Crystal Palace veteran Schlupp: Hodgson return very positive

Crystal Palace veteran Jeffrey Schlupp has spoken about the return of boss Roy Hodgson.

Schlupp was as surprised as many in the Palace squad when Patrick Vieira lost his job, and Hodgson was then tapped as his interim replacement.

However, he admits the veteran coach has come in and not missed a beat since.

He told the club website: Confidence, for any player, is what you need to perform well.

I don't think you can be taught it. You've got to have confidence, self-belief whatever you want to call it to perform well at anything.

"You have to block out the noise and believe in yourself to perform at your best. It's the most important thing for any player."

It's been positive," he added.

For many of us, the new manager is a familiar face. A lot of us know how he likes to work.

We saw the international break as a chance to refresh and really have a crack at the last bit of this season. We've had a managerial change, and we wanted to come back from the international period with a clear mind, ready to go.

Roy is obviously a familiar face, with familiar tactics to a lot of us. He's getting his message across early because it's not like we've got a whole season to work on stuff we've got two months of the season left to get results.

The manager has just been getting some positivity back into the group. Obviously, with the way things have been going, some people's confidence and in general that of the team might be a bit low, so he's been getting that positive factor back again.

We want to be on the front foot, and take the game to teams. We want to play games to win, not to just show up. We want to have that mindset. Everybody's just excited to be playing again now."