Cole Palmer\u2019s troubles can no longer claim to be temporary. He\u2019s now been struggling for more than a year. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n 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 Cole Palmer missed a penalty for Chelsea in their defeat yesterday, and he continues to look like a broken player. Mentally and physically he\u2019s so far from where he\u2019s been.<\/p>\n For a while this season everyone blamed it on his injury \u2013 but that was to ignore that the decline had continued for a while. Of course he didn\u2019t turn bad overnight \u2013 but after an amazing 18 months he had an average 6 months, and the last few weeks have been truly terrible.<\/p>\n Palmer\u2019s drop off for Chelsea has been stark \u2013 you can almost draw an exact halfway point in his time at Stamford Bridge for where it all went wrong.<\/p>\n As Lloyd Canfield pointed out for the Sun, Palmer had 37 goals and bagged 21 assists in his first 66 games for the Blues, taking him through Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s season and midway into Enzo Maresca\u2019s. That\u2019s an insane 58 G\/A in 66 games.<\/p>\n In the 61 games since, he\u2019s got 16 goals and 10 assists. That\u2019s 26 G\/A. So he\u2019s less than half as productive as he was.<\/p>\n Palmer looks totally broken and has done for a while \u2013 the question is what comes next for the attacker.<\/p>\n Caretaker Calum McFarlane keeps protecting his players, and we\u2019re really not sure why.<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\nPalmer has now been poor for as long as he was good<\/h2>\n
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