Gallagher and Wellens

[Leesoh]

I'm not the biggest fan of either Wellens or Gallagher, but Wellens especially had a better game yesterday.

I wish Gallagher's corners were as good as his penalties and free-kicks!

 

[H T B]

It's all about opinions.
If you are going to take the dollar, you are expected to earn it.

Some of the performances this season have been nothing short of woeful.
In many other business' such a showing would warrant a verbal warning at least. (Some you could say, instant dismissal).
Alas, footballers don't live in the "real world"!

 

[Macky]

In many other business' such a showing would warrant a verbal warning at least. (Some you could say, instant dismissal).
Alas, footballers don't live in the "real world"!

Well, I live in the 'real world' and I can't think of any business where an employee could be sacked on the spot based on a subjective opinion.

 

[Micky]

Well, I live in the 'real world' and I can't think of any business where an employee could be sacked on the spot based on a subjective opinion.

A hooker?

 

[H T B]

Well, I live in the 'real world' .....

I stopped reading after this

 

[spionfox]

In addition, he refused to be interviewed on RL after the game.

@djwanker tweeted about that without naming names. He did infer more than one player had refused though. Any idea who else was shy?

 

[Mattmeister]

@djwanker tweeted about that without naming names. He did infer more than one player had refused though. Any idea who else was shy?

It was Wellens, the curmudgeons dream ticket.

 

[Miles Away]

20 starts, 9 goals from a winger.

He's a decent player. Certainly there are less effective players in the squad.

 

[Profondo Rosso]

20 starts, 9 goals from a winger.

He's a decent player. Certainly there are less effective players in the squad.

But he only does anything 1 in every 10 games.

Don't you know, he scored 4.5 goals in those 2 games then just sat on his arse twiddling his thumbs for the other 18.

Oh, not to mention he's our top assister as well as being our second top scorer and that's despite only starting around half our games this season.

 

[Filthy Rich]

20 starts, 9 goals from a winger.

He's a decent player. Certainly there are less effective players in the squad.

There's an echo in here..........

 

[Brown Nose]

Yeah, players should be robots who should just take abuse and show no emotion or reaction to it. They should happily be jeered, sarcastically cheered when substituted and have personal abuse spouted at both them and their wife on twitter and just take and not react. They should "man up" and bottle all that emotion up inside.

But, no, you're right. That's the final straw! Gallagher is now public enemy #1 because he made the simple gesture of cupping his hand round his ear after getting dog's abuse from tens of thousands of fans for making a few mistakes in his job.

If I was Gallagher I'd be sticking my v's up at the kop, not just cupping my ear. In fact, Cantona had the right idea.

I totally disagree.

Everything Gallagher has earned from football is because of the people that support the game. This comes through fans, viewers, sponsors, etc. If nobody went to the matches, Gallagher would be a nobody. From his diamond encrusted Mrs to his latest flash motor, he owes it all to the people that pay to watch him do his job.

He has no right to pick and choose which aspects of the experience of being a footballer he wants. If that deal isn't acceptable to him, get the feck out of the game and do something different. If he does well, he gladly accepts the glory. If he's no good, his responsibility is to take the criticism and work harder. Not ponce about like it's some kind of disgrace that people dare to say he's shite when he's shite.

A true professional would have come out after the game and said that he knows he's not been at his best for a while and thanks to those supporters who've stuck by him and dedicate the goals he scored to them. The two things I'm not happy with him about are the complete opposite of that sort of approach.

 

[FryattFox]

He has no right to pick and choose which aspects of the experience of being a footballer he wants.

Who has been picking and choosing?! Surely it's the fans that your comment should be aimed at?

He has been taking his fair amount of abuse the last few weeks (which I'm guessing no-one would want to put up with) and then when he scored he had the right to comment on the fans' fickleness.

 

[bocadillo]

Who has been picking and choosing?! Surely it's the fans that your comment should be aimed at?

He has been taking his fair amount of abuse the last few weeks (which I'm guessing no-one would want to put up with) and then when he scored he had the right to comment on the fans' fickleness.

He did. And I understand he enjoyed a post-match pork steak too.

 

[FryattFox]

He did. And I understand he enjoyed a post-match pork steak too.

Where else could he possibly get his protein from?!

 

[Mawsley]

A hooker?

You run a tight ship of bitches.

I prefer to carry out three performance management sessions a week with my ho army. I'm also introducing a peer mentoring program (although that is mainly focused on following up from the anal workshop we completed in January).

 

[Filthy Rich]

I totally disagree.

Everything Gallagher has earned from football is because of the people that support the game. This comes through fans, viewers, sponsors, etc. If nobody went to the matches, Gallagher would be a nobody. From his diamond encrusted Mrs to his latest flash motor, he owes it all to the people that pay to watch him do his job.

He has no right to pick and choose which aspects of the experience of being a footballer he wants. If that deal isn't acceptable to him, get the feck out of the game and do something different. If he does well, he gladly accepts the glory. If he's no good, his responsibility is to take the criticism and work harder. Not ponce about like it's some kind of disgrace that people dare to say he's shite when he's shite.

A true professional would have come out after the game and said that he knows he's not been at his best for a while and thanks to those supporters who've stuck by him and dedicate the goals he scored to them. The two things I'm not happy with him about are the complete opposite of that sort of approach.

Good luck to him is what I say.

I'd have celebrated the goals in the same way.

It's ridiculous to expect any player to perform at his best in every game. You don't know whether there were personal issues or injuries that affected his game when he is off form.

Scoring a goal every two games is as good as it gets for most players.

 

[bocadillo]

Where else could he possibly get his protein from?!

I wouldn't dream of advising him on the subject. He clearly knows more about it than I do.

 

[FryattFox]

I wouldn't dream of advising him on the subject. He clearly knows more about it than I do.

Luckily I've walked through both the meat and fruit & veg sections of a supermarket before, as well as once playing 'PROTEIN' in a game of scrabble, so I'm highly qualified on the subject.

 

[Brown Nose]

Good luck to him is what I say.

I'd have celebrated the goals in the same way.

It's ridiculous to expect any player to perform at his best in every game. You don't know whether there were personal issues or injuries that affected his game when he is off form.

Scoring a goal every two games is as good as it gets for most players.

I totally accept the form point. In fact, I was in a small minority making exactly the same point about persisting with Gallagher and not getting on his back before the Brighton game on here.

Gallagher is an okay player. There is a reason he's in and out of a mid table Championship team. I think he's proved himself to not be good enough for the Premier League in the past too. I think you have to be a really special player to be able to get away with the sort of arrogance he displayed on Saturday. A Cantona can do something like that I can accept it. But not a Paul Gallagher.

 

[Lako42]

Gallagher is an okay player. There is a reason he's in and out of a mid table Championship team. I think he's proved himself to not be good enough for the Premier League in the past too. I think you have to be a really special player to be able to get away with the sort of arrogance he displayed on Saturday. A Cantona can do something like that I can accept it. But not a Paul Gallagher.

But his goals were down to the ultimate in skill and ability, that Peno deserves some serious credit and that alone should give him the right to swan around like Cantona, did you not see all of the Zambia penalty takers doing it?