{"id":376208,"date":"2026-04-05T11:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/376208\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T11:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:52:08","slug":"long-time-coming-cole-palmer-speaks-out-after-being-named-chelsea-captain-with-worrying-admission-he-can-finally-shoot-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/376208\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Long time coming!&#8217; &#8211; Cole Palmer speaks out after being named Chelsea captain with worrying admission he can &#8216;finally shoot again&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beyond the goals and creativity, Rosenior was quick to point out the defensive work rate Palmer displayed while wearing the armband. In a game where Chelsea were dominant from start to finish, the captain did not let his standards slip at the back. The manager added: &#8220;Cole is happy about it. Cole is a player in big moments who can win you games. But if you watch the game today with Cole or with Joao [Pedro], they are tracking back, they are chasing back into their own box. Pedro was making tackles in his own box. You have to go back to basics. I felt the players in terms of the fundamentals of the game today were very, very good and Cole led by example.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whether Palmer retains the armband for the upcoming clash against Manchester City remains to be seen, but his performance against Port Vale has certainly staked a claim. With Chelsea entering the business end of the season and an FA Cup semi-final on the horizon, a fully fit Palmer wearing the captain\u2019s armband could be the difference-maker. The focus now shifts to whether the England star can maintain this physical momentum as the Blues prepare for a daunting run of fixtures in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beyond the goals and creativity, Rosenior was quick to point out the defensive work rate Palmer displayed while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[144909,4027,180497,29018,85,46,2619,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-376208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-c-palmer","9":"tag-chelsea","10":"tag-chelsea-vs-port-vale","11":"tag-fa-cup","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-premier-league","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}