Not a terrible window, better than initially anticipated with Holmes going...
Re: Ajose, i might be the minority but he could be useful if we decide to change the formation and go 442 fora game or switch during a game, obviously unlikely but still he will get more goals then Magdennis although wont get the all round game(kind of lol) so would only work with two up top. Probably wont get a game though Robbo doesn't fancy him
Biggest positive is the lack of fire sale. By the summer we’ll have new owners in place which should either allow us to keep our better players or sell players like Konsa and actually reinvest the transfer money into the squad.
Biggest positive is the lack of fire sale. By the summer we’ll have new owners in place which should either allow us to keep our better players or sell players like Konsa and actually reinvest the transfer money into the squad.
You really can't say this. The new owners may well sell Kong, to cover monthly costs. Just because they're not Duchatalet, it doesn't mean they don't want the club run in a sensible manner.
Biggest positive is the lack of fire sale. By the summer we’ll have new owners in place which should either allow us to keep our better players or sell players like Konsa and actually reinvest the transfer money into the squad.
You really can't say this. The new owners may well sell Kong, to cover monthly costs. Just because they're not Duchatalet, it doesn't mean they don't want the club run in a sensible manner.
Kong ? King Kong ? I must have missed that signing, undisclosed no doubt
Biggest positive is the lack of fire sale. By the summer we’ll have new owners in place which should either allow us to keep our better players or sell players like Konsa and actually reinvest the transfer money into the squad.
You really can't say this. The new owners may well sell Kong, to cover monthly costs. Just because they're not Duchatalet, it doesn't mean they don't want the club run in a sensible manner.
I can say this, there’s more of a chance new owners would reinvest they roland
Biggest positive is the lack of fire sale. By the summer we’ll have new owners in place which should either allow us to keep our better players or sell players like Konsa and actually reinvest the transfer money into the squad.
You really can't say this. The new owners may well sell Kong, to cover monthly costs. Just because they're not Duchatalet, it doesn't mean they don't want the club run in a sensible manner.
Kong ? King Kong ? I must have missed that signing, undisclosed no doubt
Biggest positive is the lack of fire sale. By the summer we’ll have new owners in place which should either allow us to keep our better players or sell players like Konsa and actually reinvest the transfer money into the squad.
You really can't say this. The new owners may well sell Kong, to cover monthly costs. Just because they're not Duchatalet, it doesn't mean they don't want the club run in a sensible manner.
Kong ? King Kong ? I must have missed that signing, undisclosed no doubt
Bloody autocorrect!
KONSA!
Sorry ESL I know tell me about it, at least you saw the funny side and didn't call me sugartits (in joke)
Biggest positive is the lack of fire sale. By the summer we’ll have new owners in place which should either allow us to keep our better players or sell players like Konsa and actually reinvest the transfer money into the squad.
You really can't say this. The new owners may well sell Kong, to cover monthly costs. Just because they're not Duchatalet, it doesn't mean they don't want the club run in a sensible manner.
Kong ? King Kong ? I must have missed that signing, undisclosed no doubt
Bloody autocorrect!
KONSA!
Sorry ESL I know tell me about it, at least you saw the funny side and didn't call me sugartits (in joke)
Don't apologise. I was very impressed with the film clip!
If Ajose works hard in training I see no reason to not at least have him on the bench.
With the attacking players that we have bought in on loan it would take a massive injury crisis for Ajose to make the bench imo
Under his loan contract with Bury, are we allowed to play Ajose? Or is it a situation where if we pick him, we then have to pay all his wages until May?
To cancel his contract we would have to pay him off, RD isn’t going to do that (rightly so) whilst looking to sell. If Bury are paying all his wages then I would imagine we would leave that in place and tell him not to bother coming in then cancel the contract in the summer if the new owners want to or loan him again then.
Biggest positive is the lack of fire sale. By the summer we’ll have new owners in place which should either allow us to keep our better players or sell players like Konsa and actually reinvest the transfer money into the squad.
You really can't say this. The new owners may well sell Kong, to cover monthly costs. Just because they're not Duchatalet, it doesn't mean they don't want the club run in a sensible manner.
Sell to cover costs is understandable. Sell to line the owners pockets isnt
Biggest positive is the lack of fire sale. By the summer we’ll have new owners in place which should either allow us to keep our better players or sell players like Konsa and actually reinvest the transfer money into the squad.
