Our home form has been hopeless for years, bar the odd good spell of a handful of games here and there. It's just that this season has really taken the piss: not just the awful record in terms of wins and goals scored, but also the limp, lifeless performances. We are so boring to watch it is testament to how good my fellow Palace supporters are that we even bother to turn up to Selhurst every other week. It needs changing, and I have some ideas, ranging from tweaks to something a little more drastic:
1) Make the pitch bigger
Not sure we could lengthen it, but could we make it wider at Selhurst next season? Teams come here to defend, perhaps more space would create more goalscoring opportunities for us?
2) The new Main Stand opportunity
Rather than doing what Liverpool did at Anfield and continuing to play at Selhurst whilst the building works go on, perhaps we should use the new development as an excuse to move out to a new stadium temporarily? Then it would be like 38 away games :angel: Maybe then the new Main Stand could be finished more quickly, and that Selhurst Park would again feel like a 'new' stadium and more like an 'away' experience? Clutching at straws I know!
3) New playing style
Things are working away from home. But perhaps we need more creativity for the other 19 games? This would mean playing with a different style at Selhurst and would almost certainly require new playing personnel. Significant transfers are unlikely, so this is probably the most unrealistic option!
4) Change the manager
I broadly support Hodgson, but not sure how much longer I can endure the tedious Selhurst Park displays. Roy is also getting on anyway. I would like him to stay in the summer for at least one more season to see his contract out, but hopefully we are succession planning right now. Could a new manager that eventually comes in be suited to our current players, thus resulting in minimum upheaval, and yet also improve the home form? For me the best fit would be Sean Dyche. He plays 4-4-2 with a target man like we do, and yet their home form is fine. Not sure he would leave Burnley for us currently, but if they were relegated might we be able to attract him next summer?
Would welcome other people's thoughts :)
1) Make the pitch bigger
Not sure we could lengthen it, but could we make it wider at Selhurst next season? Teams come here to defend, perhaps more space would create more goalscoring opportunities for us?
2) The new Main Stand opportunity
Rather than doing what Liverpool did at Anfield and continuing to play at Selhurst whilst the building works go on, perhaps we should use the new development as an excuse to move out to a new stadium temporarily? Then it would be like 38 away games :angel: Maybe then the new Main Stand could be finished more quickly, and that Selhurst Park would again feel like a 'new' stadium and more like an 'away' experience? Clutching at straws I know!
3) New playing style
Things are working away from home. But perhaps we need more creativity for the other 19 games? This would mean playing with a different style at Selhurst and would almost certainly require new playing personnel. Significant transfers are unlikely, so this is probably the most unrealistic option!
4) Change the manager
I broadly support Hodgson, but not sure how much longer I can endure the tedious Selhurst Park displays. Roy is also getting on anyway. I would like him to stay in the summer for at least one more season to see his contract out, but hopefully we are succession planning right now. Could a new manager that eventually comes in be suited to our current players, thus resulting in minimum upheaval, and yet also improve the home form? For me the best fit would be Sean Dyche. He plays 4-4-2 with a target man like we do, and yet their home form is fine. Not sure he would leave Burnley for us currently, but if they were relegated might we be able to attract him next summer?
Would welcome other people's thoughts :)
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