Cole Palmer or Phil Foden?

lostinyorkshire said:
Foden > Palmer
Saka > Palmer

So unless he can play left he isn't getting an England game
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This is correct.

If you take away Palmer's penalties this season, he isn't even Chelsea's top scorer.

Those penalty goals have clouded a lot of peoples judgment on Palmer.

Scoring penalties shouldn't be taken for granted, but they shouldn't be used to judge a players performance over a season.

He is definitely deserving of a place in the England squad, but he shouldn't be even close to starting for England, assuming we have a fully fit squad.
 
Pick the players to play in their natural positions, with options from the bench if things need changing.

England teams in the past and present, try to accommodate players by playing some of them in an unnatural position.
Gerard... Lampard,,,typical examples, both great players for their clubs, but could not play together, both wanted to play in the same areas, and yet they were part of the golden generation, and were picked in the same team regularly, and it never worked.
Bellingham Foden must start, then it's a question of who else?
We will have good options from the bench, it's not the Midfield/Attack that bothers me, it's our defence :(
 
I actually think it's much more of a relevant question now than it was when the thread was first created. I'd still go Foden but it's close as to who's been better this season, especially as Palmer has been playing in a (relatively) struggling side.
 
Palmer has had a great season and deserves to be lauded.

But the comparison to Foden is absolutely laughable.

Palmer isn't anywhere near the level of Foden and isn't close to him.

Can Palmer reach the current heights Foden is at? Quite possibly.

But Foden is still improving and getting better, so Palmer will have to improve hugely to get close to Foden.

Foden will start for England in the summer - rightly so. Palmer will be on the bench - rightly so.
 
At the time of making this thread and for the last few seasons I always thought Foden had the talent but had shackles on his feet, in the last 3 or 4 months in particular he's definitely gone on another level.
 
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