Talk:William Gallas

Dubious Information

Caps and goal figures in the article likely contain European cup/Domestic cup data in addition to Domestic League data (this is very certain based on this user's previous edits containing similar information [1]. Please correct this issue and leave a note here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Alfmaster#Footballers.27_European_goals, to warn this person about putting improper information on Wikipedia. --Palffy 21:18, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

180 is 6 feet, as 30cm is a feet, 30x6 is 180 so 180 is 6 foot

no. 1 inch = 2.55cm, this 1 foot=30.6cm, 6 foot=183.6cm  Bmw75 14:58, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

The user that changed his height from 1,82 m to 1,83 m and added the refference please contact me at my talk page because I need his help for modifying Ryan Babel height from 1,83 m to 1,85 m wich is his real height... Thanks .Karim Abdul Rashid (talk) 13:00, 11 January 2009 (UTC)Karim Abdul RashidKarim Abdul Rashid (talk) 13:00, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

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This is my first attempt at editing on Wikipedia, (hence my adding to the discussion page, not changing the main article) so apologies if I get this a bit wrong...

William Gallas is not 182cm, 183cm or 185cm tall, he is 181cm tall. This is his official height from the Statistics Page of the Premier League's official website:

http://www.premierleague.com/page/Statistics/0,,12306,00.html

Arrange players by the tallest, then go to to player number 301 and it is William Gallas at 181cm.

Also, 30cm does not equal 1 foot, that is a false assumption, (possibly from seeing both written on a plastic ruler). Neither does 1 inch equate to 2.55cm, it is actually 2.54cm. That can be checked here: http://www.worldwidemetric.com/metcal.htm, here: http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/length, or any number of other websites, or indeed any good quality tape measure a reader may have in their own home, (100 inches = exactly 254cm).

Hence William Gallas is 181/2.54 = 71.26 inches (to nearest 2 dp).

71.26 inches = 5 feet 11.26 inches.

As the custom for giving height is to the nearest half inch, this rounds up to 5 feet 11 1/2 inches, which can also be expressed as 5' 11 1/2". --John T Gunn (talk) 15:05, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Unsubstantiated Opinions

The user who wrote this has stated the following 2 opinions about William Gallas:

"However, it should be noted that Gallas frequently voiced his distaste both for the club, and the position he was playing there in the weeks prior to his move, at one point vowing that he would never again play for Chelsea whatever the circumstances."

and

"It should also be noted that Gallas's reputation as a professional would later suffer serious damage because of his actions when he was handed the captaincy at Arsenal."

Firstly, neither of these assertions is followed by a reference. Secondly, it could be argued that both statements are not impartial enough for an encyclopaedic article. This is my opinion, I could be wrong and I am not accusing the author of deliberate bias. I would like to hear the author's view and perhaps some alternative views on the subject. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.41.38 (talk) 21:10, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

I could see why an editor would include those bits of information in that section. The section on his departure from Chelsea, as it is now, reads as it would from the persepctive of an Arsenal or Gallas fan, and its neutrality is quite laughable. Though he was a superb player, several instances of his acting unprofessional at Chelsea prior to his departure are not noted. Then the alleged own-goal threat is stated, followed by Gallas's denial, and several football personalities backing Gallas point of view (which also have absolutely no links) and essentially reinforcing Gallas's side of the story, when in fact the truth of what was said, or who threatend what will probably never really be known. Is this neutrality? The club said he threatened to score own goals and make mistakes, the player denied it, and now here are a litany of unsourced quotes taking his side.

There is also no coverage of the breakdown in relations between the player and the club/manager which occured before that (recall that after he refused to acompany the team on a preseason tour, they gave away his favored number 13 to new sining Michael Ballack), nor is there any mention of his dissatisfaction at being played at leftback. Both of these pieces of information might convince the uninformed reader that Gallas could have, in fact, built a great amount of anger against Chelsea FC by the summer of 2006, so much so that he would make such an outlandish statement to get a way out of the club.

And given what happened during his years at Arsenal, and some of the behavior with which he became associated (especially while as club captain) I think it stands to reason he isn't the model professional this section of the article paints him as. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.71.36.148 (talk) 14:57, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

2009-2010

Is Someone going to create a new headline about his 09-10 season —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.107.1.253 (talk) 21:54, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

RFPP

This article's been requested for page protection. (Twice apparently) due to vandalism. Seems like all players involved in the game have been targeted (no surprises there, Robbie Keane and Nicolas Anelka have also been hit a bit. Cocytus [»talk«] 19:35, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Move to Spurs

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_6325361,00.html

So please don't undo it. Thanks! --Lindberg (talk) 16:41, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

That says he's SET to join, it doesn't mean he has. That article says he hasn't even had his medical yet, which I guess is going on right now so it's not a source to prove he has joined them or not. The C of E. God Save The Queen! (talk) 16:44, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I'll put it that way then. --Lindberg (talk) 16:57, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

article rating

Start class? I think it looks good enough for a C class rating. Govvy (talk) 10:30, 23 August 2010 (UTC)