{"id":1042,"date":"2026-04-26T13:25:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=1042"},"modified":"2026-04-26T13:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:25:05","slug":"mcfarlane-explains-his-tactical-plan-to-get-palmer-back-to-his-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=1042","title":{"rendered":"McFarlane explains his tactical plan to get Palmer back to his best"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Cole Palmer is Chelsea\u2019s key man, but he\u2019s not been at his best for a long time. Calum McFarlane has a plan to change that.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to TNT Sport ahead of today\u2019s FA Cup semi final, there was one subject Calum McFarlane was focused on: getting the best out of Cole Palmer, who has been struggling for consistent form for more than a year now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCole\u2019s a top talent, Cole can decide games at the highest level. He\u2019s already done that in his very short career. He\u2019s super talented, it\u2019s about getting Cole in the right position, and giving him the right amount of quality so that he can decide games of football, whether that be with his finishing or his final pass or his creativity, whatever that may be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you get those players, if you get Enzo Fernandez, Pedro Neto, Joao Pedro, in the right position, they can win games of football for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Caretaker explains tactical plan to get Cole Palmer back to his best<\/h2>\n<p>He\u2019s not wrong \u2013 but this would not have been new information for Liam Rosenior either. The question is, tactically, how the new man is going to get Palmer into positions and moments that his previous coach wasn\u2019t able to.<\/p>\n<p>You can see McFarlane speaking in the clip embedded here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chelsea interim boss Calum McFarlane says Cole Palmer can decide games at the highest level \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D67lyCtkHy\">pic.twitter.com\/D67lyCtkHy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/footballontnt\/status\/2048372376371405232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Chelsea boss McFarlane has promised his team will attack today \u2013 we hope they can produce a performance worthy of the shirt.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona are keen on a Chelsea player, but it\u2019s one of the few that the Blues are probably looking to hold onto.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! 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