++Charlie Kelman signs on a 4 year deal++

Sword65pf

killerandflash said:

Sword65pf said:

killerandflash said:

Rothko said:

and Cov moved on from Godden 18 months ago as he wasn't doing it in the Championship. 

QPR were happy to sell Kelman to us in the summer. 

https://www.fotmob.com/en-GB/leagues/48/stats/season/27195/players/rating/team/8451/charlton-athletic

The Fotmob ratings are interesting, as they show that none of our strikers have done the business this season, and all feature on page 2 of the Charlton rankings. But Kelman is bottom, reflecting his lack of impact on games.

https://www.fotmob.com/en-GB/leagues/48/stats/season/27195/players/poss_won_att_3rd/team/8451

This is the possession won  in the final 3rd stat per 90. Even on that stat he's well behind Miles and Tanto.

Luckily stats don’t mean shit until you use them as a stick to beat players with, Kelman has scored one less than our other strikers. People can see with their own eyes that there is work to do, but can also see it is an improving working process that has us sitting in sixth. At this stage I’m more than happy with that because I know we will get better, it’s what NJ’s teams do. As others have said judge properly at the end of the season.

Of course stats mean something, as they give a better picture of the overall contribution a player is making . And I deliberately didn't mention goals, as clearly none of our strikers would look good on that criteria. 

Possession won  in the final 3rd shows how effective strikers are in doing the dirty work of hassling and challenging defenders, and winning the ball back in dangerous areas. Looking up these numbers

Kelman 4
Tanto 4
TC   6
Miles  12

Or Recoveries

Kelman 13
Tanto 13
TC   21
Miles  22

Suggest that even on the workrate and harrying side, it isn't obvious that Kelman is more effective than our other options.

But who gives a shit about stats if the team wins, stats don’t win games. We can all pick a stat to suit a narrative. Just watch the bloody game, enjoy if we win great, if we lose ..so what there’s always next week.

CAFCsayer

In a minority here, but I think Kelman has looked decent. His link up play is intelligent and he makes decent runs dragging defenders all over the place. He just isn't doing what I expected him to do... definitely needs to start scoring soon, but don't think he looks like a dud in the slightest 

superdulvertonred

Think he just needs a goal. Can’t get the negativity of some on here towards Leaburn working hard and causing problems. I am fully aware that none of our strikers are excelling at the moment but all work hard and are showing enough for me to think that they will all continue to improve and that the goals will come.

Sword65pf

superdulvertonred said:

Think he just needs a goal. Can’t get the negativity of some on here towards Leaburn working hard and causing problems. I am fully aware that none of our strikers are excelling at the moment but all work hard and are showing enough for me to think that they will all continue to improve and that the goals will come.

Agree.