This could be a really great signing for us (how many times have we said that?) if he showed the kind of form he previously has shown before his move to West Spam.
Mentioned this rumour on here Friday but like others I can't see it happening, nor am I certain how good a signing he'd be anymore. That said I think he would be a better option than Abbott.
I'd prefer Abbott. Benni would only be coming for the money and although we might only pay a small percentage of his 60k pw he'd still be getting the rest from West Ham. Anyway I thought he was a lazy, unfit, useless sod nowadays.
Wham would probably pay his wages as they were prepared to pay him off recently. With a year left on his contract a Charlton play off / promotion challenge could put him in the shop window .
The reason I think that this could happen is our South African heritage which goes back to Firmani and Leary so we would be a club he is aware of .
Saw him on the bench for Wham a couple of weeks ago and he looked like a barrage balloon. Unless we are going to roll him into the goal and use him as a blockade?
[quote][cite]Posted By: LargeAddick[/cite]I'd prefer Abbott. Benni would only be coming for the money and although we might only pay a small percentage of his 60k pw he'd still be getting the rest from West Ham. Anyway I thought he was a lazy, unfit, useless sod nowadays.[/quote]
So is Yakubu but he's still a class or two above Leicester.
I'd definitely say Yakubu was lazy, fat probably a bit harsh but he hardly puts himself about. I still think he's a Premiership player though.
McCarthy has more talent than anyone in this division and I doubt someone like Powell would play him if he felt that he wasn't trying hard enough and was way out of shape.
I cannot see the point of this, we do not have a creative midfield to feed strikers and we do not have skillful wingers who can beat a defender or two, get to the bye line and put in crosses for our strikers to feed off.
Why do we want a fat, unfit, 33 year old forward who cannot get into a team struggling to score goals (west ham) to go along with our other strikers.
WE NEED creative midfield players and some decent central defenders
[cite]Posted By: eaststandmike[/cite]I cannot see the point of this, we do not have a creative midfield to feed strikers and we do not have skillful wingers who can beat a defender or two, get to the bye line and put in crosses for our strikers to feed off.
Why do we want a fat, unfit, 33 year old forward who cannot get into a team struggling to score goals (west ham) to go along with our other strikers.
WE NEED creative midfield players and some decent central defenders
I think it telling that CP made it a priority to buy a striker as soon as he arrived when none of us thought it a priority. Perhaps CP doesn't fancy what options he has up front and feels that scoring forwards are essential to what he wants. I feel sure that Powell also knows what he wants elsewhere. Patience is the key for some time now I think.
My mate runs a club in Kensington and i was out there a few weeks back. Getting all the v.i.p treatment that you get when your mate runs the place. Anyway so was mr McCarthy. He was acting the biggun, buying up loads of champagne, grabbing as many girls (attractive or not) and pulling them into his booth. Generally being loud and lauding it up. For a former international and premier league star its the kind of behaviour id expect. However, while sitting there i was thinking how he cant even get into a struggling wet spam team, is overweight and has a poor attitude. A few hours later he stumbled out of the club at closing time (4.30am) and crawled into the back seat of his blinged out 4x4. What has he got to celebrate about right now? Apart from stealing a high wage at his current club? Is that the attitude and behaviour a man should take when he is fighting to do what he is supposed to love doing? Playing football at the highest level?
Interestingly, Mark Morrison ( return of the mac) was at the same place, and was acting with a bit more class!
My boss is South African and a bit clued up on South African football matters in general and from what he tells me it sounds like a player we need to give a very very wide birth.
[cite]Posted By: Benny Hill[/cite]My boss is South African and a bit clued up on South African football matters in general and from what he tells me it sounds like a player we need to give a very very wide birth.
We should have signed him when we had Shaun Bartlett if we were going to.
Far too late now in my opinion and his only worthwhile contribution would be to challenge Bobby Hunt, JFH, David Whyte etc for the fattest arse of all time in a Charlton kit.
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Unless he's going to play centre half or centre mid?!
Give it the old Dublin or Yorke position change late in the day?
The reason I think that this could happen is our South African heritage which goes back to Firmani and Leary so we would be a club he is aware of .
Saw him on the bench for Wham a couple of weeks ago and he looked like a barrage balloon. Unless we are going to roll him into the goal and use him as a blockade?
Rather keep Abbott.
So is Yakubu but he's still a class or two above Leicester.
Not that it is going to happen anyway.
McCarthy has more talent than anyone in this division and I doubt someone like Powell would play him if he felt that he wasn't trying hard enough and was way out of shape.
Think he's probably a better bet than McCarthy !!
Yeah it's a fair point.
Not that I can really see it happening anyway.
Why do we want a fat, unfit, 33 year old forward who cannot get into a team struggling to score goals (west ham) to go along with our other strikers.
WE NEED creative midfield players and some decent central defenders
I think it telling that CP made it a priority to buy a striker as soon as he arrived when none of us thought it a priority. Perhaps CP doesn't fancy what options he has up front and feels that scoring forwards are essential to what he wants. I feel sure that Powell also knows what he wants elsewhere. Patience is the key for some time now I think.
11 goals in the last 3 games, 17 in the last 6 sort of says they aint struggling anymore to score goals. Thats why the slob cant get into the team.
Interestingly, Mark Morrison ( return of the mac) was at the same place, and was acting with a bit more class!
Far too late now in my opinion and his only worthwhile contribution would be to challenge Bobby Hunt, JFH, David Whyte etc for the fattest arse of all time in a Charlton kit.