Cole Palmer

It should be closed. There is nothing more to discuss on the matter. Everyone is a winner, apart from Chelsea who aren’t winning anything anytime soon.

Well fuck me. Another thread that needs to be closed because ..... reasons.

It's a discussion about a football matter on a general football forum. People don't like it, they can stay out of it.
 
His performances at City in the season before he left were pretty average although he was hampered by injury and being played out of position. The strengths he has shown for Chelsea were evident at EDS level. I'll admit I thought that quite a few of his goals at that level were due to poor keeping standards but I was wrong and he is the real deal.

His accurate and calm finishing would be a great weapon against the low blocks we frequently face and, if he had been able to show this form for us, he could have replaced KdB which is quite remarkable.

Injury, being played out of position and being given ten minute cameos in games being closed out. Not sure what he was expected to do in those circumstances that he didn't.

His talent has always been clear. He hasn't just developed into a great player at Chelsea. Yes, he has thrived in their system but, at the end of the day, Guardiola can be a stubborn bastard. His way or the highway.

A case of Guardiola "motivation" gone wrong, maybe. Anyway. Whatever. Good luck to the lad.
 
What (When people talk about how good he is) are we expecting from Palmer? That he is another Ronaldo? Or Hazzard? Is he going to turn out to be as good as De Bryune? Giggs?

I think he is still on a high, he is getting all the media plaudits, he has managed to secure first team regular football, absolutely nothing to trouble him at the moment he can just enjoy his football. And he is. Trouble is when things are not going well for him lets see what things are like. He has another side to his game,. an unachiveing side, he managed to do none of what he is doing now whilst at City, he had chances too. He could have shone like he is now and been even better on a bigger scale. But nothing, why? Why just now when he has moved clubs.

Maybe he couldnt have been as good at City?

Sorry if any of his fans get upset, I just dont think he is going to be good long term. But I dont mind being wrong, I like to see guys from wythenshawe doing well, quite a few of them now :)
 
But he's a young player that has to earn his spot, like Phil did, like many others do at clubs they come through. It's not like he was an established player yet when he left.

The club gave him the option to stay and prove himself at the best club in the league.

He opted not to, now he's at a lesser team with lesser players. That's absolutely fine. That's the route he took and he's playing very well. Shame he didn't have the belief his skills would cut it at the very best team and could become a big player for us no matter what.

For that reason, I'm not arsed we sold him.
Agreed

Hindsight is marvellous - and it would have been great had he stayed - but he would have had to wait longer to get the game time he's getting at Chelsea

We got an excellent price - at the time, although it might not seem that now

I'm sure there will be a number of our Academy lads who will make it big after they leave us - we will need to get used to it
 
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Easily a top 3 player in the world, arguably even EPL's best player.

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There’s bollocks then there’s big daft hairy bollocks. This is the latter and anybody thinking he’s top 3 in the world should not be able to access the internet as they obviously have some issues.
 
Catching up on the last pages has brought back the memory of hearing we were going to sell Georgi - £5m from memory.

I was just arriving in Manchester and pulled over to phone into the radio show that was discussing it

I lost it - moaning that there was no point as the experience of the previous years showed that we fuck up with spending the money anyway

Fuck me - as a fan base we had good reason to moan and call out incompetence back then - not so much now
 

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