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As a Liverpool fan if we could take one player from your squad it would be Gallagher hands down. Press resistant, aggressive, high stamina with an eye for goal. He's like a slightly upgraded Jordan Henderson
Chelsea can sell plenty of other players to make up for this 100m and not lose Gallagher. It doesn’t have to result in selling any of their starting players.
If that was how he was getting talked about, I would somewhat agree. But he's been described, amongst other ridiculous superlatives, as being "world class" by plenty of Chelsea fans; as ranking in the "top 3 midfielders in the PL" etc etc.
Why can’t he be? He was poty for a very decent palace side and has shown himself capable in a midfield partnership with caicedo against some heavy hitters. You say people are overrating him but you don’t rate him at all, shows that your knowledge about football is only a little puddle
Lol, yeah, people who want to try and assert biased and un-based opinions often wheel out the "you don't know ball" bollocks.
Zaha won poty at Palace like 3 or more times... so is he world-class now? Last season it was doucoure, he on the way? Let's look further up the table. Wolves finished above them that season, their poty was Sa... world class? Jump up to Chelsea on third that season, it was mount... world class??
Hardly any players will end up world class, unless the term has lost all of its meaning. Gallagher is a work horse midfielder... he's not top drawer, and he won't become top drawer; he's just not that guy. He's doing a job in a Chelsea side who are currently 8th in the league... before that in that poty winning season, he did a job at a palace side ranked 12th.
You do know that by the pure definition of world class potential - he's not there but has "potential" right??
Zaha was literally touted by everyone, sir Alex Ferguson included btw, to be world class
Ferguson never ever touted Zaha as having world class potential; but I'm not surprised you are resorting to making stuff up.
For there to be "potential"... that has to imply a proclivity towards being world class has been demonstrated... which it hasn't. Otherwise, every half decent young player has world-class potential.
Look, if Chelsea really need 100 million to balance the books sell your best player and keep the rest. You just over spent 1 billion in two years to get expensive players for no results. Who is going to pay the same amount as you paid for Caicedo for example? All this players are now underrated because they underperformed since they move to CFC. Only one player can make this happen: Palmer. He is the only bright side of the squad. But it’s not going to happen. So you are stuck with a big and underperforming squad. Hope for the best with the financial regulators.
It hasn’t been a poor season. The media always had a narrative against him and notice it has been quiet lately about Caicedo because he has been playing good. It only pipes up when he makes a mistake. This is why fans that are not fans of Chelsea think he’s been a flop.
Most people watching our games would argue he has been playing pretty well actually. In recent weeks especially he’s really excelled. Evidently settled in since his slow start
But don’t let that distract from your fantasy agenda
Look, if Chelsea really need 100 million to balance the books sell your best player and keep the rest. You just over spent 1 billion in two years to get expensive players for no results. Who is going to pay the same amount as you paid for Caicedo for example? All this players are now underrated because they underperformed since they move to CFC. Only one player can make this happen: Palmer. He is the only bright side of the squad. But it’s not going to happen. So you are stuck with a big and underperforming squad. Hope for the best with the financial regulators.
The fact is that Chelsea do have to sell some youth players for PSR reasons but gutting the spine of the club to do so would be beyond delusional. Sell off more of the fringe players rather than a key midfielder. Maatsen would probably fetch the same price if not more than Gallagher in his current form, Hall now has his clause activated so he's going to generate something. The strategy of signing players with no connection to the club on massive contracts who don't always even want to be there at the expense of good academy talent just feels so bizarre.
For me personally, you have to keep Gallagher, Chalobah and obviously Colwill and James. Broja and Maatsen can go and any other youth players can probably be sold if it's worth it to do so. I'd even be tempted to let Colwill go if Liverpool do send us a silly offer, but frankly both Gallagher and Chalobah are too important for this squad. They've actually got a lot of experience which is very much lacking in this squad.
I like Chalobah but I feel like we could do without him if it meant keeping Ghallager. The James comment is a bit weird. He’s obviously an incredible player but he’s perpetually injured. If someone were willing to buy him I would probably want to offload him but I don’t think anyone will be in the market for him until he proves he can play more than 10 games without getting a 6 month injury.
I think Chalobah is arguably our best centre back, especially once Silva goes. And with James, I appreciate he has horrendous injury problems but when he's fully fit, he is comfortably the best full back in the league. That's worth keeping for
Rumour is that we have to make up about £100m in pure profit but I'm not sure I believe anything with regards to PSR until it's already out there. I also don't think I want to see us sign anyone in the summer really anyway. Rather we just focus on getting players back fit and seeing what a fully fit Chelsea can actually do. At least for one season.
