Nutmegyeti
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I think Glasner’s a bit of a one-trick pony in terms of the system he sets up, and also in terms of the pattern you see wherever he goes. It’s almost the same story every time. He comes in, things click for a season or two, the system works, results are good and everyone’s happy. Then eventually there’s a falling-out with the board, things turn sour, and he moves on.
That doesn’t mean he’s a bad manager. If anything, he’s very good at getting a team organised quickly and squeezing the best out of a squad in the short term. But the evidence so far suggests he’s not someone who builds a long-term project. It’s more of a two-season burst and then the cycle repeats somewhere else.
Where I do think he handled things badly was January. He was a complete prick about it and burnt a lot of bridges with the way he went about things. At the end of the day, if you’ve already told the club you’re leaving in October, they’re not going to go out in January and sign players specifically for you. They’re going to be signing players for the next manager.
Even so, you still can’t ignore the fact that he delivered the FA Cup. That’s a massive moment for the club. Plenty of very good Palace managers never managed that.
In terms of style, I still think he’s closer to the Roy Hodgson mould than people like to admit. Comes in - strong system, disciplined structure, but not always brilliant at breaking down teams that sit deep.
Still, whatever anyone thinks about the man or how it ended, the trophy is in the cabinet and he can do no wrong to some, for others (like yourself) he was lucky. For some he was a prick afterwards.
None of these are mutually exclusive, they can all be true. But you know what Napoleon said when he appointed a general - he didn't ask if he was good, he asked if he was lucky.