Good on him, I thought he was singled out for his lack of aerial domination and the amount of shots he didn't hold onto by the opposition. Really happy to see how well he has played this season and the fact he's in the national squad
Good on him, I thought he was singled out for his lack of aerial domination and the amount of shots he didn't hold onto by the opposition. Really happy to see how well he has played this season and the fact he's in the national squad
Yep agree with this. I singled him out for those flaws and he has me eating humble pie.
I've loved every minute of seeing Nicky Pope's wonky smile with England this week. I rated him incredibly highly in his last six months with us. He was fantastically quick off his line, his kicking had gotten much better, and he was so quick to release the ball when he had it. But I never thought he'd end up quite this good quite this fast. So happy for him. By all accounts a lovely guy as well.
not sure if its been mentioned anywhere but do we get any further payments due to an England cap ??? we all know KM was a master at transfer negotiations......
I think you are being quite harsh on KM because she did negotiate a financial package with Burnley If Pope played for England.
For every 15 minutes he is on the pitch in an England shirt we have to pay Burnley £10k.
What a women!!
I wouldn't be surprised if there is a clause that says for every 15mins he plays for England; Roland helps himself to another £10k from the club
Nope. We sold and England keeper for peanuts with no clause for international caps.
not sure if its been mentioned anywhere but do we get any further payments due to an England cap ??? we all know KM was a master at transfer negotiations......
I think you are being quite harsh on KM because she did negotiate a financial package with Burnley If Pope played for England.
For every 15 minutes he is on the pitch in an England shirt we have to pay Burnley £10k.
What a women!!
I wouldn't be surprised if there is a clause that says for every 15mins he plays for England; Roland helps himself to another £10k from the club
Nope. We sold and England keeper for peanuts with no clause for international caps.
In a way I'm glad... Pope could make his debut tonight and if we got a bit more money for him making his England debut then that cash would be straight into Roland's pocket as a last parting gift.
Hopefully he's sitting there realising it was another of his many mistakes!!
not sure if its been mentioned anywhere but do we get any further payments due to an England cap ??? we all know KM was a master at transfer negotiations......
I think you are being quite harsh on KM because she did negotiate a financial package with Burnley If Pope played for England.
For every 15 minutes he is on the pitch in an England shirt we have to pay Burnley £10k.
What a women!!
I wouldn't be surprised if there is a clause that says for every 15mins he plays for England; Roland helps himself to another £10k from the club
Nope. We sold and England keeper for peanuts with no clause for international caps.
In a way I'm glad... Pope could make his debut tonight and if we got a bit more money for him making his England debut then that cash would be straight into Roland's pocket as a last parting gift.
Hopefully he's sitting there realising it was another of his many mistakes!!
Eh I don't know about that, by the time the payments are made, assuming the timeline on the takeover holds, it seems far more likely that it'd go to the new ownership.
That said, for all the mistakes KM and RD made, I think this is one of the smaller, more understandable ones. Pope clearly had a bright future when he left here, but I don't think anyone, myself included who rates him very highly, thought he'd be in an England squad within 18 months.
Must admit it is times like this I wonder if it wasn't for Roland if he would still be one of ours.
Who knows. It's not as if we haven't sold players before
My sentiment is more a ponderance if we could have kept him a bit longer than we actually did. Still we got to see a premier league star of the future for a few moments.
Sky Sports just stated they believe Nick Pope will be announced in the England squad. Congratulations to him. He deserves it after a good season with Burnley.
well done Nick Hope that CAFC will now receive a big payment from Burnley - ah forgot that Daisy did the sale. Expect we'll pay Burnley a bonus for loosing him to the England squad
So pleased for him! I still remember him being described as a bit shaky in his early Charlton days by posters on here (I didn't/couldn't watch our games). It's only been 3 or 4 years since then and now he's in the England squad. What immense progress he's made!
Really happy for him, but lets not re write history of how good he was for us. He blew hot and cold, and although occasionally fantastic (mainly at the end of his Charlton carear) he also had some real shockers. I don't think anyone would have predicted he'd be in the world cup squad
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Disappointed Pickford got in ahead of him though.
https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-athletic-pay-the-price-for-nick-popes-meteoric-rise/
Hopefully he's sitting there realising it was another of his many mistakes!!
'It's a very tight call, all the goalkeepers have different strengths, but the prerequisite is keeping the ball out of the net.'
Quite astute eh?
That said, for all the mistakes KM and RD made, I think this is one of the smaller, more understandable ones. Pope clearly had a bright future when he left here, but I don't think anyone, myself included who rates him very highly, thought he'd be in an England squad within 18 months.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43960328
Must admit it is times like this I wonder if it wasn't for Roland if he would still be one of ours.
*sort of
It will be a national disgrace if he isn't at least on the plane to Russia (and I think he should be starting).
Hope that CAFC will now receive a big payment from Burnley - ah forgot that Daisy did the sale.
Expect we'll pay Burnley a bonus for loosing him to the England squad
https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5afc3f24290e9/former-charlton-goalkeeper-named-in-englands-fifa-world-cup-squad
Well done, young man !