There you go, Cavani and Mertens. Maybe even Giroud? Instead they've waited until the last 12 hours of the window to try and sign King on the basis that he's Norwegian so would throw his toys out of the pram and force a move to play for United under OGS, and now they're going to be stuck with a journeyman from the Chinese League that hasn't played in 2 months.
Giroud wasn’t available unless Chelsea could sign a forward themselves which they couldn’t. Even then would they sell Giroud to United. Personally think Giroud has had a rough deal at Chelsea.
Caption this... (Haha I got the picture Matt Southall...)
LB: Look, if we can get Messi & HE is happy to stump up the wages then let’s go for it. SG: Agreed. What a coup that would be! MS: Let me just check the height limit on CharltonLife again.
Can’t Lee just raid the yellow swear box on his desk and buy Clarke Harris?
Based on the last 18 games that should get Toney with change for Clarke Harris.
Been told we are now very close, so I hope just like we all do, that it’s completed in time even if that means a deal sheet.
Zain Westbrooke or someone else?
No offence but if it's only 1 more really hope it's not Zain
We need another attacker
Why do we need another attacker if we can pick from Taylor, Bonne, Davidson, Hemed, Aneke, and Green, being fed by Williams and McGeady ? As ESI aren't spending on players until they get more sponsorship from UAE businesses.
Bonne - injured at the moment, it would be nice not to rush him back Davison - not someone we should be relying on at this stage of his development Hemed - a big step down from Taylor, as shown by the difference Taylor made against Fulham Aneke - always injured and not really a no 9 Green - more a winger
Been told we are now very close, so I hope just like we all do, that it’s completed in time even if that means a deal sheet.
Zain Westbrooke or someone else?
No offence but if it's only 1 more really hope it's not Zain
We need another attacker
Why do we need another attacker if we can pick from Taylor, Bonne, Davidson, Hemed, Aneke, and Green, being fed by Williams and McGeady ?
Loan out Davison ideally - Aneke isnt a Striker either as Bowyer's said he doesnt seem him able to fill that role
Green could be used like McGeady in more of a wide role which leaves us Taylor | Bonne | Hemed as the experienced out n out strikers
Aneke is a forward and scored within minutes of coming on against Stoke. He may be better playing behind the main strikers but he's not a midfield player.
Been told we are now very close, so I hope just like we all do, that it’s completed in time even if that means a deal sheet.
Zain Westbrooke or someone else?
No offence but if it's only 1 more really hope it's not Zain
We need another attacker
Why do we need another attacker if we can pick from Taylor, Bonne, Davidson, Hemed, Aneke, and Green, being fed by Williams and McGeady ?
Loan out Davison ideally - Aneke isnt a Striker either as Bowyer's said he doesnt seem him able to fill that role
Green could be used like McGeady in more of a wide role which leaves us Taylor | Bonne | Hemed as the experienced out n out strikers
Aneke is a forward and scored within minutes of coming on against Stoke. He may be better playing behind the main strikers but he's not a midfield player.
Didnt say Aneke was a Midfielder...
What I'm saying is you wouldnt have him covering for Taylor either as Bowyer has already said he doesnt see him playing up front like that
In a few hours we can just look forward to the match. If Lyle is still with us I will be pretty happy with the window. Bowyer signing a longer term deal and escaping the realm of RD still makes me content.
Been told we are now very close, so I hope just like we all do, that it’s completed in time even if that means a deal sheet.
Zain Westbrooke or someone else?
No offence but if it's only 1 more really hope it's not Zain
We need another attacker
Why do we need another attacker if we can pick from Taylor, Bonne, Davidson, Hemed, Aneke, and Green, being fed by Williams and McGeady ? As ESI aren't spending on players until they get more sponsorship from UAE businesses.
Bonne - injured at the moment, it would be nice not to rush him back Davison - not someone we should be relying on at this stage of his development Hemed - a big step down from Taylor, as shown by the difference Taylor made against Fulham Aneke - always injured and not really a no 9 Green - more a winger
What we're missing is a pacey Grant type striker who can be a threat getting in behind, run at players and drift out wide, all things that played a part in making the diamond work so well.
In a few hours we can just look forward to the match. If Lyle is still with us I will be pretty happy with the window. Bowyer signing a longer term deal and escaping the realm of RD still makes me content.
Then what happens when Taylor breaks down or gets injured again...?
For everyone's sake I truly hope that Taylor stays & plays all remaining 17 games, because if we have to rely on Hemed, Davison & Aneke for the next couple if weeks we really will be in trouble. Remember, Bonne isn't likely to be back for another 2 weeks & after a hamstring injury it's best he isn't thrown straight back in again.
In a few hours we can just look forward to the match. If Lyle is still with us I will be pretty happy with the window. Bowyer signing a longer term deal and escaping the realm of RD still makes me content.
Then what happens when Taylor breaks down or gets injured again...?
For everyone's sake I truly hope that Taylor stays & plays all remaining 17 games, because if we have to rely on Hemed, Davison & Aneke for the next couple if weeks we really will be in trouble. Remember, Bonne isn't likely to be back for another 2 weeks & after a hamstring injury it's best he isn't thrown straight back in again.
