Pep Guardiola’s Honest Opinion on Cole Palmer? Joleon Lescott Reveals 

100% agree with you ,, this is my 1st time to see him speak in length & for me he's already better than 90% of the pundits I watch on TV.

Was just thinking the same .

What was “cracking” about a simple pass which was behind Watkins 💀

​@lukeyduke8877 lol, troll. Palmer came on and made a decisive pass that cut through the defence and led to the only goal in open play that England scored. Something that Foden, Bellingham, Mainoo and the rest of them couldn't do for 89 minutes. 💀💀💀 England would've had to go to penalties or worse, been out of the tournament if it wasn't for him. Great finish by Watkins too.

@@funktionalitee Some fans can be silly, doesn't take much to appreciate the input of a player. But bigotry has eaten so deep into football that fans barely speak the truth anymore.

I think it's fair to point out that Foden or any of our other 10s/wingers are equally capable of picking that pass, so to praise Cole is fair because he was on the pitch to do it, but some of the praise is a bit over the top considering the pass itself was a relatively easy one to see and to execute. Watkins' movement and finish were world class though, so it's a bit strange to single out Palmer for his role because Watkins still had so much more to do to score. All that said, I think the thing to focus on is that we're absolutely blessed to have players of this quality to come off the bench and I think that's why we have a good chance tonight! 🤞

@@billybobthornton9668great goal in the final too

Why did you have to mention that?

@@dnnyc-cg2fc why did you have to say that?

@@dnnyc-cg2fc why did you have to comment on my post?

@@niallmaca5670 Why did you comment on RU-vid?

@@dnnyc-cg2fc because I live in a democratic society and this is RU-vid. Who are you? Why are you interacting with me? It’s not something I sought?

Yeah, Foden missed all those runs in behind that Kane made for him :) c'mon bro. Atleast Palmer had Watkins making runs. Bellingham & Foden have to play with Kane, who does none of that.

I hate City and Chelsea in equal measure so no bias from me. However do you really think Foden staying at City has hindered him in anyway??? He is like 24 and has like 5 or 6 league titles and just won the best player in the premier league. Palmer and Foden is not a comparison because Palmer plays on the right and Foden doesn't. The person Palmer is competing with is Bernardo Silva and in my opinion Bernardo Silva is probably the most underrated player in the premier league. Bernardo Silva in my opinion is also City's second most important player behind Rodri the work he does behind the scenes and its proven by how much he plays. I have seen Bernardo Silva play as a left back which is insane. The guys football brain and workrate is off the charts and I think when he leaves people will realise how good he was and how vital he has been. As a Arsenal fan I love Bernardo Silva and if you offered me any two City players it would be Rodri and then Bernardo Silva. Palmer is a great player and has proven it now but he has to play and unfortunately he wasnt going to. The move was a win/win bar City should have got a lot more money as they sold him for almost what Newcastle paid for Lewis Hall.

@1987simple1987 Your 'reply' to my comment has nothing to do with my comment. That said, Palmer does not play on the right for Chelsea... He's the #10... Madueke plays on the right. Sure, Pochettino tried moving Palmer there so he could have Gallagher as the #10, but he finally gave up at the end of the season and left Palmer to play as the #10.

@@MuhammadImHardBruceLee This is nonsense Pakmer played on the right almost all of last season because Chelsea switched to a back 5 and used only 2 midfielders in Enzo and Caicedo and then when Enzo got injured they bought in Gallagher. Go an dlook at Chelsea right wingers Madueke is the only one and he only started 13 games all season. According to sofascore Palmer played 23 games on the right and only 6 as a 10.

@1987simple1987 I watched 35 Chelsea league games last season, and multiple cup games. A starting lineup does not match what happens on the pitch... That said, at no point did Chelsea play with a back five last season. Afyer Enzo's injury, he was replaced in the starting lineup by Madueke... This moved Palmer to starting at #10, Madueke to starting on the right, and Gallagher to starting as a #8 pivot. I refuse to take Chelsea lessons from an Arsenal fan who relies on website data.

I thinks heading up one of the youth ages

He is coaching

Chelsea fans are on the receiving end of his talent. Put him on the map for all to watch and enjoy.

You sound like someone who has scarcity mentality

He said "no, i want to leave" when he saw City signing Doku after Mahrez left.

​@@partingalanowhich is mad as Doku is left sided and Palmer doesn't play there. Palmer may have even got som serious game time given KDB was always injured. That said, the kid has thrived with the responsibility at Chelsea and leaving was definitely the best thing for his development, if not his trophy cabinet.

He probably could still hit over 20, Chelsea have the players to get at least 10 pens a seasons and him alone should be able to hit over 10 goals in open play

@@Youafool500yes a lot of games to play also in the Conference League 🐌🐌

He might be, Palmer was class despite getting limited opportunity

@@Rahat-cg8rv Cole Palmer is 22 yrs old. At 22, Johan Cruyff was revolutionizing football. I believe he invented the "Cruyff Turn" earlier. So NO! he might not be the rebirth of Cruyff. It has been 60 years since England barely won a world cup. Since then, the rest of the world has moved on whilst England remained in their bubble. Sad!!! Cole Palmer is a good player - End of!

