Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner has admitted their lack of points is clearly a problem, but there are mitigating factors for why they?ve struggled this season.
The Austrian has been speaking to Sky in his homeland about the current state of affairs at Crystal Palace after a difficult start to the season.
Crystal Palace sit 18th in the Premier League at this moment in time, without a win in their opening seven games and with just four points to their name.
They?ve lost five of those seven games and, crucially, dropped points against fellow strugglers such as Everton and Leicester City.
The poor start has wiped away any positivity from the end of last season in which Glasner?s arrival sparked a superb run that eventually saw them finish tenth in the table and 23 points away from the relegation battle they?d previously been involved in. It?s followed a disappointing summer in which they sold Michael Olise to Bayern Munich and Joachim Andersen to Fulham and only replaced both players with late arrivals.
That, plus other factors, is what Glasner believes have caused their poor start to the season, with him adamant they are very important aspects which need to be considered.
?Of course we are not satisfied with the points. The points are clearly a problem. Of course it doesn’t help us,? he said.
?I think the performances were often better than the points. We are missing a few percentage points to turn the games to our advantage.
?And yes, I think we have one or two ex...