Glasner has had the benefit of returning players and some very good new players who have now bedded in.
Judging him now is premature, to say the least.

We were good at the start of the season before we had all the injuries under Roy. Roy was hard done by simply because he didn't have the players available and the fans needed someone to blame.

Hopefully next season we can retain our star players and push on.

I'd have though that any manager of a team with Olise, Eze, Wharton, Decoure, Anderson, Guehi, Henderson/Johnstone and Munoz among its ranks should be expected to do quite well.

Football is 90% about the players and 10% about the manager.

Were we really good at the beginning of the season? As I recall:

Before the 2 key injuries in the Luton game:
1. we had won just 1 home game (Wolves);
2. drew at home to both Fulham and Forest;
3. lost at home to a poor Everton team;
4. got thrashed at St James Park without putting up a fight.
5. Hodgson blamed the youngsters in the Spurs home defeat

After those 2 key injuries:
1. Hodgson didn't seem to know how to set up the team to win matches so:
2. he attacks the fans when they reacted to the capitulation at home to Bournemouth.

Now you may think I must be anti-Hodgson. Not at all. I was one of his supporters through his first 4 year tenure and appreciated his cameo at the end of last season. I just think he lost the plot this season and that he should have departed earlier than he eventually did.

As for Glasner, he came in earlier than planned and simply got on working with what he had. I didn't hear him moaning about only having one fit CB in recent games.

No idea if this article is factual: [Link]

but... if it is .... then, WOW, I am gobsmacked on how Hodgson and Viera thought about cementing the team dynamics for learning and self-improvement. To me, this is basic stuff and I assumed that it would always be like this. In my world, debriefing after client meetings, or after big employee meetings etc etc. is a core learning rigour. Maybe football still has a lot of catching up to do on how to lead and manage people.

Were we really good at the beginning of the season? As I recall:

Before the 2 key injuries in the Luton game:
1. we had won just 1 home game (Wolves);
2. drew at home to both Fulham and Forest;
3. lost at home to a poor Everton team;
4. got thrashed at St James Park without putting up a fight.
5. Hodgson blamed the youngsters in the Spurs home defeat

After those 2 key injuries:
1. Hodgson didn't seem to know how to set up the team to win matches so:
2. he attacks the fans when they reacted to the capitulation at home to Bournemouth.

Now you may think I must be anti-Hodgson. Not at all. I was one of his supporters through his first 4 year tenure and appreciated his cameo at the end of last season. I just think he lost the plot this season and that he should have departed earlier than he eventually did.

As for Glasner, he came in earlier than planned and simply got on working with what he had. I didn't hear him moaning about only having one fit CB in recent games.

Were we really good at the beginning of the season? As I recall:

Before the 2 key injuries in the Luton game:
1. we had won just 1 home game (Wolves);
2. drew at home to both Fulham and Forest;
3. lost at home to a poor Everton team;
4. got thrashed at St James Park without putting up a fight.
5. Hodgson blamed the youngsters in the Spurs home defeat

After those 2 key injuries:
1. Hodgson didn't seem to know how to set up the team to win matches so:
2. he attacks the fans when they reacted to the capitulation at home to Bournemouth.

Now you may think I must be anti-Hodgson. Not at all. I was one of his supporters through his first 4 year tenure and appreciated his cameo at the end of last season. I just think he lost the plot this season and that he should have departed earlier than he eventually did.

As for Glasner, he came in earlier than planned and simply got on working with what he had. I didn't hear him moaning about only having one fit CB in recent games.