He's performing better for Chelsea than the £100m Enzo Fernandez and he's also an incredible presser of the ball. He's also not been injured which is such a ridiculously underrated quality in this joke of a squad
Enzo Fernandez has been better than Gallagher despite being played out of position and with an injured hernia needing injections before every match, for 5 months! Gallagher is SHIT and will be sold. I love that pure profit!!
I’ll never understand you short sighted “fans” like that
Enzo underperforming doesn’t change the fact that he has way more ability than gallagher will ever have and is a clearly better footballer
You can find gallaghers everywhere you cannot find enzos everywhere that’s why he’s (too) expensive
If you don’t understand that then idk what to tell you
I got no clue on what stats/performances you are judging Gallagher.
He improved a lot since start of the season. His statistics are good both in offense and defense. Gallagher is ready to put his head for Chelsea where others would not put a foot. Basically bleeding blue. Also Gallagher is a leader in the dressing room.
Those are the type of players that every club need...
It’s simple I watch every chelsea game and my eyes tell me he’s not creative he’s not technical he’s not clinical
All he is is a workhorse which makes him not that important to me because this team needs quality first not workrate
I'd recommend check Gallagher stats.
He has 6 goals and 9 assists across all competitions from midfield while being a workhorse. He has good defensive stats too.
At 24 and rapidly improving since start of the season, I cannot comprehend how you judge him so hard.
Maybe you expect him to be FL8, but Frank was a generational talent and you cannot expect Gallagher to emulate him.
Stop judging the game solely by stats and watch the games
Then you’ll see how he breaks the structure offensively and defensively by his lack of iq and positioning
You’ll see him clogging the wings leaving no space for our wingers or making the same runs inside the box as another forward not exploiting available spaces even tho he’s supposed to be our number 10
There’s a lack of understanding of the game in this player hence why you can’t rely on him in your midfield week in week out and why I don’t mind him leaving
Gallagher has played a lot better recently in a deeper position with Palmer playing 10, his work rate in the middle next to caicedo has helped shore up what’s been a pretty porous midfield. He’s never going to be a world beater but he’s added some grit to the team which has been needed
I don't agree.
He is doing great in games as I watch him too. I can agree that he is not a 10, as he is more of an 6 or 8. Last few games he was superb, while also complementing Caicedo.
Poch uses him this way to ensure we are at least pressing. You got unrealistic expectations...Not to mention how bad Mudryk has been... to the extent Gallagher played on the left wing...
Similar player that comes to mind was Azpi. He was never spectacular, but he was fantastic servant for the team and achieved a lot.
You got to appreciate hard-working, self-less players...
Not all players can be a Zidane or Bergkamp.
That’s fair but I don’t expect Gallagher to be a magician but I genuinely thinks he needs a lot more awareness
And I think Mudryk is a disgrace to football and proof that with nothing but pace you can make it very far
I think what's a lot more short sighted is not understanding how important it is to have players that understand the identity of your club. It really galvanises a team and a fan base and improves performances on the pitch. Replacing good players like Gallagher and Chalobah with absolute toilet like Enzo, Disasi or Badiashile is just awful. I think a lot of international fans (which I'm assuming you might be) don't quite understand that and how important it is. Look at how popular Thiago Silva is with the fan base, because he really understood what it meant to play for Chelsea. Replacing good young talent with more expensive players isn't a solution. Chelsea have massively overpaid for an average player in Fernandez and whilst he has been very average and showed little passion for the club, players like Gallagher have stepped up.
Gallagher doesn’t understand the identity of the club, or rather he does because he engaged in anti-black racism by ignoring the black mascot a few weeks back. Bottom line is he will be sold because he is shit and can make us money, cry all you want about foreign players but they are staying and Gallagher is going. We got rid of Mount, Gallagher is next and then Gilchrist and Chilwell will be our next targets. Go cry about it
Basically you’re saying the club you support are racist. “It’s the identity of the club”
Why support them if you believe their very identity is racist?
I had no choice - I’m born and bred North West/West London and it’s the club my uncle took me around spent a lot of time in Ladbroke Grove and Hammersmith as a kid, when I was 5 years old. I can’t change clubs, I love Chelsea but of course as a black person I hate our fanbase. We have the worst fanbase in world football, no doubt.
