Absolutely, A worry in the back of my mind is that a big club might try something if we end the season like this. I suspect Glasner will stick around and build something though. As long as we back his expectations he will be happy.
Let’s enjoy this ride as I feel next season will be unforgettable. Even if people work out our tactics it’s our energy as well they need to match!

Possibly. Possibly not.

There seems to be a tendency to see thing in simple terms on the football threads.
Of course the manager has an impact, but the players kick the ball. They are the more important side of the equation.

This is all about an I told you so attitude regarding Roy Hodgson.
People will frame it how they want, but what is most important is that we have our two flair players available and the team reinvigorated.

So is your point that if Roy was still here and we’d had Eze and Olise available, We’d still have beaten Liverpool and played West Ham & Newcastle off the park?

Saw this on the newcastle forum:

"Their midfield were better than us. The albino ran the show, even against Bruno which just should not be.. but here we are."

That made me laugh! I guess Hughes can take that as a compliment.

On the whole the Newcastle forum were very complimentary of us.

Honestly I'm suprised how sh1t they were after all the media hype about their new ownership and everything and finishing top 4 last season - they look very average. Bruno Guimares was their only standout player...

Have to disagree with this, particularly after the bizarre comment on my last post though I suspected prejudice behind it.

The vitriol thrown Roy's way is unwarranted IMHO, we should be very grateful to him. It was not working this season however and he looked to have run out of ideas to stop our rot and downward slide. This is football and a business at the end of the day.

Mateta/Edouard often looked completely isolated, the defence looked shaky, we did not move the ball well and could hardly muster scoring opportunities. Confidence, morale etc. looked at an all time low and this was reflected in the stands. Olise and Eze's individual brilliance was perhaps highlighted by how poor everything else was.

Glasner plays a completely different system with it's own style. Players have even been posting on social media as to how much they are enjoying it. Olise had very little impact after coming on yesterday in a team that played three days previously and was still missing Johnstone, Guehi, Doucoure, Lerma, Franca and started without him in the first instance. That's 6 players who we'd all expect to feature with all things equal. Players who'd been written off (including by me) such as JPM, Hughes and Clyne now look like star performers. Even the old Jeffrey helped make the second yesterday.

We overran and outplayed both WHU and Newcastle after winning at Anfield. Of the latter two, the first being Liverpool, one of those teams won a European Cup recently and the other was in the CL this season. Guardiola at City, Klopp at Liverpool, Emery at Villa, O'Neill at Wolves and Iraola at B'mouth are just a few recent examples of where managers can change teams.

The players kick the ball but their conditioning, tactics/instruction and morale will dictate the level at which they do so. There has been notable improvement in all the aforementioned. To suggest they just suddenly and coincidentally found form a few games after a new manager arrived with a whole new approach and there is no parallel between the two is a notion which is deliberately choosing to ignore the evidence for this happening.

All those 'hating' Hodgson need to give their heads a wobble however Glasner's arrival and impact has to be noted as it's clear to see. I've never seen a Palace team look so impressive and that's more than just a purple patch.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

Excellent post Nick. I, Obviously, concur.