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North Wales Chronicle
2 minutes ago
- North Wales Chronicle
Oliver Glasner targets more joy against Liverpool on ‘dream' Wembley return
Palace will learn on Monday – via a verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport – whether they will compete in the Europa League or Conference League this season, but first will look to upset another top-flight giant after defeating Manchester City to claim their maiden major trophy in May. The Eagles are unbeaten in their last three trips to Anfield, drawing twice and winning once – a fact that is not lost on Glasner, who will be relieved to shelve conversations about Palace's legal drama and focus on another chance at silverware and the new campaign. THREE POINTS ON MERSEYSIDE 🤩 🔴 0-1 🦅#CPFC | #LIVCRY — Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) April 14, 2024 'That's why we asked to play the Community Shield at Anfield, because we are unbeaten there,' joked the Austrian. 'But, again, nobody listens to us. But we (were) unbeaten at Wembley (last season), so that's why we accepted it at the end. 'Honestly I don't know why, but I'm always entering the games and have the confidence and the belief that we can win it. We showed it against Arsenal, we showed it against City, against Villa, last game against Liverpool. 'We know they are a great team, but I know we are a great team as well. We know that if we perform at our top level, I think no-one likes to play against us.' Though the importance of Sunday's prize yields varied opinions, Glasner, a man who revealed he is fiercely competitive even when playing Connect Four with his own daughter, needs no convincing about the significance of the occasion. He said: 'Go into any school, ask girls and boys where you want to play when you play football, and everybody will say 'I would like to play once in my life at Wembley'. 'We all experience it now the third time within three months. That means we are living all of our childhood dreams, and this is how I will always see these games.' Glasner confirmed both midfielder Cheick Doucoure (knee) and striker Eddie Nketiah (hamstring) are set for significant spells on the sidelines – the former also having missed the majority of the second half last season. Matheus Franca, who has played just 381 minutes since signing in August 2023, is sidelined with yet another injury, this time to his adductor, while Chadi Riad (anterior cruciate ligament) is not expected back until October at the earliest. Palace's Wembley triumph – and Glasner's role in it – cemented his status as one of the most celebrated figures in the club's history but the 50-year-old revealed he surprisingly still enjoys a great deal of anonymity in London. 'I get recognised a little bit more,' he said. 'But yesterday we had this Premier League meeting, I went by tube there and back. No selfies, nothing. 'So that's the positive of everybody having their phone, because nobody looks at me, everybody looks at their phone, so it's still nice to move through London.' Asked if perhaps not sporting his lucky black jumper from Palace's run to the FA Cup played a factor in rendering him unrecognisable, Glasner confirmed: 'The jumper has done its job. The jumper is retired.'
BBC News
an hour ago
- BBC News
'No quick fix' as Martin faces familiar Rangers problems
New ownership, a new head coach, nearly a full team of new players, but the man charged with improving fortunes on the pitch has been left insisting there is "no quick fix" after familiar failings reappeared to blight Rangers at the start of the new Martin's rebuilt side remain unbeaten in five games under the former Southampton two of those have been draws in their opening matches in the Scottish Premiership - something the former Rangers defender knows is not good enough for a side expecting to challenge reigning champions Celtic for the for their 3-0 win over Viktoria Plzen in Champions League qualifying on Tuesday, the same Rangers players were booed off after escaping defeat thanks to a late penalty against a Dundee side many expected to be lambs to the is a familiar story from previous regimes that Martin says will "just take some time" to change, so where does that leave Rangers and their new team boss? 'I should've made some changes' Having finished 17 points adrift of their city rivals last season, Rangers are already a one behind Celtic before Brendan Rodgers' side play their game in hand in Aberdeen on Rangers get through their Euro tie after Tuesday's second leg against Plzen, they will postpone the league match against St Mirren on 24 August to prepare for the play-off tie, which means they could be seven behind by the time Celtic visit Ibrox the following could have been even worse off. It can be argued they were fortunate to escape Motherwell with a point last weekend, while Rangers had to play the final half hour against Dundee with 10 men before captain James Tavernier came off the bench to rescue another with his late spot kick.A "disappointed" Martin admitted: "There was just general lethargy and no speed in the first half."After last week's draw at Fir Park, Martin had questioned the mentality of some of his players, complaining that some "have to drop their ego", and was delighted with the reaction against time, he was "pleased with the response of the team when we went down to 10 men and we could've won the game in the end, but the mentality has to come from the very first kick of the match". Martin accepted some of the blame, admitting: "In hindsight, I should've made some changes to inject that energy in the team, but I explained my decision before the game and maybe I could've changed that now the game is finished."We're learning about the group all the time, so that's a lesson learnt today."BBC pundit and former Rangers striker described them as "Jekyll and Hyde" but pointed out that the same happened under the previous two team bosses - Philippe Clement and Barry Ferguson - last season."They would have a brilliant European performance and then fall flat," he told BBC Scotland's Sportscene. "It is something Russell Martin needs to get rid of quickly." 