Yeah this is a hot topic on our forums right now as you can imagine.
Firstly I would say he has been let down hugely by our board. When he’s been given quality players to work with we’ve played some beautiful stuff, I remember dismantling Leicester 5-0 at Selhurst in 2018 with Cabaye and RLC pulling the strings at that time. We never replaced those players with like for like quality, just like we never replaced AWB or Batshuayi when he went back to Chelsea. The most we have spent on a player in Roy’s time is Cheikou Kouyate for £9m which kind of says it all. The squad gets worse every year and the fact he had us safe by project restart with a strikeforce of Benteke and Ayew speaks volumes about what Roy does well. You also only have to look up the road to the London Stadium and what they have spent in comparison to appreciate the job he’s done.
BUT, as others have said, is he the man to manage the rebuild assuming our board might actually free up some funds this summer? Also, the global situation has undeniably changed and there is significant risk in having a 73 year old Manager should COVID re-emerge midway through next season. A lot of fans are also frustrated with the style of play at times, yesterday was a good performance all things considered but a lot of our games have been absolute dross with no invention, a general lack of proactivity, negative substitutions and a lack of trust in some players that fans think would make a difference going forwards (Camarasa, Meyer). He also has a weird aversion to playing academy prospects, even in dead-rubbers like these last few.
As to whether he will stay or go, I think a lot depends on whether the board fancy a go this coming year or are happy to keep sitting on their money and watch the team get worse. Also whether the right man becomes available of course...I don’t think we’ll change for the sake of it, it would need to be someone the board have been tracking for a long while. Ideal appointment for them (I imagine) is more a Dyche than a Potter, someone that will offer continuity and with a proven track record. The Frank De Boer experiment really pushed them away from riskier appointments I think.