It looks like Doughty and Davison are making a very good case to remain in the first team squad. Likewise Morgan if he does a bit more of the dirty work demanded by Bowyer. I don't expect any of the others will help to keep us in this division.
All true, but of those, leko is out for the season, kayal similar, Ledley only came in to get fit, and when we gave him a run out, he showed why he is without a club. Gallagher is a huge problema, given how good he was, but the other three can be seen as freeing up wages. besides, I read somewhere (probably CL) that Steve Gallen had talked about one player at the start of the windo, and three near the end. It's not ideal, but if the Maddison '1000 quid extra per week please guv' story is true, I think we made the right call in giving him the swerve. Doesn't sound like he is especially interested in us.
The bottom line is that Maddison doesn't want to come to us. That is why he asked for an extra 1000 a week.
Blackburn & Huddersfield are how said to be interested in Maddison, and the latter in particular can pay the wages.
It's just happened. Nothing new there by the sound of it - we're looking at signings, and Gallagher was a bolt out of a clear blue sky.
I imagine Chelsea had a recall clause which they activated. Not very pretty after saying they would let him stay, but as they have the player under contract, not much to be done. I don't know how true it is but there is a Chelsea tweet on ITTV saying that Gallagher was playing with inferior players to those he had next to him in the Chelsea development squad as our injuries bit Deep, and they want him playing with a better level of teammates.
I’d like to see a CAFC version of come dine with me - couples edition. Driesen and Miere Ben and Rick Sue and Chris Bexley and Ackers Reams and Elfs
Nobody would get a word in. Ben Hayes would begin with a pompous deconstruction of the pea green soup starter. Everitt would then rant about how dinner parties are a bourgeoisie concept, designed to trammel the Working Class.