80 | Cole Palmer - 2022/23 Performances

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yankblue said:
Think Cole is on the cusp of becoming more of a first team 'regular'. The injury definitely set him back, but I think what he needs to truly make the jump is that definitive, quality performance in a first team start where he doesn't look out of place. Until then it'll be cup matches and sub appearances. That's how Phil finally broke in (I think against Spurs??) a few years back, Rico might have just had his against Liverpool. Hopefully he gets a shot and takes it soon.
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I think he'd already have had it if he was given regular time as a RW. He's often asked to play LW or centrally instead though. Genuinely think at this stage he'd be more effective than Mahrez. In fact, I *know* he would. He beats people for fun when on the right.
 
twosips said:
I think he'd already have had it if he was given regular time as a RW. He's often asked to play LW or centrally instead though. Genuinely think at this stage he'd be more effective than Mahrez. In fact, I *know* he would. He beats people for fun when on the right.
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That's a good point that I missed, he's almost exclusively been played out of position this year. I don't doubt for a second he'd have been more useful then Riyad on the RW. I'm guessing Pep is trying to play Mahrez into form but I wonder how long his patience will last?
 
yankblue said:
Think Cole is on the cusp of becoming more of a first team 'regular'. The injury definitely set him back, but I think what he needs to truly make the jump is that definitive, quality performance in a first team start where he doesn't look out of place. Until then it'll be cup matches and sub appearances. That's how Phil finally broke in (I think against Spurs??) a few years back, Rico might have just had his against Liverpool. Hopefully he gets a shot and takes it soon.
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His injury definitely set him back.

I think he’s had two of those performances where he doesn’t look out of place in our team this season. It wasn’t a start but he came on at half time against Copenhagen at home and ran their left back ragged. And he started against Liverpool at home in the EFL Cup and was excellent.

Neither particularly big games as they are early rounds of the Cup, but they were big games for Palmer and he was excellent in both.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
His injury definitely set him back.

I think he’s had two of those performances where he doesn’t look out of place in our team this season. It wasn’t a start but he came on at half time against Copenhagen at home and ran their left back ragged. And he started against Liverpool at home in the EFL Cup and was excellent.

Neither particularly big games as they are early rounds of the Cup, but they were big games for Palmer and he was excellent in both.
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Yes, I agree completely. I just posted on the main forum about the perception that Palmer appears to be a little bit overlooked by the manager and even the fans. He's hardly getting a mention as a genuine option to improve our wide play in the final third. He's 21 in a few months and you'd really hope that he starts to get a bit more meaningful game time soon. I still think he can be a star.
 
Ok - I have to say I’m not convinced by this lad at all ( hope I’m proved wrong - really do ).

There is no doubt he has all the ability required - but his application and decision making is not of the standard required.

And currently his work rate is way way below the level needed to be breaking into this Manchester City team on a regular basis.

He has to grasp his opportunities when they come along - and I’ve yet to seen him do that in the way Rico Lewis has
 
He’s a kid so his performances will be up and down. That being said, I am not seeing the progression that we expect. I don’t think he looks any better than he did 2 years ago.
 
At the moment, not convinced he's got what it takes to stake a claim here. Seems a loan to a PL side playing regular first team action might do him some good.
 
Talent is there, but he's got to perform better with the opportunities presented to him.

They may be out of position, and they may be scarce - but he's got to take them. That's the reality of it. Really rooting for him though
 
He has to be squaring that, not the first time this season either. Being a youngster and also being greedy( at all times) is not going to further his position in the squad as he'll start pissing off his senior team mates, not just Pep.
 
Several months ago, I said he's not a City level player and he's too tall to be a good winger. Then I was abused by many posters here for couple of days.

To be honest I still don't think he's good enough to be a first team regular player now. He just doesn't have that ability and hasn't made any progress since joining the first team.
 
Has all the talent in the world (genuinely) but his decision-making is consistently letting him down.

And that is one of the few things Pep will not suffer.

Hopefully he learns from those mistakes and begins to look to impress more by contributing to the team rather than via individual brilliance when he is given opportunities in the future.

If he doesn’t, as much as it pains me to say it, he’ll have to find his way elsewhere.
 
He needs to push on and provide some end product. Clearly very talented, but I feel it’s a case where he simply needs mens minutes. A loan would be good, imo.
 
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