You really can't say this. The new owners may well sell Kong, to cover monthly costs. Just because they're not Duchatalet, it doesn't mean they don't want the club run in a sensible manner.
Kong ? King Kong ? I must have missed that signing, undisclosed no doubt
Biggest positive is the lack of fire sale. By the summer we’ll have new owners in place which should either allow us to keep our better players or sell players like Konsa and actually reinvest the transfer money into the squad.
You really can't say this. The new owners may well sell Kong, to cover monthly costs. Just because they're not Duchatalet, it doesn't mean they don't want the club run in a sensible manner.
Kong ? King Kong ? I must have missed that signing, undisclosed no doubt
At least he would sort out our height issues...
Attitude would be a disruption in the dressing room though
Biggest positive is the lack of fire sale. By the summer we’ll have new owners in place which should either allow us to keep our better players or sell players like Konsa and actually reinvest the transfer money into the squad.
You really can't say this. The new owners may well sell Kong, to cover monthly costs. Just because they're not Duchatalet, it doesn't mean they don't want the club run in a sensible manner.
Kong ? King Kong ? I must have missed that signing, undisclosed no doubt
At least he would sort out our height issues...
Attitude would be a disruption in the dressing room though
And just imagine Sir Alex in his hey day throwing a boot at him in the dressing room
Ajose has been recalled and will be in our squad for the rest of the season. Suddenly we seem to have an abundance of strikers!
It suggests to me that this has happened as no one came in for him. If he has confessed his sins to Robbo and works hard enough to get into the squad than good luck to him.
KR's comments from the OS. To be fair, I think both he and Richard Murray have done well.
Charlton Athletic manager Karl Robinson said he was “ecstatic” with the club’s January transfer window.
Speaking before leaving The Valley tonight, he spoke to cafc.co.uk about the club’s signings and his delight at keeping hold of Ezri Konsa.
On the transfer window
"We’re really happy, we’ve got a lot of our young players out on loan playing, we’ve kept our players who are integral to our starting lineup. We’ve brought in three top loans. This is my third transfer window and the money we’ve spent has been very, very minimal. It’s been hard but we’re in a good place and hopefully people appreciate that we’re all working around the clock to achieve what we want to achieve for this football club.
"It’s been a good window. We haven’t spent as much money as some of the other clubs around us but we’ve been very smart and very cute in what we’ve tried to do. We feel we’ve added to the squad. We’ve kept the door locked even though there was a number of people banging on it trying to offer for some of our players. The stance of the football club was that Ezri Konsa would be available at a price. We got offered a number of different deals, it didn’t meet our expectation so everyone was happy for him to stay, none more than me."
On Ezri Konsa
“The young man has been exceptional in the last few weeks, it just shows you that he is destined for the top level, you see that because of the clubs that have contacted us but it also shows our intent that we believe that we’ll stand firm, it’s not like we need to take the money. He’s still here and he’ll be wearing our shirt on Saturday.”
On the loan signings
“They have been excellent. Obviously Stephy is someone that knows the building, he was done right at the start of the window. It seems like a year ago now, it’s only a month, he’s made an immediate impact. Sullay has trained unbelievably this week, I’m really excited about watching him play and Michal is powerful and quick and gives us a different dimension for what we are trying to achieve. We had a bid today for one of our strikers, I won’t say who but unless we’re in a position to bring somebody in, we’re not going to do anything. The football club have turned down a number of different things over the last 48 hours, I’m very thankful for that, for everyone involved who has stood by our principles.
On keeping key players
“We’ve managed to keep our assets and we believe we’ve brought in some very good loan players. Did we want to going and spend money on one or two players? Yeah, but you can’t have everything can you but I’ve stood here many different times disappointed through missing out on a deal. I’m stood here today ecstatic that we’ve turned deals down and that puts us in a very, very good place and I am very happy and that’s very rare that you get a manager saying that today and it’s a good place to be.”
On the current squad
“The players have been excellent Monday and Tuesday this week, off the back of a disappointing weekend not being able to play. Today has been a very busy one. I don’t feel great, I’ve had a cold for 24 hours but certainly tonight I’m over the moon that we’ve managed to keep what I believe is the future of maybe playing at the top level of our game. You’ve got other assets as well. It doesn’t take a genius to understand the likes of Tariqe – who is an exceptional talent. You’ve got a lot of other players there, Joe Aribo, Jake Forster-Caskey, some top, top players here that are assets, Anfernee Dijksteel as well. Karlan on loan, to develop him is an asset. Always at a football club you’ve got to have that production line in place.
