It’s time handy out some extra flowers to Chelsea’s talisman Cole Palmer, as if he doesn’t have already got a backyard stuffed with them.
I bear in mind being sat within the pub at Stamford Bridge simply over a yr in the past with lads like Luke Rushbrook and Rob Pratley, and naturally Charlie as you guys may bear in mind from this web site. And the information got here out that Chelsea had been signing Cole Palmer from Manchester Metropolis. Myself and Luke had been buzzing about it.
I then noticed a variety of negativity from some Chelsea followers on-line criticising the signing. I discovered that very odd. I believed it to be a unbelievable signing and I rated Palmer loads at the moment.
However even at that time, I by no means imagined him to have the affect that he had final season. If not for Cole Palmer final season, Chelsea wouldn’t have completed anyplace close to as excessive as they did. Fairly actually, take Palmer’s targets and assists out, and we might have been nowhere. He very a lot was a Chelsea talisman. He carried the staff on many events loads like a major Eden Hazard did.
Cole Palmer in 23/24:
⭐️MOTM v Arsenal
⭐️MOTM v Tottenham
⭐️MOTM v Man Metropolis
⭐️MOTM v Fulham
⭐️MOTM v Newcastle
⭐️MOTM v Everton
⭐️MOTM v Man Utd
⭐️MOTM v West Ham
⭐️MOTM v Burnley
⭐️MOTM v Sheffield Utd x2
⭐️MOTM v Brentford
⭐️MOTM v Palace
⭐️MOTM v Luton
⭐️MOTM v Forest
⭐️MOTM v Brighton
⭐️MOTM v Bournemouth
🏆POTM April
🏆GOTM April
🏆Chelsea Participant of the Yr
🏆Chelsea Gamers’ Participant of the Yr
🏆Premier League’s Younger Participant of the Season
🏆PFA Premier League Followers’ Participant of the Yr
🏆PFA Younger Participant of the Yr
🥈Euro 2024 Runner Up
⭐️Ballon D’Or Nomination 2024
- 27 Targets, 16 Assists in All Comps (Together with Euro 24).
That is true madness! Completely unbelievable.
His trajectory has been mad. One yr on, he’s simply represented England on the Euros (ought to have been beginning each sport too), and now, he’s simply been nominated for the 2024 Ballon d’Or, which everyone knows is a big achievement simply to get nominated.
Palmer solely turned 22 in Could, however he’s now flying in the direction of turning into an elite world class participant.
I don’t even have any fears when he drops a few dangerous performances, as a result of you understand he has an elite mentality and totally backs himself. His confidence is so excessive and I can’t ever see that dropping. His mentality is precisely what we want in our gamers. The best way he all the time confidently steps as much as convert penalties in excessive pressured conditions is superb.
I’ve really watched on this final yr watching Palmer play in pure amazement and sometimes shock. I rated him extremely this time final yr, however even I’ve been shocked at how effectively he has achieved, I didn’t anticipate that, at the least to not be as impactful and influential as quick as he was.
He has come alongside SO far in such a small period of time, it’s exceptional. We’re fortunate to have Palmer as a Chelsea participant and now we’re even luckier this season that he can share the burden of targets and assists with the standard assault now we have assembled (bar a real and prolific 9). Palmer had a lot weight (not actually) to hold on his shoulders final season I’m not shocked his muscle groups are a bit fatigued proper now. Not less than that weight could be shared this season.
I run out of phrases to say about Palmer and he’s actually costing me loads in flowers from the store! However lengthy might his rise to the highest proceed, and I’m so happy he has obtained the worldwide recognition of Ballon d’Or and likewise, folks copying his celebration around the globe – that’s a testomony to the affect he’s had on soccer alone.
There can be bumps, no person is a miracle employee. He can’t be a 9/10 each sport. We should anticipate that and never an excessive amount of from a 22-year-old. However together with his confidence and pure high quality, I’ve little doubt that I can be as soon as once more writing this text subsequent yr saying how his trajectory has grown EVEN extra!
