Oliver Glasner cut a frustrated figure after Crystal Palace’s shocking FA Cup exit to Macclesfield. The Austrian manager called for change, questioning his players’ desire and insisting the team’s mentality must shift fast.
Oliver Glasner cut a frustrated figure after Crystal Palace’s shocking FA Cup exit to Macclesfield.
The Austrian manager called for change, questioning his players’ desire and insisting the team’s mentality must shift fast.
Palace’s defeat against a non-league side marked a low point in a season already full of inconsistency. The performance left their manager openly exasperated, with fans and analysts questioning the team’s effort level more than their tactics.
Before diving into his harshest remarks, it’s worth noting the emotional charge behind them. This wasn’t a tactical rant. It was a plea for standards.
What Oliver Glasner said after Crystal Palace’s FA Cup upset
Speaking after the match, Glasner didn’t hold back as he told talkSPORT, “I think when you play here against a non-league team, I think you don’t need tactics, I think you don’t need a manager, honestly.”
He added, “I was a player for 19 years so I know these things can happen, but the way we played — their goalkeeper could be man of the match and we could be in unlucky situations, but it wasn’t that.”
His disappointment centred on effort. “So that is what disappoints me most, and this is what we have to change, we’ve seen this in the last weeks as well.”
The statement summed up the growing frustration among Palace supporters. The manager saw not a lack of skill, but a lack of drive.
Oliver Glasner says Palace’s U-21 team would have played better
Glasner went further when pressed on the team’s structural issues.
“We conceded another set-play goal, so all the things, losing a header because we have no timing and the attack, it’s no physicality, no pace, no dribbling, and then it’s tough against any team,” he stated.
Then came his sharpest line: “But, on the other side, I think our U21s would have done better than we have done today. Therefore, things have to be changed.”
That comparison underlined how far Palace have slipped in intensity. It wasn’t only a comment about youth players. It was a message to the senior squad: no place is safe.
Glasner’s call for change hints at more than short-term fixes. With fixtures piling up and confidence fading, Palace must rediscover the hunger that defined their best performances. The next match won’t just test tactics. It will test pride.
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