My middle lad is friends with a U23 Arsenal player who has just been promoted to the first team, so they asked him about Bielik, Bielik said he would love to come back to Charlton as he loved it at The Valley however he added but they don’t any money so he will be going WBA or Stoke!
My middle lad is friends with a U23 Arsenal player who has just been promoted to the first team, so they asked him about Bielik, Bielik said he would love to come back to Charlton as he loved it at The Valley however he added but they don’t any money so he will be going WBA or Stoke!
Think i read he's on at least 15k a week so i assume that means they're prepared to cover most or all of his wages, something we're not in a position to do.
The lack of midfield that we have at the moment makes us look weak in attack and doesn’t offer the support for the defence.
For me that’s the biggest worry. We just don’t have a midfield.
Add in the fact that we desperately need two strikers and now Aneke is injured again, there’s so much work to do before we can even be competitive yet in the Championship.
I know we were up against a premier league team who have just spent over 100 million, but thought midfield was really weak today, anyone spot any prospective player signings in the crowd?
Apart from Phillips, Purrington, Aneke and Taylor, everybody else looked like a squad player only today. Harriot caused more problems for Villa in 20 minutes than the rest of the midfield put together in the whole game. Two new match fit Championship level midfielders needed in the next 12 days, no pressure Lee! Also, there was no leader at the back today.
Problem is even if we do get players in, the moment they get injured, or someone else gets injured and things have to shift around we are going to be struggling.
In my mind we need at least another 6-8 quality signings in to stand any chance. But I think we will be lucky if we get anymore than 4.
Problem is even if we do get players in, the moment they get injured, or someone else gets injured and things have to shift around we are going to be struggling.
In my mind we need at least another 6-8 quality signings in to stand any chance. But I think we will be lucky if we get anymore than 4.
We don't need 6-8 to achieve 2 players for each position. 5 more signings will do that but I agree we might only get 4, we usually miss out on someone on deadline day.
Apart from Phillips, Purrington, Aneke and Taylor, everybody else looked like a squad player only today. Harriot caused more problems for Villa in 20 minutes than the rest of the midfield put together in the whole game. Two new match fit Championship level midfielders needed in the next 12 days, no pressure Lee! Also, there was no leader at the back today.
Disagree. The new guy from Wimbledon look composed and a good footballer. Sarr played well. Solly did well against some real pace. Harriott was a bit crap for me. Looked good at some things, but when He had a couple of chances to play an incisive pass he cocked it up. Such a frustrating player.
Chucks was top class. Great strength and pace. Just hope it was cramp and not a hamstring.
@pmorts: "Do you think you've got enough to start well?
🗣️Lee Bowyer: "No...not at the moment. We need to bring in another five players. For sure, we ain't ready to go in and compete like we want to. It doesn't matter what happens...we have to bring in more bodies."
More from Bowyer: "Five or six on that bench today are not ready. I'm not being disrespectful, they're kids and it wouldn't be fair to chuck them in. We have to bring in men and people that are ready and can handle playing in the Championship."
Not very encouraging comments from Bowyer. Reckon Roland knows he isn't going to be able to sell yet so has decided to cut his losses yet further. We need 6 players, reckon we'll get 2, and probably not very inspiring loans at that.
We should at the very least be able to max out our loan quota so that will hopefully be four or five. But could be struggling to bring in any kind of experienced heads at this stage.
@CharltonByBlood indeed @covered end junior thanks for posting post match comments, been looking for them. Sounds like RD is screwing us again. Expect AD to be flogged at the 11th hour so Bow can’t use the cash
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For me that’s the biggest worry. We just don’t have a midfield.
Add in the fact that we desperately need two strikers and now Aneke is injured again, there’s so much work to do before we can even be competitive yet in the Championship.
He has been told he can stay and fight for a place or go
out on loan - his choice.
No decision yet.
Harriot caused more problems for Villa in 20 minutes than the rest of the midfield put together in the whole game.
Two new match fit Championship level midfielders needed in the next 12 days, no pressure Lee!
Also, there was no leader at the back today.
In my mind we need at least another 6-8 quality signings in to stand any chance. But I think we will be lucky if we get anymore than 4.
Chucks was top class. Great strength and pace. Just hope it was cramp and not a hamstring.
@pmorts: "Do you think you've got enough to start well?
🗣️Lee Bowyer: "No...not at the moment. We need to bring in another five players. For sure, we ain't ready to go in and compete like we want to. It doesn't matter what happens...we have to bring in more bodies."
More from Bowyer: "Five or six on that bench today are not ready. I'm not being disrespectful, they're kids and it wouldn't be fair to chuck them in. We have to bring in men and people that are ready and can handle playing in the Championship."
NickGodwinsport "The club have accepted that these players need to be brought in?"
🗣️ Bowyer: "They know, because we let 11 or 12 go. All we're doing is replacing the ones that left. It's going to be hard."
Goes into a rumours thread and moans about a rumour... baffling
I still think we will get 4 decent loans in and have ago at it.
@covered end junior thanks for posting post match comments, been looking for them. Sounds like RD is screwing us again. Expect AD to be flogged at the 11th hour so Bow can’t use the cash