Silly McSilly Face
Mido
Gallagher needs someone calmer and more creative alongside him to function to the best of his ability. Think he'd potentially work well with Maddison, but alongside Bergvall and Gray it is a no from me.
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+++ OMT Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland 12th April 2026 +++
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SteveAWOL
Willie Hall
On the upside, at least yesterday was merely our 16th loss of this PL campaign which is a slight improvement on 365 days ago when Wolves inflicted our 17th defeat of the season… thank heavens we have far more financial clout than Wolves and used that to upgrade our squad since those bleak times…
www.thetimes.com
Comical own goal helps Wolves inflict 17th defeat of season on Spurs
Wolves 4 Tottenham Hotspur 2: Guglielmo Vicario and Djed Spence get in a tangle as league campaign hits new low for Ange Postecoglou’s side
www.thetimes.com
DeanoAustin
Ian Walker
Think the worrying thing for me, on reflection this morning, is that I’m of the belief that this group just needs a kick start or to be freed from the stress/pressure they are under. De Zerbi was our last chance to do that, literally our last roll of the dice and it’s something you’d assume a guy with his personality and style of play could do. First 5 mins yesterday it looked like he’d maybe cracked it. However the last 85 mins, particularly the last 45 were pretty much more of the same.
This isn’t a shot at de Zerbi at all, he’s only one man who has been here a wet week but it is getting desperate.
This isn’t a shot at de Zerbi at all, he’s only one man who has been here a wet week but it is getting desperate.
MartyFunkhouser
George Hunt
Bishop
Rafael Van Der Vaart
I'll be honest I haven't watched Simons much for the Netherlands, looking at his game the right hand doesn't seem to particularly suit him, but maybe it's something he can do? I dunno, at this point I guess any random hail Mary attempt is as good as any other. Muani doesn't really work on the right either, but then look at what we have available and nobody actually fits there.
Not buying a RWF and and LWF in January was actually negligence. We have nothing on the left, Tel, Richy etc all aren't good enough and we have nothing on right. Hoping that Odobert would be fit and available for the remainder of the season was a hair braj we decision.
Silly McSilly Face
Mido
It isn't all down to the coach. This squad finished 17th last season and had actually lost more games by the same point last season. We stood relatively still with a far more demanding CL campaign (than the EL) added to our fixture list, while the 3 teams promoted from the Championship were all superior to those they replaced. I said at the beginning of the season that a top half finish by Frank would have represented an incredible achievement. Many laughed or rebuked. Hate to sit here and say I told you so, but we have been sliding in terms of form since Conte's second season and after an initial bounce that slide started to turn into a freefall in Ange's first season from which we have never recovered.
yiddo37
Sergei Rebrov
Agree about Gallagher, bar 1 good defensive block he added nothing.
DeanoAustin
Ian Walker
100% it isn’t all down to the coach. And I agreed that finishing top half this year would be a decent achievement. You don’t go from 17th to 4th or 5th in the league. It very, very rarely happens even allowing for the extenuating circumstances.
However, I think there was a near unanimous belief that our finish last year was an anomaly attributable mainly to the fact we prioritized the Europa League. The vast majority of people expected a big improvement on last year's league campaign and didn’t expect to be in a relegation fight. That was certainly my view. I guess you could say that injuries played a big part last season and this but I’d still say we’ve underachieved hugely. And, at this point, we have a good chunk of our squad back albeit, admittedly, the combination of Kudus, Deki and Maddison being out does leave a big creative gap but this is pretty much it for the season (Bentancur is probably the only notable one to come back?).
So, my belief is that this team is underachieving and just needs that kick start to pick up enough points to get us out of trouble. I had hoped RdZ might provide that and the noises being made by the players seemed positive but yesterday was very disappointing. Of course, RdZ may well still prove to be the difference maker. I believe that he will but I’m not sure what I’m basing it on. If I take yesterday as a taster for the next 6 games, I’d have to say that all my assumptions about why we finished 17th and are currently 18th are wrong and we really are that bad. If that’s the case, GHod help us all.
Mr Gogolak
Richard Gough
Unfortunately, very few players can be judged in isolation. Gallagher made a name for himself at Chelsea, with quality players around him. It's a catch-22 situation here: our midfielders can't pass the ball but our forward's runs are appalling too, which makes things even harder for them. Gallagher has been very poor since we signed him, but he did look better at Atletico. It's not all down on him, unfortunately.