Not a bad window but are we just pretending we didn't sell our best player?
Holmes stopped being our best player long before he left.
Ajose has been recalled and will be in our squad for the rest of the season. Suddenly we seem to have an abundance of strikers!
Wonder what the line would have been had he left yesterday...
He knocked on my door this week and said ‘Gaffer, I really want to stay. I want to fight for my place
"We agreed that it would be best for him to move on, as he would be unlikely to get much game time here. With the other players we have at the club, I feel we have plenty of cover in striking positions. I wish Nicky all the best"
KR's comments from the OS. To be fair, I think both he and Richard Murray have done well.
Charlton Athletic manager Karl Robinson said he was “ecstatic” with the club’s January transfer window.
Speaking before leaving The Valley tonight, he spoke to cafc.co.uk about the club’s signings and his delight at keeping hold of Ezri Konsa.
On the transfer window
"We’re really happy, we’ve got a lot of our young players out on loan playing, we’ve kept our players who are integral to our starting lineup. We’ve brought in three top loans. This is my third transfer window and the money we’ve spent has been very, very minimal. It’s been hard but we’re in a good place and hopefully people appreciate that we’re all working around the clock to achieve what we want to achieve for this football club.
"It’s been a good window. We haven’t spent as much money as some of the other clubs around us but we’ve been very smart and very cute in what we’ve tried to do. We feel we’ve added to the squad. We’ve kept the door locked even though there was a number of people banging on it trying to offer for some of our players. The stance of the football club was that Ezri Konsa would be available at a price. We got offered a number of different deals, it didn’t meet our expectation so everyone was happy for him to stay, none more than me."
On Ezri Konsa
“The young man has been exceptional in the last few weeks, it just shows you that he is destined for the top level, you see that because of the clubs that have contacted us but it also shows our intent that we believe that we’ll stand firm, it’s not like we need to take the money. He’s still here and he’ll be wearing our shirt on Saturday.”
On the loan signings
“They have been excellent. Obviously Stephy is someone that knows the building, he was done right at the start of the window. It seems like a year ago now, it’s only a month, he’s made an immediate impact. Sullay has trained unbelievably this week, I’m really excited about watching him play and Michal is powerful and quick and gives us a different dimension for what we are trying to achieve. We had a bid today for one of our strikers, I won’t say who but unless we’re in a position to bring somebody in, we’re not going to do anything. The football club have turned down a number of different things over the last 48 hours, I’m very thankful for that, for everyone involved who has stood by our principles.
On keeping key players
“We’ve managed to keep our assets and we believe we’ve brought in some very good loan players. Did we want to going and spend money on one or two players? Yeah, but you can’t have everything can you but I’ve stood here many different times disappointed through missing out on a deal. I’m stood here today ecstatic that we’ve turned deals down and that puts us in a very, very good place and I am very happy and that’s very rare that you get a manager saying that today and it’s a good place to be.”
On the current squad
“The players have been excellent Monday and Tuesday this week, off the back of a disappointing weekend not being able to play. Today has been a very busy one. I don’t feel great, I’ve had a cold for 24 hours but certainly tonight I’m over the moon that we’ve managed to keep what I believe is the future of maybe playing at the top level of our game. You’ve got other assets as well. It doesn’t take a genius to understand the likes of Tariqe – who is an exceptional talent. You’ve got a lot of other players there, Joe Aribo, Jake Forster-Caskey, some top, top players here that are assets, Anfernee Dijksteel as well. Karlan on loan, to develop him is an asset. Always at a football club you’ve got to have that production line in place.
Not a bad window but are we just pretending we didn't sell our best player?
Holmes stopped being our best player long before he left.
KR's comments from the OS. To be fair, I think both he and Richard Murray have done well.
Charlton Athletic manager Karl Robinson said he was “ecstatic” with the club’s January transfer window.
Speaking before leaving The Valley tonight, he spoke to cafc.co.uk about the club’s signings and his delight at keeping hold of Ezri Konsa.
On the transfer window
"We’re really happy, we’ve got a lot of our young players out on loan playing, we’ve kept our players who are integral to our starting lineup. We’ve brought in three top loans. This is my third transfer window and the money we’ve spent has been very, very minimal. It’s been hard but we’re in a good place and hopefully people appreciate that we’re all working around the clock to achieve what we want to achieve for this football club.
