Cole Palmer

Scotty Doesn't Know said:
In what?
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Why must the Americans ruin everything...
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AnotherLondonManc said:
The Mount comparison is a little lazy imo. There are similarities there, both Chelsea POTYs, both coming off injuries before joining...

But that's largely anecdotal. They're different players and their situations have very little to do with eachother.

The main reason people were against the Mount signing at the time wasn't because of his injuries, it was because he wasn't particularly rated and had no obvious role in the team.

Assuming we only go for Palmer in the event Bruno leaves, Palmer will have a clear starting role, and nobody's confused about how he'll contribute to the team.

The injury needs to be addressed independently. Mount not working out has no bearing on whether Palmer will.
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It's not lazy but nice little dig. I would argue that it is incredibly lazy to read what I wrote and in bad faith condense it down to "Mason Mount comparison".
 
YikesSchmeics said:
It's not lazy but nice little dig. I would argue that it is incredibly lazy to read what I wrote and in bad faith condense it down to "Mason Mount comparison".
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Nobody's having a dig. I actually agree with most of what you said, but I've seen the Mount comparison come up a few times and I wanted to address that specifically
 
AnotherLondonManc said:
Nobody's having a dig. I actually agree with most of what you said, but I've seen the Mount comparison come up a few times and I wanted to address that specifically
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The Mason Mount comparison is not to do with role in the team. Although ETH did have a clear role - Mount and Bruno as 2 number 8s in front of Casemiro at 6. It ended up being shite, but it was clear.

The Mount comparison comes from the risk of given a big sum of money to a direct rival, and inheriting a player who is always injured.
 
NLunited said:
Hold on a minute, that‘s not always true.

There‘s plenty of examples of unhappy players doing well after they leave.

I‘m more concerned with having too many left footed players.
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Were you ever concerned about having too many right footed players?
I don't know United's squad in detail, but the only positions were it is (IMHO) important is FB and - depending on what you expect from them - wingers.
 
Would rather we try and get Moises out of Chelsea than this media-inflated ‘superstar’. I don’t think he’s nearly as good as every pundit and commentator try to make out week after week.
 
“And the soccer player number 7 has passed the ball forward into zone 10 where the wide receiver is ready to attack the 13 zone defence.. but before that we go to our 4th break of the first quarter. Back after these messages from our sponsors”
 
Acrobat7 said:
Were you ever concerned about having too many right footed players?
I don't know United's squad in detail, but the only positions were it is (IMHO) important is FB and - depending on what you expect from them - wingers.
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I should have been more specific. We have Amad and Mbeumo on the right, we don‘t need another player there.

His other spot is where Bruno plays.

I don‘t think we can afford such an expensive backup for Bruno, getting Palmer is therefore not feasible.
 
Would be an okay Bruno replacement if we decide to cash in. Bruno is the far superior player currently though, but I think it's a good thought for the near future.
 
Seems he would be best on the right. Feel he could be a bit lightweight or injury prone to be a main player at the front of a midfield like Bruno or Eriksen at Spurs. Reminds me of talk about Foden not being that type of player you'd want at front of the midfield.

Shame for Maddison with his injuries.
 
redshaw said:
The pocket between zone 15 and 18
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"The pocket between zone 15 and 18"?! Is that a quote from the communist manifesto or something?

We don't do that here. Here we salute the flag, support our troops and put soccer players neatly into a zone.
 
NLunited said:
I should have been more specific. We have Amad and Mbeumo on the right, we don‘t need another player there.

His other spot is where Bruno plays.

I don‘t think we can afford such an expensive backup for Bruno, getting Palmer is therefore not feasible.
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Ah, makes sense and I agree on the bolded. It's also why I find Bayern being mentioned so random, since it is the same story there.
They have Olise and Karl for the RW and Musiala as a 10. Palmer is too expensive for being a backup (same goes for Diamonde). Yes, Musiala has yet to reach his form again after that horrible inury and yes, he can play left wing in a Ribery manner, but that still doesn't make sense.
Real maybe, if they ship out Rodrygo.
 
Scandi Red said:
"The pocket between zone 15 and 18"?! Is that a quote from the communist manifesto or something?

We don't do that here. Here we salute the flag, support our troops and put soccer players neatly into a zone.
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American commentators can't go 5 minutes without mentioning a player in the pocket.
 
Marcus said:
My sense is that he is a fair weather player. Needs ideal conditions to succeed. No thanks. We need resilient ones at United.
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:lol: what?

Poch ball may be many things but "ideal conditions" wasn't one of them (well it may have been for other fans I guess).
 
Judas said:
Because no one is off limits for them to sell. They’re not a football club anymore, it’s just a buying and selling operation.
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Not buying it. Their business model might be questionable, but they didn't spend all that money just to sell the signings they actually managed to get right.

Only reasonable explanation for me is that they might be in financial trouble.
 
Dancfc said:
:lol: what?

Poch ball may be many things but "ideal conditions" wasn't one of them (well it may have been for other fans I guess).
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You sound like you really want to help Chelsea to sell him. Once bitten...
 
Marcus said:
You sound like you really want to help Chelsea to sell him. Once bitten...
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To be fair he had a point, which you didn't really address. Palmer isn't a fair weather player.
 
Meh. He's going to score 25 league goals next season.
 
Someone said:
I still don't get why would Chelsea sell to us one of their best players who's contracted forever.
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Unless it's because he's a crock and they know it, and they know how much we like to purchase permanently injured players.
 
Someone said:
I still don't get why would Chelsea sell to us one of their best players who's contracted forever.
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There are 3 reasons Chelsea would sell in this situation.

1. Palmer wants out and he forced Chelsea's hand

2. He's a body is done and Chelsea know he's cooked

3. United are so desperate for him they offer an almighty fee that Clearlake find impossible to turn down.

If a Palmer to United happens, in the next 12-18 months, I think it'll imo be 2 or 3.
 
Marcus said:
You sound like you really want to help Chelsea to sell him. Once bitten...
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If I was I'd be wasting my time here.

No chance Jim is coughing up what we'd demand in my opinion.
 
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