Oliver Glasner has shown himself to be a hypocrite who spends far too much time moaning and deflecting blame. What he achieved last season was fantastic and we will always be grateful for that. But the way he has conducted himself this season has been nothing short of embarrassing.
What exactly did he expect when he took the job? That Palace were suddenly going to start throwing £100m+ around every summer? We are not that club and never have been. We are a mid-table Premier League side, competing with clubs who dwarf us financially. We are a selling club by necessity, not choice, and player trading is essential to our long-term sustainability.
Despite that, the board have backed Glasner far more than he ever acknowledges. Since his appointment, Palace have sold roughly £78m worth of players and spent around £83m – a net spend that shows clear intent to support him. Yet all we hear is complaining.
Eze wanted to leave. Anyone with a brain could see that after the season he had. There was never a realistic scenario where he stayed long-term, so Glasner’s constant moaning about the timing of that sale is baffling. The same applies to Marc Guehi. We turned down £35m in the summer at Glasner’s request, which already shows the club bent over backwards for him. But when January comes and City offer £20m rather than risking losing him for nothing, how is a club like Palace supposed to say no? That is basic football economics.
What makes it worse is that Glasner doesn’t help himself. He refuses to rotate the squad, barely trusts youth players, and has shown no real interest in developing talent. Players like Jesse Derry, Esse and Rak-Sakyi have been frozen out, despite Palace historically relying on youth pathways. That’s not just bad short-term thinking, it’s anti-Palace.
As for transfers, Glasner had a major say. These weren’t signings forced upon him. And frankly, the hit rate has been poor. Muñoz is a genuine success. Beyond that, it’s grim reading. Sosa looks Championship level at best. Uche is nowhere near Premier League standard. Nketiah was a complete waste of money. Riad has barely been fit, raising serious questions about physical readiness and recruitment judgement. When so many of “his” players fail to deliver, responsibility has to sit with the manager.
We’ve even broken our transfer record with Johnson at £35m, yet Glasner still acts like he’s working with scraps.
The hypocrisy is staggering. He publicly criticised the club for selling Guehi the day before a match, yet then announces he’s leaving at the end of the season… the day before a game. How is that acceptable leadership?
On the pitch, the coaching issues are obvious. We’ve been shocking at defending set pieces all season, that’s a coaching failure, not a budget issue. The set-up against Macclesfield was wrong from the start. These are tactical problems, not resource problems.
And none of this is new. Glasner behaved the same way at Frankfurt and Wolfsburg. At both clubs he clashed with the board, publicly criticised recruitment, showed little interest in youth development, and ultimately burned bridges rather than adapting to the realities of the club. This isn’t bad luck, it’s a pattern. He’s a petulant manager who wants a bigger job without accepting the constraints that come with anything below the elite.
I genuinely believe Palace should sack him now. It wouldn’t cost much, and at least it would allow us to reset and prevents the board being humiliated by Glasner and his negative comments. Give Paddy McCarthy the job until the end of the season if needed, at least he understands the club, the culture and the importance of building for the future. Right now, Glasner looks like a man counting down the days, not someone invested in Crystal Palace Football Club.
Ideally, Spurs sack Frank, hire Glasner, and we take Frank. Spurs is a cursed job and this season isn’t a fair reflection of his ability. What he did at Brentford shows exactly the sort of manager Palace should want: pragmatic, developmental, and realistic. Glasner is none of those things.
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