Yesterday's evening is when Crystal Palace clarified that Roy Hodgson had resigned as their manager despite the fact he had fallen ill during training the previous week, as he was resigning Oliver Glasner took over his position.
Oliver Glasner the new Crystal Palace manger was watching from the directors' box with Chairman Steve Parish, where they were disappointed by Amadou Onana's eighty-fourth header which made it a draw at Goodison Park.
This draw with Everton left Crystal Palace only five points ahead of Luton town which dropped to the eighteenth position as Everton managed to leave the relegation zone but a negative six goal difference also separates them with Luton.
Besides that the Crystal Palace goal keeper honoured Roy Hodgson,
“It’s sad to see Roy leave and the way it happened, but we’re excited to see a new manager come in,” Johnstone said.“He (Glasner) will be in this week and we are all excited for the new direction which will bring new ideas.
“He will put his own print on the team and hopefully that can take us up the table.
“The only thing that will change is he will give us new ideas to freshen us up. We go out to train every day to give 100 per cent, we go out every game to give 100 per cent which we will carry on doing.
“It will just be a case of some different ideas, a different way of playing and everyone is up for that.
“That is the only change really because as professional athletes, footballers, we go out every day and give 100 per cent.”
Johnstone paid tribute to his former manager and the impact Hodgson had made during five years over two spells at Selhurst Park.
Asked about the 76-year-old’s legacy, he replied: “Massive. The club has been in the Premier League for 10 years and Roy has been manager for four or five years of them,” he added.
“He’s a great person, first and foremost, and a great manager, so obviously it was tough but we are all glad to see he is well.”
The squad only found out about Hodgson’s departure on the day of the game and, considering the uncertainty in the build-up, Johnstone felt the players coped well.
“It’s been in the media for a few days,” he said. “The focus really was to put that behind us as well as we could, get on with the game and try to get a result for him, for Crystal Palace, the fans and the new manager.
“We’re obviously disappointed we didn’t get three, but at a place like this you could always come away with none.
“It was a tough game and the lads worked hard, so a good point.”
Crystal Palace will host troubled Burnley at Selhurst Park in London for the twenty-sixth Premier League round on Saturday,24th February, 2024.
