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Glasner fears Crystal Palace will repeat mistakes of last season without new players

Lack of signings and confusion over their European place have left the FA Cup winners playing catchup againThere is no question Oliver Glasner will be taking Sunday’s Community Shield as seriously as his last trip to Wembley, for the FA Cup final. The Crystal Palace manager admitted he was still smarting from losing twice in a row against his daughter Alina at Connect 4 after the team’s recent tour to his native Austria, where they prepared for the game against Liverpool. “I was really upset, really,” Glasner said. “This, I think, is just a mindset you have and this is what we try to create always: have the confidence that you can win it and give your best.”Instilling that kind of belief into the players has been credited by the Palace chair, Steve Parish, with inspiring Glasner’s side to beat Manchester City in May. The Cup triumph was the south London club’s first major trophy and was meant to act as a springboard for further success, especially as Parish had promised after the semi-final victory over Aston Villa that they would not repeat “some of the mistakes” of last summer, when four players were signed on deadline day and Palace had to wait until their ninth Premier League game for a win. “It’s not how you wished a transfer window would work,” was Glasner’s withering assessment last October. Continue reading...

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