Conor Gallagher

[Sandro30]

 

[neogenisis]

If the manager wants him then that's the important thing.

It might not work out and the experts on here will tell us it was dead obvious because he's shit.

But backing the manager is getting the players in he wants to implement his vision.

Simple as that.

Thats the thing isnt it.

BACK THE MANAGER LEVY, YOU F***ING PRICK!
Ange asks for Connor Gallagher
FFS HE ISNT GOOD ENOUGH, WTF F**K IS WRONG WITH YOU.

 

[Chris Flynn]

Fair enough, although you're left with not very many players of any real quality in that list at all, if any. Would also argue that if that's the brief and we're really desperate for a HG player then I'm not really sure why we've signed Solomon as our 5th choice forward.

I was more arguing in general that you don't have to sign a player simply because the manager might rate them. If you do, what's the point having the scouting team at all?

well re: solomon id say squad building is a ballancing act. We have lost two wide attackers, he is apparantly good (ive not seen much of him to be fair) and he was free, so you can spend more elsewhere.

I think if the manager rates a player and the scouts do too then you go for it.

Its not like he is asking to sign a 45 year old from the A Leauge for massive money because they are mates

 

[For the love of Spurs]

Just speaking to an avid footy fan and Crystal Palace season ticket holder I work with.

He thinks Gallagher is good enough for Spurs - but only if he is used in the 'correct' way which is an attacking midfielder that is almost a second striker. That is where his best form came from at Palace.

So thinks it would be a strange buy after Maddison.

He said he's not good enough for a CM2 and would certainly need a disciplined defensive player in CM if we were to want to play him deeper.

Said he wouldn't want Palace to pay more than £35 million at the very, very most

good post. At Palace he always looked good, a sort of poor man’s Lampard in how he had good instincts but further back he doesn’t seem to handy. Almost needs a Dele Alli role for him.

 

[HildoSpur]

It is a bit depressing to see loads of people trash a player who we are being told our new manager really likes. If Ange wants him and we can get him at the right price then you guys need to get on board with it.

 

[CantSmileWithoutYou]

I know, I’m just fooling around, and if Postecoglou wants him then we should probably trust him and try. But not at the prices suggested as you both say. I personally don’t rate him, he’s hard working but limited. We already have a couple of players in that mould. Don’t see the wisdom in swapping Højbjerg for him for example. And if it’s his running and pressing we want, why not just use Skipp?

As others have suggested there are better players out there for lower fees too.

Good points, not sure he's too different to Skippy.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

He plays a lot deeper for the England U-19s from what Iv seen. He could easily adapt.

He played a lot as a CM for Bristol last season also i believe. I know they played a few different system, 4231, 433 and 442 but he often played deeper from what i saw not just as an AM. I think his ability carrying the ball meant they would often utilise him across the pitch to help with transitions, but im not a Bristol City fan so can't say I know enough about the nuances of their tactics.

 

[y1dk1d]

More than anything else I’d be shocked to see us deal with Chelsea, especially how they’ve became Arsenal’s feeder club over the last few seasons

 

[JR1994]

One thing I do think we need is some more goals from midfield and along with Maddison he would bring that tbf

 

[Nick-TopSpursMan]

In Ange’s system, both number 8s are meant to be creative and good at progressing the ball and building play too.

Gallagher simply doesn’t have the vision, creativity or passing skills to play this role.

Of course we all say back the manager etc but we are also allowed to disagree with them on player ID. It won’t be a case of Gallagher or no one, we will have a list of players. I’m just saying I hope we end up going for somebody else on the list because I disagree with Ange on this one. Gallagher isn’t good enough.

We have Maddison for the De Bruyne/Odegaard role in the midfield 3. Now what we need is the link player 8, in the Gundogan/Xhaka role. That isn’t Gallagher.

 

[Timberwolf]

Just speaking to an avid footy fan and Crystal Palace season ticket holder I work with.

