Fair result today. enjoyed the game. however i thought this lad especially first half was superb. i think England have a very special player on their hands. strong, good on the ball, always picked the right pass and never stops running.

Was raving about him whilst he was at WBA but several on here said he was not an improvement on what we had. Wish I could remember who our "expert" was

warksclaret wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 20, 2021 6:28 pm

Was raving about him whilst he was at WBA but several on here said he was not an improvement on what we had. Wish I could remember who our "expert" was

Just signed a new five year contract at Chelsea ......I think they must rate him...a bit !

pushpinpussy wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 20, 2021 6:16 pm

Fair result today. enjoyed the game. however i thought this lad especially first half was superb. i think England have a very special player on their hands. strong, good on the ball, always picked the right pass and never stops running.

He'll be a bit behind the likes of Bellingham and Rice.

First half he was excellent. Many folk on here said we should be having a look at him over a season ago though.

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 20, 2021 6:32 pm

Just signed a new five year contract at Chelsea ......I think they must rate him...a bit !

Chelsea have done incredibly well on how they have managed players, and got them out on loan to gain experience-Mount, James, Gallagher, Tomori,just a few

Lacks the pace to be a top level player

He reminds me of Westy and Brownhilly in some ways.

He was ridiculously good that first half

Nowhere near effective in the 2nd half, but you can see the lack of squad depth that Palace have that he was replaced by Jeffrey Schlupp, who is nowhere near the player that Gallagher is

Specsavers

I was reading the matchday thread on here and it was made out like their second goal was really soft and bad defending, but how Gallagher set up the second was really pretty good.

He caused us all manner of problems in the first half. The way Palace set up to play out from the back was very clever and Gallagher was always the free man in the middle or out wide to create a 2v1 against Taylor as McNeil was pressing very high up the pitch.

We could certainly do with someone like that in January.

He was fantastic in the first half, we did a great job of nullifying him in the second half.

Exactly the sort of midfielder we needed in the summer and many said it, infact, many said we should've been targeting Gallagher. No idea why we didn't sign a central midfielder?

He had a similar sort of game for England u21's on the Turf. He ran the game in the 1st half but then slowly disappeared in the 2nd half.

I do like him though, he always appears to have plenty of time on the ball. Good footballing brain.

Could do with someone like him in January.

People said the exact opposite & when it later emerges how daft it was to say that the people that said it discover amnesia & pretend it wasn't said instead of just retracting & being honest.

He is exactly the type of player we need.

Levels above our CMs.

There were a lot of posters that said he was no better than we had in the summer.

Excellent for about 20 mins then hardly in it.

He's the new Jack Grealish!

pushpinpussy wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 20, 2021 6:16 pm

Fair result today. enjoyed the game. however i thought this lad especially first half was superb. i think England have a very special player on their hands. strong, good on the ball, always picked the right pass and never stops running.

He's a good player no doubt, but to say England have a very special player on their hands is way off.

He's miles off others in terms of ability.

Dont think he is quite good enough for the top, top level but he would be absolutely fantastic for us.

warksclaret wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 20, 2021 6:35 pm

Chelsea have done incredibly well on how they have managed players, and got them out on loan to gain experience-Mount, James, Gallagher, Tomori,just a few

Don't Chelsea normally have about 40 players out on loan each season?

They normally have to send players out on loan as they can't have them all in the squad!

But yeah, I agree, it definitely gives vital experience to youngsters as has been seen in the development of some key players in the Prem across the years.

Spijed wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 21, 2021 7:11 am

He's a good player no doubt, but to say England have a very special player on their hands is way off.

He's miles off others in terms of ability.

If he's so far off currently in terms of ability I'd love to hear about all these midfielders who are currently doing so much better than him because I can't think of that many & the odd 1s I can think of are surrounded by better midfielders than kouyate & milojevic.

the_fat_shearer wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 21, 2021 7:35 am

Don't Chelsea normally have about 40 players out on loan each season?

They normally have to send players out on loan as they can't have them all in the squad!

But yeah, I agree, it definitely gives vital experience to youngsters as has been seen in the development of some key players in the Prem across the years.

Not anymore they don't, rules were changed to stop clubs like Chelsea taking the mick

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51665904

KRBFC wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 20, 2021 9:48 pm

No idea why we didn't sign a central midfielder?

We targeted at least one and he opted for a contract at Bournemouth in the division below us.

Rowls wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 22, 2021 12:41 am

We targeted at least one and he opted for a contract at Bournemouth in the division below us.

Christie isn't a central midfielder, certainly not in a midfield two.

I believe Ryan Christie to be a midfielder.

Happy for us to disagree on this.

Rowls wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 22, 2021 2:43 am

I believe Ryan Christie to be a midfielder.

Happy for us to disagree on this.

Well you responded to my post about not signing a central midfielder, clearly Dyche likes to play a 2, Christie has never played that role, he'd be more of a wide player than a CM in a 2, often played on the left for Celtic. Bournemouth played today, Lerma, Lewis Cook, Christie and Billing all started, that suggests to me he's playing wide for them. He also wears the number 10 shirt.

Christie is indeed playing right midfield for them.

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport ... urnemouth/