Kerkar

mascot88

I'm very excited about Kerkar... Had good reports at Fulham and also sounded excellent on the commentary ... Powell shoved him in the middle and he seemed to have an energy about him that he wanted in this starting 11... Could be Powell has seen something and is using a new skill in his managerial learning ... The changing a players position skill... Hope so ...

History has shown we have ALWAYS needed a quality creative midfielder or driving midfielder when we have success... Bowyer,Kinsella, Parker, Jensen, Murphy (spit), Reid...

I'm hoping with Powell's lack of funds he's trying to do a bid of voodoo magic and pull a genius out from behind his cloak ...

Greenie Junior

Think we need a song for him..

johnnybev1987

Lets see how he gets on first, dont want to build it up for a fail...

Although i do think he will do ok

ShootersHillGuru

Not seen him yet but he sounds to me from what I have heard that he is the sort of player that doesn't always play the easy pass but is prepared to take on people and try the unexpected. Not got anyone like that so perhaps he can complement what we already have. Won't always come off but will be exiting when it does.

MeebaumAzanitch

Greenie Junior said:

Think we need a song for him..

"Bring on Salim, bring on Salim, bring on Salim Kerkar". To the tune of Rod Stewart's (and others) 'We Are Sailing'. Think it only works if Kerkar is on the bench though.

Lincsaddick

He must be decent, Rangers for all their recent troubles, don't sign too many mugs

Scoham

Different to what we have is good but we've had a few signings like that who aren't as good as they are hyped up to be.

Lee Martin looked like he had Wagstaff's energy and Sam's skill, but eventually we saw his end product wasn't really any better. McCormack looked like he could battle and offer something going forward, but he seemed to struggle with the pressure of playing for us (but has since played CB in a Swindon side that won League 2).

Rangers FM researcher doesn't rate him at all. Said he was "a bit of a cult hero who we brought on when we were winning."

Let's wait and see how he does with a run of games.

O-Randy-Hunt

Just got home from Scotland and my uncle and cousin (rangers fans) don't rate him at all and dont think he will do well in England. He has looked good in his brief cameos so far.

I'll give him a chance just like anyone else.

Exiled_Addick

We must be careful about building him too much based on a good pre-season - I remember Jonathan Spector being raved about in pre-season a few years ago and saw him myself play very well in a PSF at QPR but he never really did much once the competitive stuff started. All hyping him will do is build unfair expectation and pressure and sets everyone up for disappointment.

Like most players who make it pro - there must be some decent talent in Kerkar and he does sound a bit different to what we already have in that he can go past player and has a bit of flair and unpredictability about him. I suspect what will have held him back thus far, if he does truly possess that rare talent, is inconsistency - that can iron out with age and maybe we've picked him up just as he's maturing, but it'll will also likely mean a lot of what he tries won't come off. That'll be fine as long as he's intelligent about when to play it safe and when to try something different. It'll also be fine if he has the work rate to help recover situations when he loses the ball and make sure he's not a passenger when it's not his day going forward like Andy Reid or Claus Jensen and doesn't just jog back like a spare part or plain disappear a la Darren Ambrose.

Based on his record so far, if Powell is comfortable taking a punt on him and putting him in around the 'strong team' for PSFs then I'm happy to give the lad some time to prove himself. I hope he won't be declared a waste of space if his league debut doesn't go fully to plan.

cafctom

Was very impressed with what I saw at Barnet. What the Rangers fans think of him means very, very little IMO.

SCP has a good record so far of getting the best out of players who are hungry to learn and work hard.

StubleyAddick

Greenie Junior said:

Think we need a song for him..

Tune of 'Cars' by Gary Numan:


Salim Kerkar,
He's the greatest of all
He'll score lots of goals
Its the only way to live
with Kerkar

Or something similar!

North Lower Neil

Like it Stubley!

GretnaGreenAddick

The Rangers fans in my local pub seem to rate him and think he will do well for us, they would prefer him playing for them, then us.

Like all sets of fans many different opinions but that was there general view.

charltonbob

Exiled_Addick said:

We must be careful about building him too much based on a good pre-season - I remember Jonathan Spector being raved about in pre-season a few years ago and saw him myself play very well in a PSF at QPR but he never really did much once the competitive stuff started. All hyping him will do is build unfair expectation and pressure and sets everyone up for disappointment.

Hmm have never met anyone who raved about spector at any time to be honest, quite the opposite although it has to be said he's gone on to have a decent career after leaving us.

Exiled_Addick

charltonbob said:

Exiled_Addick said:

We must be careful about building him too much based on a good pre-season - I remember Jonathan Spector being raved about in pre-season a few years ago and saw him myself play very well in a PSF at QPR but he never really did much once the competitive stuff started. All hyping him will do is build unfair expectation and pressure and sets everyone up for disappointment.

Hmm have never met anyone who raved about spector at any time to be honest, quite the opposite although it has to be said he's gone on to have a decent career after leaving us.

I definitely remember there being quite a buzz around Spector based purely on his pre-season performances (at least there was on the old 606 site) but that positivity soon disappeared once we got into the full season. He wasn't terrible, but he certainly wasn't first 11 material either.

Kerkar may be, but it's what he does when it really matters that'll tell us how good he is - Wiggins left everyone underwhelmed last season but we were all comprehensively whelmed by the time the season ended.

Macronate

to the KC and the Sunshine Band tune

"That's the way Kerkar Kerkar
I like it Kerkar Kerkar" etc

Lewis Coaches

Do not know if this has been said but the man who sold the idea that Charlton was the club for Kerkar was are old player Madjid Bougherra.Also understand the contract is for 12months that is down to Kerkar and not the club.