Ex-QPR Update

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Kevin Gallen Decision to come, but supposedly no Holloway interest in Carlisle...Matt Rose Staying at Yeovil another year...Martin Allen, clearly in command at Leicester...Ex-Youth player, Barry Conlon signs on at Bradford.

Kevin Gallen
Plymouth Evening Herald - GALLEN SET TO DECIDE FUTURE 03 July 2007
Striker Kevin Gallen is ready to make a decision on his future after returning from a holiday in the United States.Plymouth Argyle have offered Gallen, 31, a one-year contract following his four-month loan spell at Home Park at the end of last season. Gallen was released by Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers in May and Argyle manager Ian Holloway is keen to secure his signature.
However, it is thought Gallen, who can also play in a midfield role, has other offers on the table.
Argyle chief executive Michael Dunford told Herald Sport: "We have had initial talks with the player and his representative.
"He (Gallen) has only just got back from holiday and I wouldn't anticipate hearing anything more until the middle of the week."
Gallen made a total of 16 appearances for Argyle last season, including nine starts, and scored two goals....
Holloway has dismissed speculation linking him with Watford centre-back Clarke Carlisle, who has previously played for him at Queens Park Rangers.
One national newspaper reported at the weekend that the Pilgrims were lining up a £100,000 move for Carlisle.
But Holloway said: "It's absolute rubbish. As far as I'm concerned I have got some decent centre-halves. His name hasn't even popped into my thoughts at all."
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YEOVIL OFFICIAL SITE
Russell Slade has been talking to the Western Morning News regarding the contract negotiations with Scott Guyett, Matty Rose, Lee Morris and others....
Tne player who will stay with the club for next season is defender Matthew Rose, who has agreed a 12-month deal with the Glovers. Rose made nine appearances towards the back-end of last season, after joining on a free transfer following his release from Queen's Park Rangers in January.
"Matthew Rose is going to sign, I've had a chat with his representative," the Glovers' boss said. "Matty has just now got back in the country and he is excited about extending his term here by another year." . Yeovil

MARTIN ALLEN - LEICESTER OFFICIAL SITE
Manager Speaks Posted on: Mon 02 Jul 2007

Good afternoon,
When it first happened and I first got here - of course it was a little bit daunting. When I went to the ground and saw all these staff working there and I came to the training ground and I saw all the staff there - there was the immediate feeling of: 'Crikey, this is a big jump.' But since then I have had time to work everyday.

I have changed the training ground round completely while I have been away. I have come back this morning, straight from Heathrow Airport and I haven't been home - I have just come straight here. To see the training ground this morning when I got here was absolutely fantastic. The team at the training ground who have done it all have worked to get it how I wanted it - specifically how I wanted it - down to the details that I have asked for. It is all in place. That for me was a very good sign.

It is just how I wanted it. The flowers, the colour of them, perfect. The attention to detail - just how I asked it all to be done. There is no longer a restaurant here - there is now an operating theatre, which has white boards, smart boards, a computer system set into it, DVDs and an analysis computer system. It is no longer a lounge, restaurant, reading the paper area. It is exactly as it is - an operating theatre. People raise their eyebrows and said 'What the hell is that,' but our planning and preparation for the next game will all come from that room. And what we learn from the previous game will all be done in that room - the good things and the bad things. It is a fantastic facility.

The reason why we have got a barrier at the entrance to the training ground is because I believe that 48 hours before a game the training ground needs to be private. Our focus and attention has to be on us looking after the players - to try to get the team to win. There will be no other outside distraction. We will have a press conference first thing on a Thursday morning, but apart from that there is nobody coming to this training ground. It is private. This is my workplace. And that is when we do our work on Thursday and Friday to get them to win matches.

The training ground is in absolutely fantastic condition thanks to the groundsman and the groundstaff - it is superb. It is all set and it is all ready for the players to return.

While I have been away I have been on the phone twice a day to Tim Davies. There was a big time difference, but actually it fitted in perfectly because I could speak to him from lunchtime where I was, which meant it was breakfast time here for Tim, and then at bedtime for me I could speak to Tim and it was his finishing work time. So I have spoken to him twice a day. I have had endless telephone calls - so much so that my phone was cut off by the phone company three days ago because I have overused it and the credit has run out on my mobile. That has never ever happened to me before. So it is going to be good fun in the Allen household when my wife's mobile telephone bill comes through next month and she will see that for the last three day I have been using her mobile phone! That will be a day to make sure I don't go home.

I am chuffed to bits today that James Wesolowski has signed a contract extension. He has energy, he has enthusiasm, and I am really looking forward to working with him and helping him to get in to the full Australian squad.

This afternoon I had a good meeting with all the team at the training ground. I tried to explain to them how important each and every person is to me. There was a good story from back in 1964 when a business executive was invited to the NASA Space Centre in Florida. When he jumped out of his car he saw an elderly chap sweeping rubbish in the car park who asked him if he needed any assistance on which way to go. The business executive knew the way to go, thanked him for his offer and politely asked him what it was he did at the NASA Space Centre. 'I am in a team to help put a man on the moon,' was his reply.

Later on in the week I will be meeting the team that are working at the stadium to introduce the new staff and try to give them a vision for the future as I see it.

This morning I had the pleasure of meeting six young men who had just left school and started their first day at work. Each one had the task of standing on their chair for one minute to talk about himself and also take a few questions. The funniest moment was when I asked a young man, who will remain nameless, who his favourite bird was. And he replied, after a great deal of thought, a budgie! It certainly broke the ice.

I informed all the scholars that they will now be changing not in the main building, but over in the scruffy huts. For my mind they will have to earn the right to come to work and change in this main building.

By the way, for supporters wishing to visit - I should hope so to - you will have to respect the areas that we train on. Everyone that comes will be made welcome.
Take care, Martin Leicester
BRADFORD OFFICIAL -Barry Conlon becomes McCall's first signing
Stuart McCall has made his first signing bringing in Drogheda-born striker Barry Conlon, who was recently released by Mansfield Town, one a one-year contract.
The 28-year old has played for many clubs during his career starting out at Queens Park Rangers where he signed his first contract on the 1 August 1996.
After his first year at Loftus Road he was released and quickly joined Manchester City. His appearances were limited to just one league start and six substitute appearances, and he was loaned out to Plymouth Argyle 18 months later.... Bradford