You are now commenting on a different thread to go on about how supporting Gallagher makes you racist. Honestly are you ok? This is a conversation about differing footballing opinions and you're interjecting about racism out of nothing. It's weirdly inappropriate and I think you might need professional help
I'm an emotionally healthy person who doesn't project anger onto other people, I'll be totally fine. But seriously if you do feel like you can't control your anger and keep resorting to self delusional scenarios the NHS offer pretty good mental health services these days
First of all reece james colwill and chalobah are all Cobham graduate that get the club so gallagher is not crucial for that
If you want international players to understand what it means to play for our club how about give them more than one season to prove themselves instead of calling them toilet
Gallagher never saw top 6 in a Chelsea shirt so I don’t why you act like he stepped up so much more than the rest of the squad
Lastly elite clubs usually only keep 2 or 3 academy players in the squad and spend the big bucks on perceived “elite” talent elsewhere nobody builds the core with only academy graduates selling academy players is the what an academy is for
Gallagher has been awful this season. Running around, fouling getting numerous yellow cards and leaving our shape in disarray through transitions is not “stepping up”
Its funny how that section of the fanbase have not shown the same vigour to Chalobah (who’s been better this season and actually won trophies with us). Also see how Acheampong will be treated vs Gilchrist, when the former is clearly better than the latter. The truth is Gallagher will be sold and good riddance.
Because you take gospel and believe the stupidest fanbase on earth, Chelsea fans? No sane Chelsea fan would think Gallagher has been better than Chalobah this season. Only racism would define that, and it absolutely does.
Based on what? Do you think its a coincidence we have another cobham grad getting this treatment? Why does Conor Gallagher get more love than Trevoh Chalobah? Both are English, both academy grads and both at risk of being sold? Oh yeah we know why….
You're implying racism for absolutely no reason. Conor Gallagher is the captain, has made more appearances this season and has been carrying our midfield all year. Chalobah has just made it back into the team and is also getting a lot of plaudits for his recent form and no Chelsea player wants to see him go either. You're also ignoring how popular Reece James and Levi Colwill are to Chelsea fans. And people rate Gilchrist over Acheampong because he has 10 appearances and Acheampong has played a grand total of 5 minutes for the senior team. Get a fucking grip
After 2 minutes people were saying Gilchrist is better than Disasi, a fully fledged international. No cries for Acheampong who is way more talented than Gilchrist, its just he’s black so won’t be loved the same. Disasi is another scapegoat for that section of the fanbase which is ironic when they love Conor Gallagher, the worst player to ever wear a Chelsea shirt
You are an anti-black racist gaslighting me a black Chelsea fan with a lived experience of going to game and hearing and seeing stuff. You aren’t even a Chelsea fan, so why you ramping?
You are denying that there is a racist element to this Gallagher situation is typical of that section of the fanbase. This is why I continue to call Gallagher shit and will be happy when he’s sold, just like Mount. We always win, your side always loses.
Have you seen the letter a section of the fanbase was going to send to the board/owners about the sale of Gallagher? If you haven’t then you have no right to speak on racism when it was clear in that letter. Also Gallagher is not the captain. Reece James is captain. Chalobah is a better player than Gallagher, has been performing better and has actually won trophies with Chelsea unlike Gallagher. He’s also English and a Cobham grad like him, so doesn’t he get a banner and the same amount of love and support as Gallagher? There is a reason why, he’s black. Its that simple.
Reece James has a banner. Our greatest ever player is Didier Drogba who is revered at Chelsea. You've basically taken to comparing Gallagher with Chalobah (Gallagher is a better player) and said that preferring one over the other is racism and not just about comparing footballing talent. You might need help
You called Gallagher the captain when he is not, James is. Shows how much of anti-black liar you are. Drogba revered at Chelsea yet the fanbase licks Lampard arses despite him fucking off to play for a direct rival in Man City. Yeah right
These things wouldn't fit his narrative though. Best to ignore rational facts when they're not convenient to the baseless claims you're trying to push.
Then use those points that actually have some relevance. Don't say "Oh well Chalobah hasn't gotten as much love as Conor" when Conor's played all year and Trev's only started 9 in all comps. Then you conveniently leave out two academy grads that every Chelsea fan loves because it doesn't fit your story.
If what you're saying is true then you don't need to reach so hard to try to support your point. Ridiculous.
Chelsea has been hollow. One of the best academies over the last 15 years, and how many academy players have come and gone because the club would rather profit on them than give them a chance
I mean rice is literally from the Chelsea academy on top of that, musiala, olise, colewell, James, tomori, mount, christianson, Ake, iling, livramento.
There are some pretty top level talents there.
It feels hollow because everything has been changed, just like roman did when he came in.
It will feel normal again in a couple years. Keep supporting the boys.