No correlation whatsoever. Your the one talking about Cruyff ! ‘I believe’ he invented the cruyff turn! Nah that was maradona mate. You American? Scottish maybe. Anyway If palmer wasn’t held back at city whose to say he wouldn’t have emulated Cruyff.

These days even mid table teams have excellent players. The competition is so tight and games can be decided by one mistake. That means when a player excels on their first real season of football. They have a chance of developing into something special. Palmer is exceptional and he will be a huge player in future.

Are you actually saying that cole palmer has better vision than paul Scholes

He's a talented lad but you can't be disrespecting Scholes.. let Cole prove it over a solid few seasons before saying that

@@Tails7212 Nah, saw them both play at 18, both are so alarmingly similar. He has that no other fucker sees it pass that changes the geometry of play. Scholes, Bergkamp and Cole are the only players I have ever seen do it more than once in a game. Mark my words. He is the dog's bollocks. 100% genuine freakish level of vision

@@Alex-ng6wx both at 18. Yes.

I agree. Even Pep can underestimate a players potential, and no one thought Cole would do what he did.

@@ouhutra that’s what i’m saying, it’s fair enough to let him go cus he didn’t think he was capable of this but to say he knew how good he was is just a lie whether he said it or not

Different team and system, everything went through palmer at Chelsea, the same as grealish for villa

Non penalty g/a per 90 23/24 PL : KDB - 1.03 Foden - 0.85 Palmer - 0.83 Pep knew Palmer was the third best 10 at the club.

@@TP-pq9xx kdb and foden could play a simple pass through to haaland and he’d finish it, palmer had jackson… also palmers goals came from him doing something from nothing whereas kdb or foden could just sit in the space behind haaland and finish chances. I’d love to see their xg and xa im sure palmers is way lower for goals and way higher for assists

yes yes yes... ok, take Mourinho and good luck

We did not win the double, he didn’t say we did, I was there, and City were shambolic. However, I can appreciate the good times while they’re here. Winning any trophy never gets old 🏆 🏆🏆🏆

Did utd ever buy well recently? So many questions 🤡

@@lukeyduke8877 i got 115 questions about citeh

@@lukeyduke8877kid stick to fifa, and 115 fc. You were probably born after 2005.😂

City won a treble with the European Super Cup, Club World Cup and PL

He's got a way higher ceiling than KDB. We've already seen KDB's prime and he was good. But Palmer in his first season at Chelsea has played way better than KDB did in his prime.

@@McFlashh non penalty g/a per 90 23/24 PL : KDB - 1.03 Palmer - 0.83 Palmer was in no way better than KDB last season

@bonview1449 You clearly do not understand that 'ice to Eskimo' saying. No saying actually applies to Palmer... No one saw him improving that quickly. The exact same thing happened with KDB, who quickly reached his potential after Chelsea sold him to Wolfsburg.

At the end of it all life balances out everything. We lost KDB and gained Palmer. City gained KDB and lost Palmer.

Palmer wasn’t beating out haagland or Alvarez point blank. He was stuck on depth chart Cole knew it So asked out. Cityvis one of few teams if you ask they will accommodate if they find a team that matches city valuation for a player. He wasn’t going to see much time on pitch in city look what a good season st on he had at Chelsea. A middling team trying to make it way back into top four conversation but they are a ways from that. A lot of players play great without expectations of winning every match in tight title race. Coming through in title races show your character or lack of character.

@blackwidowsm 1. This is emotional thinking, not logical thinking... You actually sound as if you must be a City fan, which is weird as you only have to look to KDB. 2. Chelsea missed out out on the top four due to some horrendous coaching and dropping a lot of points at home against teams in the bottom six. 3. You are absolutely wrong to say that Alvarez, Doku and Grealish have more character... They simply have more opportunity to play. 4. Winning the title race is rarely about one player. That said, players like Grealish has never 'come through' in a title race, he's been carried to winner's medals. 5. Does the following not show character: Leaving your club for opportunity to play, moving cities at a relatively young age, forcing your way into new team, scoring late penalty against former team, 20+ goals and 10+ assists, missing zero penalties, making Euro 2024 squad in first season as a starter (beating Grealish), assist in Euro 2024 semi-final, goal in Euro 2024 final. If that doesn't show the young man's character, then nothing will.

You are 100% wrong here... He wanted to stay, but he wanted to play, Pep said you wont play. So then he wanted to leave.

@@esinach you just agreed with me. He wanted to stay. This wasn’t highlighted by Lescott.

@@rumoursofwar4624 By that metric you are also wrong, because you said "he didnt want to leave"... Yes he did after he was told he wasnt going to play.

@@esinach or we are both right which would make more sense given what happened but feel free to keep arguing with yourself.

@@rumoursofwar4624 You're the one arguing, I just corrected you and stated what actually happened. You and Lescott were both half right. If that makes you feel better?

Including @rayzen9534

Quit playing, sir

Josep who is the influence behind every team in the premier league trying to play out from the back

@@frankgeniusza1524 cry

Known doper who then dopes his teams to win and needs world class talent to work with. Cheque book pass and move merchant

Clown 🤡