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We asked for your thoughts on Crystal Palace's appointment of Oliver Glasner as their boss. Here are some of your comments...

Gedos: Glasner comes with a reputation for developing young players and that is exactly what the Eagles need. There are some potential gems below the first team and it will be great to see them given a chance.

Andy: Glad to hear that he believes in bringing the younger players through. Let's all hope for some free-spirited attacking play.

Simon: This is a progressive move, with Glasner playing an attacking style that we saw under Hodgson when he returned in 2023. Is it a risk? Yes, but Roy was always leaving in the summer, so now it's up to Glasner to learn about the players he has inherited and decide if they can carry out the style of play that brought him success in Germany.

Mike: While we all wish the new manager well, it is always going to be difficult for the remaining games because the squad is what it is - just not good enough for the Premier League.

Graeme: I’m happy to see a change. It’s been a long time coming and our style of play has been stifling at best. The CPFC catchment area is huge, yet only three players have come through to make any real first-team impression over the past 10 years - Zaha, Wan-Bissaka and Mitchell. We have a proven winner in charge now - so see out this season and grow next.

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Crystal Palace fan and podcaster Dan Cook has said fans have to look at Roy Hodgson's two spells at the club "with real respect" but added that new manager Oliver Glasner has "pretty much no holes" in his CV.

"It's been a tumultuous few days for everyone at the football club," he told BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast. "As soon as the news broke about Roy falling ill in training, everyone's thoughts immediately went straight to that.

"You just wish him well for the future because, regardless of how the past few months have gone form-wise, he is still a huge part of Crystal Palace's recent history and will always be someone who is thought of extremely fondly by everyone at the football club.

"If you look at the two spells he's had in charge, the first time he came in off the back of Frank de Boer leaving and stabilised the club, and [then] the back end of last season, replacing Patrick Viera, he did exactly the same thing.

"He injected some real stability once again, made sure we were nowhere near the relegation battle and, with that in mind, he's been a real steady hand at the wheel.

"It's something you have to look to with real respect."

Incoming manager Glasner was in the stands at Goodison Park for Monday's 1-1 draw with Everton and Cook believes he will bring a different style of play to the Eagles.

"Glasner is coming in with no Premier League experience but if you look at his CV, there's pretty much no holes in it. He's won the Europa League as recently as 2022," he added.

"He plays a style of football that isn't necessarily what you'd expect from Palace - three central defenders rather than two, which is quite a shift for us. But I think we saw the seeds potentially of it last night in the formation against Everton.

"I, for one, am very, very excited about what he is hopefully going to bring to us."

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Crystal Palace assistant manager Paddy McCarthy says the players "deserve a lot of credit" for their performance in Monday's 1-1 draw at Everton.

After Roy Hodgson stepped down as manager pre-match, incoming replacement Oliver Glasner watched his new side secure what could be a vital point from the stands.

"It was a wonderful goal by Jordan Ayew, but we couldn't hold on," McCarthy told Sky Sports. "We knew Everton would hold us to some questions from set-plays and I am disappointed we conceded, but ultimately we are happy with the point and we move on.

"There is lots of quality and he [Glasner] is coming into a squad with a lot of character. There are lots of positives he will have seen and I am sure he cannot wait to get to work with them.

"I can't say if it did or didn't [affect the players]. I am sure they were aware he was watching. The players are professional and they deserve a lot of credit.

"The players are flexible and we utilised that system against Manchester City and Manchester United away. I am sure he will enjoy working with this great group of lads."

McCarthy spent eight years as a player at Palace and has spent a further eight years back in various coaching roles, but is unsure whether he will remain at the club under Glasner.

"It has been full focus on preparing for the game and I have not had any conversation with the hierarchy on my position," he added.

"I am sure that will become clear in the next couple of days."

Did you know?

• Crystal Palace have now gone 14 Premier League matches without a clean sheet – the longest ongoing run of any current top-flight side.

• Four of Crystal Palace’s past five league goals have been scored from outside the box – the joint most of any side in 2024 so far – after none of their previous 26 goals came from long range.

• Ayew has been involved in five Premier League goals against Everton (three goals, two assists). The Palace forward has only been involved in more goals versus West Ham (five goals, two assist) in his Premier League career.

Alex Howell
BBC Sport football news reporter

Oliver Glasner emerged as the favourite to take over from Roy Hodgson before the former Crystal Palace manager fell ill in training last Thursday.

Before Hodgson returned to the club last season, the club had gone for a younger manager in Patrick Vieira and this is what they have gone for this time too as they look to build on the talent they have in their young squad.

Glasner was linked with teams such as Chelsea and Tottenham, and his stock in management is high after winning the Europa League with Eintracht Frankfurt.

The 49-year-old had also been in talks with Lyon previously, a club also owned by Palace co-owner John Textor - but it's felt that Palace is a better fit for him and hoped his style of attacking football will bring the best out of the Eagles players.

Glasner seems to prefer a 3-4-2-1 formation and this undoubtedly will take some adjusting to for the Palace players.

