Disappointment”: Hodgson shares what he did that made Crystal Palace “weaker” during

Hodgson shares what he did that made Palace “weaker” during 2-1 loss to Spurs

Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson has blasted the substitutes that came on in the 2-1 defeat against Tottenham Hotspur last night.

Crystal Palace fell to a 2-1 defeat, after a second-half strike from Heung-min Son and an own goal from Joel Ward, before Jordan Ayew pulled a goal back in stoppage time.

76-year-old Roy Hodgson brought on Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, Nathaniel Clyne, Naouirou Ahamada, Matheus Franca and Jean-Philippe Mateta in the second half, none of which made a real impact on the game.

The Palace boss wasn’t afraid to hide his frustrations, claiming that his changes did nothing to affect the game after coming on.

After the final whistle, boss Hodgson spoke openly about his frustrations – admitting the players didn’t do enough in the second 45.

“There was no disappointment today. Maybe the young substitutes, who we like to think we can believe in and help us to a different level, didn’t show that. They didn’t do anything for us at all, really.

“We became much weaker when I made the substitutions.

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“But unfortunately, sometimes when a game is drifting away from you at 2-0, one is tempted to do that. Partly because we need to see those players as well – we need to see if they really are going to be able to help us out.

“We didn’t get any help today, but we got a lot of help from the first group of players in the first half – I thought they were very good.”

Lack of squad depth starting to come to light

Due to injuries to key players such as Michael Olise and Eberechi Eze, the lack of squad depth in Hodgson’s squad is starting to become apparent.

There’s only so much the 76-year-old can do with a thin squad, with the experienced manager in desperate need of financial backing from owner Steve Parish.