Two weeks is a long time in football – just ask Oliver Glasner.
It was before Crystal Palace’s Premier League match against Wolves on 22 February that supporters at Selhurst Park labelled Glasner as “finished”.
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Since winning the FA Cup and securing Conference League qualification last season, it has been a difficult couple of months for the Austrian.
After announcing in January that he would leave the club at the end of the season, Glasner was accused by sections of the fanbase of “downing tools” as his side embarked on a nine-game winless run in the Premier League.
On Thursday, however, Palace looked like the team they were last season as they stunned Tottenham inside 12 first-half minutes after brilliant individual performances from Wharton and Sarr.
If the south Londoners are able to build on this impressive result – which takes them to three wins in the past five Premier League games – it will stand them in good stead as they prepare for the latter stages of the Conference League.
It could also mean there is still one final, exciting chapter to be written in Glasner’s Crystal Palace career.
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