Crystal Palace manager criticises club board
What's going wrong at Crystal Palace?
Their manager Oliver Glasner has said he feels his squad are being “abandoned completely” by the club’s hierarchy.
Author | Ajay
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The 51-year-old Austrian confirmed on Friday that he will leave the Eagles when his contract expires at the end of the season.
He insisted at the time that his decision was not linked to Palace’s transfer dealings, despite news breaking the same day that captain Marc Guehi was set to join Manchester City.
However, following Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at Sunderland, Glasner criticised the decision to allow Guehi to leave and voiced his frustration at the lack of support he has received to replace departing players.
Mixed reaction from Palace fans in response
Marcus: After waiting so long for success, the board has pulled the rug from under Glasner for the past eight months. What are they doing? It could not be clearer. When you reach European football, you have to invest to move forward. The Palace board looks set to score one of the biggest own goals in football history by abandoning the manager and players who delivered their best season ever. I cannot believe what I am seeing. That new main stand means nothing if the team on the pitch is not being backed.
Lesley: Absolutely dreadful. No fight. No energy. No substitutions. No captain and a manager on the way out. Where do they go from here? Glasner should be sacked now. You cannot criticise the board publicly in the way he has and expect there to be no consequences.
Robbie: The main talking point is not the game but Glasner speaking out and, like many, I am glad he has. Still, I cannot see him being at Palace by Monday lunchtime.
Mathew: You are not committed. Do not stay until the end of the season. Get out of our club.
Ronald: I feel very sorry for the Palace squad, playing for a manager who does not want to be there and a board only interested in money. Glasner should go now. How can he motivate a depleted team? Having supported the club for 76 years, I also feel deeply let down. I think they played as well as they could in the dire circumstances they find themselves in.
Iain: Anyone thinking of employing Glasner should beware. He is excellent for a while, but once he decides to move on, he blames everyone else and damages morale. Palace should sack him now. He has gone from being a huge asset to a serious problem.
