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Seems to be the forgotten man at the moment. Anybody know how long before he is back in contention - with all our young players his experience is something that could prove particularly valuable to us.
 
ernest said:
Seems to be the forgotten man at the moment. Anybody know how long before he is back in contention - with all our young players his experience is something that could prove particularly valuable to us.
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I have to admit, seeing all the "preferred" 11's being bandied about, the lack of his name worries me. If you take the accepted wisdom that we'll start with something like Browne, Pearson, Barks, Johnson, Robbo and Maguire, it lacks a bit of experience for me.
 
pne_monster said:
I have to admit, seeing all the "preferred" 11's being bandied about, the lack of his name worries me. If you take the accepted wisdom that we'll start with something like Browne, Pearson, Barks, Johnson, Robbo and Maguire, it lacks a bit of experience for me.
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That's right Alan, you'll never win anything with kids.🙂
 
Waltz said:
That's right Alan, you'll never win anything with kids.🙂
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Well, yes I did have that thought. BUT that side he was referring to didn't have all the kids clustered about in a forward line. Cantona, Keane, Cole, McClair, Bruce, Irwin all complemented the younger players coming through.
 
Gallagher's free kicks are a HUGE weapon for PNE and his range of passing is one of the best in the league. He does feel like a forgotten man at the minute but he is one of the best players that PNE have, in my opinion
 
Him and Welsh aren't going to be reliable for fitness this season, which is why the addition of another central midfielder would be ideal.

He will still be useful here and there though, if we need that quality pass or cross later in a game, like when he came on away at Blackburn.
 
I'm a big fan of Gallagher. But Grayson struggled to play him and Pearson together in the same midfield. Maybe, bot got the legs to play the Johnson advanced role Neil prefers. So he might have to bide his time.
 
I don't know if he fits in a team with a high tempo pressing game. I might consider playing him in a free role behind the striker, but yeah, could be a struggle for him.
 
zwebbhead said:
Gallagher's free kicks are a HUGE weapon for PNE and his range of passing is one of the best in the league. He does feel like a forgotten man at the minute but he is one of the best players that PNE have, in my opinion
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I agree. He's nice on the ball and has a great right peg, but in my opinion he's wasted when he isn't played in his correct position. If you imagine the right sided attacking midfielder in a 4-2-3-1, ie a tucked in right winger with an overlapping full back to create space, that's Gallagher's dream if you ask me. Some of the balls he whips in from that part of the pitch are virtually impossible to defend.

He doesn't have pace, never has, and can't tackle, and we need to work around that to get the most out of the undoubted class he has.

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BigMarkLeonard said:
I agree. He's nice on the ball and has a great right peg, but in my opinion he's wasted when he isn't played in his correct position.
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Gallagher certainly is not a winger but arguably he does not have an ideal position. Instead he is at his best when free to roam and pop up where he wants.
 
Think in this new system and style of play, he'd be ideal to drop in and get it from the centre halves to move it through the thirds.

Gally has the ability to control games for the whole 90 minutes - his performance at Rovers in the 2-1 win was something else. Quality player, imo.
 
Kingy said:
Think in this new system and style of play, he'd be ideal to drop in and get it from the centre halves to move it through the thirds.

Gally has the ability to control games for the whole 90 minutes - his performance at Rovers in the 2-1 win was something else. Quality player, imo.
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Would put a huge burden on Pearson though to do pretty much all of the defensive work there. Might be possible, but could be a waste of his talents going forwards.
 
Kingy said:
Think in this new system and style of play, he'd be ideal to drop in and get it from the centre halves to move it through the thirds.

Gally has the ability to control games for the whole 90 minutes - his performance at Rovers in the 2-1 win was something else. Quality player, imo.
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That was one of the best performances I've seen from a North End midfielder.

I don't think he's good enough defensively to sit in front of the back four long term though. When he gets the ball in the inside right position his crosses are incredible, so we need to position him there as much as possible as long as it doesn't detract from playing Barkhuizen, who is, in a different way, equally superb when played there.

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zwebbhead said:
Gallagher's free kicks are a HUGE weapon for PNE and his range of passing is one of the best in the league. He does feel like a forgotten man at the minute but he is one of the best players that PNE have, in my opinion
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Totally agree with this. Up to AN to use this top quality option.
 
I like Gally, but his all round game has deteriorated, mostly last season and the injuries picked up haven't helped.

Pace, workrate and tackling were never his strongpoint which look to be key aspects of our play going forward under AN.

Set pieces are quality, but if we sell Hugill and by AN's own admission we arent the biggest of sides, how valuable do they remain?

Tin hat on, but i'd move him on before letting Welsh go
 
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