I rarely comment on such speculation but If we are shopping in these markets then I would prefer to see someone like Jay Simpson in the mix.
I recognise he failed at Orient but they were a bigger basket case than we were. He has at least shown he CAN play at this level and higher.
He is currently largely sitting on the bench in Philadelphia with his contract expiring in 4 months. I doubt he is on an expensive contract in the MLS.
Equally there is Jay Emmanuel-Thomas who is the last year of his contract at QPR and was on loan at Gillingham last season.
Not exactly signings to get the pulse racing but at least they have some pedigree and with the right management could rekindle something of a career.
He kind of says £300k very much in passing. Maybe there's more context there, I don't know. Also, he'd be smart to play down how much he has to spend lest other clubs hear that and think "well if he has £1m to spend then we'll demand £1m."
I'm not saying the £300k number is wrong, I don't know, but that doesn't sound super convincing either way.
I'm pretty sure he has a little more than £300k to spend. It would make absolutely no sense to reveal our transfer budget to other teams knowing full well we desperately need a striker.
I'm not saying we have millions to spend but somewhere in the region of £500-£700k might be a more accurate figure.
He kind of says £300k very much in passing. Maybe there's more context there, I don't know. Also, he'd be smart to play down how much he has to spend lest other clubs hear that and think "well if he has £1m to spend then we'll demand £1m."
I'm not saying the £300k number is wrong, I don't know, but that doesn't sound super convincing either way.
I'm pretty sure he has a little more than £300k to spend. It would make absolutely no sense to reveal our transfer budget to other teams knowing full well we desperately need a striker.
I'm not saying we have millions to spend but somewhere in the region of £500-£700k might be a more accurate figure.
Of the teams prompted last season, only Sheff U had a player who hit over 20 goals (Billy Sharpe). In fact only 2 players in total for the whole league managed 20 goals or more (Bury's James Vaughan was the second one) Lee Gregory was Millwall's top scorer with 17 (eight of which were penalties), and Bolton finished second despite not having a single player that even made double figures (but they did have 4 on 9 goals each).
Last season was a bit of an anomaly and there are usually more like 4 or 5 players that hit 20+ goals, but having one is not a guarantee of promotion and nor is not having one a guaranteed roadblock to promotion.
You are not allowed to make that kind of sense here. "We need a striker" is the lament of every fan for almost every team on Earth.
We are a mid-table club in the third division.
No good striker is willing to drop down to L1 from The Championship or EPL. No good striker is going to be transferred within L1. Why would they go lateral? And any good striker in L2 skips past L1 and goes straight to The Championship.
The L1 clubs with good strikers typically develop them. Not transfer them in.
I rarely comment on such speculation but If we are shopping in these markets then I would prefer to see someone like Jay Simpson in the mix.
I recognise he failed at Orient but they were a bigger basket case than we were. He has at least shown he CAN play at this level and higher.
He is currently largely sitting on the bench in Philadelphia with his contract expiring in 4 months. I doubt he is on an expensive contract in the MLS.
Equally there is Jay Emmanuel-Thomas who is the last year of his contract at QPR and was on loan at Gillingham last season.
Not exactly signings to get the pulse racing but at least they have some pedigree and with the right management could rekindle something of a career.
Not a bad shout. Never gotten above 1/3 but I think would provide decent competition with Novak. Could be Danny Haynes-esque in that he does a job at this level for a year then is thanked and sent on his way if we're promoted.
That said, 1 in 15 for Philadelphia isn't great. The Union are pretty rubbish, but you'd hope for better than that.
Also, I wouldn't be so sure that he's not on at least okay money in the MLS. It's also possible that he would require a transfer fee as MLS tends to try to wring everything they can out of a deal.
Of the teams prompted last season, only Sheff U had a player who hit over 20 goals (Billy Sharpe). In fact only 2 players in total for the whole league managed 20 goals or more (Bury's James Vaughan was the second one) Lee Gregory was Millwall's top scorer with 17 (eight of which were penalties), and Bolton finished second despite not having a single player that even made double figures (but they did have 4 on 9 goals each).
