Watson is not looking like a great signing at the moment, too slow and past his best, not been impressed with him so far, will he get up to speed / could we move him on?
He signed for us so he could live in Beckenham.
We signed him on last years form. Mutual decision
Yes we did, but if he wanted to live with his familey in say Winchester, he wouldn't have signed for us.
Personally I was happy when he signed .
Interestingly in his long interview with Ollie Groome Watson said he wanted the deal to happen last year . I guess he knew he wasn't good enough for Palace anymore and a Beckenham base would be perfect for us .
I had hoped that he would be a mainstay and Pratley would be used as cover for him in a two game a week schedule .I can't understand why they have been paired up so often .
Presume you mean Forest. Watson hasn’t played for Palace for 15 years.
Watson is not looking like a great signing at the moment, too slow and past his best, not been impressed with him so far, will he get up to speed / could we move him on?
He signed for us so he could live in Beckenham.
We signed him on last years form. Mutual decision
Yes we did, but if he wanted to live with his familey in say Winchester, he wouldn't have signed for us.
Personally I was happy when he signed .
Interestingly in his long interview with Ollie Groome Watson said he wanted the deal to happen last year . I guess he knew he wasn't good enough for Palace anymore and a Beckenham base would be perfect for us .
I had hoped that he would be a mainstay and Pratley would be used as cover for him in a two game a week schedule .I can't understand why they have been paired up so often .
Presume you mean Forest. Watson hasn’t played for Palace for 15 years.
No I did mean Palace. Forest wanted to keep him and I understand other Championship clubs were interested in him
My point is that if you are a professional footballer living in Beckenham and not good enough for the Premier League then we are an attractive option. I guess the Spanners might have been another option.
Watson is not looking like a great signing at the moment, too slow and past his best, not been impressed with him so far, will he get up to speed / could we move him on?
He signed for us so he could live in Beckenham.
We signed him on last years form. Mutual decision
Yes we did, but if he wanted to live with his familey in say Winchester, he wouldn't have signed for us.
Personally I was happy when he signed .
Interestingly in his long interview with Ollie Groome Watson said he wanted the deal to happen last year . I guess he knew he wasn't good enough for Palace anymore and a Beckenham base would be perfect for us .
I had hoped that he would be a mainstay and Pratley would be used as cover for him in a two game a week schedule .I can't understand why they have been paired up so often .
Presume you mean Forest. Watson hasn’t played for Palace for 15 years.
No I did mean Palace. Forest wanted to keep him and I understand other Championship clubs were interested in him
My point is that if you are a professional footballer living in Beckenham and not good enough for the Premier League then we are an attractive option. I guess the Spanners might have been another option.
Very odd to see how many people are hoping, even expecting, that players who have only been at Charlton for a few months are going to be sold or have contracts paid up so they can move on.
I know it's one way of getting players in with the salary cap but these were players chosen by Bowyer and Gallen and I really don't think they'll do this. It's not something that happens very often anyway.
I think Bowyer sees a role for all those players mentioned and we're more likely t
Very odd to see how many people are hoping, even expecting, that players who have only been at Charlton for a few months are going to be sold or have contracts paid up so they can move on.
I know it's one way of getting players in with the salary cap but these were players chosen by Bowyer and Gallen and I really don't think they'll do this. It's not something that happens very often anyway.
I think Bowyer sees a role for all those players mentioned and we're more likely t
Why are people still saying about the wage cap, as if it’s a shock, it’s absolutely killed us from the start and Bowyer has made that so clear already.
It will continue to hurt us, that is why we need to be inventive and unfortunately will mean we have to let some players leave who we probably wouldn’t otherwise, in order to allow us to hopefully bring in that better quality.
And no, I don’t control when things are announced so I do not know when they will be. I did get told they’re both done and expected today, if not today, let’s not go into a meltdown please.
They’ll be in and announced all in plenty of good time.
Watson is not looking like a great signing at the moment, too slow and past his best, not been impressed with him so far, will he get up to speed / could we move him on?
That depends. He's got a 1 year contract with further 1 year option, which will be triggered if he plays a specific number of games.
Sorba Thomas will surely play against Millwall and be in the shop window.
If he plays really well against a championship club then the owner will receive what he wanted(maybe not Cafc) if Thomas make no impression he may well come back to Cafc and say we will accept your original offer.
And we buy a pup ?
Last I checked we were in League 1, so Sorba Thomas only has to look useful, rather than a world beater if he plays against Millwall.
This could be a non starter if Liam Millar comes in on a loan.
For the lack of announcements today I’m surprised at the lack of meltdown. Was expecting barrages of posts “where are they then????”
I’ve been to busy on football manager getting Charlton promoted as champions out of league one, Johnnie Jackson has just left to take up a managers job, Steve Gallens brother (Joe) has just joined as assistant manager, is there no end to that family’s talents!
Schwartz, Millar and who's the CB, If Oshilaja isn't rated and Barker is too young because Gunter and Pratley just can't play at CB on a regular basis ?
Schwartz, Millar and who's the CB, If Oshilaja isn't rated and Barker is too young because Gunter and Pratley just can't play at CB on a regular basis ?
Liam Lindsay I think is a name that had been mentioned but that could be a bit of an echo chamber where a nonsense rumour gets disproportionate mileage.
Schwartz, Millar and who's the CB, If Oshilaja isn't rated and Barker is too young because Gunter and Pratley just can't play at CB on a regular basis ?
We will have to move others on first to make room.
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My point is that if you are a professional footballer living in Beckenham and not good enough for the Premier League then we are an attractive option. I guess the Spanners might have been another option.
It will continue to hurt us, that is why we need to be inventive and unfortunately will mean we have to let some players leave who we probably wouldn’t otherwise, in order to allow us to hopefully bring in that better quality.
And no, I don’t control when things are announced so I do not know when they will be. I did get told they’re both done and expected today, if not today, let’s not go into a meltdown please.
They’ll be in and announced all in plenty of good time.
Leuth will be happy.
edit....this isn’t the corona thread
Last I checked we were in League 1, so Sorba Thomas only has to look useful, rather than a world beater if he plays against Millwall.
This could be a non starter if Liam Millar comes in on a loan.
If Oshilaja isn't rated and Barker is too young because Gunter and Pratley just can't play at CB on a regular basis ?