"It’s been a good window. We haven’t spent as much money as some of the other clubs around us but we’ve been very smart and very cute in what we’ve tried to do. We feel we’ve added to the squad. We’ve kept the door locked even though there was a number of people banging on it trying to offer for some of our players. The stance of the football club was that Ezri Konsa would be available at a price. We got offered a number of different deals, it didn’t meet our expectation so everyone was happy for him to stay, none more than me."
On Ezri Konsa
“The young man has been exceptional in the last few weeks, it just shows you that he is destined for the top level, you see that because of the clubs that have contacted us but it also shows our intent that we believe that we’ll stand firm, it’s not like we need to take the money. He’s still here and he’ll be wearing our shirt on Saturday.”
On the loan signings
“They have been excellent. Obviously Stephy is someone that knows the building, he was done right at the start of the window. It seems like a year ago now, it’s only a month, he’s made an immediate impact. Sullay has trained unbelievably this week, I’m really excited about watching him play and Michal is powerful and quick and gives us a different dimension for what we are trying to achieve. We had a bid today for one of our strikers, I won’t say who but unless we’re in a position to bring somebody in, we’re not going to do anything. The football club have turned down a number of different things over the last 48 hours, I’m very thankful for that, for everyone involved who has stood by our principles.
On keeping key players
“We’ve managed to keep our assets and we believe we’ve brought in some very good loan players. Did we want to going and spend money on one or two players? Yeah, but you can’t have everything can you but I’ve stood here many different times disappointed through missing out on a deal. I’m stood here today ecstatic that we’ve turned deals down and that puts us in a very, very good place and I am very happy and that’s very rare that you get a manager saying that today and it’s a good place to be.”
On the current squad
“The players have been excellent Monday and Tuesday this week, off the back of a disappointing weekend not being able to play. Today has been a very busy one. I don’t feel great, I’ve had a cold for 24 hours but certainly tonight I’m over the moon that we’ve managed to keep what I believe is the future of maybe playing at the top level of our game. You’ve got other assets as well. It doesn’t take a genius to understand the likes of Tariqe – who is an exceptional talent. You’ve got a lot of other players there, Joe Aribo, Jake Forster-Caskey, some top, top players here that are assets, Anfernee Dijksteel as well. Karlan on loan, to develop him is an asset. Always at a football club you’ve got to have that production line in place.
Not a bad window but are we just pretending we didn't sell our best player?
Holmes stopped being our best player long before he left.
Yeah you're right, rubbish wasn't he.
He was not rubbish, but he was not playing as well as he had been and whilst he possess some very good attributes, in particular his direct attacking play, effort, and good close control, he did have his faults.
The main ones for me are that he did not have the vision and ability to make a great pass and seemed to lack the awareness as to the availability of other team mates on the pitch. This at times meant loss of opportunity, the slowing down of an attack or losses possession.
Would he be in my squad? Most certainly, as his qualities outweigh his shortcomings. If he did not have these shortcomings - we would never have been able to afford him in the first place.
Was he our best player? At times. But in midfield I would rate Fosu and Aribo higher as I believe they have equally good ball skills but are better all round players.
Considering KR has probably only spent around 400k in transfer fees in the 3 windows he has been here, the squad, team spirit and the fact we have a genuine chance at a play off spot despite the off field uncertainty, him and his coaching team deserve to be commended.
KR's comments from the OS. To be fair, I think both he and Richard Murray have done well.
Charlton Athletic manager Karl Robinson said he was “ecstatic” with the club’s January transfer window.
Speaking before leaving The Valley tonight, he spoke to cafc.co.uk about the club’s signings and his delight at keeping hold of Ezri Konsa.
On the transfer window
"We’re really happy, we’ve got a lot of our young players out on loan playing, we’ve kept our players who are integral to our starting lineup. We’ve brought in three top loans. This is my third transfer window and the money we’ve spent has been very, very minimal. It’s been hard but we’re in a good place and hopefully people appreciate that we’re all working around the clock to achieve what we want to achieve for this football club.
"It’s been a good window. We haven’t spent as much money as some of the other clubs around us but we’ve been very smart and very cute in what we’ve tried to do. We feel we’ve added to the squad. We’ve kept the door locked even though there was a number of people banging on it trying to offer for some of our players. The stance of the football club was that Ezri Konsa would be available at a price. We got offered a number of different deals, it didn’t meet our expectation so everyone was happy for him to stay, none more than me."