We'll never know if some of them never recovered from Postecoglou's training methods, of the medical team is pants, if Frank's preparation was ridiculously bad... it's probably a mix of everything, but the sad truth is that unless we find within ourselves to beat Brighton, we will be all but relegated in a week.
Bishop
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Are you surprised by the Gallagher performances? Many of us said he was more of the same, maybe an incremental improvement but essentially what we already had and not a player that fixed any of our existing problems.
I've said it previously but he comes across like a typical Levy era signing where we made a smart financial buy but a brick footballing one.
Bishop
Rafael Van Der Vaart
Hes not even really a DM so if he needs a DM next to him who is the person passing through football? It was a baffling decision to sign him.
Gazza Dazzla
Les Ferdinand
Tbf I think Gallagher made his name at WBA and Palace where he was their standout player on those loans playing in the combative/pressing 10 position.
SteveAWOL
Willie Hall
Yup, if only this season's promoted sides were as utterly atrocious as last year's lot then 30 points would have us well clear of the relegation zone...
At least RDZ can focus fully upon PL during the run-in, so hopefully putting all our eggs in one basket once again results in a happy ending... and ENIC shall finally compete that painful rebuild this summer so we don't have to endure yet another shameful run of PL form...
Silly McSilly Face
Mido
I more envisioned him as a box-to-box with Maddison at 10 (as he likes to drop deep, take the ball off others and dictate which is really what Gallagher needs to thrive as it takes the onus away from him making something happen on the ball and gives him the license to go around throwing hand grenades and unsettling the opposition in a high press. If you ask me "how would gallagher work best in this current squad" would likely be (if people were fit) alongside Paulinha to sit and provide structure and behind Maddison with Kulu and Kudus making up the rest of the 3 behind the striker. Both full backs with license to push forward with Paulinha dropping in to split the CBs when that happens.
SteveAWOL
Willie Hall
Yup, ENIC can’t resist a “bargain” much like people who fill their trolleys at supermarket with BOGOF tat that they don’t need instead of saving their money to spend on something actually needed.
Gallagher is basically a younger version of Hojbjerg with an English premium price tag who might’ve been a nice addition to the squad in better times but to spend £35m transfer fee plus £10m per annum on wages for yet another box-to-box midfielder when we’re so desperately needing a RWF plus a left footed FB as cover for Udogie is utterly negligent.
SteveAWOL
Willie Hall
No surprise to see that most of the accounts sending Brobbey racist abuse are Argentinian…
Argentine tourist accused of racism in Brazil: ‘I didn’t realize the gravity of the gesture’ - Buenos Aires Herald
Agostina Páez gave her version of events after leaving Rio de Janeiro after paying bail, however a viral video of her father puts her back in hot water
buenosairesherald.com
Indian traveller faces racist trolling on social media while visiting Argentina, but locals have his back - The Times of India
Rest of World News: An Indian traveler, Thiru, faced racist remarks on X after arriving in Argentina for a conference. However, the local Argentinian community rallied to
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
England players suffered racist abuse in Argentina - World Rugby
England lodged an official complaint with World Rugby after their players suffered racist abuse from spectators during their win over Argentina in San Juan
FIFA hits Argentina and Albania with 6-figure fines after fan racism at World Cup qualifiers
FIFA has fined six national federations, including defending champion Argentina, for racist abuse by fans at World Cup qualifiers in June.
apnews.com
French Federation to file complaint over ‘unacceptable racist’ chants by Argentina players in Copa America celebrations
Chelsea and Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez apologised after posting a video that showed him and his team-mates chanting about France
www.nytimes.com
Mr Gogolak
Richard Gough
You are correct. I forgot how he got into the Chelsea first XI in the first place. To be honest, he's not really a player I enjoy/admire much.
SteveAWOL
Willie Hall
Had we signed Gallagher a couple of years ago (as originally intended) then his relentless running might’ve complemented the guile of Sonny, Maddison and Kulusevski nicely.
However in this currently clueless team he’s deadweight as we simply don’t have anyone of the calibre of Olise, Eze or Wharton to pull the strings…
Mikey10
Paul Walsh
Not that smart, given that we are reportedly paying him £1.2 million per month in wages.
glasgowspur
Paul Stewart
I can see levy buying him at that price, no way on those wages.
If whoever sanctioned that signing was thinking well it worked for levy then they need to do their homework better.