What is it with players these days and penalties. Just ask Shearer or better still le tissier how to take a penalty, it's really not that hard to give you the very best chance of scoring.
What is it with players these days and penalties. Just ask Shearer or better still le tissier how to take a penalty, it's really not that hard to give you the very best chance of scoring.
Best to avoid talking to Le Tissier for too long these days!
JRS article confirming he can be recalled in January kicking off comparisons to Gallagher. Interesting Cawley believes going to Swansea was Gallagher’s call.
Thought Chelsea recalled him because we were playing with non-league players like Dempsey and Vennings in midfield, and they wanted him to play with better players. Plus with the embargo they knew we weren’t going to be getting better in the door.
Apparently he’s a proper London boy and doesn’t want to move out the area. Back-ups that he was poor at WBA & Swansea. Wouldn’t be surprised if he went back to those Nigels before end of the window.
Interesting from Cawley. From memory, I thought the understanding was Chelsea took him back (some even suggested against Gallagher's wishes) as didn't want him in a relegation fight.
Interesting from Cawley. From memory, I thought the understanding was Chelsea took him back (some even suggested against Gallagher's wishes) as didn't want him in a relegation fight.
Connor's Dad is a driver for a friend of mine. CG didn't want to leave. His agent pushed for it as Swansea offered a sizeable loan fee for the rest of the season and despite CG enjoying his time under Bowyer, Chelsea felt the money and Swansea would be better for them and the player.
Just goes to show that if the player is loved and appreciated by the fans we'll do everything in our power to paint them in a good light, and vice versa, a player that isn't well-liked or a superstar then they can be painted as the villain in everything.
4 academy players in their starting 11. Yet they are still being linked with the likes of Anthony Gordon, who surely is no better than Gallagher?
except Gordon is more a striker/winger than midfielder .. but Chelsea are like Man U, they have so much cash that they can sign players on an almost hit or miss, buy then shelve basis
Interesting from Cawley. From memory, I thought the understanding was Chelsea took him back (some even suggested against Gallagher's wishes) as didn't want him in a relegation fight.
Connor's Dad is a driver for a friend of mine. CG didn't want to leave. His agent pushed for it as Swansea offered a sizeable loan fee for the rest of the season and despite CG enjoying his time under Bowyer, Chelsea felt the money and Swansea would be better for them and the player.
Glad you posted that. That was the information I also got from a source close to the club and which I posted here, to widespread derision. This source claimed to have been present when Tore Andre Flo, one of the Chelsea team visiting Sparrows to monitor CG’s progress, said, when asked in mid Dec. whether Chelsea might recall him, was pretty firm that this would not happen because CG was getting exactly the experience they wanted for him.
The further assertion is that the agent had a good relationship with someone in Chelsea’s commercial management whom he was able to persuade of the merits of moving CG to Swansea.
I tried to do a quick scan and found no other case of Chelsea exercising a recall clause of a player. They certainly did not in the case of Ian Maatsen a season later.
I am very surprised therefore that RC is so categoric, and would be curious to hear his response to this version of events. However my curiosity is tempered by the fact that, in a macabre postscript, the agent later committed suicide. He was in his early 30s.
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Palace still pushing hard behind the scenes to resign Gallagher on loan for this season.
With Chelsea now favourites to sign De Jong, should that happen there must be a good chance Gallagher will decide to go out on loan again.
Apparently he’s a proper London boy and doesn’t want to move out the area. Back-ups that he was poor at WBA & Swansea. Wouldn’t be surprised if he went back to those Nigels before end of the window.
The final decision was presented to him.
Don't want fans turning on the guy in his first couple of games.
Palace have put a bid of £27 million in for him this morning.
As rumoured Chelsea prepared to offer him to Everton in their attempt to sign Gordon, I fear they may be prepared to let him go.
Come on Newcastle, don't let us down!