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 Lanzo-Ad  Lanzarote 25 Jan 24 9.12pm |
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Originally posted by doombear
More grist to the mill. Have to say, IMO the Standard aren't wrong with this article Says it all really
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Willo  South coast - west of Brighton. 25 Jan 24 9.31pm |
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I shall refrain from apportioning culpability in relation to the Board or Mr Hodgson. I just want a return to those halcyon days where I actually looked forward to attending matches at Selhurst Park.At present I feel rather deflated akin to a pouffe without its wadding. Edited by Willo (25 Jan 2024 9.45pm)
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| Eaglehamster Storrington 25 Jan 24 11.31pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
I shall refrain from apportioning culpability in relation to the Board or Mr Hodgson. I just want a return to those halcyon days where I actually looked forward to attending matches at Selhurst Park.At present I feel rather deflated akin to a pouffe without its wadding. Edited by Willo (25 Jan 2024 9.45pm) I think Willo is saying he’s pissed off.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 25 Jan 24 11.37pm |
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Originally posted by Eaglehamster
I think Willo is saying he’s pissed off. It is better to be pis..d OFF, than pis..d ON.
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| dreamwaverider London 26 Jan 24 3.23am |
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Originally posted by Willo
I shall refrain from apportioning culpability in relation to the Board or Mr Hodgson. I just want a return to those halcyon days where I actually looked forward to attending matches at Selhurst Park.At present I feel rather deflated akin to a pouffe without its wadding. Edited by Willo (25 Jan 2024 9.45pm) You've still got Elm? Surely not. Edited by dreamwaverider (26 Jan 2024 3.25am)
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| dreamwaverider London 26 Jan 24 3.33am |
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Poor old Roy is looking awful in that picture above. Tired, old and very stressed. Is it all worth it? Apart from greed and money, then I would very much doubt it. His health and wellbeing are something both he and Palace should be keeping a very close eye on. Especially after that turn before Villa away.
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| PatrickA London 26 Jan 24 9.11am |
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A Jonathan Llew piece in the Guardian worth a view.
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BelfastEagle  26 Jan 24 9.24am |
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The lazy decision to take the simplest option with the least resistance and give him another contract at the end of last season is coming back to bite the board. Don’t blame Roy he does what he thinks is best for the club he loves. It’s the board that are to blame who lack any coherent vision for the future. They continue to waste the talent that they have.
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| southnorwoodhill 26 Jan 24 9.28am |
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Originally posted by dreamwaverider
Poor old Roy is looking awful in that picture above. Tired, old and very stressed. Is it all worth it? Apart from greed and money, then I would very much doubt it. His health and wellbeing are something both he and Palace should be keeping a very close eye on. Especially after that turn before Villa away. Yes. I wonder about the Roy apologists. Roy didn't have to take the job. When Parish and the board decided that Vieira had to go, apparently Parish approached Roy and they worked out a deal for the rest of the season. A bit like Watford for Roy, except this time happy endings all round. Roy didn't have to take that on, and he certainly didn't have to take this season on either.
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| NEILLO Shoreham-by-Sea 26 Jan 24 9.46am |
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Originally posted by southnorwoodhill
Yes. I wonder about the Roy apologists. Roy didn't have to take the job. When Parish and the board decided that Vieira had to go, apparently Parish approached Roy and they worked out a deal for the rest of the season. A bit like Watford for Roy, except this time happy endings all round. Roy didn't have to take that on, and he certainly didn't have to take this season on either. I don't want to be labelled as an '' apologist '', I prefer to think of myself as someone that tries, not always successfully, to see the bigger picture. In this instance, given that things went so well at the end of last season was, I think , a big factor in both Parish giving Hodgson the job and him accepting it. Of course Roy didn't have to accept the job. But for you to accuse him of greed and arrogance is typical of your inability to do anything other than critisise him. I know of ' driven ' people that carry on working when they don't need to. It's not for me but I respect their desire even if it doesn't suit me. It's regrettable that Zaha didn't stay or was replaced. That the transfer budget was used the way it was. That the season has been disrupted by injuries. Because those issues are not directly under Hodgson's control. Things may have been very different. And just to re-iterate, I didn't want Roy appointed this season either.
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| palace chick South Croydon 26 Jan 24 9.48am |
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Originally posted by BelfastEagle
The lazy decision to take the simplest option with the least resistance and give him another contract at the end of last season is coming back to bite the board. Don’t blame Roy he does what he thinks is best for the club he loves. It’s the board that are to blame who lack any coherent vision for the future. They continue to waste the talent that they have. In truth after a good turn around after taking over from PV a lot of us fans were happy that he was given another year. Main problem has been the injuries to Olise, Eze and Doucoure. And no strengthening of the squad by the board, especially after losing Zaha. We required a right back, central midfielder in case of that spine losing a key player (it happened) and perhaps a forward and left back to challenge Mitchell. Don’t think much of that is down to Hodgson, but he does need to go now as those injuries has meant our rigid formation he plays means players coming in have been playing out of position and making us weaker. You would hope a new manager would have a plan B unlike Hodgson? Im fairly sure we would be much higher up the table even with Hodgson in charge if it hadn’t been for injuries to major players?
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| southnorwoodhill 26 Jan 24 9.52am |
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"I really am stepping away from football for a while, but who knows what the future will be? It is a never-say-never moment. I've seen so many people retire with all the fanfare blazing, only to surface again somewhere in a fairly short period of time. I'd prefer not to do that." Roy then turns up at Watford, Palace, and Palace again. You've got to admire the board and some well thought out strategy: Parish: It's agreed that Vieira has to go? Edited by southnorwoodhill (26 Jan 2024 10.01am)
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