Conor Clifford

**The Fly** · 11/03/2011, 6:48 PM

Clifford keen to extend loan stay at Notts County

**CraftyToePoke** · 13/03/2011, 2:06 AM

Clifford starts and finishes, Notts County win for the first time in four.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot..._2/9418967.stm

**theworm2345** · 15/03/2011, 12:53 PM

Extends his loan
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...814600,00.html

**CraftyToePoke** · 15/03/2011, 9:27 PM

Selected but subbed off tonight in a 1-0 loss. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot..._2/9422285.stm

**Closed Account** · 07/04/2011, 3:01 PM

Back at Chelsea because of "broken promises"
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/no...l/article.html

Heggs said: "I tried to convince him to stay but he decided he wanted to go back to Chelsea.
"I am not going to keep anybody who doesn't want to play for the club.
"It's slightly disappointing. He said he's gone back because of broken promises.
"I told him he would be playing on Saturday, but he chose to go back and play in the Chelsea reserves."

**tetsujin1979** · 07/04/2011, 3:27 PM

Hard to tell what to make of this, Notts County are a mess recently. Ince (who brought Clifford to the club) just got sacked, and they're looking likely to get relegated. Since moving to Notts County in February, he's played less in 13 games than in the 8 games he was at Plymouth for.

**theworm2345** · 07/04/2011, 4:12 PM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Hard to tell what to make of this, Notts County are a mess recently. Ince (who brought Clifford to the club) just got sacked, and they're looking likely to get relegated. Since moving to Notts County in February, he's played less in 13 games than in the 8 games he was at Plymouth for.

They're a point above the relegation places and have a game in hand on almost every team so I don't know that they're likely to be relegated, though I certainly wouldn't rule it out. Of course if they are Clifford would have the "honor" of being relegated twice in one season (much like another Irishman, Jamie Devitt, who was relegated three times last year)

**The Fly** · 07/04/2011, 8:41 PM

Originally Posted by theworm2345

Of course if they are Clifford would have the "honour" of being relegated twice in one season (much like another Irishman, Jamie Devitt, who was relegated three times last year)

Fixed.

**Colbert Report** · 07/04/2011, 10:48 PM

The guy is going nowhere, another failed prospect.

**Charlie Darwin** · 07/04/2011, 10:57 PM

*round of applause*

Who had April 7th?

**Paddy Garcia** · 29/04/2011, 8:05 PM

The manager of Plymouth was interviewed on radio tonight. Asked what the reason for their slump in form over recent months was - had a few excuses - however the first thing he said was that we lost a very good player in January - Conor Clifford!

**Crosby87** · 30/04/2011, 9:58 PM

Still plenty of time for him to make it. He should go to a team like Reading. Or Wolves if they go down, start playing regularly and go from there.

**tommy_c12000** · 15/05/2011, 9:49 AM

Interview with Conor on Chelsea's website

**tetsujin1979** · 04/07/2011, 11:56 PM

According to this article on tribalfootball, Clifford is likely to go on loan this season: http://www.tribalfootball.com/articl...conteh-1735721

The Sierra Leone-born full-back is one of a number of young Chelsea prospects who will be made available for loan, with Portuguese attacker Kaby Djal� and Irish midfielder Conor Clifford also interesting several clubs.

Not sure how reputable or accurate tribalfootball is

also, Conor has a twitter account now: https://twitter.com/#!/conorclifford91
Not too many updates though

**CraftyToePoke** · 05/07/2011, 12:08 AM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

According to this article on tribalfootball, Clifford is likely to go on loan this season

I reckon it is likely, but I hope he gets a better loan destination than last season when he was sent to two struggling League 1 sides. I think I said at the time on this thread that compared to the destinations of similar aged players from the bigger Prem clubs, he was generally a divison and a half below his peers.

**Kingdom** · 05/07/2011, 12:34 PM

last season's loan was deliberate - it was to get him used to being stuck in a battle for a slight fella, against hardened cynical professionals. It worked.

The plan was to get a better quality (championship) loan this season and see what comes of it.

**Paul90** · 06/07/2011, 3:48 PM

Can anyone see him being near Chelseas first team next season or would another loan spell be more realistic.

**Charlie Darwin** · 06/07/2011, 5:48 PM

It's impossible to know what Villas Boas will do but developmentally he's still behind the likes of McEachran.

**CraftyToePoke** · 06/07/2011, 6:05 PM

Originally Posted by Kingdom

last season's loan was deliberate - it was to get him used to being stuck in a battle for a slight fella, against hardened cynical professionals. It worked.

The plan was to get a better quality (championship) loan this season and see what comes of it.

Well, I hope this is the case so, and I hope they are a bit more considered in where they send him as Ince didnt play him or start him often enough for that to bear fruit. Other players, including loanees, were getting in ahead of him as that loan progressed despite him generally doing ok from what I can gather.

**CraftyToePoke** · 06/07/2011, 6:10 PM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

It's impossible to know what Villas Boas will do but developmentally he's still behind the likes of McEachran.

I think McEachran has overtaken him, McEachran is also a year younger, thats the worry. This coming season will tell a lot, still only 19 though, it could still all happen for him.

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