On Ezri Konsa
“The young man has been exceptional in the last few weeks, it just shows you that he is destined for the top level, you see that because of the clubs that have contacted us but it also shows our intent that we believe that we’ll stand firm, it’s not like we need to take the money. He’s still here and he’ll be wearing our shirt on Saturday.”
On the loan signings
“They have been excellent. Obviously Stephy is someone that knows the building, he was done right at the start of the window. It seems like a year ago now, it’s only a month, he’s made an immediate impact. Sullay has trained unbelievably this week, I’m really excited about watching him play and Michal is powerful and quick and gives us a different dimension for what we are trying to achieve. We had a bid today for one of our strikers, I won’t say who but unless we’re in a position to bring somebody in, we’re not going to do anything. The football club have turned down a number of different things over the last 48 hours, I’m very thankful for that, for everyone involved who has stood by our principles.
On keeping key players
“We’ve managed to keep our assets and we believe we’ve brought in some very good loan players. Did we want to going and spend money on one or two players? Yeah, but you can’t have everything can you but I’ve stood here many different times disappointed through missing out on a deal. I’m stood here today ecstatic that we’ve turned deals down and that puts us in a very, very good place and I am very happy and that’s very rare that you get a manager saying that today and it’s a good place to be.”
On the current squad
“The players have been excellent Monday and Tuesday this week, off the back of a disappointing weekend not being able to play. Today has been a very busy one. I don’t feel great, I’ve had a cold for 24 hours but certainly tonight I’m over the moon that we’ve managed to keep what I believe is the future of maybe playing at the top level of our game. You’ve got other assets as well. It doesn’t take a genius to understand the likes of Tariqe – who is an exceptional talent. You’ve got a lot of other players there, Joe Aribo, Jake Forster-Caskey, some top, top players here that are assets, Anfernee Dijksteel as well. Karlan on loan, to develop him is an asset. Always at a football club you’ve got to have that production line in place.
KR's comments from the OS. To be fair, I think both he and Richard Murray have done well.
Charlton Athletic manager Karl Robinson said he was “ecstatic” with the club’s January transfer window.
Speaking before leaving The Valley tonight, he spoke to cafc.co.uk about the club’s signings and his delight at keeping hold of Ezri Konsa.
On the transfer window
"We’re really happy, we’ve got a lot of our young players out on loan playing, we’ve kept our players who are integral to our starting lineup. We’ve brought in three top loans. This is my third transfer window and the money we’ve spent has been very, very minimal. It’s been hard but we’re in a good place and hopefully people appreciate that we’re all working around the clock to achieve what we want to achieve for this football club.
"It’s been a good window. We haven’t spent as much money as some of the other clubs around us but we’ve been very smart and very cute in what we’ve tried to do. We feel we’ve added to the squad. We’ve kept the door locked even though there was a number of people banging on it trying to offer for some of our players. The stance of the football club was that Ezri Konsa would be available at a price. We got offered a number of different deals, it didn’t meet our expectation so everyone was happy for him to stay, none more than me."
On Ezri Konsa
“The young man has been exceptional in the last few weeks, it just shows you that he is destined for the top level, you see that because of the clubs that have contacted us but it also shows our intent that we believe that we’ll stand firm, it’s not like we need to take the money. He’s still here and he’ll be wearing our shirt on Saturday.”
On the loan signings
“They have been excellent. Obviously Stephy is someone that knows the building, he was done right at the start of the window. It seems like a year ago now, it’s only a month, he’s made an immediate impact. Sullay has trained unbelievably this week, I’m really excited about watching him play and Michal is powerful and quick and gives us a different dimension for what we are trying to achieve. We had a bid today for one of our strikers, I won’t say who but unless we’re in a position to bring somebody in, we’re not going to do anything. The football club have turned down a number of different things over the last 48 hours, I’m very thankful for that, for everyone involved who has stood by our principles.
On keeping key players
“We’ve managed to keep our assets and we believe we’ve brought in some very good loan players. Did we want to going and spend money on one or two players? Yeah, but you can’t have everything can you but I’ve stood here many different times disappointed through missing out on a deal. I’m stood here today ecstatic that we’ve turned deals down and that puts us in a very, very good place and I am very happy and that’s very rare that you get a manager saying that today and it’s a good place to be.”
