Conor has the second best defensive stats for a midfielder in the league this season only Rodri has better it’s not all work rate .. maybe he’s not elite as you out it but he offers a lot more then both Enzo and Caicedo right now.. and also seems to be the player the manager wants to build his midfield around.
As for his valuation with 18 months left I do kinda understand where you are coming from.: but for that money where do we get better. we sold Billy for 8m and brought in Caicedo who Billy is arguably better then for 15x as much it hardly feels me with confidence PW is a genius does it.
Maybe if we stopped throwing money on average players and South American wonder kids we would be able to keep those the manager clearly wants and the only player we have these days that seems to give a damn
Sorry, but massively disagree with understanding the need to sell Conor. We should not be selling our best academy under any circumstances, especially when they're playing a huge role in the team on extremely reasonable wages. The formula is to use players like this to fill roles (Conor does more than just that) - they're not going to create problems and love the club either. And if you think Gallagher is not elite, I disagree as well. He does basically everything above average, which is EXTREMELY useful. He's press resistant, can score, covers tons of ground, can win headers, and he's progressive. He's a manager's dream and it's embarrassing that this is even being considered - only reason it is being considered is because we've spent hundreds of millions of players who will never see more than 50 Chelsea appearances. Our directors are reaping what they've sown and it's a slap in the face of all academy players if Conor is sold.
Thanks Luke. The only one I have a big problem on is Conor (Lewis also but I agree with you he is as good as gone now). Park the issue about whether Conor is good enough to be an elite player - he's certainly good enough for where we actually ARE now. He is also English and rather less injury prone than his competition in the squad.
The most relevant fact is he is playing every game - unlike the other names mentioned on your potential transfer list - they NEED a move to play. Conor can sit tight and run down his contract and leave for nothing as Poch will keep picking him.
Winstanley and Stewart will not look so clever then! Add that to their failures to
(i) buy a top striker,
(ii) taking a big risk on the GK and
(iii) embarking on a series of disastrous buy and loan deals (which you have been good enough to report on!) so causing expensive youngsters' values to drop like a stone, and on a general point,
(iv) making absolutely no discernible progress in building the elite team we are supposedly putting together (worst Premiership team playing all 2023!),
and suffice it to say I have rather less trust than you do in the competence of our sporting directors to do the right thing!
Conor has the second best defensive stats for a midfielder in the league this season only Rodri has better it’s not all work rate .. maybe he’s not elite as you out it but he offers a lot more then both Enzo and Caicedo right now.. and also seems to be the player the manager wants to build his midfield around.
As for his valuation with 18 months left I do kinda understand where you are coming from.: but for that money where do we get better. we sold Billy for 8m and brought in Caicedo who Billy is arguably better then for 15x as much it hardly feels me with confidence PW is a genius does it.
Maybe if we stopped throwing money on average players and South American wonder kids we would be able to keep those the manager clearly wants and the only player we have these days that seems to give a damn
Sorry, but massively disagree with understanding the need to sell Conor. We should not be selling our best academy under any circumstances, especially when they're playing a huge role in the team on extremely reasonable wages. The formula is to use players like this to fill roles (Conor does more than just that) - they're not going to create problems and love the club either. And if you think Gallagher is not elite, I disagree as well. He does basically everything above average, which is EXTREMELY useful. He's press resistant, can score, covers tons of ground, can win headers, and he's progressive. He's a manager's dream and it's embarrassing that this is even being considered - only reason it is being considered is because we've spent hundreds of millions of players who will never see more than 50 Chelsea appearances. Our directors are reaping what they've sown and it's a slap in the face of all academy players if Conor is sold.
Thanks Derrick, always enjoy hearing other fans opinions!
Thanks Luke. The only one I have a big problem on is Conor (Lewis also but I agree with you he is as good as gone now). Park the issue about whether Conor is good enough to be an elite player - he's certainly good enough for where we actually ARE now. He is also English and rather less injury prone than his competition in the squad.
The most relevant fact is he is playing every game - unlike the other names mentioned on your potential transfer list - they NEED a move to play. Conor can sit tight and run down his contract and leave for nothing as Poch will keep picking him.
Winstanley and Stewart will not look so clever then! Add that to their failures to
(i) buy a top striker,
(ii) taking a big risk on the GK and
(iii) embarking on a series of disastrous buy and loan deals (which you have been good enough to report on!) so causing expensive youngsters' values to drop like a stone, and on a general point,
(iv) making absolutely no discernible progress in building the elite team we are supposedly putting together (worst Premiership team playing all 2023!),
and suffice it to say I have rather less trust than you do in the competence of our sporting directors to do the right thing!
Agree with the Gallagher take. Deep down I want hall back , but I know ffp situation and needs to strengthen means they would sell.
The club needs to sell Gallagher, broja , matsen , chalobah, disasi, cucurella and madueke.
Bring in a 2 way winger( nico Williams my preference), osimhen, a left back and an experienced, or young and exceptional RCB.
If poch can't make it work without Gallagher, then he should resign.
completely agreed on these!