Hey Lads was having a heated discussion with my mates over who u would rather have on your team, me being a newcastle fan am delighted in having gordon and think he has been exceptional for newcastle at the start of the season and really had a breakthrough u21’s euros with england and was arguably their best player in the tournament. However haven’t seen enough of cole palmer to really intrigue me is a great talent for sure and my friends were adamant he is better than gordon but want to get second opinions on it.
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Gordon now but palmer has a ton of potential aswell he’s only just started to play so we haven’t seen him yet and what he can do consistently. Eddie has got Gordon playing really really well though
It’s a question if you prefer the fast and direct or calculated and slow approach. I’m a biased Newcastle fan but I do prefer my wingers direct. Wish we bought both lol
Tbf Palmer doesn’t have the physical speed of Gordon but he’s actually been really direct for Chelsea, He usually does it more with his passing but he can dribble too as that chance he made for himself dribbling through the middle of Man City on Sunday shows.
Think Palmer has actually been more of a central player than winger so far as well so I don’t think they’re the right players for comparison either. They could play together in a hypothetical 11, and may end up doing so for England in the future.
Palmer is a lot more “silky” and technical in his dribbling. So personally, I prefer Palmer.
Horses for courses as already alluded too.
For us Palmer was the better fit as we’re rightly or wrongly hoping Mudryk eventually becomes the fast, direct winger.
The one that got called up for England
i’d prefer palmer too but by that logic you’d prefer Henderson over Ward-Prowse?
Question is between Palmer and Gordon, not Henderson and Ward-Prowse. I’d answer differently otherwise.
They are both two completely different styles of player, Gordon uses his pace really well while Palmer is the better technical player.
Palmer is on penalties. No brained for me
Do people here actually watch football? How can anyone who’s watched Gordon this season say pace is his only attribute? He’s skilful, technically excellent and has a good eye for a pass, as well as working extremely hard defensively. On this seasons form there’s not many wingers in the world I’d swap him for.
He’s been the one constant threat we’ve had this season through all the injuries. Brilliant player.
Thank you. This is exactly the comment i was looking for . Yes Gordon has pace , but he’s really really good on the ball , gets into the right positions and can put a dangerous through ball in when needed. As far as the comparison goes , both r young and talented , but it’s too early to draw a comparison between them
If he took penalties like Palmer did he could be on 8 or 9 goals
Cole Palmer is getting a lot of praise for being a pen merchant. I can’t work out if it’s over hype or the British pundits and media doing their usual “build ‘em up to drag em down” stunt.
If you watch us play you’d see that’s not the case, for example the first half against Brentford everything basically went through him and we should’ve gone into HT with the lead. He gets plaudits because he’s good a people, you then get lazy people like yourself who just assume he scores penalties hence the plaudits.
Plus considering Bruno was getting similar plaudits when he first joined for the same thing as you’re suggesting it wouldn’t then be a British thing.
It’s nothing to do with penalties, take out all his goals and he’s still been Chelsea’s best player since he joined
It’s not his goals he is being praised for watch football with your eyes he is a creative spark for our team and already has 4 assists
Gordon has a fucking annoying face.
Cole Palmer
I hate Gordon so palmer by the process of elimination
Jacob Ramsey is better then both of rhem
Palmer. Although Gordon is a crack of a player, love his tenacity. Palmer oozes confidence and is very smooth. He’s gonna be a star they both are
It depends on what your team needs.
For Newcastle I think Gordon is a much better fit because we play with that high tempo high press system that suits Gordon perfectly.
For England, I can see why Palmer’s been selected ahead of Gordon, because we need someone who can slot into that #10 type role in the absence of Madison and Bellingham. If those 2 were fit and the injuries had been to wide players (especially on the left) then we might have seen Gordon get a callup instead
Palmer is one of the best pressers i’ve seen. he’s not that athletic but he seems to create a chance solely through his own pressing intelligence at least once a game.
But i do agree they’re different players and this is kind of a silly comparison
Palmer is the better footballer for sure.
Strange to say that with so much confidence, if Gordon had taken like 5 penalties too I feel like it wouldn’t even be a discussion