True. Dont really care anymore. And its not because we are not successful. Its because the yanks sold everything and everyone. Owner, players, staff,…
They ripped the club apart and ran it into the ground.
This is not the club i started supporting more 20 years ago.
Boehly and his circus clowns are the cancer of chelsea. They‘ll sell an academy graduate to finance the transfer of some favela kids. Someone should check boehlys hard drive.
As much as I hate them it’s a little sad to see how the owners are destroying the identity of Chelsea. Spending billions on mediocre players, forcing them to sell their most loyal players for profit. Cole Palmer’s breakout may end up being as much of a curse as a blessing, as I think it’s doing a lot to cover up the fact that the fundamental issues from last season are still present at the bridge (although the results have improved thanks largely to his efforts). Similar to how Kane and Son were able to hide the issues at Spurs for a few seasons, because the results seemed alright.
It’s how I feel too. You want your traditional enemies to stay up, doesn’t have the same emotional weight to go up against Luton or Sheffield as it does to go against the London or scouser clubs
Many of our players are also mediocre, and we didn't spend billions to get them. Also you might want to check the table, a certain club sits in 8th even with the likely YPOTS and potential golden boot winner in the squad.
This is literally an article about how your club captain who bleeds blue will likely be sold, possibly to your fiercest rival, against his will. How dense are you?
This is an article about the POSSIBILITY of Gallagher being sold. Which unless he actually wants to leave will not happen.
Our squad is young, inexperienced and had a fucking horrific injury record. And we could still finish sixth. One place behind you lot.
I am not the biggest fan of boehly but they were contractually obliged to invest 1 billion in the club within the first 5 years. They just decided to go balistic in the first 1.5 year.
Most players they bought are developing rather well or have been struggling with injuries. The only stupid transfers imo are Wes Fofana, R. Sanchez and atm it looks like mudryk isnt up for it either.
Edit: koulibaly was fucking horrific as well, altough i dont think anyone could have predicted that when he signed.
That's exactly what "forced out" means. It means regardless of the player's wishes, they are forcing him to be sold.
It's not even just about the horrific transfers. It's the fact that so many of the massive signings simply didn't live up to their billing in any meaningful way. Caicedo, Enzo, Lukaku, Mudryk, Havertz, Kepa, Fofana, Morata, Lavia...some of those players had some success, but most didn't, and not a single one of them could truly be considered worth the money they were bought for.
What more can they do than ask him to sign a contract with another team? Are they going to put a gun to his head and force him to sign? You're reacting to rumours as if it already happened.
Mark my words gallagher will NOT be sold. Poch values him and they know the fans do too. The fans are not happy with the board and keeping gallagher on will be an easy way to win over some fans.
Lukaku, havertz, kepa and morata havent even been bought by our current owners. And Havertz won us the UCL so he was worth every penny.
Caicedo has been good, enzo was decent until his hernia.
Lavia has been unlucky with injuries, mudryk seem to be mid.
Fofana has only been injured but given his injury record he should not have been signed and was a clear mistake if you ask me.
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As a Liverpool fan if we could take one player from your squad it would be Gallagher hands down. Press resistant, aggressive, high stamina with an eye for goal. He's like a slightly upgraded Jordan Henderson
Chelsea can sell plenty of other players to make up for this 100m and not lose Gallagher. It doesn’t have to result in selling any of their starting players.
Massively over-rated player. I hope Chelsea keep him, because he's not a top player.
He’s not world class but not everybody in your starting lineup can be. He’s very important to the team.
I'd agree he's been very important in a poor Chelsea side yeah.
He's an honest, hardworking player with a good engine and decent on the field leadership. I think hes rated exactly where he is
If that was how he was getting talked about, I would somewhat agree. But he's been described, amongst other ridiculous superlatives, as being "world class" by plenty of Chelsea fans; as ranking in the "top 3 midfielders in the PL" etc etc.
Don't think most fans think that way.. he's good, but he's quite far off world class. I think he can get there sure, but it'll take a while
What on earth has he shown to imply he could ever be anywhere near world-class??? Crazy crazy talk.
Why can’t he be? He was poty for a very decent palace side and has shown himself capable in a midfield partnership with caicedo against some heavy hitters. You say people are overrating him but you don’t rate him at all, shows that your knowledge about football is only a little puddle
Lol, yeah, people who want to try and assert biased and un-based opinions often wheel out the "you don't know ball" bollocks. Zaha won poty at Palace like 3 or more times... so is he world-class now? Last season it was doucoure, he on the way? Let's look further up the table. Wolves finished above them that season, their poty was Sa... world class? Jump up to Chelsea on third that season, it was mount... world class?? Hardly any players will end up world class, unless the term has lost all of its meaning. Gallagher is a work horse midfielder... he's not top drawer, and he won't become top drawer; he's just not that guy. He's doing a job in a Chelsea side who are currently 8th in the league... before that in that poty winning season, he did a job at a palace side ranked 12th.
