Why Palmer could be the Solution to Jackson wild runs and shooting Malfunction
When Jackson joined, we did a detailed article of his strength and weakness. The strength was his ability to drop deep and pick balls, his ability to play on the defenders shoulder plus his work rate. Poch attested this week when he said it's difficult finding a striker of these qualities. Which is true. His biggest weakness however was and still is finishing at long range and tight angles.
This kind of players thrive with fast thinking, fast passing players around then who can hold and immediately relay passes to half spaces they are running too. This is why in pre season, the combination of Nkunku and Jackson was mouth watering.
Jackson himself is a reflection of this style of play as you'd see him lay fast, one two passes to on-rushing mudryk on half spaces in a number of matches this season.
Sterlings loves to run with balls more often blindly onto a wall of defenders and alway accustomed to holding the ball a second or two more.
Enzo at 10, biggest hinderance is the pace to move and find the next space. Even though his passing is magical, his inadequacy in moving shapes and spaces with pace makes it difficult for a player of Jackson to find the next space in a tightly marked spaces.
Palmer's other strength is the sharpness to turn and pass in tight spaces or finding an alternate perfectly weighted pass even when facing away from the goal. A number of times you see him weave defenders to their blind spots, dink short dribbles in contested spaces, shift defending shapes and then release a pass intelligently and accurately thereafter. This is what used to make Oscar a special talent during his time at chelsea. For Jackson who loves running and playing on the shoulders of defenders, this is your dream play maker.
Palmers ability to receive the ball in tight spaces and hold it without losing, even when marked by several defenders, creates spaces for other on- rushing attackers. This for our fast paced attackers and overlapping wingback. It's a master stoke that could get Jackson consistently scoring.
We are blues and let continue to believe in the team. This is ours and no matter what happens we should still love them.
Comments
That's why I look at those people who said Jackson is not good as people who haven't play football or know what is football
He is good, but still raw. With time he will learn to be a bit more calm on the ball and time his runs properly.
I've been saying Cole Palmer is as close to an Nkunku like player that could unlock the team
Now that Jackson is not coming deep,is he not scoring against the big teams? With the creative abilities of Palmer and upcoming Nkuku, Jackson has no business coming deep.When he doesn't come deep but scores plastic fans will start ranting about how de contributed nothing.Was he not hired only to score goals? Did we buy a playmaker from Villareal? Give Jackson a break and let's motivate our Boys.