JJ will be reverting to a holding midfield role. He is still very much looking forward to playing again next season although he realises that his new role in the team will limit the goalscoring which he loved so much. No more so than the feeling after a certain goal against QPR the season before last.
He's been great but he doesn't have the ability to be a holding player .
Did a pretty decent job there under Riga.
Did he? Poyet was there, from my memory . Cousins and Jackson took it in turns to go forward . Jacko did play well in that run in, granted. I love the guy but he's going to be a squad player from now on . We were much better when he was out of the side
There were games under Riga when we played two holding midfielders, Poyet and Jackson.
I agree he'll be a squad player but I think he'd have also looked better under Luzon's more attacking football and with Cousins alongside him. He'd have taken Buyens place who had some very good games but didn't do it consistently over the season.
I just don't think you can put the good run down to Jackson coming out of the team. There were a lot of changes that had a part in the good run and most players looked better.
Around the same time we had a new head coach, Watt came in and made an impact, Bulot was given a run in the team and was playing well, Bikey replaced at the back by Johnson/Gomez and Cousins moved into the middle. Add to that the extra depth to the squad with Diarra & Eagles and Gudmundsson starting to regularly score goals.
I'm not saying we'd have seen the old Jackson scoring goals but I think he'd have benefited from the changes Luzon made and looked better for it. Fox got a lot of criticism but he improved and looked much more confident. Church scored a couple of goals and some suggested he should get a new contract.
On the occasion of his retirement from football, I would just like to thank Joe Gomez for all his years of faithful service to CAFC. Old Joe, as he is affectionately known by Addicks fans, first played in the first team as a 17 year old under coach Guy Luzon, who famously went on to become President of Israel in 2021. You will recall that Luzon controversially was appointed by Princess Katrien, a few years before she married Prince Harry.
Despite interest from then top Premier League clubs, Gomez stayed at Charlton and helped them to the best period in their long history, winning 5 premier League titles and 2 Champions Leagues. Becoming England captain at the age of just 21, Gomez went on to win 146 caps for his country and led them to three consecutive World Cup wins.
Haha what the hell is this? Haven't been on for a few days and the first thing I see when I log on is Jackson has left! Well actually turns out he hasn't just someone getting in ridiculously early! Whats next, r.i.p threads for those that may pass on in the next few years?
Can I be the first to say, RIP Johnnie. Will always remember you for leading us to the 2015/16 Championship title and for that superb goal from inside your own penalty area up at Hillsborough.
Every season in the champ..... his legs have gone... then he scores and Johnnie's crucial.
Put him in a 451 and he'll score. He never had dynamic power, so why do we have to listen to people goin on about disapearing legs?
you've hit the nail on the head though: he has to play in a 451 (or have Cousins covering from the outside). He's a fantastic club captain and squad player. He's also nearly 33. People mention that we wouldn't go up with Buyens in the middle on a regularly basis (I don't agree with that) and I suggest the same is true of dear JJ.
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I agree he'll be a squad player but I think he'd have also looked better under Luzon's more attacking football and with Cousins alongside him. He'd have taken Buyens place who had some very good games but didn't do it consistently over the season.
Around the same time we had a new head coach, Watt came in and made an impact, Bulot was given a run in the team and was playing well, Bikey replaced at the back by Johnson/Gomez and Cousins moved into the middle. Add to that the extra depth to the squad with Diarra & Eagles and Gudmundsson starting to regularly score goals.
I'm not saying we'd have seen the old Jackson scoring goals but I think he'd have benefited from the changes Luzon made and looked better for it. Fox got a lot of criticism but he improved and looked much more confident. Church scored a couple of goals and some suggested he should get a new contract.
Jacko I hope you don't read this
Can we have some sort of moderated thread title?
JJ forever!
Despite interest from then top Premier League clubs, Gomez stayed at Charlton and helped them to the best period in their long history, winning 5 premier League titles and 2 Champions Leagues. Becoming England captain at the age of just 21, Gomez went on to win 146 caps for his country and led them to three consecutive World Cup wins.
Thanks a million, "Old Joe".
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Put him in a 451 and he'll score. He never had dynamic power, so why do we have to listen to people goin on about disapearing legs?