Oliver's philosophy
Ahead of last season's ground-breaking campaign – when Palace secured our first-ever major trophy, plus a record Premier League points tally – Glasner sat down with the Palace TV cameras to discuss his approach to the game.
Tackling a problem like a Premier League club takes a certain level of confidence, but also requires an ability to think your way out of tricky situations.
There is a German acronym for this type of problem-solving: N-I-P-S-I-E-L-D.
How does that translate? If you're Glasner, it transpires, into results. As the manager himself explains: “If you just talk about the problem, you never solve it, and it gets bigger and bigger. If you focus on the problem, it doesn’t go away, so you have to find a solution for the problem.
“I think this is in life, this is in football, this is in every job you have. If we always talk about the problem, you have no capacity in your brain for finding a solution. So it’s: ‘OK, I have this, what can we do to solve it?’”
It is a mentality the Austrian delves into in more detail in Oliver Glasner: Looking back, moving forward, a feature-length interview in which the Manager discusses his coaching, tactical and personal philosophies.
Watch the full fascinating interview below – now!