ninjamonkey
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I can only assume you've quoted the wrong post there pal.
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Cole Palmer
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balotelli's back pocket
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Quite aside from anything else, I find it hilarious how he went to Chelsea and suddenly became the best penalty taker in the world out of nowhere. He missed the only one he took for us in a friendly.
It's almost as though he had an inferiority complex at City, which he never did at Chelsea because frankly, they were shit when he arrived and he was instantly their best player.
He was starting to stake a claim here when he decided to go. He can say he never wanted to leave as many times as he wants - nobody forced him out the door and he's also admitted it was his agent who convinced him to move.
Personally, I think the club were blindsided by Chelsea's interest and by the time they realised what was happening, his head had been turned. With hindsight, they played it wrong.
They thought a loan was the wrong move and so they told him to stay or go, thinking they could either keep him or sell him to a Brighton or a West Ham with a buy back. When it became clear that Chelsea were the ones at the table, they maximised his value. But it was always a big risk letting a player of that quality go with no clause.
It's almost as though he had an inferiority complex at City, which he never did at Chelsea because frankly, they were shit when he arrived and he was instantly their best player.
He was starting to stake a claim here when he decided to go. He can say he never wanted to leave as many times as he wants - nobody forced him out the door and he's also admitted it was his agent who convinced him to move.
Personally, I think the club were blindsided by Chelsea's interest and by the time they realised what was happening, his head had been turned. With hindsight, they played it wrong.
They thought a loan was the wrong move and so they told him to stay or go, thinking they could either keep him or sell him to a Brighton or a West Ham with a buy back. When it became clear that Chelsea were the ones at the table, they maximised his value. But it was always a big risk letting a player of that quality go with no clause.
David White
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He’s mustard but didn’t get enough of a chance with us. Largely due to us having lots of good, fit players at their peak. He did well in my opinion in the limited time he played but he wanted to play so he left. Nothing we can do about it. Fair fucks to him.
Our academy is there to earn us money and so I expect we’ll see this happen again. Not often, because there aren’t many players that are that good, but maybe we’ll see a few. We’ll keep churning out players for £15 million to lower placed teams and championship clubs to fund the players identified to fit our system.
Of the current crop of O’Reilly, who I thought did well preseason, Wright, McAtee and Simpson-Pusey, they’re in the shop window. They’re in the squad because we don’t have anyone else.
Our academy is there to earn us money and so I expect we’ll see this happen again. Not often, because there aren’t many players that are that good, but maybe we’ll see a few. We’ll keep churning out players for £15 million to lower placed teams and championship clubs to fund the players identified to fit our system.
Of the current crop of O’Reilly, who I thought did well preseason, Wright, McAtee and Simpson-Pusey, they’re in the shop window. They’re in the squad because we don’t have anyone else.
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I think Pep could,, but I don't know why but it SEEMED from just a FAN looking in - that something didn't fit. It SEEMED that his cockiness may not have sat well....from an OUTSIDER... and of course Pep played..bloody hell he played 100's of games for Barcelona in midfield. This is a club that treasures mdfield players - you must be amazing to get a game in Barca's Midfield - even as a 'water carrier' as they called him... then..then Pep tops that by playing for one of greatest European int'l sides in Midfield ..close to 50 times..50 times!...It was all this playing experience i hoped Pep would use when analysing Palmer - he must have played alongside many players with big ego's or confidence ...why did this seem an issue...or did it? I don't know..but from the outside ..as nothing but a fan...seemed a bad moveExcept Pep?
BlueMonkey79
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For every Palmer there is a Phillips.
For every Haaland there is a Bony.
Shit happens. He's a very very good player. At least he's trying to put a dent in Liverpools title challenge, unlike our players!!!!
For every Haaland there is a Bony.
Shit happens. He's a very very good player. At least he's trying to put a dent in Liverpools title challenge, unlike our players!!!!
ChicagoBlue
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There sure is a lot of fanny wiping hindsight in here over Palmer! If we were playing well and putting away our chances, no-one would care that he’s doing well, but we are not, so we’ve suddenly started envying his good fortune.
Pass the wipes!!
Pass the wipes!!
balotelli's back pocket
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One thing I will say is, he's a silly boy to sign such a long contract. Chelsea will ask for a world record fee if anyone comes calling, and rightly so for what he gives them.
He was superb all the way through the game
We don't make many mistakes as a club, but letting Palmer go without a fight is now looking like a huge one... and I bet Pep privately admits it too
I think some fans need to realise that it's ok to admit that we can make mistakes and will do again
Plenty of people have lay in to the club, the manager and many players over the past number of weeks on this site. It's not like there hasn't been criticism.
Pep on Palmer; ‘We have Cole Palmer who is going to be an exceptional player. Cole has a special quality in front of the box, a talent that is difficult to find. When he has the ball there, most of the time it ends up in the net. It’s difficult to find that’.
Ffs. It was sarcasm.
Gabriel
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Some 530 pages of this thread were written before this season...There sure is a lot of fanny wiping hindsight in here over Palmer! If we were playing well and putting away our chances, no-one would care that he’s doing well, but we are not, so we’ve suddenly started envying his good fortune.
Pass the wipes!!