On the current squad
“The players have been excellent Monday and Tuesday this week, off the back of a disappointing weekend not being able to play. Today has been a very busy one. I don’t feel great, I’ve had a cold for 24 hours but certainly tonight I’m over the moon that we’ve managed to keep what I believe is the future of maybe playing at the top level of our game. You’ve got other assets as well. It doesn’t take a genius to understand the likes of Tariqe – who is an exceptional talent. You’ve got a lot of other players there, Joe Aribo, Jake Forster-Caskey, some top, top players here that are assets, Anfernee Dijksteel as well. Karlan on loan, to develop him is an asset. Always at a football club you’ve got to have that production line in place.
KR's comments from the OS. To be fair, I think both he and Richard Murray have done well.
Charlton Athletic manager Karl Robinson said he was “ecstatic” with the club’s January transfer window.
Speaking before leaving The Valley tonight, he spoke to cafc.co.uk about the club’s signings and his delight at keeping hold of Ezri Konsa.
On the transfer window
"We’re really happy, we’ve got a lot of our young players out on loan playing, we’ve kept our players who are integral to our starting lineup. We’ve brought in three top loans. This is my third transfer window and the money we’ve spent has been very, very minimal. It’s been hard but we’re in a good place and hopefully people appreciate that we’re all working around the clock to achieve what we want to achieve for this football club.
"It’s been a good window. We haven’t spent as much money as some of the other clubs around us but we’ve been very smart and very cute in what we’ve tried to do. We feel we’ve added to the squad. We’ve kept the door locked even though there was a number of people banging on it trying to offer for some of our players. The stance of the football club was that Ezri Konsa would be available at a price. We got offered a number of different deals, it didn’t meet our expectation so everyone was happy for him to stay, none more than me."
On Ezri Konsa
“The young man has been exceptional in the last few weeks, it just shows you that he is destined for the top level, you see that because of the clubs that have contacted us but it also shows our intent that we believe that we’ll stand firm, it’s not like we need to take the money. He’s still here and he’ll be wearing our shirt on Saturday.”
On the loan signings
“They have been excellent. Obviously Stephy is someone that knows the building, he was done right at the start of the window. It seems like a year ago now, it’s only a month, he’s made an immediate impact. Sullay has trained unbelievably this week, I’m really excited about watching him play and Michal is powerful and quick and gives us a different dimension for what we are trying to achieve. We had a bid today for one of our strikers, I won’t say who but unless we’re in a position to bring somebody in, we’re not going to do anything. The football club have turned down a number of different things over the last 48 hours, I’m very thankful for that, for everyone involved who has stood by our principles.
On keeping key players
“We’ve managed to keep our assets and we believe we’ve brought in some very good loan players. Did we want to going and spend money on one or two players? Yeah, but you can’t have everything can you but I’ve stood here many different times disappointed through missing out on a deal. I’m stood here today ecstatic that we’ve turned deals down and that puts us in a very, very good place and I am very happy and that’s very rare that you get a manager saying that today and it’s a good place to be.”
On the current squad
“The players have been excellent Monday and Tuesday this week, off the back of a disappointing weekend not being able to play. Today has been a very busy one. I don’t feel great, I’ve had a cold for 24 hours but certainly tonight I’m over the moon that we’ve managed to keep what I believe is the future of maybe playing at the top level of our game. You’ve got other assets as well. It doesn’t take a genius to understand the likes of Tariqe – who is an exceptional talent. You’ve got a lot of other players there, Joe Aribo, Jake Forster-Caskey, some top, top players here that are assets, Anfernee Dijksteel as well. Karlan on loan, to develop him is an asset. Always at a football club you’ve got to have that production line in place.
I wonder what striker the offer was for?
Leeds reportedly enquired about Fosu.
Was that genuine interest as came from the dubious twitter account mentioned earlier in the day
KR's comments from the OS. To be fair, I think both he and Richard Murray have done well.
Charlton Athletic manager Karl Robinson said he was “ecstatic” with the club’s January transfer window.
Speaking before leaving The Valley tonight, he spoke to cafc.co.uk about the club’s signings and his delight at keeping hold of Ezri Konsa.
On the transfer window
"We’re really happy, we’ve got a lot of our young players out on loan playing, we’ve kept our players who are integral to our starting lineup. We’ve brought in three top loans. This is my third transfer window and the money we’ve spent has been very, very minimal. It’s been hard but we’re in a good place and hopefully people appreciate that we’re all working around the clock to achieve what we want to achieve for this football club.
