The goalie also praised Roy Hodgson, calling him a “great person and great manager.”
Goalie Sam Johnstone of Crystal Palace is hoping that new boss Oliver Glasner’s unconventional ideas will help the team escape relegation.
Just hours had passed since it was revealed that Roy Hodgson, who had taken unwell during training last week, was stepping down and that Glasner, the former head coach of Eintracht Frankfurt, would take over before Monday night’s 1-1 draw against Everton.
Prior to Amadou Onana’s header in the 84th minute, which negated Jordan Ayew’s opening goal, Palace, with their new manager and chairman Steve Parish watching from the directors’ box, appeared to be headed for just their third victory in the previous 14 Premier League games.
The visitors would have been eight points clear of the bottom three with a victory at Goodison Park, giving Glasner some much-needed breathing room. However, the stalemate left them just five points ahead of Luton, who plummeted to 18th as Everton avoided the drop zone on goal differential.
Johnstone remarked, “We’re happy to have a new manager come in, but it’s sad to see Roy leave and the way it happened.”
“This week, Glasner is scheduled to visit, and we are all looking forward to the fresh perspective that he will bring with him. “He’ll leave his mark on the team, which should help us go up the ladder.
The only thing that will alter is that he’ll infuse us with new ideas to keep us motivated. We will continue to give our all every game and every training session. We go out there every day to give it our all.
Everyone is game for it; it will just require some new concepts and strategies for playing. That is really the only difference because we professional football players go out and give it our all every day.
Johnstone paid homage to his erstwhile boss and the influence Hodgson left behind over his five years spread across two stints at Selhurst Park. When asked about his legacy, the 76-year-old said, “Massive.” Roy has been the club’s manager for four or five of the ten years that the team has been in the Premier League, the speaker said.
He is a wonderful manager and a wonderful person, so it was undoubtedly difficult, but we are all relieved that he is doing well. Only the day of the match was the team informed of Hodgson’s departure, and Johnstone thought the players handled the build-up admirably.
He stated, “It’s been in the media for a few days.” “Our main goal was to move past that as quickly as possible, concentrate on the game, and try to win for him, Crystal Palace, the supporters, and the new management.
“Obviously, we’re upset that we didn’t receive three, but it’s possible to leave here with nothing at all. A good point; the boys worked hard in a tough game.”
