When the opposition has the ball it's often 10 against 11. Racon switches off and disappears. When CP played him wide at the end of the season before last, opposition full backs got behind him on numerous occasions where he failed to cover back. In Central Midfield, Semedo was often left to cover two players, when opponents attacked quickly through the central areas. Very similar in fact to Bouazza, who was eventually sussed by the crowd at Millwall. It's alright producing the odd flashy moment, but you have to do more than that in a team pattern, especially on the occasions when you are up against it in the frozen north.
£250k for Racon? I bet Powell was laughing all the way to the bank!
We signed him on a free I thought?
You did.
I suspect he could be commanding £250K a year in wages though.
He was allegedly on £6k a week with us.
I doubt he'd be on 6k as that would put him right towards the top I think at that time, although not sure how much our wage bill has increased now. He best chip in with some important assits & goals this season then...
£250k for Racon? I bet Powell was laughing all the way to the bank!
We signed him on a free I thought?
You did.
I suspect he could be commanding £250K a year in wages though.
He was allegedly on £6k a week with us.
I doubt he'd be on 6k as that would put him right towards the top I think at that time, although not sure how much our wage bill has increased now. He best chip in with some important assits & goals this season then...
Racon looks like a good creative mid in glimpses but you'll get a eureka moment about halfway through the season when you suddenly realise he's got one goal and one asssist in 25 games and has done naff all else.
He was the highest rated player on Charlton Lifes player ratings in the last season he was here .... Says more about the clowns he was up against than him tho
I bracket Racon with Ambrose and Rommedahl - loads of talkent which we never really got to be delivered except on odd occaisions, Ambrose v Ipswich, Rommedahl v Chelsea and Racon back end of his last season with us
Ahead of Hasselbaink, Jeffers, Traore? Those sorts of players were talked about on national and international levels. Racon, as far as I'm aware, wasn't really of any major profile before playing Charlton (and he still isn't now he is at Millwall).
He was essentially 'the love child' of Alain Le Pardew when Alain le Man was in the first flush of his French affaire de coeur ... too small, not tough enough, yet still had a go now and then, but really a waste of money ...... Who knows what Ken Le Jacquet saw in him .. good luck to Rock on Racon at Pompeii .. he'll need it
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When CP played him wide at the end of the season before last, opposition full backs got behind him on numerous occasions where he failed to cover back. In Central Midfield, Semedo was often left to cover two players, when opponents attacked quickly through the central areas.
Very similar in fact to Bouazza, who was eventually sussed by the crowd at Millwall. It's alright producing the odd flashy moment, but you have to do more than that in a team pattern, especially on the occasions when you are up against it in the frozen north.
I suspect he could be commanding £250K a year in wages though.
He was allegedly on £6k a week with us.
So any costs purely between Millwall and the player.
Ahead of Hasselbaink, Jeffers, Traore? Those sorts of players were talked about on national and international levels. Racon, as far as I'm aware, wasn't really of any major profile before playing Charlton (and he still isn't now he is at Millwall).
Was on loan at Pompey last season. Gets to play with Yassin again. Six years ago we were hoping they would help fire us back into the Prem.