With under-pressure Pierre Sage's likely departure from Selhurst Park, Chris Hambling from the Back of the Nest podcast admits the French manager has failed to "get his team playing together".
However, he also feels sorry for the "unlucky" head coach, who has had "a lot to deal with" at the club since joining.
When asked if Oliver Glasner's departure from the club last summer was a "red flag" for the incoming Sage, Hambling said: "We're in a weird situation as a club where we've had unprecedented success, but that doesn't mean we're able to compete financially and reputationally at the highest level, and that is why we lose our players when they're outstanding.
"Replacing them has become a science now and we've done pretty well in the past. But, if you get a couple of them wrong at Crystal Palace, it doesn't necessarily matter who you bring in to replace an outgoing manager - [that is] a red flag.
"If you want to focus on one specific thing, how the club is definitely something we need to run as a fanbase and the club itself. They need to think about their recruitment strategy, which seems to have gone off the boil.
"On the football, pure and simply, the manager's job is to get a team playing better than the sum of its parts. That is how you win the FA Cup, Community Shield and a first European trophy."
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