The main challenge Glasner will face is that four of the team's best players are currently injured. With two huge home games coming up against Burnley and Luton Town, it will be interesting to see how he copes without Michael Olise, Eberechi Eze, Marc Guehi and Cheick Doucoure.

The Eagles will have interest in a number of their players this summer and Glasner will undoubtedly have a chance to mould the squad into his own shape.

The main goal in the 13 games he has left of this Premier League season is to make sure the club stays away from the relegation zone.

We asked you for your thoughts on Monday's Premier League game between Everton and Crystal Palace. Here are some of your comments...

Everton fans

Chris: In over 50 years of watching Everton, I've never been so bored watching us play. Dyche hasn't a clue what he is doing and will take us down! Speaks the same rubbish after every game and thinks a point at home to Palace is a good result! Really?!

Bob: In the first half Everton played as though there was nothing at stake - there was no fight or determination there. There was some improvement in the second half, and I think a draw was probably the correct result. But overall just not good enough.

Bazza: Not good enough. We're a team lacking confidence which affects the little quality we have. We're going to continue to struggle. A mess from the top down.

Alec: Not the best performance as both sides seemed to be lacking creativity. Ayew's goal the one brilliant moment of the match. I can't be too upset with a point. I hope DCL can find his finishes soon, though, as we'll need them in the games to come.

Palace fans

Glen: I thought we played well in the formation and threatened Everton. Nice to see a proper goalkeeper who commanded his area as well. Let's hope we can now turn a corner and express ourselves more on the pitch and give the fans something to think about for next season with our new manager.

Steve: Sadly, the team conceded late on yet again. Palace were the better side in the first half but, after scoring, lost control in midfield and retreated. Mateta should have been subbed after running his socks off and fresh legs brought on. Still, a point is a point. But it could - and should - have been so much more.

Bill: If you had offered us a draw and a precious point before the game I think we'd have been satisfied. I am alarmed though by our habit of conceding goals after the 75th minute and six in added time. We look leggy and weary and so we lose precious points at the end of games. Hope the new manager can turn this trend around.

Adam: I thought Palace put in a battling performance with lots of determination and effort which is the the minimum I expect each game. We were unlucky not to bring home three points but I'm delighted with a point. Everton are an equally determined team.

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Jordan Ayew's sweet strike looked to have sealed all three points for Crystal Palace before Amadou Onana late header.

Chris Richards and Jean-Philippe Mateta had headers blocked on the line by Everton defenders James Tarkowski and Ashley Young before they went ahead.

Palace conceded in the 84th minute and have now gone 14 league matches without a clean sheet – the longest ongoing run of any current top-flight side.

The Eagles have let in 17 goals in the last 15 minutes of the second half, only Sheffield United (19) have conceded more in the league this season.

They are just five points above the relegation zone and remain nervously looking over their shoulders.

Roy Hodgson stepped down as manager on Monday afternoon and was duly replaced by Oliver Glasner who watched this match from the stands alongside chairman Steve Parish.

Glasner's first game in charge will come at Selhurst Park on Saturday (15:00 GMT) against Burnley.

Amadou Onana's header lifted Everton out of the Premier League's bottom three as they rescued a point against Crystal Palace at Goodison Park.

Onana rose highest to head home from a corner in the 84th minute.

Jordan Ayew scored for Palace, who announced earlier on Monday that Roy Hodgson had stepped down as manager.

Former Eintracht Frankfurt boss Oliver Glasner has replaced Hodgson, who as taken ill during training on Thursday but is now out of hospital.

Ghana forward Ayew thumped a superb strike into the far corner past home goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and looked to have sealed three points for Palace before Onana's late intervention.

Everton's best chance of the first half came when Dominic Calvert-Lewin rose between two Palace defenders, but his header from a Dwight McNeil cross went wide of the post.

Chris Richards and Jean-Philippe Mateta had headers blocked on the line by Everton defenders James Tarkowski and Ashley Young before Palace went ahead.

Tarkowski's header from a corner was saved by Sam Johnstone, who then reacted well to deny Abdoulaye Doucoure at the near post.

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We asked for your thoughts following the news that Roy Hodgson has stepped down as Crystal Palace manager. Here are some of your comments...

Bob: Roy is a legend and a gentleman. He's been unlucky this season as no real strikers were brought in. The final straw was losing key players such as Olise, Eze, Doucoure, Guehi etc. One criticism - França should have started more often. He didn't choose to come back to Selhurst Park but was asked to. It's a sad ending which he doesn't deserve.

Martyn: As always a great gentleman and professional to the end - we must all wish him good health for the future.

Alan: I do feel that it’s now the right time for Roy to take it easy and get back to good health before he takes on another challenge. I think he he should take a young manager under his wing and guide them in the lower leagues - that’s the way to give back to grassroots development and help a young manager learn their trade with his guidance.

Vic: Roy is doing the right thing in stepping down. He has been a loyal and honest servant of the club, I feel that he had lost interest in the modern game. I hope he feels that he can come and watch a match any time. So now a new era. Good luck, Oliver.

