I am still puzzling over a comment made by S. Sodje at the POTY. He had asked why the supporters booed Mooney as it had upset the whole team.I explained as best I could given that I hadn't understood it either. One of my comments was that he hadn't got the goals that we needed. Sam said immediately, 'But that's not his job'. I didn't get the chance to ask him to explain this, so please would the footballers help me out?
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Thanks to him for his efforts in the last game, he played his part.
Almost as important for the player to be doing things right is that the rest of the team is in tune with him. I don't think it did much through the course of the season, either with Mooney or Shevey playing their. It was though in the 2nd leg and I thought Mooney played it to near perfection.
When he wasn't playing well he was ineffective. Without any real pace, strength or ability in the air, he had to get everything else right to offer something.
After seeing him for a season I think we should look elsewhere. Although he can be good on his day, too often he doesn't offer enough, just ends up outmuscled and out of the game.
Should be other options out there, but I have no idea who they might be.
Mooney qualities are his movement, links up the play, often runs he makes will free up some space we can use, always worked hard regardless and like you said he did score the odd goal although admittedly he is not a goalscorer. I agree with the strength, also in the airm although 2nd leg against swindon feel he won a fair amount of headers and probably his best game with millwall home his 2nd notable performances, i'd love to see him resign but dont see it happen
definately would prefer to have him then akpoooo, although they are both different players just i prefer mooney, whos probably more of a luxury player
Mooney's the better footballer, but Akpo can be far more effective. You can see defenders are worried when he's around.
Is he Van Basten? No. But he is about what we can afford right now and he works his balls off so you can't ask for much more than that.
Certainly game for game he would out score akpo
I would love to know who he thinks should have been scoring the goals when Mooney was playing.
Funny I thought it was precisely what the game was about to score goals.........or not to conceed them
Think this say's more about Sam's view of the way the team is set up!, or thought it was!
Each player will be given a role within the team and told how he's expected to play it. I expect in Mooney's case, he's told to draw defenders out of position to create space, make himself available to receive the ball on the floor, and bring team mates into the game - especially in and around the box.
Mooney's a grafter, but he is lightweight and not blessed with electric pace. But he does find space for himself, has good footballing intelligence and vision, and his link up play IMO is decent. If he can get on the end of knockdowns and loose balls, then he's good for a few goals too.
Team mates will appreciate what he brings to the table. And evidently so does his manager - which is why he picks him!
He came to League football at the end of August 2008 ...... he's relatively inexperienced and no doubt learning all the time.
Hardly the finished article, I think there's a lot more to come from him.
As do I. If he can add a bit of muscle and aggression to his game and can be paired with the right partner he has the potential to be a decent player beacuse his movement, for a striker, is the best we've had at this club since Darren Bent, and I really mean that. That finish on Monday night was top quality as well, as was the one vs Gills.
What he needs to find is more consistency and the right partner. Whether he stands a chance of finding those two things with us is debatable though, but he's a player with potential to improve and strengths that could see him play at a higher level, than ours, if his weaknesses are worked on. Akpo will, and has had, his uses for us, but at 30 he's unlikely to improve much and his strengths are 'lower league strengths', while his weaknesses are the kind of things that will be found out against better sides.
Saying that we are a 3rd division club with 3rd division players and we should all get used to it
Paul Walsh was useful.
As was Daniel Defoe.
Does anyone know if when we signed Akpo on a permanent contract that was just until the end of the season - or was that for next season too?
I thought someone said we signed full time
prove me wrong akpo!
Cannot see how we can get on Tamer Tuna's back the lad scored the last time he was in a Charlton shirt albeit in the JPT.
He has a 1 year contract and wants to play, but to do that he has to be in the team , or at least on the bench!.
I appreciate he may be raw and a bit 'lighweight' in the muscle department but the lad has alway's scored, and remind me again what was our top strikers goal tally this past season..... precisely, so let us go with what we have got, a local lad from the academy if he fails
well so be it!. But let's give the lad a few games before we dismiss him ( and the others). I agree he has to step up to the plate, time will tell.......
A bit lightweight?
Do me a favour.
Generally I agree though, fine having opinions on the young players, but if they've done enough to win pro contracts you can't write them off.