He thinks Gallagher is good enough for Spurs - but only if he is used in the 'correct' way which is an attacking midfielder that is almost a second striker. That is where his best form came from at Palace.

So thinks it would be a strange buy after Maddison.

He said he's not good enough for a CM2 and would certainly need a disciplined defensive player in CM if we were to want to play him deeper.

Said he wouldn't want Palace to pay more than £35 million at the very, very most

Yeah this is v.true. I think a big reason he struggled at Chelsea was because they often used him too deep and he was at his most effective for Palace when he was higher up the pitch.

If we're dominating games and using both Gallagher and Maddison as very attacking 8s then maybe it could work, but if we're pushed back and Gallagher ends up regularly playing as more a standard CM then that's not ideal.

Strikes me as more of a 'horses for courses' player than someone we would want to start every game.

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

More than anything else I’d be shocked to see us deal with Chelsea, especially how they’ve became Arsenal’s feeder club over the last few seasons

I think the not dealing with Chelsea was more to do with a grudge with Abramovic and how they tapped up Modric IIRC. Now they have different ownership i'm not sure it still exists. I might be wrong.

 

[Ledders Army]

More than anything else I’d be shocked to see us deal with Chelsea, especially how they’ve became Arsenal’s feeder club over the last few seasons

I'm not sure selling a club the players you don't want makes them your feeder club. Arsenal have become their Sunderland/Stoke

 

[Sykes]

I think people are too quick to judge on Gallagher. Chelsea are and have been a mess since he came back from successful loan spells. Would also be great to take a talent off Chelsea and P*ch and turn him into a little Ange warrior. Lets back the man if he wants him

 

[WiganSpur]

Didn't he play in a CM2 under Tuchel, Potter and Lampard?

He's really not that sort of player and much more of a number 8. I think he'd rediscover his Palace form for us where he played in a 4-3-3.

He will do well for us with the freedom to get into the box and press high up the pitch. If Hojbjerg was going to play as an 8 under Ange, Gallagher is actually a good replacement.

I do think that Ange should take a close look at Alfie Devine and Ndombele before we splash out £30-40m on him though.

 

[purple8]

In Ange’s system, both number 8s are meant to be creative and good at progressing the ball and building play too.

Gallagher simply doesn’t have the vision, creativity or passing skills to play this role.

Of course we all say back the manager etc but we are also allowed to disagree with them on player ID. It won’t be a case of Gallagher or no one, we will have a list of players. I’m just saying I hope we end up going for somebody else on the list because I disagree with Ange on this one. Gallagher isn’t good enough.

We have Maddison for the De Bruyne/Odegaard role in the midfield 3. Now what we need is the link player 8, in the Gundogan/Xhaka role. That isn’t Gallagher.

Is this the Spurs Ange system we are yet to see? He has said in a couple of interviews, that what you see with Spurs may be different to what he has played before, due to some of the world-class players he has. However, the underlying values will be the same "to attack with an intensity and press high.

 

[Ribble]

Can definitely see the logic in replacing Hojbjerg with Gallagher - faster, more athletic, more attacking impetus and an eye for goal. Add in Homegrown status and already being PL proven and it makes a lot of sense. The big issue here is that it's Chelsea and they'll probably try to bilk us in the fee department. Personally if the fee is up at £50m I'd rather go see if we can get Eze for that.

 

[dude573]

It would be a big step for any Spurs/Chelsea player to switch sides. If Connor Gallagher joined us, he would be detested and abused by Chelsea fans for the rest of his career. Likewise if any of ours joined them.

Relationship at board level may be better with Abramovich gone, but the level of vitriol between both fan bases is probably as high as it has ever been.

 

[Now it's Spursonal]

Would be very worried if he was bought to play as the 6 and I don’t actually think he would be, but IMO he plays very similarly to Callum McGregor who was Ange’s 6 in Celtic.

 

[Scot-Spur]

Gallagher was good at Palace, how would people feel if going for HG in this area meant we got the two CB’s we are heavily linked with?