Frank: The way Roy turned our fortunes round last season was miraculous. Won’t have a bad word said about him at Palace. With all the injuries this year, survival was only ever going to be this season's goal and we still have a good chance of achieving that.

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Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish says Oliver Glasner's attributes making him the "perfect fit" for the Premier League club.

Glasner, 49, has been appointed as Palace's new manager on a contract until the end of the 2025-26 season.

The announcement came less than two hours after it was confirmed that Roy Hodgson was stepping down from the role.

Glasner, who led Eintracht Frankfurt to Europa League victory in 2022, said: "I am looking forward to working with the talented squad, meeting the club's supporters and experiencing the Selhurst Park atmosphere I have heard so much about.

"It has been a pleasure to meet with Steve and Dougie [Freedman, Palace sporting director] and I am looking forward to working with them to achieve our goals."

Parish added: "He [Glasner] has an outstanding record, and we believe he is the right manager to take the club forward at this pivotal stage.

"Wherever Oliver has gone so far in his managerial journey, success has been quick to follow. We believe his ambition, as well as his exciting and attacking approach, is the perfect fit for getting the most from our talented young squad in the remainder of this Premier League season and beyond."

Roy Hodgson's nomadic 48-year career in management took him around the world but has surely ended at the place he called home - Crystal Palace.

The drug of football that has been Hodgson's lifelong addiction may well have been sampled for the last time with his departure from Selhurst Park amid fan disaffection and a drop towards the Premier League's danger zone.

After he stepped down as manager with the club in 16th and, having been taken ill last week, surely it is time for English management's elder statesman to finally hang up his tracksuit.

If Palace, Hodgson's boyhood club, is to be the 76-year-old's final port of call he can look back on a fine body of work, but one that proved he was more suited to clubs of a middling level rather than when his journey took him to the game's highest places.

Hodgson's desperate seven-month reign at Liverpool, along with a four-year tenure as England manager that included the rank embarrassment of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and the Euros in France two years later, are evidence of his limitations.

And yet, for all that, there are many clubs and supporters - particularly Fulham after he took them on a dream trip to the Europa League final in 2010 only to lose to Atletico Madrid in Hamburg - who have every right to offer grateful thanks to Hodgson's excellent work.

Read more about the highs and lows of Hodgson's career here

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Roy Hodgson's managerial career started in 1976 with Swedish side Halmstad and he has managed 18 club sides and four international teams during a career spanning 48 years.

He has won 15 major honours, including two Swedish titles with Malmo, where he was in charge between 1985 and 1989. He also finished as runner-up in the Uefa Cup and Europa League with Inter Milan in 1997 and Fulham in 2010.

Hodgson's first international job was with Switzerland in 1992 before spells with the United Arab Emirates and Finland.

He became England boss in May 2012, winning 33 of his 56 games in charge.

He led the Three Lions at three major tournaments but failed to end their wait for a first trophy since 1966.

They were knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Euro 2012 and the group stage of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, before an embarrassing last-16 exit to Iceland at Euro 2016.

When Hodgson left Crystal Palace in 2021 he refused to say he was retiring and ultimately joined Watford in January 2022, but failed to keep the Hornets in the Premier League.

He said he did not expect to take another job in the Premier League when he left Vicarage Road. In May, Hodgson said he would not use the word "retire" when discussing his next steps in football.

Alex Pewter
Fan writer

For what feels like a third time, we say goodbye to Roy Hodgson - as he steps down as Crystal Palace manager.

The final days of his reign added a further twist to the managerial saga, with Hodgson missing Thursday's news conference due to a medical issue.

Fans may have been ready to move on from him ahead of the board, whether that was made evident in online comments or by the lack of his name in chants from the stands in recent games.

There is a sense that for a particular section of the supporters, he was persona non grata, regardless of whether there would have been a shift in results.

Any action or comment could quickly become a new metaphorical stick to beat him with.

Some news conference comments were unwise but often appeared worse in text than audio form. His training methods and game management came under question, but while these may be hypothetical debate points and 'what ifs', they became part of a broader wave of dissatisfaction.

However, from a fan's perspective, it is worth clarifying that much of this criticism was isolated to the pitch.

Hodgson holds himself as a gentleman in a sport that can be overly political. When he continued as manager this summer, it was presented as an invitation to help the club rather than a job he had sought.

In a footballing sense, the basic numbers helped remove some emotion from the ownership's decision to pursue a change. The team has accumulated 24 points from 24 games, the lowest return from any Hodgson season and, coincidentally, the same return as Patrick Vieira on his dismissal a year ago.

The club may have hoped for an end-of-season farewell, but it would be unwise to wait if they are confident they have found their long-term option.

The departure will carry mixed feelings for fans, as Roy will remain an enormous figure in the club's history.

After all, as a boyhood fan of the club, Hodgson lived out the dream many hold by switching the terraces for the dugout. Unfortunately, the dream didn't end as he may have hoped.

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