Glasner: I don’t get paid by Arsenal or Man City
Glasner: I don’t get paid by Arsenal or Man City Oliver Glasner has dismissed the growing noise around Crystal Palace’s team selection, insisting he is responsible only for his own club, not Arsenal or Manchester City. Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images Oliver Glasner has pushed back at the idea that Crystal Palace should shape their team selection around Arsenal or Manchester City , insisting he is paid to make decisions for his own club rather than either side in the title race. Palace’s selection for Wednesday night’s game against City has become the latest point of argument around Arsenal’s title push, with sections of the media suggesting Glasner should deliberately weaken his side against City because he will also likely rotate against Arsenal on the final day ahead of their European final.
The premise is being dressed up as fairness, but it rests on the curious idea that Palace’s priority should be the title race, rather than their own season, and that teams don’t change who they select throughout the season. Writing in The Times , Martin Samuel argued that Glasner should field a weakened team against City, not only to keep players fresh, but to protect what he called the integrity of the competition. His argument was that if Palace rotated against City and then did the same against Arsenal, there could be no complaint.
In a piece headlined “ It’s not Palace’s job to look after City “, he then goes on to explain why that’s exactly what they should do. He starts, “Pep Guardiola said he expects Crystal Palace to be professional in their team selection on Wednesday. If they are, Oliver Glasner will field a weakened team.
” He adds later in the piece, “So if Glasner is smart, he goes half-in against Manchester City, as a way of doing the same when it is more important against Arsenal. And if Mikel Arteta is dumb, he makes a fuss about Palace’s selection in the City game. For, if Arsenal complain and draw attention to it, that places pressure on the Premier League to act and increases the chances of Palace starting a stronger XI in that final fixture.
So Arteta sucks this up, whatever happens. ” Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images That logic is difficult to take seriously. Clubs rotate all season depending on injuries, schedules, priorities and form.
Continue to the original source for the full article.