I think evina offers very little going forward and in a team of limited ability like ours we miss what wiggins offers us going forward Wiggins is also the better defender imo and prepared to get amongst the muck and bullets a bit more After such a long injury lay off , who knows if wiggins can return to his form of last year
Wiggy is the better defender. His ability to stop crosses is exceptional. He has lots of skill and pace and a better delivery than ceddy however the young Frenchman has given Powell a huge headache with his form.
Those people saying wiggins was out of sorts must remember against Palace he was up against Wilfried zaha who had a blinder that night
Plus does anyone remember any other game he had a bad one?? I cant!
Wiggo was a bit shaky the first few games he played for us - but then settled down to consistantly become one of our best players in the best team we'd seen for a few seasons.
In fact, didn't CP say that Wiggo was a bit awe struck at Charlton when he first joined? Might have explained his nervous start.
Good luck to him - I presume he already has the next club and contract already lined up. Another year of sitting on the bench with the odd game here and there won't make him a better footballer.
So who do we have/get in to cover Wiggins if he gets injured/sold? The few games I saw of Evina he played really well.
I think Morgan Fox was one of our better prospects from the Under 21's and I would like to see him given a run out in the Cups next season.Kevin Feely is also a left footed player who can fill in there.
So who do we have/get in to cover Wiggins if he gets injured/sold? The few games I saw of Evina he played really well.
I think Morgan Fox was one of our better prospects from the Under 21's and I would like to see him given a run out in the Cups next season.Kevin Feely is also a left footed player who can fill in there.
Thanks RJ, however am I correct in thinking neither have league football experience let alone in the Championship?
Putting an optimistic spin on this, it could be that we are reluctant to offer more than a one year deal because of hopes that we can press on to challenge for promotion next season. Ceddy is fine as back up for Wiggo in the Champs but would he be good enough for the Prem (no) and we wouldn't want to be saddled with his wages then.
Good luck to him, but fine to have a youngster as back up and as well as Morgan Fox, young Tariq Holmes-Dennis looks like he could be a very good player.
Doesn't ring true. I don't think we are making the right noises for a club that intends to push for promotion with the impications for new signings that that would imply. Can I be the first to say I am slitting my wrists here?
I would of liked to have kept him around but quite happy for Fox to be back up or a short term loan to come in if Rhoys is out and use the budget elsewhere.
So who do we have/get in to cover Wiggins if he gets injured/sold? The few games I saw of Evina he played really well.
I think Morgan Fox was one of our better prospects from the Under 21's and I would like to see him given a run out in the Cups next season.Kevin Feely is also a left footed player who can fill in there.
Thanks RJ, however am I correct in thinking neither have league football experience let alone in the Championship?
You are right both were on the bench last season but did not make it on to the pitch.
I'll be quite sorry to see him go- he was improving during his spell in the first team, and by the time Wiggins returned I thought Evina was slightly unfortunate to be dropped. But we have got 3 decent prospects at LB, Fox who deserves to be first choice if Wiggins gets injured, Holmes-Dennis and then possibly the brightest prospect of the lot 16-year-old Archie Edwardes. If we take our development squad seriously then there has to be the chance to step up at some time.
Strange. Can understand a 1 year deal for someone on the peripherals of the squad or maybe knocking on a bit In years. But to offer a youngster who is pretty much your second left back a one year deal seems odd to me. Unless Powell don't fancy him. But why offer him any deal at all?
Strange. Can understand a 1 year deal for someone on the peripherals of the squad or maybe knocking on a bit In years. But to offer a youngster who is pretty much your second left back a one year deal seems odd to me. Unless Powell don't fancy him. But why offer him any deal at all?
For the same reason Spurs did for Obika,so we get a development fee.
Interesting to see who might come in, because at the moment our squad is looking weaker, unless there are a really talented group of youngsters ready to step up, which I hope is true.
Strange. Can understand a 1 year deal for someone on the peripherals of the squad or maybe knocking on a bit In years. But to offer a youngster who is pretty much your second left back a one year deal seems odd to me. Unless Powell don't fancy him. But why offer him any deal at all?
For the same reason Spurs did for Obika,so we get a development fee.
How do we get a development fee? We did not develop him, he came after being released from his contract from Arsenal.
Ultimately, I don't think Powell rated him as highly as some of us did, after all he was only able to hold the position after Solly had been moved across and Seabourne was injured.
Good luck Cedric if Leeds or Reading are after you it would be a good move.
Strange. Can understand a 1 year deal for someone on the peripherals of the squad or maybe knocking on a bit In years. But to offer a youngster who is pretty much your second left back a one year deal seems odd to me. Unless Powell don't fancy him. But why offer him any deal at all?
For the same reason Spurs did for Obika,so we get a development fee.
How do we get a development fee? We did not develop him, he came after being released from his contract from Arsenal.
Ultimately, I don't think Powell rated him as highly as some of us did, after all he was only able to hold the position after Solly had been moved across and Seabourne was injured.
Good luck Cedric if Leeds or Reading are after you it would be a good move.
That was the question I asked earlier.
The reply seemed to be if he is under 24 then we would as long as we offered him an extension of the same contract.
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Wiggins is also the better defender imo and prepared to get amongst the muck and bullets a bit more
After such a long injury lay off , who knows if wiggins can return to his form of last year
Ceddy has made the place his own and it's down to Rhoys to get it back
In fact, didn't CP say that Wiggo was a bit awe struck at Charlton when he first joined?
Might have explained his nervous start.
On Sky :
Charlton defender Cedric Evina has turned down a new deal at the club, Sky Sports understands.
Evina's current deal at The Valley expires next month and Charlton were keen to tie down the former Arsenal man to a new contract.
However, Evina has rejected the club's offer of a one-year extension and now looks set to leave The Valley.
The 21-year-old admits he was disappointed by Charlton's offer and is looking for a bit more security with a longer deal.
"I have turned down Charlton's offer of a new deal and to be honest I am very disappointed with the club," Evina told Sky Sports.
"At this stage of my career I need more security and unfortunately for whatever reason the club cannot do that for me.
"I now have to consider my future and I am keeping my options open."
News of Evina's possible availability is sure to alert a number of clubs with Reading and Leeds both thought to be admirers of the left-back.
Good luck to him.
Bright side is hopefully Wiggins is going nowhere
I think Morgan Fox was one of our better prospects from the Under 21's and I would like to see him given a run out in the Cups next season.Kevin Feely is also a left footed player who can fill in there.
Good luck to him.
I think we do provided we offered him at least equivalent terms to his present ones.
Good luck to him, but fine to have a youngster as back up and as well as Morgan Fox, young Tariq Holmes-Dennis looks like he could be a very good player.
You are right both were on the bench last season but did not make it on to the pitch.
But we are on a budget (note not "we have no money!!!!" as the trolls would like to pretend we say) so we can only afford so much.
It is a risk relying on Wiggins, who has had a number of injuries, with Fox as back up (please don't move Solly across Mr Powell) but needs must.
It could be though that we get someone else in as cover or even that Evina and/or the club reconsider and reach a deal.
But if you do go, thanks Ceddy, looked decent when he played and was unlucky to be dropped for Waggy but that is football.
For the same reason Spurs did for Obika,so we get a development fee.
See ya
Ultimately, I don't think Powell rated him as highly as some of us did, after all he was only able to hold the position after Solly had been moved across and Seabourne was injured.
Good luck Cedric if Leeds or Reading are after you it would be a good move.
That was the question I asked earlier.
The reply seemed to be if he is under 24 then we would as long as we offered him an extension of the same contract.