 15th to 9th since he was appointed Head Coach so travelling in the right direction.

Edited by Willo (24 Oct 2018 6.00pm)

We are in both cups still. Could be Wembley bound yet.

Red and Blue Army!

Indeed I recall the days in the lower divisions, the 6,000 crowds etc etc etc.At present, we are far removed from those distant days.

I believe that the current disenchantment can be attributed to :

1.Zero goals at home this season and as a result no wins.

2.Three consecutive defeats and with the run of games to come, every chance we will lose 7 on the bounce.

3.Expectation of a better start this season and 7 pts after 9 games is seen as well below par.This has triggered the view that we are in for a real relegation struggle.

4.What is seen as poor recruitment in pre-season with a failure to adequately strengthen the forward ranks.Criticism that Hodgson has not been backed in the transfer market.

5.Criticism of Hodgson's use of substitutions.

Rest assured, I am just speculating on the possible causes of the dispair at the present time that's all and shouldn't be seen as the mindset of 'Yours Truly'.

Don't think it's a mindset of anyone.
Just seeing same mistakes every year
Groundhog Day at the transfer window.
We all want to look forward to next game with expectations of turning them over.
My away trip to man utd is still one to look forward to.
As they are all over place & anything could happen

Unless something is done to purchase a proven striker in the January window then I can see the Eagles doing a Coventry. They flirted with relegation for three or four seasons just managing to stay up. Then they were relegated, falling through the Championship. They won the playoffs from Division 2 to Division 1 last season. Do we really want that happening to Palace? The combined wealth of our three owners is said to be £3.8 billion. It would make sense for them to invest some of this to keep their interest on their shares looking healthy

Another question that I think needs answering is why does it seem that managers go off the boil once they have been with the club after 8-12 months?

Is it working with Parish? Is it that they can't motivate the players? Is it they can't motivate themselves?

We all know who our managers have been and apart from Warnock (poor 5 months after being thrown in at the deep end) and FdB (poor 4 games after not being backed financially and maybe not understanding the size of the job) they have all had a good first 8-12 months then either have left or gone off the boil.

Holloway - walked after 11 months which saw us promoted.
Pulis - walked after great 8 months.
Pardew - great first 12 months (end of one, start of next) then awful.
Allardyce - great 6 months then 'retired'
Hodgson - great 9 months now poor.

Parish comes across as a likeable guy but something isn't right behind the scenes. I am not the only one who never believed Allardyce retired.

Edited by TheExpatEagle (25 Oct 2018 8.44pm)