A report this week has shared why the Crystal Palace board are “shocked” and “angered” in an update on the future of under-fire manager Oliver Glasner.
The Eagles are yet to seal their first win of the new Premier League season under Glasner, following a summer of real change and a few key players departing Selhurst Park, including star winger Michael Olise.
After six games, Palace has three draws, three losses, and only recently promoted Southampton has scored fewer goals than Glasner’s team. Supporters are wondering why the season has started so poorly.
The Eagles actually took an early lead against Everton at Goodison Park on Saturday, courtesy of in-demand defender Marc Guehi on the 10-minute mark, but a quick-fire brace from Everton winger Dwight McNeil soon after the restart sank the travelling side.
A trip to struggling Everton was a real opportunity for Palace to get their first victory on the board, and the result has piled more pressure on Glasner amid a disappointing start to the campaign.
“Big disappointment, especially because I think we lost the game with mistakes,” stated Glasner on Palace’s defeat to Everton.
“We dominated the game for 70–75 minutes, but you had to be concentrated the entire time. One of Everton’s main advantages in set plays is this. They do it well, and we did a great job of defending it most of the time. It was the second stage all along. Maintaining a high level of focus is crucial.
“We changed the strategy, we tried everything, and we used all of our offensive guys. Because they had ten players encircling their box, we had little room to maneuver, which made it challenging. We were unable to equalize today. It becomes more difficult to win or obtain a point if you give up two goals.”
Murmurs have already come to light over the Austrian’s future, despite a very exciting end to last season and the promise surrounding his arrival considering Glasner’s experience at the elite level.
We Are Palace claims that the Crystal Palace board’s launch of the new campaign has “shocked” and “angered” them.
In spite of this, Steve Parish, the club chairman, has decided whether or not the south Londoners will break up with Glasner. It’s thought that Palace will give Glasner more time to straighten things out because they have faith that things will become better eventually.
Members of the Palace management supposedly hold a tremendous lot of regard for Glasner, and they believe that the 50-year-old will ultimately produce but may also require time to get his new-look team firing.
As well as Olise, the club waved goodbye to defender Joachim Andersen, long-serving striker Jordan Ayew, striker Odsonne Edouard and goalkeeper Sam Johnstone – with Eddie Nketiah, Trevoh Chalobah, Ismaila Sarr and Daichi Kamada among the new arrivals who are still adjusting to their new surroundings.
However, we believe Glasner needs to turn things around soon, as the last thing Palace want is to be named potential relegation contenders this early in the campaign.
