Still for me has to be the worst signing of the season - having watched him under-perform for us before I still can't believe we went on to resign him. Supposedly a good player in his day but have seen little evidence to support it.
Dunno... Rhys Williams and Conor McAleny have to give him a good run for his money? i.e.
- Rhys Williams, signed on loan to get fit and match time... the fact that we played Hull would have been a great help for Middlesbrough had we won, instead he set up their first goal for them
- Conor McAleny, that miss against Fulham, whilst you've got to be awful if at a young age your already being called spongefoot in memory of Simon Church!!
Dunno... Rhys Williams and Conor McAleny have to give him a good run for his money? i.e.
- Rhys Williams, signed on loan to get fit and match time... the fact that we played Hull would have been a great help for Middlesbrough had we won, instead he set up their first goal for them
- Conor McAleny, that miss against Fulham, whilst you've got to be awful if at a young age your already being called spongefoot in memory of Simon Church!!
The reason I put Roger top is that we'd seen how poor he was in his previous spell - to resign him was utter madness.
Roger was decent at the start of his time with us last year but he did start creaking towards the end of his spell and I don't think too many people were upset to see him go. Bringing him back is nuts.
Conor McAleny will clearly be a good championship, maybe even prem player in the future. Definitely has something about him just so inconsistent it's unreal, especially in a struggling side.
Another way of looking at the 18 month contract is that it is the equivalent of having given him a two-year deal last summer - which presumably was never an option.
Another way of looking at the 18 month contract is that it is the equivalent of having given him a two-year deal last summer - which presumably was never an option.
Katrien will be giving herself a bonus on such a good deal ... saving six month's salary and bringing back a high-class football who is a favourite with the fans. Everyone's a winner.
Lovely bloke he was on the next table to me at last years POTY. If he could turn and run as quick as he could get the beers in and demolish em would be first name on the team sheet
Dunno... Rhys Williams and Conor McAleny have to give him a good run for his money? i.e.
- Rhys Williams, signed on loan to get fit and match time... the fact that we played Hull would have been a great help for Middlesbrough had we won, instead he set up their first goal for them
- Conor McAleny, that miss against Fulham, whilst you've got to be awful if at a young age your already being called spongefoot in memory of Simon Church!!
Unfair on Conor. One of the highlights of this season was watching a professional footballer catch a ball mid play!
In all fairness to RJ, if any of you have seen the Indian Premier League, then it is hardly surprising that he is going to take time to get up to Championship pace (which of course we don't have).
I half watched some of the games, and not only was it played at walking pace, but most of the foreign players were literally a decade past their best - ie Lucio, Pires and Roberto Carlos.
Allied to that, the standard of most of the local players was woeful, and at a guess I would say not much better than say a good senior football Saturday side (eg VCD, Crayford or Phoenix etc).
It also shows how lazy we are at recruiting players.
"Just get someone in we already know, it's January FFS I'm tired and cold. Preferably a player where we rejected the idea of them continuing with us at the time"
Charlton’s little black book of contacts must be a very thin volume indeed. Starting with CP, Roland has systematically dismantled football knowledge from the management side of the club.
The one point in his favour is that we were shit before he arrived. That's my defence of the man. After that, I go back into default mode and demand to know who looked at his current form and thought 'we were right to let him go last summer...it gave him a kick up the backside to get better and faster and he is now just what we need for the next year and a half'. Slate the player by all means, but the mugs are the ones who signed him, presumably paid his club acompensation and offered him 18 months contract. If KM choosess to sign that sort of player, she should get the blame.
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- Rhys Williams, signed on loan to get fit and match time... the fact that we played Hull would have been a great help for Middlesbrough had we won, instead he set up their first goal for them
- Conor McAleny, that miss against Fulham, whilst you've got to be awful if at a young age your already being called spongefoot in memory of Simon Church!!
I guess he did have Tal Ben-Haim alongside him though, had we kept him we'd have a lot less issues this season
18 month contract is mental. Probably should have offered him that 12 months ago.
Unfortunately our CEO has a complete lack of negotiating nous.
Less of these signings and you've got to think that we wouldn't have to loan Watt out.
JoGo and SloJo ........ this time last season's dream pairing at CB
last season!!!!!
Cheers
I half watched some of the games, and not only was it played at walking pace, but most of the foreign players were literally a decade past their best - ie Lucio, Pires and Roberto Carlos.
Allied to that, the standard of most of the local players was woeful, and at a guess I would say not much better than say a good senior football Saturday side (eg VCD, Crayford or Phoenix etc).
"Just get someone in we already know, it's January FFS I'm tired and cold. Preferably a player where we rejected the idea of them continuing with us at the time"