steveybadger Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 17 minutes ago, Ivorguy said: All a matter of opinion Of course you're wrong though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 28 minutes ago, ollywhyte said: Why didn't the free kick go in Had a fiver on us and Man United winning 3-1. £1,200 return Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 So much more direct and purposeful than Pato. Stronger and more effective in possession and much better vision. Really good game today - exciting stuff and I hope he can keep it up. Dack must have been amazing to keep Palmer out of that central position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 87 Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 1 hour ago, BobBobSuperBob said: Yes You weren’t overly impressed with the signing if I remember rightly Bob? Do you think he’s shining now he’s being played in his preferred position? Seemed to struggle at Blackburn as second fiddle to Bradley Dack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsince1994 Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, Alessandro said: So much more direct and purposeful than Pato. Stronger and more effective in possession and much better vision. Really good game today - exciting stuff and I hope he can keep it up. Dack must have been amazing to keep Palmer out of that central position. Not even sure its worth comparing KP and Pato. As much as I like Pato and have fairly constantly defended him and believed much of his criticism has been unwarranted, Palmer seems to be a class above. We shall see if he can maintain this level of performance, but has been the best player on the pitch by some distance every minute he has played so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, redsince1994 said: Not even sure its worth comparing KP and Pato. As much as I like Pato and have fairly constantly defended him and believed much of his criticism has been unwarranted, Palmer seems to be a class above. We shall see if he can maintain this level of performance, but has been the best player on the pitch by some distance every minute he has played so far. Only comparing because Pato came up and ultimately...they are the two competing for that position behind Famara. At the moment i'd pick Palmer over Pato. At the moment, i'd probably also pick any of COD, Weimann and Eliasson on the wings too. Will be interesting to see if Pato comes straight back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjak Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 44 minutes ago, ollywhyte said: Why didn't the free kick go in Had a fiver on us and Man United winning 3-1. £1,200 return Whoooa!.........bad luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man in the middle Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 He’s brought that little sparkle that was missing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishRed Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 12 minutes ago, Alessandro said: So much more direct and purposeful than Pato. Stronger and more effective in possession and much better vision. Really good game today - exciting stuff and I hope he can keep it up. Dack must have been amazing to keep Palmer out of that central position. Although from reports Bradley Dack maybe a bit of a txxt - he is a pretty good football player. I can only imagine that Blackburn took KP as they may have thought Dack was on the way out to something bigger and better, otherwise a strange decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 Hopefully he’s the inventive attacking midfielder we’ve lacked for many years. All of our attacking mids are similar players. They are all good players who have a good touch around the box, but they all lack vision and a ‘creative’ pass. Hopefully KP provides that extra guile and vision to create an opening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 Fantastic tonight but are we allowed one tiny, tiny criticism? Twice could have played Eliasson in for an easier finish, and once O'Dowda. Didn't matter tonight, but on another day might. Tiny criticism because he was amazing to watch and looks like an incredible signing . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalcub Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 1 hour ago, formerly known as ivan said: Funny how things work out. He couldn’t get a look in at what is arguably a worse Blackburn side than us! But they have dack who plays a similar role and is one of the best talents in the championship , their loss is our gain .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrytheb Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 47 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: No need to try and provoke people is there? For every Palmer there’s a Woodrow, an Adam Matthews & a Diony....and it’s ‘of’ not ‘in’ and it’s ‘Johnson’s’.... There's also a Webster, Brownhill, O'Dowda & Abraham! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WayOutWest Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 He was fantastic. Strange thing is, he looked sharp but also just lacking in a touch of quality on the ball. What i mean by that is, his touch was at times a little heavy as he passes players, with consummate ease I should also add. There was a bloke complaining on Facebook about the fact he was brought off. I don't think he has had many minutes on the pitch at Blackburn. He has come in and firmly staked his claim on the starting 11. Even though he was that good tonight, I feel there is more to come. Perhaps a run of 5 games and watch out Championship He will be a difference maker. Very, very impressed. Stevo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, arrytheb said: There's also a Webster, Brownhill, O'Dowda & Abraham! I know, just didn’t see the point in @DaveInSA trying to pick a fight after another great win.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 Exactly what we have been missing home games. This run , while being great rest;lts wise, has been hard to enjoy. Palmer added more intent, and forward running, more purpose and more support for Fam. He was better than I'd hoped after his cameos, add an excellent performance from Morrell, all in all a very good night. I walked out with a large smile on my face, very leasing performance , just missing a few more goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INCRED Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 It was good to leave at the end and feel entertained by our team, KP has a lovely touch, and some of his play was top class tonight. He is starting to click with a few players and is being given the ball in the right areas and affecting the game which is giving others a chance to show their flair. Impressive signing so far and if we can add a too quality striker then the next few months could be quite interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allwaysred Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 