Last season was a bit of an anomaly and there are usually more like 4 or 5 players that hit 20+ goals, but having one is not a guarantee of promotion and nor is not having one a guaranteed roadblock to promotion.
You are not allowed to make that kind of sense here. "We need a striker" is the lament of every fan for almost every team on Earth.
We are a mid-table club in the third division.
No good striker is willing to drop down to L1 from The Championship or EPL. No good striker is going to be transferred within L1. Why would they go lateral? And any good striker in L2 skips past L1 and goes straight to The Championship.
The L1 clubs with good strikers typically develop them. Not transfer them in.
Of the teams prompted last season, only Sheff U had a player who hit over 20 goals (Billy Sharpe). In fact only 2 players in total for the whole league managed 20 goals or more (Bury's James Vaughan was the second one) Lee Gregory was Millwall's top scorer with 17 (eight of which were penalties), and Bolton finished second despite not having a single player that even made double figures (but they did have 4 on 9 goals each).
Last season was a bit of an anomaly and there are usually more like 4 or 5 players that hit 20+ goals, but having one is not a guarantee of promotion and nor is not having one a guaranteed roadblock to promotion.
You are not allowed to make that kind of sense here. "We need a striker" is the lament of every fan for almost every team on Earth.
We are a mid-table club in the third division.
No good striker is willing to drop down to L1 from The Championship or EPL. No good striker is going to be transferred within L1. Why would they go lateral? And any good striker in L2 skips past L1 and goes straight to The Championship.
The L1 clubs with good strikers typically develop them. Not transfer them in.
Well, we literally are mid table, but we both know that that's not Charlton's natural place, in terms of our history, our fanbase and our stadium.
But this whole transfer thread is depressing the hell out of me!
Although Sharp 30 & Vaughan 24 were the only strikers to score 20 or more L1 goals.
Matty Taylor was on 16 when he was transferred from Rovers to City and Zach Clough after missing the start of the season was on 9 when transferred from Bolton.
If I were KM I'd be looking to sign a player with a name like Golflorpgndbybuvahdf. Might not be any good but it would stop the pages and pages of puns we get when a player has a name that sounds like another word in the English language. At the very least it would make it easier for the police to sift through the threads.
If I were KM I'd be looking to sign a player with a name like Golflorpgndbybuvahdf. Might not be any good but it would stop the pages and pages of puns we get when a player has a name that sounds like another word in the English language. At the very least it would make it easier for the police to sift through the threads.
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I recognise he failed at Orient but they were a bigger basket case than we were. He has at least shown he CAN play at this level and higher.
He is currently largely sitting on the bench in Philadelphia with his contract expiring in 4 months. I doubt he is on an expensive contract in the MLS.
Equally there is Jay Emmanuel-Thomas who is the last year of his contract at QPR and was on loan at Gillingham last season.
Not exactly signings to get the pulse racing but at least they have some pedigree and with the right management could rekindle something of a career.
I'm not saying we have millions to spend but somewhere in the region of £500-£700k might be a more accurate figure.
We are a mid-table club in the third division.
No good striker is willing to drop down to L1 from The Championship or EPL. No good striker is going to be transferred within L1. Why would they go lateral? And any good striker in L2 skips past L1 and goes straight to The Championship.
The L1 clubs with good strikers typically develop them. Not transfer them in.
That said, 1 in 15 for Philadelphia isn't great. The Union are pretty rubbish, but you'd hope for better than that.
Also, I wouldn't be so sure that he's not on at least okay money in the MLS. It's also possible that he would require a transfer fee as MLS tends to try to wring everything they can out of a deal.
Agents must have Katrien on speed dial.
But this whole transfer thread is depressing the hell out of me!
Matty Taylor was on 16 when he was transferred from Rovers to City and Zach Clough after missing the start of the season was on 9 when transferred from Bolton.
http://www.worldfootball.net/goalgetter/eng-league-one-2016-2017/