Strikes me Palmer is a 'Marmite' character, as there are clearly a number of irreconcilables on here who will never be convinced. I have always been a fan - old fashioned tricky midfielder. But yesterday he was involved closely in both goals. It was his flick that caused chaos in the defence leading to the hasty clearance that ended up with Sheaf for the first. In the end to end move that led to the second, he was in an inside left position to play the continuity role, then turned up at outside right to fire in the centre.
He was a bit of a 'dandy dan' when he arrived but the coaching team have helped him become a more solid participant.
He occupies a difficult position as a squad player. You want squad players to be good enough for the first team but at the same time, by definition, they are not good enough to be first choice in the first team. To have such a skilled player in that position in the squad is good news.