Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner says their nice kind on the finish of final season meant “expectations had been flawed” going into this marketing campaign.
Palace received six of their final seven video games of 2023-24, scoring 21 objectives in that run. They ended up on 49 factors, their finest 38-game Premier League season.
However their solely two wins this season have come within the Carabao Cup – in opposition to Championship sides Norwich and QPR – they usually sit on two factors from 4 video games.
That is Glasner’s first full season in cost, having taken over in February.
Talking earlier than Saturday’s house recreation with Manchester United, the Austrian stated: “The final seven video games had been nice however the first 31 weren’t nice – it doesn’t imply it continues just like the final seven.
“The expectations had been flawed as a result of once you win two it doesn’t suggest you win the following one, and once you misplaced two it doesn’t imply you lose the following one.
“After 31 rounds we had been 5 factors away from relegation. That’s truth.
“We did not count on we win each recreation and play Champions League. When your highest quantity is 49 [points] you’ll be able to’t count on 78.”