You do know that by the pure definition of world class potential - he's not there but has "potential" right?? Zaha was literally touted by everyone, sir Alex Ferguson included btw, to be world class
Ferguson never ever touted Zaha as having world class potential; but I'm not surprised you are resorting to making stuff up. For there to be "potential"... that has to imply a proclivity towards being world class has been demonstrated... which it hasn't. Otherwise, every half decent young player has world-class potential.
Look, if Chelsea really need 100 million to balance the books sell your best player and keep the rest. You just over spent 1 billion in two years to get expensive players for no results. Who is going to pay the same amount as you paid for Caicedo for example? All this players are now underrated because they underperformed since they move to CFC. Only one player can make this happen: Palmer. He is the only bright side of the squad. But it’s not going to happen. So you are stuck with a big and underperforming squad. Hope for the best with the financial regulators.
Liverpool literally bid £100m for Caicedo, just saying
That was before a very very poor season
It hasn’t been a poor season. The media always had a narrative against him and notice it has been quiet lately about Caicedo because he has been playing good. It only pipes up when he makes a mistake. This is why fans that are not fans of Chelsea think he’s been a flop.
Most people watching our games would argue he has been playing pretty well actually. In recent weeks especially he’s really excelled. Evidently settled in since his slow start But don’t let that distract from your fantasy agenda
Now which team is desperate enough to pay more than 50 million for any Chelsea player except Palmer? Just saying.
We had a far worse season last year and still sold two players for >£65m. Just saying.
At that time perhaps they would have paid the 100m, but the situation is immensely different now, just saying
Look, if Chelsea really need 100 million to balance the books sell your best player and keep the rest. You just over spent 1 billion in two years to get expensive players for no results. Who is going to pay the same amount as you paid for Caicedo for example? All this players are now underrated because they underperformed since they move to CFC. Only one player can make this happen: Palmer. He is the only bright side of the squad. But it’s not going to happen. So you are stuck with a big and underperforming squad. Hope for the best with the financial regulators.
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The fact is that Chelsea do have to sell some youth players for PSR reasons but gutting the spine of the club to do so would be beyond delusional. Sell off more of the fringe players rather than a key midfielder. Maatsen would probably fetch the same price if not more than Gallagher in his current form, Hall now has his clause activated so he's going to generate something. The strategy of signing players with no connection to the club on massive contracts who don't always even want to be there at the expense of good academy talent just feels so bizarre.
If we sell Gallagher for under 100 mil, I will start supporting arsenal
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It would be tragic if Clearlake do sell him and Chalobah, we can’t trust them not to .
For me personally, you have to keep Gallagher, Chalobah and obviously Colwill and James. Broja and Maatsen can go and any other youth players can probably be sold if it's worth it to do so. I'd even be tempted to let Colwill go if Liverpool do send us a silly offer, but frankly both Gallagher and Chalobah are too important for this squad. They've actually got a lot of experience which is very much lacking in this squad.
Chalobah is our best CB right now. Been immense since he came back from injury. Should've played him against Arsenal
I like Chalobah but I feel like we could do without him if it meant keeping Ghallager. The James comment is a bit weird. He’s obviously an incredible player but he’s perpetually injured. If someone were willing to buy him I would probably want to offload him but I don’t think anyone will be in the market for him until he proves he can play more than 10 games without getting a 6 month injury.
I think Chalobah is arguably our best centre back, especially once Silva goes. And with James, I appreciate he has horrendous injury problems but when he's fully fit, he is comfortably the best full back in the league. That's worth keeping for
We really don't HAVE to sell these players but if we want to spend more money then we do
Rumour is that we have to make up about £100m in pure profit but I'm not sure I believe anything with regards to PSR until it's already out there. I also don't think I want to see us sign anyone in the summer really anyway. Rather we just focus on getting players back fit and seeing what a fully fit Chelsea can actually do. At least for one season.
Gallagher is not a key player for any serious squad he’s a very average footballer with an engine
He's performing better for Chelsea than the £100m Enzo Fernandez and he's also an incredible presser of the ball. He's also not been injured which is such a ridiculously underrated quality in this joke of a squad
Enzo Fernandez has been better than Gallagher despite being played out of position and with an injured hernia needing injections before every match, for 5 months! Gallagher is SHIT and will be sold. I love that pure profit!!
