As with Davis, he’s another who didn’t want to come to our club. I seem to recall that we were in for him under Steve Bruce’s reign and he turned us down for Burnley. My memory might be a little out on the detail and so happy to be corrected on it. However, I vaguely remember feeling the same way about Gray as I do now about Davis.
No - Enob Dicked about trying to get Gray and the full back for £10M when the asking price was £10M for Gray. While dick brain was pissing about, Burnley gazumped us. That was the start of Brucie's relationship with Enob going down the pan.
He'll get his chance in seasons to come. its not unusual for a player to go out on loan to get a bit of experience is it? Players find thier level. He wasn't good enough (yet) for Chelsea so he came to us. He's not quite ready for the Championship this season so he gone out on loan. Whats weird about that? We've signed loads of players and then loaned them out to get experience.
And if we’d dropped points in those games, who would you have been blaming for that? I’m sure we all know the answer to that.
He was told differently when he agreed to sign. That's the issue. Its unfair to make a promise and then not play the kid.
I posted at the time it was the right time to play fringe players and kids. I would not give a toss if we lost, I never really do, I got used to losing a long time ago. Unlike many people I don't go to a game desperate to see a win. I go to be entertained and if we lose then so be it. If we're boring and lose then I get fed up and wonder if the choice i made was the right one. I don't get supporters who sit there ranting and raving at players or the ref. You can't change a thing other than your chances of high blood pressure so why not just watch the game?
How do you know he was told that, he may have been told we will help develop your game and bring you through when you are ready, maybe he knew he never had a future at Chelsea hence why he wanted to sign a contract here, i suspect he knew he would have to go out on loan for experience. I was one of the people saying he should be given a chance in the first team but this is probably the right decision in sending him on loan.