Bonne has nowhere near the quality that people are crediting him with.
if he is our main striker (because something happens to Lyle) then we will go down.
Marquee signings?? We clearly have zero money and our new chairman instead of trying to be all things to mankind should have perhaps gone about his business in a quieter fashion as this is not what any of us expected. Dissapointed is an understatement and gawd forbid if tomorrow doesn't go our way as this site will go into melt down!
We need to exert perspective. Look where we were over the past 6 years and even prior to that.
We live in an age of instant gratification where patience and restraint is scarce and we want it all now whether it be fast food, amazon, online binge box sets, rolling news, social media frenzies and event the repair and advancement of a hitherto slowly decaying football club.
The mismanagement and damage of the Duchatelet tenure, the Cash withdrawal and the general post- Curbishley decline will not be resolved in 3 weeks or months. It will be a gradual rebuilding process.
There is only speculation that we were ever minted or that it was going to be an instant remedy and fastrack to the premiership. People have heard and read what we have wanted to hear and read such is human nature.
I don't recall the new ownership saying we are loaded or will buy our way back to the glory days (whatever they were).
Because we have been so vigorously and repetitively bitten since Curb's departure we are perhaps a less patient and forgiving animal and our default collective position is to revert to cynicism, pessimism and anxt as a paradoxical defence mechanism against the hurt, anxt and despair that gets bestowed on fans of clubs like Charlton with unnerving regularity and intensity.
We have an engaging and optimistic new ownership that is the complete antithesis of the prior regime that we campainged so committedly to oust. They have sold their vision and potential to our trusted and revered manager. We now have realised that ambition but expect all the pieces to fall neatly into place in an unforgiving dog eat dog industry of so many variables and that will not happen overnight if at all as there are increasingly no guarantees they ever will in the perverse and illogical business model that is modern football.
The new owners are not magicians, they might be all puff and no substance but they might be genuine and earnest in their enthusiasm and if given time, support and patience, capable of executing a strategy that will undo the damage of the past 15 plus years and move us forward sustainably whilst retaining the ethos of our dear club.
Time will tell. Stepping back from the madness, gaining perspective of where we are, where we are coming from and how little time in relative terms the new ownership has been in place will serve us well at this point.
Unity between fans, with the new owners and the manager and squad and throughout the club from top to bottom will only serve to benefit Charlton in immeasurable ways after years of stagnation, fracture and dysfunction.
Let's keep things in perspective and be realistic in our expectations and be unified and positive about this new chapter until actions or real inaction over a reasonable period of time warrants other wise.
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Davison - not someone we should be relying on at this stage of his development
Hemed - a big step down from Taylor, as shown by the difference Taylor made against Fulham
Aneke - always injured and not really a no 9
Green - more a winger
Night night
What I'm saying is you wouldnt have him covering for Taylor either as Bowyer has already said he doesnt see him playing up front like that
That'll never catch on!!
For everyone's sake I truly hope that Taylor stays & plays all remaining 17 games, because if we have to rely on Hemed, Davison & Aneke for the next couple if weeks we really will be in trouble. Remember, Bonne isn't likely to be back for another 2 weeks & after a hamstring injury it's best he isn't thrown straight back in again.
We live in an age of instant gratification where patience and restraint is scarce and we want it all now whether it be fast food, amazon, online binge box sets, rolling news, social media frenzies and event the repair and advancement of a hitherto slowly decaying football club.
The mismanagement and damage of the Duchatelet tenure, the Cash withdrawal and the general post- Curbishley decline will not be resolved in 3 weeks or months. It will be a gradual rebuilding process.
There is only speculation that we were ever minted or that it was going to be an instant remedy and fastrack to the premiership. People have heard and read what we have wanted to hear and read such is human nature.
I don't recall the new ownership saying we are loaded or will buy our way back to the glory days (whatever they were).
Because we have been so vigorously and repetitively bitten since Curb's departure we are perhaps a less patient and forgiving animal and our default collective position is to revert to cynicism, pessimism and anxt as a paradoxical defence mechanism against the hurt, anxt and despair that gets bestowed on fans of clubs like Charlton with unnerving regularity and intensity.
We have an engaging and optimistic new ownership that is the complete antithesis of the prior regime that we campainged so committedly to oust. They have sold their vision and potential to our trusted and revered manager. We now have realised that ambition but expect all the pieces to fall neatly into place in an unforgiving dog eat dog industry of so many variables and that will not happen overnight if at all as there are increasingly no guarantees they ever will in the perverse and illogical business model that is modern football.
The new owners are not magicians, they might be all puff and no substance but they might be genuine and earnest in their enthusiasm and if given time, support and patience, capable of executing a strategy that will undo the damage of the past 15 plus years and move us forward sustainably whilst retaining the ethos of our dear club.
Time will tell. Stepping back from the madness, gaining perspective of where we are, where we are coming from and how little time in relative terms the new ownership has been in place will serve us well at this point.
Unity between fans, with the new owners and the manager and squad and throughout the club from top to bottom will only serve to benefit Charlton in immeasurable ways after years of stagnation, fracture and dysfunction.
Let's keep things in perspective and be realistic in our expectations and be unified and positive about this new chapter until actions or real inaction over a reasonable period of time warrants other wise.