“They’re both doing well. I think Lyle has got five now and Karlan three. The good thing for me is that they’ve learnt since the Accrington game, they are looking for each other and they are working in more of a partnership and we’ve got Igor (Vetokele) on the bench as well now. He got valuable minutes the other night for the U23s so there is competition and when there is competition everybody produces and does better because they have to so they stay in the side. They both realise that and they’re doing well so I’m happy with the way things are going with them at the moment.”
“All you can do is try and get them to realise what each other’s strengths are. The only way you can do that is to keep putting them in the same team (in training), like in small-sided games and things like that. (For example) If you are playing in games and Karlan is shooting, you know as the other striker he is going to shoot across the goal. Small little details but then you know you might have the chance of a tap-in from the keeper’s rebound. Small little things but they make big differences. More so Karlan, he’s realising and he’s learning to make the right decisions in and around that final third. Like you’ve seen, he’s set-up Lyle a couple of times and Lyle has got goals and he gets rewarded from that himself with a good goal at Bradford.”
“I think it was good for him to go to Crawley. My friend Harry Kewell was there, I knew that he would make a positive impact on him, so that was a big part why he went there. To go there, grow in confidence and build his confidence back up because obviously he was here, he wasn’t really featuring. He scored a few goals but then he wasn’t really in the frame. But now it’s all changed, he’s come back pre-season looking good and he deserves to be playing.”
Full interview / article:
https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5ba37f9d2b63d/bowyer-praises-karlan-grant-and-his-partnership-with-lyle-taylor 
Comments
Easy to forget he's still only 21 as well. Feels like he's been around forever. I think he could go on to be a good championship striker.
It looks as though he and Taylor enjoy playing together and seem to be developing that 6th sense that successful partnerships need .. I dare say that recent good coaching and tactical development have also played a huge part
There were times he played well enough but, as to be expected at that age, he just wasn't ready. His performance and self-confidence was shattered as a result and as a fringe player, he suffered from a 'bad attack of the Lisbies' in front of goal, whenever he did get some 1st team game time.
No player can perform without confidence; it just goes tits up for him and everybody gets on his back - until he's a shadow of the player he was. The harder he tries, the worse he plays.
Scoring that goal against Posh last season was the 1st step on his recovery.
The look of sheer relief on his face that he'd actually put the ball in the net - plus being mobbed by the other players, who showed how pleased they were for him finally getting the monkey off his back.
Karlan then quickly picked up a couple of goals in the Cup matches but otherwise was denied getting many minutes in 1st team games. He scored on his loan debut at Crawley, and with his specialist trick of driving at defences and shooting on the run, soon picked up 9 goals in 15 games - now his belief in himself was sky high as a very much more accomplished player.
This season starting in the 1st team, his driving run into the Sunderland box won an instant penalty and you could see him brimming with confidence. Last Saturday's opener at Bradford was a now trademark style of goal .... but this time last year he'd never had the confidence to put that way.
I think the lad is capable of a very decent future in the game.
I also hope he signs a contract. 21 last week. We could have a good striker for the next 12 years!
In the playoffs, Bowyer also said that he wished he could have added Karlan to the squad to play Shrewsbury.
Still has a lot to improve but he’s young enough to do just that. His partnership with Taylor is arguably even more important than his individual potential and that’s what has impressed me the most, although only seen 2 games