Who was the last January signing who led to a significant upturn in the seasons proceedings?
Marco Motta(although that was a feb) And lets not forget our best ever Jan signing Mr Johnson himself-Roger Johnson
But in all seriousness JFC was signed in Jan
Let's not forget Rhys Williams from Boro Paulie 0 for-11 against in the space of 4 days under the Fromage at Uddersfield and Hull. Not totally responsible but we only played with 10 men in both games and that was before Reza got his marching orders at the former after coming on as sub for ten minutes
I mentioned Alessani to Robinson at the City Addicks meeting. He is way better than seventh tier, but is not especially tall and he is ex Crystal Palace. His status might well fit a Duchatelet skinflint type signing.
Be interested to know why the Lol @Leuth - What bit of my post you disagree with in the context that all of the above were bought whilst we were a Championship club with PL aspirations,
I lol'd as well
Sarr isn't shit, neither is Bauer
JBG was a free transfer
Pope was sold for a profit
That's already 3 points you are wrong/we disagree on, can't talk for @Leuth but I reckon it'll be along the same lines
Fair enough, on JBG the point I was making was that he is only player bought to the club under this regime whom we made a profit on - he will have cost us money as we will have paid him a fee to join no doubt. All the others are kids who have come through the academy or were bought in before this owners time, which I think includes Pope who the previous owners bought in. So player trading = fail.
As for Sarr and Bauer our opinions differ I don’t rate either at Championship level or think they are very strong League One players. I suspect like many of our players that if we tried to sell either that we would struggle to find any takers in the UK.
Who was the last January signing who led to a significant upturn in the seasons proceedings?
I'm not really looking for someone who can "lead to a significant upturn" but a few players who can do the job will do for a start.
If you get a puncture & you're miles from anywhere, your"runflat" or "50 mph limiter" will do a job until you get home, rather than being stuck on 3 wheels going nowhere.
If Konsa is the best young CB in the country English football is in an even bigger mess that I thought
To me, this is the time to sell. He has potential but if we sold him for £6M and then spent even £3M shoring up our club in Jan and another £3M next summer, we would go up either this year or next. We could buy 6 one-million-dollar players. That's crazy in L1.
Of course, this assumes our owners would spend £6M. Which they would not. They would pocket the money on the way out the door.
If Konsa is the best young CB in the country English football is in an even bigger mess that I thought
To me, this is the time to sell. He has potential but if we sold him for £6M and then spent even £3M shoring up our club in Jan and another £3M next summer, we would go up either this year or next. We could buy 6 one-million-dollar players. That's crazy in L1.
Of course, this assumes our owners would spend £6M. Which they would not. They would pocket the money on the way out the door.
If Konsa is the best young CB in the country English football is in an even bigger mess that I thought
There is a feeling at the top level of scouting that there are NO young centre-backs in English football at the moment. So somebody like Konsa, who has a bit of potential, will attract massive attention.
One benefit for us is the "Gomez" factor, because he was so good, clubs don't want to miss out on the next one of the Charlton "production line"
All the best ones are already at big club, Trevor Chalobah is arguably the best young English defender at youth level.
Everton paid £5 million for 17 year old defender from Newcastle in August called Lewis Gibson
Man City also have Joel Latibaeudiere another good prospect in Defence who won the U17 (?) World Cup in the Summer with Phil Foden - I think he made his debut against Shakhtar as well
I cant see RD spending any money in the window at all, especially after what he said to Robbo when signing Best. With him wanting to sell, his enthusiasm for the club will be a low as its ever been, so keeping things ticking over with the bare minimum will be all he will do.
Im fully expecting Konsa to be sold, with none of the money to go on strengthening the team and no one else signed. There may be a small chance of a single Dodoo-like free signing but thats about it.
If Konsa is the best young CB in the country English football is in an even bigger mess that I thought
There is a feeling at the top level of scouting that there are NO young centre-backs in English football at the moment. So somebody like Konsa, who has a bit of potential, will attract massive attention.
I think you are overlooking Reece Oxford. He may be returning from his German loan due to lack of opportunities but he is very highly rated .
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Scunthorpe making the biggest bid for Eoin Doyle at Preston so far. Having a go. Bit in paper.
I hear that Lee Novak is pretty good
As for Sarr and Bauer our opinions differ I don’t rate either at Championship level or think they are very strong League One players. I suspect like many of our players that if we tried to sell either that we would struggle to find any takers in the UK.
If you get a puncture & you're miles from anywhere, your"runflat" or "50 mph limiter" will do a job until you get home, rather than being stuck on 3 wheels going nowhere.
Of course, this assumes our owners would spend £6M. Which they would not. They would pocket the money on the way out the door.
One benefit for us is the "Gomez" factor, because he was so good, clubs don't want to miss out on the next one of the Charlton "production line"
Everton paid £5 million for 17 year old defender from Newcastle in August called Lewis Gibson
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Im fully expecting Konsa to be sold, with none of the money to go on strengthening the team and no one else signed. There may be a small chance of a single Dodoo-like free signing but thats about it.
Looks like the KAG syndrome to me- to many games to early.
I do expect he will be be flogged off in Jan though, - £1 - £2m ? plus add on's.