Oliver Glasner Press Conferences

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Elricko

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I've missed OG's press conferences almost as much as the football. Really love how he answers the questions, says it how it is from his footballing point of view, always insightful, and always with a smile and a touch of humour. COYP!
 
Elricko said:
I've missed OG's press conferences almost as much as the football. Really love how he answers the questions, says it how it is from his footballing point of view, always insightful, and always with a smile and a touch of humour. COYP!
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Loved his straight-faced reference to his bank account when answering the question about Guehi. Great sense of humour.
 
Hope I'm not duplicating a topic here. I don't think it's my imagination that the Club seems to have been very quiet this week re first team matters, perhaps no surprise there! The scheduled Press Conference should be interesting, if only to see how it's managed, whether there's reference to Glasner's outburst etc. Indeed. will Glasner actually be 'in the chair' and if so, will questions about last week even be permitted? Personally, I have liked how the guy handles himself, apparent honesty in interviews, composure and dignity compared to some of the rubbish we hear. Or, am I gullible?
 
Im hoping its all about sundays game , what the injury news is , what players are available , I dont care anymore about how he feels he has been thrown under the bus that he felt the need to belittle the kids , he needs tobe clear that training went well , the team are ready to fight for the fans , and if on sunday we get a positive result we can forward and up
 
mtp1958 said:
Im hoping its all about sundays game , what the injury news is , what players are available , I dont care anymore about how he feels he has been thrown under the bus that he felt the need to belittle the kids , he needs tobe clear that training went well , the team are ready to fight for the fans , and if on sunday we get a positive result we can forward and up
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I’m sure we all hope that for the rest of the season, things can be positive and EVERYONE is giving 100%. I suppose we might wish that the rant never occurred, although without going into all the arguments, I feel Glasner had a point over the timing of Guehi’s departure. Suddenly, our Club is not the happy place everyone was told it was! Yes, we want team and injury news etc., but it will be a bit strange for last week to be ignored, although it seems, that’s what the Club management has done. If Glasner is to see out the season, I THINK I can rely on his commitment – after all, his reputation will come under scrutiny if the team now collapses. Just hope the players believe too.

Incidentally and off topic, bar two dreadful showings at Leeds and Macclesfield, I thought the team was playing reasonably well, but oh boy, the current poor run wouldn’t have happened if players scored more from the many golden opportunities created. It’s getting ridiculous.
 
The interesting thing about todays press conference will be about the questions he is asked.

And of course how he answers them !

Any journo worth their salt is going to refer to his outburst last week and ask questions around the fallout from that.
 
NEILLO said:
The interesting thing about todays press conference will be about the questions he is asked.

And of course how he answers them !

Any journo worth their salt is going to refer to his outburst last week and ask questions around the fallout from that.
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I think he is going to want to try to draw a line under that at the outset (if he can) maybe say something like, I let emotions get the better of me, its all water under the bridge, not answering any more questions on that topic, lets concentrate on the Chelsea game (or words to that effect)
 
Journo - "Oliver, you've had a few days to re-evaluate what you said in your previous presser, do you think those words still have relevance?"
OG - "I am here today to talk about the game against Chelsea for which we are fully prepared, and the players are 100% focussed on the game."
Journo - "So you don't feel that you have been let down by the club?"
OG - "We welcome back AFCON winner Ismaila Sarr, who is keen to get back into action."

etc etc
 
If he had any class, or even just for the sake of cold expediency, he would apologise today for his outburst last week. He doesn't need to go the full 'insincere politician', just a quick 'It was heat of the moment, I was in the wrong (even if only to air things in public), and I won't do it again. No further questions, back to work'.

That would allow all parties to cooperate beneficially until the end of the season, and also allow the media s***-stirring spotlight to move back to its natural hunting grounds at Spurs, West Ham, Man United etc. The simple act of not falling apart internally whilst others do is a big part of why we stay up with no drama every year. If Glasner can't toe that line then he really will have to go.

The ball is in his court as far as I am concerned.
 
At this point I would actually find it quite amusing if he doubled down and went full Donald on us.

“You know what I don’t need a board. The board have done nothing for me. I stopped 8 relegations since I became manager and single handedly grew the revenue of this club. I made Palace great again. But you know I really need to have that player from Greenland otherwise Russian and Chinese clubs will buy him. If I don’t get that player from Iceland then Iceland, sorry, Greenland will take this club down. Now who wants to join my alternative board?”
 
expect nothing. Then you won't be disappointed. Isn't that the Palace way ? 🙂
 
I am expecting the media to 'Home in' on his comments last week and Glasner gallivanting away from that path, focussing on the game on Sunday,and perhaps responding to possible transfer activity and his decision to depart.
I am not anticipating any embellishment to his message after the Sunderland defeat.
 
He was in the photos that showed the team welcoming Sarr back, so he is at the training ground. The fact is, when everyone is fit and available, Glasner gets results with this squad. With Munoz and Sarr back I have no doubt we'll get back on track, unless we sell anyone else off, especially with the addition of Johnson and possibly one or two more. All he needs to do is apologise to the fans and confirm his commitment to doing his best until the end of the season. If he does that and the team put in a strong performance on Sunday then everyone will move on fairly quickly. When you boil it down, all he really did was let his emotions get the better of him for a weekend. He didn't pull a Dowie or a Pulis.
 
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