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This is to fundamentally misinterpret a few things. Firstly and key, Glasner chose a system to get the best out of the players he has. He is not wedded to 3 at the back and has played versions of 433. He felt for Palace and the squad, the 3 works. He has also improved players so they look good in the system, despite having lost some key players. Has Amorim improved anyone? Finally, the videos posted here focus on more deference, generally Glasner asks his CMs to cover less ground than Amorim, overall they hold their positions more and also when in possession they are more often involved in the build ups, whereas Amorim wants the ball forward first to 10s or longer to the CF (as we saw a lot vs Sunderland), then on occasion the lay off back to the CMs who are now pushing forward. Glasner makes his players look better because he plays a formation to suit their strengths, is more flexible in the system that this formation uses, and has improved the players at his disposal. All three factors that are in contrast to Amorim.Glasner has the right personnel, Amorim doesn't. They said it in the video, Utds problem is central midfield and lack of quality in that position.
Take Will Hughes and Adam Wharton and put them in CM for us and it's an improvement on any combo of Casemiro/Ugarte/Mainoo/Bruno.
Problem for Glasner is that he couldn't play the same way Palace play with Utd as Palace have so little possession (amongst the lowest in the league). That's very peak Mourinho football, i.e. less possession is good.
Also, our squad is better than Palaces, by some distance. Lets stop constantly blaming the players for the obvious shortcomings of the managers, both this one and the last. And yes we can improve our CMs and hopefully will soon. But that is not the key point here.