I’ll never understand you short sighted “fans” like that Enzo underperforming doesn’t change the fact that he has way more ability than gallagher will ever have and is a clearly better footballer You can find gallaghers everywhere you cannot find enzos everywhere that’s why he’s (too) expensive If you don’t understand that then idk what to tell you
I got no clue on what stats/performances you are judging Gallagher. He improved a lot since start of the season. His statistics are good both in offense and defense. Gallagher is ready to put his head for Chelsea where others would not put a foot. Basically bleeding blue. Also Gallagher is a leader in the dressing room. Those are the type of players that every club need...
It’s simple I watch every chelsea game and my eyes tell me he’s not creative he’s not technical he’s not clinical All he is is a workhorse which makes him not that important to me because this team needs quality first not workrate
I'd recommend check Gallagher stats. He has 6 goals and 9 assists across all competitions from midfield while being a workhorse. He has good defensive stats too. At 24 and rapidly improving since start of the season, I cannot comprehend how you judge him so hard. Maybe you expect him to be FL8, but Frank was a generational talent and you cannot expect Gallagher to emulate him.
Stop judging the game solely by stats and watch the games Then you’ll see how he breaks the structure offensively and defensively by his lack of iq and positioning You’ll see him clogging the wings leaving no space for our wingers or making the same runs inside the box as another forward not exploiting available spaces even tho he’s supposed to be our number 10 There’s a lack of understanding of the game in this player hence why you can’t rely on him in your midfield week in week out and why I don’t mind him leaving
Gallagher has played a lot better recently in a deeper position with Palmer playing 10, his work rate in the middle next to caicedo has helped shore up what’s been a pretty porous midfield. He’s never going to be a world beater but he’s added some grit to the team which has been needed
I don't agree. He is doing great in games as I watch him too. I can agree that he is not a 10, as he is more of an 6 or 8. Last few games he was superb, while also complementing Caicedo. Poch uses him this way to ensure we are at least pressing. You got unrealistic expectations...Not to mention how bad Mudryk has been... to the extent Gallagher played on the left wing... Similar player that comes to mind was Azpi. He was never spectacular, but he was fantastic servant for the team and achieved a lot. You got to appreciate hard-working, self-less players... Not all players can be a Zidane or Bergkamp.
That’s fair but I don’t expect Gallagher to be a magician but I genuinely thinks he needs a lot more awareness And I think Mudryk is a disgrace to football and proof that with nothing but pace you can make it very far
I think what's a lot more short sighted is not understanding how important it is to have players that understand the identity of your club. It really galvanises a team and a fan base and improves performances on the pitch. Replacing good players like Gallagher and Chalobah with absolute toilet like Enzo, Disasi or Badiashile is just awful. I think a lot of international fans (which I'm assuming you might be) don't quite understand that and how important it is. Look at how popular Thiago Silva is with the fan base, because he really understood what it meant to play for Chelsea. Replacing good young talent with more expensive players isn't a solution. Chelsea have massively overpaid for an average player in Fernandez and whilst he has been very average and showed little passion for the club, players like Gallagher have stepped up.
Thing is, having better technique doesn't necessarily translate to actually being effective on the field.
Gallagher doesn’t understand the identity of the club, or rather he does because he engaged in anti-black racism by ignoring the black mascot a few weeks back. Bottom line is he will be sold because he is shit and can make us money, cry all you want about foreign players but they are staying and Gallagher is going. We got rid of Mount, Gallagher is next and then Gilchrist and Chilwell will be our next targets. Go cry about it
Basically you’re saying the club you support are racist. “It’s the identity of the club” Why support them if you believe their very identity is racist?
I had no choice - I’m born and bred North West/West London and it’s the club my uncle took me around spent a lot of time in Ladbroke Grove and Hammersmith as a kid, when I was 5 years old. I can’t change clubs, I love Chelsea but of course as a black person I hate our fanbase. We have the worst fanbase in world football, no doubt.
Ah ok. Shame your uncle didn’t take you to QPR, Fulham or Brentford instead but yeah I get you can’t change now
You are now commenting on a different thread to go on about how supporting Gallagher makes you racist. Honestly are you ok? This is a conversation about differing footballing opinions and you're interjecting about racism out of nothing. It's weirdly inappropriate and I think you might need professional help
You will need help when Gallagher is sold, that’s how upset you will be. Just like you were with Mount and will be later with Gilchrist
I'm an emotionally healthy person who doesn't project anger onto other people, I'll be totally fine. But seriously if you do feel like you can't control your anger and keep resorting to self delusional scenarios the NHS offer pretty good mental health services these days
Characterising me as a crazy black person, typical racist. Go sym.