'Maybe not so quickly as everyone wants' Saturday's draw was particularly galling to Rangers fans considering Dundee arrived with a poor start to their season heaping pressure on their new head coach, former Rangers defender Steven who managed just two attempts on goal in their opening Premiership defeat at home to Hibernian, had not beaten Rangers in their previous 17 meetings and had lost their latest 19 visits to passing style being adopted under Martin meant centre-half John Souttar attempted 131 passes in this game, the highest of any player in the opening two weekends, the team overall attempted 709, again the highest of any team, and their 20 goal attempts were highest they still relied on a penalty to rescue a draw and have now failed to win both of their opening two league matches for the first time since could understand the reaction of the home support."The fans have lacked the success they want for quite some time, so I understand the frustration," he said. "I didn't get too high on Tuesday, so we're not going to get too low today."We are at a point now at this club where something needed to change."The ownership has changed, there's a new coaching staff, there's new players, there's hopefully a new way of behaving in the training ground - properly, every single day, regarding standards and what's expected at this football club. So it's not a quick fix and this is not me coming out and making excuses."I think we change the manager from year to year and nothing really changes."So now it's about really changing the culture and the feel of the club day in and day out. That will end up in a good outcome. Good process, good people, will always end up in a good outcome. But maybe not so quickly as everyone wants." More egos or fewer? Former Rangers striker and assistant boss Billy Dodds told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound: "Russell Martin wants the players to put their egos to bed and concentrate on the football."But I think they need more egos at the club because egos come with top players."It took a man being sent off to get them going, but they deserved that draw in the end because they kept going at it."Like last season, Rangers found it difficult to break down a team domestically who sat back to defend their penalty box at Ibrox - and Thompson gave credit to Pressley."He has had a lot of stick in the early part of the season, but he got his tactics spot on," he Tavernier and midfielder Nicolas Raskin were two of four players dropped in midweek and were again on the bench against Tavernier came on to prove his goalscoring worth once more, while Martin admitted that "Raskin was great when he game on. He tackled more than the whole team".Meanwhile, centre-half Nasser Djiga is now in line to miss the Old Firm derby through suspension after his last-man red card against leaves Martin with questions over his personnel as matches come thick and Rangers forward Gordon Smith pointed out that Rangers were better when down to 10 men and were unfortunate that Cyriel Dessers was denied a late winner for he was left pondering: "How can they put that kind of performance in Europe and not in the league?"It is a conundrum that Martin is not the first Rangers team boss to have faced.
Glasgow Times
an hour ago
- Glasgow Times
Oliver Glasner targets more joy against Liverpool on ‘dream' Wembley return
Palace will learn on Monday – via a verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport – whether they will compete in the Europa League or Conference League this season, but first will look to upset another top-flight giant after defeating Manchester City to claim their maiden major trophy in May. The Eagles are unbeaten in their last three trips to Anfield, drawing twice and winning once – a fact that is not lost on Glasner, who will be relieved to shelve conversations about Palace's legal drama and focus on another chance at silverware and the new campaign. 'That's why we asked to play the Community Shield at Anfield, because we are unbeaten there,' joked the Austrian. 'But, again, nobody listens to us. But we (were) unbeaten at Wembley (last season), so that's why we accepted it at the end. 'Honestly I don't know why, but I'm always entering the games and have the confidence and the belief that we can win it. We showed it against Arsenal, we showed it against City, against Villa, last game against Liverpool. 'We know they are a great team, but I know we are a great team as well. We know that if we perform at our top level, I think no-one likes to play against us.' Though the importance of Sunday's prize yields varied opinions, Glasner, a man who revealed he is fiercely competitive even when playing Connect Four with his own daughter, needs no convincing about the significance of the occasion. He said: 'Go into any school, ask girls and boys where you want to play when you play football, and everybody will say 'I would like to play once in my life at Wembley'. 'We all experience it now the third time within three months. That means we are living all of our childhood dreams, and this is how I will always see these games.' Oliver Glasner has 'retired' his lucky black jumper (Nick Potts/PA) Glasner confirmed both midfielder Cheick Doucoure (knee) and striker Eddie Nketiah (hamstring) are set for significant spells on the sidelines – the former also having missed the majority of the second half last season. Matheus Franca, who has played just 381 minutes since signing in August 2023, is sidelined with yet another injury, this time to his adductor, while Chadi Riad (anterior cruciate ligament) is not expected back until October at the earliest. Palace's Wembley triumph – and Glasner's role in it – cemented his status as one of the most celebrated figures in the club's history but the 50-year-old revealed he surprisingly still enjoys a great deal of anonymity in London. 'I get recognised a little bit more,' he said. 'But yesterday we had this Premier League meeting, I went by tube there and back. No selfies, nothing. 'So that's the positive of everybody having their phone, because nobody looks at me, everybody looks at their phone, so it's still nice to move through London.' Asked if perhaps not sporting his lucky black jumper from Palace's run to the FA Cup played a factor in rendering him unrecognisable, Glasner confirmed: 'The jumper has done its job. The jumper is retired.'