"It’s been a good window. We haven’t spent as much money as some of the other clubs around us but we’ve been very smart and very cute in what we’ve tried to do. We feel we’ve added to the squad. We’ve kept the door locked even though there was a number of people banging on it trying to offer for some of our players. The stance of the football club was that Ezri Konsa would be available at a price. We got offered a number of different deals, it didn’t meet our expectation so everyone was happy for him to stay, none more than me."
On Ezri Konsa
“The young man has been exceptional in the last few weeks, it just shows you that he is destined for the top level, you see that because of the clubs that have contacted us but it also shows our intent that we believe that we’ll stand firm, it’s not like we need to take the money. He’s still here and he’ll be wearing our shirt on Saturday.”
On the loan signings
“They have been excellent. Obviously Stephy is someone that knows the building, he was done right at the start of the window. It seems like a year ago now, it’s only a month, he’s made an immediate impact. Sullay has trained unbelievably this week, I’m really excited about watching him play and Michal is powerful and quick and gives us a different dimension for what we are trying to achieve. We had a bid today for one of our strikers, I won’t say who but unless we’re in a position to bring somebody in, we’re not going to do anything. The football club have turned down a number of different things over the last 48 hours, I’m very thankful for that, for everyone involved who has stood by our principles.
On keeping key players
“We’ve managed to keep our assets and we believe we’ve brought in some very good loan players. Did we want to going and spend money on one or two players? Yeah, but you can’t have everything can you but I’ve stood here many different times disappointed through missing out on a deal. I’m stood here today ecstatic that we’ve turned deals down and that puts us in a very, very good place and I am very happy and that’s very rare that you get a manager saying that today and it’s a good place to be.”
On the current squad
“The players have been excellent Monday and Tuesday this week, off the back of a disappointing weekend not being able to play. Today has been a very busy one. I don’t feel great, I’ve had a cold for 24 hours but certainly tonight I’m over the moon that we’ve managed to keep what I believe is the future of maybe playing at the top level of our game. You’ve got other assets as well. It doesn’t take a genius to understand the likes of Tariqe – who is an exceptional talent. You’ve got a lot of other players there, Joe Aribo, Jake Forster-Caskey, some top, top players here that are assets, Anfernee Dijksteel as well. Karlan on loan, to develop him is an asset. Always at a football club you’ve got to have that production line in place.
Not a bad window but are we just pretending we didn't sell our best player?
Holmes stopped being our best player long before he left.
Yeah you're right, rubbish wasn't he.
He was not rubbish, but he was not playing as well as he had been and whilst he possess some very good attributes, in particular his direct attacking play, effort, and good close control, he did have his faults.
The main ones for me are that he did not have the vision and ability to make a great pass and seemed to lack the awareness as to the availability of other team mates on the pitch. This at times meant loss of opportunity, the slowing down of an attack or losses possession.
Would he be in my squad? Most certainly, as his qualities outweigh his shortcomings. If he did not have these shortcomings - we would never have been able to afford him in the first place.
Was he our best player? At times. But in midfield I would rate Fosu and Aribo higher as I believe they have equally good ball skills but are better all round players.
Just my opinion.
Each to their own, I find it hard to believe that anyone would genuinely think that Ricky Holmes wasn't our best player at the time he was sold (form has picked up since then).
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That said, a goal poacher should have a field day with our midfield.
Re: Ajose, i might be the minority but he could be useful if we decide to change the formation and go 442 fora game or switch during a game, obviously unlikely but still he will get more goals then Magdennis although wont get the all round game(kind of lol) so would only work with two up top. Probably wont get a game though Robbo doesn't fancy him
KONSA!
Ajose has been recalled and will be in our squad for the rest of the season. Suddenly we seem to have an abundance of strikers!
He knocked on my door this week and said ‘Gaffer, I really want to stay. I want to fight for my place
The main ones for me are that he did not have the vision and ability to make a great pass and seemed to lack the awareness as to the availability of other team mates on the pitch. This at times meant loss of opportunity, the slowing down of an attack or losses possession.
Would he be in my squad? Most certainly, as his qualities outweigh his shortcomings. If he did not have these shortcomings - we would never have been able to afford him in the first place.
Was he our best player? At times. But in midfield I would rate Fosu and Aribo higher as I believe they have equally good ball skills but are better all round players.
Just my opinion.