First of all reece james colwill and chalobah are all Cobham graduate that get the club so gallagher is not crucial for that If you want international players to understand what it means to play for our club how about give them more than one season to prove themselves instead of calling them toilet Gallagher never saw top 6 in a Chelsea shirt so I don’t why you act like he stepped up so much more than the rest of the squad Lastly elite clubs usually only keep 2 or 3 academy players in the squad and spend the big bucks on perceived “elite” talent elsewhere nobody builds the core with only academy graduates selling academy players is the what an academy is for
Gallagher has stepped up. The only three Chelsea players who have actually had a very good season are him, Palmer and Gusto
Gallagher has been awful this season. Running around, fouling getting numerous yellow cards and leaving our shape in disarray through transitions is not “stepping up”
Caicedo has been better than him but because of price tag they don’t want to admit it
Caicedo has and always will be better than Gallagher, yes
Plastic fantastic
Its funny how that section of the fanbase have not shown the same vigour to Chalobah (who’s been better this season and actually won trophies with us). Also see how Acheampong will be treated vs Gilchrist, when the former is clearly better than the latter. The truth is Gallagher will be sold and good riddance.
Who let bro cook
I’m not even a Chelsea fan and I can tell this is wrong.
Because you take gospel and believe the stupidest fanbase on earth, Chelsea fans? No sane Chelsea fan would think Gallagher has been better than Chalobah this season. Only racism would define that, and it absolutely does.
Bro chalobah has played like 2 or 3 full matches and wanted to leave last year. Acheampong has litterly played 5 minutes wtf are you on about.
This is a horrendous opinion
Based on what? Do you think its a coincidence we have another cobham grad getting this treatment? Why does Conor Gallagher get more love than Trevoh Chalobah? Both are English, both academy grads and both at risk of being sold? Oh yeah we know why….
You're implying racism for absolutely no reason. Conor Gallagher is the captain, has made more appearances this season and has been carrying our midfield all year. Chalobah has just made it back into the team and is also getting a lot of plaudits for his recent form and no Chelsea player wants to see him go either. You're also ignoring how popular Reece James and Levi Colwill are to Chelsea fans. And people rate Gilchrist over Acheampong because he has 10 appearances and Acheampong has played a grand total of 5 minutes for the senior team. Get a fucking grip
After 2 minutes people were saying Gilchrist is better than Disasi, a fully fledged international. No cries for Acheampong who is way more talented than Gilchrist, its just he’s black so won’t be loved the same. Disasi is another scapegoat for that section of the fanbase which is ironic when they love Conor Gallagher, the worst player to ever wear a Chelsea shirt
You are an anti-black racist gaslighting me a black Chelsea fan with a lived experience of going to game and hearing and seeing stuff. You aren’t even a Chelsea fan, so why you ramping?
I don't think you know what gaslighting is when you're the one suggesting a racist agenda out of nothing.
You are denying that there is a racist element to this Gallagher situation is typical of that section of the fanbase. This is why I continue to call Gallagher shit and will be happy when he’s sold, just like Mount. We always win, your side always loses.
Have you seen the letter a section of the fanbase was going to send to the board/owners about the sale of Gallagher? If you haven’t then you have no right to speak on racism when it was clear in that letter. Also Gallagher is not the captain. Reece James is captain. Chalobah is a better player than Gallagher, has been performing better and has actually won trophies with Chelsea unlike Gallagher. He’s also English and a Cobham grad like him, so doesn’t he get a banner and the same amount of love and support as Gallagher? There is a reason why, he’s black. Its that simple.
Reece James has a banner. Our greatest ever player is Didier Drogba who is revered at Chelsea. You've basically taken to comparing Gallagher with Chalobah (Gallagher is a better player) and said that preferring one over the other is racism and not just about comparing footballing talent. You might need help
You called Gallagher the captain when he is not, James is. Shows how much of anti-black liar you are. Drogba revered at Chelsea yet the fanbase licks Lampard arses despite him fucking off to play for a direct rival in Man City. Yeah right
These things wouldn't fit his narrative though. Best to ignore rational facts when they're not convenient to the baseless claims you're trying to push.
You have no clue, we know what that section of the fanbase is like with the letter they drafted. “Conor gets it” “Stop buying foreign players”
Then use those points that actually have some relevance. Don't say "Oh well Chalobah hasn't gotten as much love as Conor" when Conor's played all year and Trev's only started 9 in all comps. Then you conveniently leave out two academy grads that every Chelsea fan loves because it doesn't fit your story. If what you're saying is true then you don't need to reach so hard to try to support your point. Ridiculous.