CP was outstanding and a few other great performances, another professional performance after the early set back and credit to Bolton to keep going they chucked everything at us at the end. Intresting to see Robbie Keane @ AG two games on the spin obviously watching COD again and certainly didn't disappoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 1 hour ago, JonDolman said: Gutted to have missed today. Did Palmer play just behind Diedhiou or in the slightly deeper Paterson role? Yes, thought we were more 4411 than 4141 tonight and with Bolton being far more adventurous it was a cracking game. 32 minutes ago, redsince1994 said: Not even sure its worth comparing KP and Pato. As much as I like Pato and have fairly constantly defended him and believed much of his criticism has been unwarranted, Palmer seems to be a class above. We shall see if he can maintain this level of performance, but has been the best player on the pitch by some distance every minute he has played so far. The difference is Palmer will play the quicker pass. The Palmer we are seeing is a maturer (as a footballer) version than the bright player I remember at Huddersfield and he does little things like roll his marker so easily, because not only does he gave great touch but he uses his strength well. You can see other players benefitting from him, because he commits his man and drags someone else’s marker towards him. Johnson said he wanted to bring a player in who improved other players - Palmer is it. He deserved a goal tonight. He has Tomlin’s touch, a turn of pace, and maintainable pace to go with purposeful closing down. If a month ago I thought we’d finish 10-12th, I suddenly feel this is the guy who not only can keep us close to the fringe of the play-offs, but actually take us into it. Bold statement, but he is exactly what you need if you’re gonna play tight at the back with Pack holding and one up top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 47 minutes ago, Red Army 87 said: You weren’t overly impressed with the signing if I remember rightly Bob? Do you think he’s shining now he’s being played in his preferred position? Seemed to struggle at Blackburn as second fiddle to Bradley Dack. No - not wildly Always had good technique but never influenced games enough when I’ve seen him - ‘pretty’ in some ways I did say I understood his signing as in type / style and I thought the success would depend on how he settled and fitted in here His debut couldn’t have been scripted better and set his loan up Having said all that he’s impressed me far more than I hoped and I commented in another thread has impresssed me more in his cameos for us than I’ve seen him in his previous loans A good fit helped by a golden start - Just a note of caution - needs to keep his feet on the ground though (Not saying he won’t) and supporters not overly swoon over him - the permananent squad got us here- Let’s Not Over do the Palmer song and love in All good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric04 Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 Very impressive. He needs to switch on a bit when we haven’t got the ball but that will come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 No one has mentioned Diony since he kicked a ball for us so he must be doing OK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tin Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 Palmer showed real glimpses of class against a dreadful Bolton defence. He’s full of promise on the ball, but needs to work harder off it and on his positioning. I thought he left Diedhiou isolated at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keflav Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 Great performance from Palmer tonight, drove forward and went past players perhaps needs to get his head up a bit (if was being critical) needs to be in the team before Patterson every game that's for sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 That back heel in the second half was a joy to watch. Completely switched the angle of attack from down our right to central and had Bolton struggling to cover. I love the way he just seems to glide past players, it just seems to come naturally to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveInSA Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 9 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said: I know, just didn’t see the point in @DaveInSA trying to pick a fight after another great win.... @BS4 on Tour... i’m Not trying to pick a fight. some on this forum believe that we would be top of the league with a different manager. to elaborate on my post, something has changed in the transfer strategy. We have got quality players in on loan and perm deals over the last two windows. whether that is up to Johnson or not I cannot say, but something has happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 To be fair, it sounds like the lad is settling in well; to be fair. I had a listen of the 6 minute interview that was posted by City, to be fair, the one where KP said that his son has started singing along with his chant although, to be fair, he only sings the name and then stops, to be fair. So to be fair, it sounds like he is enjoying his football, to be fair. Apart from that, didn't learn much else from the interview, which is fair enough, to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolman Block B Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 Any chance of keeping this lad after his loan? Lights up the match, quality player, just what we need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Touch_my_butter Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 1 hour ago, DaveInSA said: @BS4 on Tour... i’m Not trying to pick a fight. some on this forum believe that we would be top of the league with a different manager. to elaborate on my post, something has changed in the transfer strategy. We have got quality players in on loan and perm deals over the last two windows. whether that is up to Johnson or not I cannot say, but something has happened. Are you trying to say that we didn’t get quality perm / loan deals before the last two windows? Abraham, Brownhill, Fam, COD, etc. don’t qualify? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 1 hour ago, DaveInSA said: @BS4 on Tour... i’m Not trying to pick a fight. some on this forum believe that we would be top of the league with a different manager. to elaborate on my post, something has changed in the transfer strategy. We have got quality players in on loan and perm deals over the last two windows. whether that is up to Johnson or not I cannot say, but something has happened. Fair enough, I appreciate the reply. If you’d have posted the above originally it wouldn’t have looked as though you were trying to provoke people, but your first post in this thread just seemed unnecessary.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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