80 | Cole Palmer - 2022/23 Performances

[FantasyIreland]

Perfect opportunity to play the kid where he does the most damage and where it would have built his confidence,instead he was deployed elsewhere.

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Just not happening at the moment

 

[jamesha]

Shame that he could not finish that chance in the first half. That would have given him confidence and maybe we would have seen more from him than we did.
I hope he can get time in his favoured position with a stronger team as playing in such a changed team could not have been easy.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

I was a bit disappointed last night, but more because it was a bit like watching Foden playing for England, and the occasional subtle pass being followed by 10 minutes of inactivity, as City seemed more intent on continually recycling the ball to Grealish and Mahrez,(which ultimately worked as Seville ran out of steam) than getting Palmer involved.
The Second Half was better, but by then, he was trying too hard.

I've still got high hopes, but hopefully with Palmer on the wing with Walker behind him, and De Bruyne inside.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I rate Cole highly but he’s not put a foot right since he came on as a sub a month or so back and refused to play the return ball to a better placed Alvarez. Cole didn’t seem to know what was expected of him last night and did a bit better in the second half when closing down and challenging defenders.

 

[tommybooth]

Never ease playing 10 defenders.

 

[SamBlue]

I rate Cole highly but he’s not put a foot right since he came on as a sub a month or so back and refused to play the return ball to a better placed Alvarez. Cole didn’t seem to know what was expected of him last night and did a bit better in the second half when closing down and challenging defenders.

He looked much better the very moment he was decoupled from Riyad on the right side.

 

[Norman kneejerk]

Unless I missed something I don't think Mahrez gave him the ball once which you'd expect playing next to him. Could it be Ryad was being an old pro and making sure he didn't shine too much as a rival for his spot ?

 

[blueparrot]

Unless I missed something I don't think Mahrez gave him the ball once which you'd expect playing next to him. Could it be Ryad was being an old pro and making sure he didn't shine too much as a rival for his spot ?

No.

 

[supercity88]

Too similar to Mahrez and with Rico playing inverted in the first half he didn't get the opportunity to do much. Very nearly scored and has such a great ability to turn and take people on. Would like to see him deployed wide right more though. The kid has buckets of talent and an eye for goal, he just needs to be a bit more patient and trust that chances will come. He seems to be trusted by Pep though - playing a more central role so early on in his career with us. He's definitely got the ability to play for us long term, but I see him being a winger initially.