The Eagles come into the game off of back-to-back wins in the league and cup, against Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa respectively, and – as Glasner explained – his side will approach Saturday's match with the same mentality they have applied in recent weeks.
The key quotes from Glasner’s pre-Wolves press conference
Ahead of Palace’s trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League, manager Oliver Glasner offered an insight into the squad’s confidence and individual players.
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"We always talk about intensity"
Of course [the wins] helped us in getting the belief back, the confidence back, and you can see and feel it in training. I don't want to say that we trained, it's just recovery sessions.
It was a good mood even when we were not that successful, but of course it's now much better. It's always important to stay humble and show the players what we think was the game-changer, especially against Tottenham.
The bravery and also the intensity... we always talk about intensity. It's not possible at the beginning of the season, no pre-season, many late arrivals, and in this game against Tottenham, regarding the high-intensity runs, we were number one in the Premier League, and highest ever in Crystal Palace history.
This is what we showed the players, that they increased their intensity in possession, out of possession, and then maybe these were the missing percentages to win a game.
In many games we were close to winning, but we didn't get it, and maybe these percentages we had to get back, and it looked like it was the same at Villa. The players could perform in that way three days after the Tottenham game, and this is how we want to play at Wolves.
"It's now about keeping the momentum"
When you see the back three, for example, it was their fourth game together. We talked about Trevoh Chalobah. He didn't play many games for Chelsea, he had no pre-season because he was in a separate group there, and then he arrives on the 31st August, so it's seven weeks ago, and then there were two international breaks between and he picked up an injury in the first week.
We can't expect that he's in his best shape after training just two weeks with us, it's just not possible. With many other players, like Ebs [Ebere Eze], he had just 10 days pre-season with us, and then it was just playing, playing, playing, playing.
Adam Wharton struggled for many weeks, so I think we always try to explain and not to excuse the situation, and it's important to accept how it is, and not to get nervous with the results, not to get nervous because of the noise that's maybe surrounding us, because inside the training ground, inside the club, it was always very calm, very quiet, and we always worked together in getting these steps back.
On the other side, it's now about keeping this momentum - it's always being on the highest level, training on the highest level, playing on the highest level, because this is maybe a little bit special this year in the Premier League, every game is tight.
We see it in the results at the weekend, and we can see it in the cup games, so, yeah, we’re going quite well now.
"We go more directly into the box"
First of all, the more chances you create, the higher is the opportunity to score goals, so that's number one.
We show them [the players], and we train going more directly into the box, and also in the last games we had a lot of possession, but it was ‘nowhere land', so in our half, the halfway line, but we didn't have the entries into the box, we didn't have the number of players in the box that it needs - now we go more directly into the box.
Also, we changed a little bit, we press higher now, so we scored the goal, we were winning the ball in the opposite box, we scored the game-winner at Aston Villa by winning the ball at the edge of the box; this is also bravery, but when we felt that the players are ready, because this means a lot of intensity, a lot of running, it means also in the back everything has to be settled, and I mentioned four games together, we didn't have many training sessions together, but now we feel ready, we felt ready, and then we said, ‘let's go’.
"He's such a great guy and so hard-working"
He [Daichi Kamada] can play both [positions]: he came in after Ebs’ injury as a 10, and after Adam's injury he went back to the No. 6 and scored the goal from the No. 6, and also when I coached him at Frankfurt he played both positions.
He can score from both positions. He even scored more from the deeper position, because how he scored this goal is one of his biggest strengths, coming with a dynamic, going to the edge of the box with an amazing finish, and he scored most of the goals in this way.
So, yes, I think for every player coming to a new club, new environment, new teammates, new league, it takes a little bit. Daichi is also such a great guy and so hard-working, and he deserved this goal, and we all could see how he was celebrating it - it felt like tonnes of weight falling down from his shoulders - and we need the players with confidence, because to perform in the best way, you need confidence.
"Sometimes being unlucky is lucky"
Let's say that sometimes being unlucky is lucky, because he [Daniel Muñoz] was injured after 15 or 20 minutes against Liverpool. It was a small injury, but the result was that he couldn't play for Colombia in the international break, so you can't cheat your body. The body says ‘hey, I have to rest!’
It showed that it was a small injury, so he got 10 days rest in rehab here, no team training, no games, and this was so important for him, because he had a long season playing, a long tournament for Colombia, a short holiday, 10 days' pre-season, and then playing, playing, playing.
One of his biggest strengths is that he is dynamic, he's running up and down, and he almost had an assist against Tottenham, he got an assist at Villa, and maybe this 10-day rest helped him to get into better shape again.
"They have a lot of quality players"
First of all, I think [Wolves] are a really good team. In the last game they were very close to getting the win, they scored many goals. They scored two at Brighton, very often they score two goals, but they concede three.
They have a lot of quality players, especially in their attacking, with [Jørgen] Strand Larsen, with [Matheus] Cunha, with all the midfielders, [Nélson] Semedo from the right. They play a very attacking style, really playing quick, they have pace, so this makes them dangerous, regardless if they have a win or not.
Yes [they are a dangerous side], because we played them in the USA. We won 3-1, but to be honest, I think we could or should have lost this game, because their players were really amazing.
Then I was surprised, but of course, yesterday I just saw the results, I never watched any of their games, because we have to watch our games and we have to prepare for our opponents.
Yesterday our analysts showed it to us. I just got confirmation that they are really doing well, they play nice football, playing very aggressively, but on the other side, the way they are playing gives you some space, and when you use this space, you can score goals - this is what we want.
"Never losing our confidence"
Of course, every win helps to increase your confidence, but it's more important also in the way you do it. The Tottenham game was a competitive game for both teams. Being on the same level and competitive with Tottenham gives you confidence.
We also saw in the last game: the Nottingham Forest game was close, who scored the goal would win, and against Liverpool we were able to be competitive - especially in the second-half.
All of this led to us never losing our confidence. Yes, if you don't get the results, you struggle, you suffer, but we could see that we created chances, that we are always able to score goals, even if we didn't score at Nottingham and against Liverpool.
Again, we increased the attacking speed, we went more direct, forward, and this helps us to create more situations, get more finishes, and if we have more finishes, especially in the box, it increases the chance to score goals, so it's simply mathematics.
"Big respect"
Once again, big respect for [Adam Wharton], for playing so many weeks with pain, and always doing it for the team, because it's not so nice if you have to take painkillers and always feel some pain.
He was always here at 08:30 in the morning and leaving at 17:00 in the afternoon, so it’s really a great effort for the team, but it's now to get pain free, and therefore he needs it, and if everything goes how we expect, he should be back quite soon.
Then, he will have a good recovery, and I'm sure he will play in the same way he did, because he's a great player.
He's still young, he's ambitious. We have a very tight programme, especially after the international break, and now with the Carabao Cup, so I think I counted eight games between 30th November and 29th December – so Merry Christmas!