Palace enjoyed a historic campaign in 2024-25 by winning the FA Cup and qualifying for the Uefa Conference League, but this term it has been a complete contrast.
And while they did not suffer a defeat at Nottingham Forest, drawing 1-1, and edged nine points clear of the bottom three, the manner of their performance was indicative of their current plight.
With wantaway French forward Jean-Philippe Mateta "not in the right place" to feature, Glasner's team had very little cutting edge throughout the encounter and also lacked the physical presence to alter the dynamic of the game in the second period.
They did not manage a single shot on target following Ismaila Sarr's penalty and Matz Sels' replacement in the Forest goal Angus Gunn was untested in his first domestic outing in nine months.
That the hosts managed to have more efforts on goal and more touches in the opposition box after the break was also a damning indictment of Palace's flat attacking display.