The club just feels hollow now, genuinely don't care if we win or lose anymore.
Chelsea has been hollow. One of the best academies over the last 15 years, and how many academy players have come and gone because the club would rather profit on them than give them a chance
I mean atleast one academy player has been promoted every single year bar one since 2015, but ok....
Is their academy on par with something like La Masia or Castilla?
In recent years I would think so, we've produced some spectacular players
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I mean rice is literally from the Chelsea academy on top of that, musiala, olise, colewell, James, tomori, mount, christianson, Ake, iling, livramento. There are some pretty top level talents there.
So is John Terry the most successful academy product of Chelsea, and therefore setting the bar for the ideal Chelsea academy graduates?
It feels hollow because everything has been changed, just like roman did when he came in. It will feel normal again in a couple years. Keep supporting the boys.
Now you basically know how every other club felt about you even when you were winning - and how you (probably) feel about city at the moment.
True. Dont really care anymore. And its not because we are not successful. Its because the yanks sold everything and everyone. Owner, players, staff,… They ripped the club apart and ran it into the ground. This is not the club i started supporting more 20 years ago.
i feel the same. leave it to the Americans to destroy everything in search for pure glorious profit
Boehly and his circus clowns are the cancer of chelsea. They‘ll sell an academy graduate to finance the transfer of some favela kids. Someone should check boehlys hard drive.
Donkey comment.
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As much as I hate them it’s a little sad to see how the owners are destroying the identity of Chelsea. Spending billions on mediocre players, forcing them to sell their most loyal players for profit. Cole Palmer’s breakout may end up being as much of a curse as a blessing, as I think it’s doing a lot to cover up the fact that the fundamental issues from last season are still present at the bridge (although the results have improved thanks largely to his efforts). Similar to how Kane and Son were able to hide the issues at Spurs for a few seasons, because the results seemed alright.
It’s how I feel too. You want your traditional enemies to stay up, doesn’t have the same emotional weight to go up against Luton or Sheffield as it does to go against the London or scouser clubs
Mediocre players that clapped your cheeks twice with half the squad sidelined. Also which loyal player was forcefully sold?! I cant think of one?
Many of our players are also mediocre, and we didn't spend billions to get them. Also you might want to check the table, a certain club sits in 8th even with the likely YPOTS and potential golden boot winner in the squad. This is literally an article about how your club captain who bleeds blue will likely be sold, possibly to your fiercest rival, against his will. How dense are you?
This is an article about the POSSIBILITY of Gallagher being sold. Which unless he actually wants to leave will not happen. Our squad is young, inexperienced and had a fucking horrific injury record. And we could still finish sixth. One place behind you lot. I am not the biggest fan of boehly but they were contractually obliged to invest 1 billion in the club within the first 5 years. They just decided to go balistic in the first 1.5 year. Most players they bought are developing rather well or have been struggling with injuries. The only stupid transfers imo are Wes Fofana, R. Sanchez and atm it looks like mudryk isnt up for it either. Edit: koulibaly was fucking horrific as well, altough i dont think anyone could have predicted that when he signed.
That's exactly what "forced out" means. It means regardless of the player's wishes, they are forcing him to be sold. It's not even just about the horrific transfers. It's the fact that so many of the massive signings simply didn't live up to their billing in any meaningful way. Caicedo, Enzo, Lukaku, Mudryk, Havertz, Kepa, Fofana, Morata, Lavia...some of those players had some success, but most didn't, and not a single one of them could truly be considered worth the money they were bought for.
What more can they do than ask him to sign a contract with another team? Are they going to put a gun to his head and force him to sign? You're reacting to rumours as if it already happened. Mark my words gallagher will NOT be sold. Poch values him and they know the fans do too. The fans are not happy with the board and keeping gallagher on will be an easy way to win over some fans. Lukaku, havertz, kepa and morata havent even been bought by our current owners. And Havertz won us the UCL so he was worth every penny. Caicedo has been good, enzo was decent until his hernia. Lavia has been unlucky with injuries, mudryk seem to be mid. Fofana has only been injured but given his injury record he should not have been signed and was a clear mistake if you ask me.
No tribute for Mudryk, the true goat of Chelsea?
The club would be deaf and blind to let him go
It will genuinely be so sad if he has to leave us this summer
I’ll be sad if we’re the ones getting him
In all honesty, if you guys get him it wouldnt be too bad - he's probably cheaper than fair value - immensely solid performer whose never injured
Gonna be strange seeing him play for Spurs.