I’m not saying that we will or won’t sign Tucker who is obviously a target but as of today nobody else has signed him either. That implies to me that what his club are asking, way exceeds every one of his suitors valuation. Gillingham will also want to be active in the transfer market and are probably relying on the fee for Tucker to do so. At some point the fee being asked will drop and then a scramble will be on. Gills, us and others are no doubt at this point playing chicken.
This what people are saying about keeping everything in house till last min .. people don’t like it and expect to be told hourly updates but that clearly not the way TS and NA want to do things and righty so …
Need I remind anyone that the only reason TS is our owner is because that thieving lawyer Farnell, in an inexplicable twist of fate, miswrote his legal brief!
Otherwise we would 100% be sitting here at our computers or phones discussing the season's prospects under Elliott & Farnell. And it would be hopeless. Utterly hopeless.
Now we've got an owner who absolutely lives and breathes Charlton, and there's people on here complaining we're not gonna blow the league out of the water... before we even know what the squad is!
Have a cup of tea. Take a deep breath. I'm sure you're all absolutely solid Charlton fans with many miles traveled more than me. This entitlement is just not on.
To be fair, having an owner who isn't a charlatan/headcase/criminal is sort of the bare minimum I'd want, and it's okay for people to express grievances about the playing side of things.
That said, I'm not panicking. Ages to go, and I would expect to see at least two at some point this week, including a player that was on no-one's radar (probably a centre back) (not a rumour btw, just gut instinct). The current setup seem to be slightly less leak-friendly so excited for some surprises.
Not a bad instinct that. Can we have a ITG list? (In the gut)
This doesn't include Forster- Caskey and we still have over a month before the season begins to make another five or so signings be they permanents or loans
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I thought it was Nixon who had said there were three possibilities which we were being quoted inflated prices for.
You can tell our recruitment team have been in lockdown over the last 12 months :-)
MacGillivray
Matthews - Inniss - Famewo - Purrington
Morgan - Dobson - Gilbey
Washington - Stockley - Jaiyesimi
Subs Maynard- Brewer, Gunter, Pearce, Watson, Vennings, Henry, Schwartz
This doesn't include Forster- Caskey and we still have over a month before the season begins to make another five or so signings be they permanents or loans
bristol city coming into the equation now apparently
What a great signing 👏🏻