This is true. Some on here go on about the boring, but what you highlight is Hodgsons adaptability , unlike so many managers he will adapt the team to suit its actual strengths.
So many sides go down simply because they don’t change styles, adapt when needed.
If the entertaining football is just not working, then if you want to stay in the division you have to know how to play on the back foot, boring maybe but true.
We do now have a much better progressive squad, but the squad will always have to know how to dig in when needed, Hodgson is as good as anyone at making sure that’s the case.
Leicester, went down, because they couldn’t adapt , good footballing side ,not clicking, couldn’t adapt, if you look at relegations past it’s a common factor.

For the first time in the Prem that I can remember, at least at the start of the transfer window, if all the teams stay as they are, with the managers they have, I would be confident that we would achieve at least a mid-table finish. As a long-term 'beaten up' pessimistic Palace fan this the first year I have not felt dread at the season before us. For me this is really good progress and now we just need to get the new stand built and I will feel that the long run in this division winning only half a dozen games a year has been worth it.

Re-appointing Roy has done that for me.

Snap.

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

I shall be pleased if Roy stays. But, there is a but, and it has to do with the fact that I am the same age as Roy and I suffer from Oldie conditions, i.e.
1 - I can walk from one room into another and then find I have completely forgotten why I have done so.
2 - I think I am still 35.
3 - I have been logging on to HOL for years and only just today I have worked out there is a separate 'Palace Talk' tab, so I can avoid all the boring political rant posts and concentrate on important stuff.
4 - I still fancy Helen Shapiro.

Is Roy is the same? Should this be a worry?

Roy for a year is fine. If he's healthy enough then we could do an awful lot worse, and often have done. There's rarely any such thing as a manager for the long term anyway.

I'm not sure I agree with those who say we got a 'new and exciting version' of Roy last season. He did a good job of course, but a leopard doesn't change its spots, especially after all those years. I think Roy's methods always stay much the same but produce different outcomes depending on the strength of the opponent, key circumstances going our way, and the ability and form of his players.

We ended the season with a run of easier games, got a bit of new-manager bounce (one or two of the players did seem a bit fed up with Vieria), and once we got a couple of results there was never any threat of relegation to hinder confidence and cause nerves.

Olise and Eze hit form at the same time and enjoyed pressure-free football in the sun, something you sometimes get when the end of the season rolls into view. They grabbed headlines and took us to a different level for a bit, but the test is whether they can maintain it through a season. Neither has managed it yet.

If Olise and Eze kick on then I imagine we will play a bit like the team Roy had in 2017-18, with Loftus-Cheek, Zaha, McArthur, Townsend, etc all in very good form - i.e a team in which flair players are allowed to play, but must do their defensive work first and foremost.

It'll be fine.

The sensible businessman will be doing all he can to protect his asset and start looking NOW. If due dilligence as well as getting the right fit in terms of character and someone who understands Palace and the club's culture and history takes a long time he has just bought himself a year.
Lets hope he uses that year to get it done.