Kirk and DJ are down as our first choice wingers. Yes injuries can happen but I think Adkins has been targeting that third choice who predominantly can come on and run at tired legs. No idea how good CBT is but he fits the bill in his style of play so if he does join I would definitely give him a chance. I'm guessing the LB, CB and CM are going to be the three loan players which is a bit of concern given the importance of all of them.
CBT looks like desperation signing to me. Couldn’t get a game last year at Tranmere Rovers in league two. What can we possibly possibly expect to get out of him.
For the first time ever in my time on Charlton Life I actually am in the know very slightly, my draughtsman (sorry person) is a season ticket holder at Tranmere and this is what he thinks of CBT
He is good when he can be arsed really fast and whips it in great when fed the ball. Good player.
We need both... We've got two natural wingers at the club; Kirk and Jaiyesimi.
Not enough squad depth in those areas at present
At least with Morgan, we know that Alex Gilbey will be back (soonish) to compete with that slot in midfield
Same with Clare and Forster-Caskey | Dobson and Watson
With the first two mentioned, we have no one, other than Washington (who is a Striker) or Clayden (an unproven U23)
Agree though I’d say Clare is competition for Gilbey with Morgan the alternative to JFC. Hopefully we’ll sign Lowery or similar and he’ll add more creativity than Morgan or JFC.
That will stop people banging on about 442 for a few weeks/days/hours
As one of those who has previously mentioned that given the lack of players available that can play 4-3-3 we should play 4-4-2, may I just say that to me this is a crap selection.
As a minimum you would need JS and Kirk on the wings and two strikers. As we only have two strikers fit it would have to be them. Four attackers against four defenders. A winger beats his man and there is a gap and no spare man to cover, so if they want to double up on JS there is a cost.
IMO to play 4-3-3 you need attacking full backs. If you don’t it quickly becomes 4-5-1. If we persist with this formation I don’t think we will win.
Last season we had Matthews and Purrington as our "attacking" full backs, seemed to work OK then. The big difference is the central midfield and making silly mistakes at the back.
I honestly fail to see how taking out a midfielder out and adding a striker makes midfield better.
CBT looks like desperation signing to me. Couldn’t get a game last year at Tranmere Rovers in league two. What can we possibly possibly expect to get out of him.
For the first time ever in my time on Charlton Life I actually am in the know very slightly, my draughtsman (sorry person) is a season ticket holder at Tranmere and this is what he thinks of CBT
He is good when he can be arsed really fast and whips it in great when fed the ball. Good player.
But why couldn’t he get in their team last season?
CBT looks like desperation signing to me. Couldn’t get a game last year at Tranmere Rovers in league two. What can we possibly possibly expect to get out of him.
For the first time ever in my time on Charlton Life I actually am in the know very slightly, my draughtsman (sorry person) is a season ticket holder at Tranmere and this is what he thinks of CBT
He is good when he can be arsed really fast and whips it in great when fed the ball. Good player.
But why couldn’t he get in their team last season?
I said I was in the know very slightly, I haven’t got a clue, and I wasn’t told that sorry. Next time I speak to him, if I remember I will ask.
CBT looks like desperation signing to me. Couldn’t get a game last year at Tranmere Rovers in league two. What can we possibly possibly expect to get out of him.
For the first time ever in my time on Charlton Life I actually am in the know very slightly, my draughtsman (sorry person) is a season ticket holder at Tranmere and this is what he thinks of CBT
He is good when he can be arsed really fast and whips it in great when fed the ball. Good player.
Well I’m sure he’ll get the chance to impress. Really hope he does. Could you ask why he wasn’t a regular last season if he’s a good player ?
CBT looks like desperation signing to me. Couldn’t get a game last year at Tranmere Rovers in league two. What can we possibly possibly expect to get out of him.
For the first time ever in my time on Charlton Life I actually am in the know very slightly, my draughtsman (sorry person) is a season ticket holder at Tranmere and this is what he thinks of CBT
He is good when he can be arsed really fast and whips it in great when fed the ball. Good player.
Well I’m sure he’ll get the chance to impress. Really hope he does. Could you ask why he wasn’t a regular last season if he’s a good player ?
Last week signed a player and it was officially party time on here, the type of player to win us the league and now all of a sudden all of our signings are going to be panic buys. We all need to find a middle ground when it comes to our emotional swings.
CBT looks like desperation signing to me. Couldn’t get a game last year at Tranmere Rovers in league two. What can we possibly possibly expect to get out of him.
For the first time ever in my time on Charlton Life I actually am in the know very slightly, my draughtsman (sorry person) is a season ticket holder at Tranmere and this is what he thinks of CBT
He is good when he can be arsed really fast and whips it in great when fed the ball. Good player.
But why couldn’t he get in their team last season?
Didn’t someone say that Tranmere manager last season was a massive prick? To the point where he got sacked when they were doing well. Might have been a falling out.
Last week signed a player and it was officially party time on here, the type of player to win us the league and now all of a sudden all of our signings are going to be panic buys. We all need to find a middle ground when it comes to our emotional swings.
CBT looks like desperation signing to me. Couldn’t get a game last year at Tranmere Rovers in league two. What can we possibly possibly expect to get out of him.
For the first time ever in my time on Charlton Life I actually am in the know very slightly, my draughtsman (sorry person) is a season ticket holder at Tranmere and this is what he thinks of CBT
He is good when he can be arsed really fast and whips it in great when fed the ball. Good player.
Well I’m sure he’ll get the chance to impress. Really hope he does. Could you ask why he wasn’t a regular last season if he’s a good player ?
Have requested information.
He fell out with Keith Hill and he didn't like him.
He also added the following
Nice lad tho. He was sat in crowd at an away game and sat next to my lads and was talking to them.
Cor does this mean I’m in the know a little more than slightly now 😀😀😀
CBT looks like desperation signing to me. Couldn’t get a game last year at Tranmere Rovers in league two. What can we possibly possibly expect to get out of him.
For the first time ever in my time on Charlton Life I actually am in the know very slightly, my draughtsman (sorry person) is a season ticket holder at Tranmere and this is what he thinks of CBT
He is good when he can be arsed really fast and whips it in great when fed the ball. Good player.
But why couldn’t he get in their team last season?
Didn’t someone say that Tranmere manager last season was a massive prick? To the point where he got sacked when they were doing well. Might have been a falling out.
Last week signed a player and it was officially party time on here, the type of player to win us the league and now all of a sudden all of our signings are going to be panic buys. We all need to find a middle ground when it comes to our emotional swings.
Kirk needed to be the first of several players of his quality in order to “win us the league”. Still time of course but with the greatest respect to CBT we are not going to do it with players with an attitude problem who couldn’t get a game last season in league two.
CBT looks like desperation signing to me. Couldn’t get a game last year at Tranmere Rovers in league two. What can we possibly possibly expect to get out of him.
For the first time ever in my time on Charlton Life I actually am in the know very slightly, my draughtsman (sorry person) is a season ticket holder at Tranmere and this is what he thinks of CBT
He is good when he can be arsed really fast and whips it in great when fed the ball. Good player.
Well I’m sure he’ll get the chance to impress. Really hope he does. Could you ask why he wasn’t a regular last season if he’s a good player ?
Have requested information.
He fell out with Keith Hill and he didn't like him.
He also added the following
Nice lad tho. He was sat in crowd at an away game and sat next to my lads and was talking to them.
Cor does this mean I’m in the know a little more than slightly now 😀😀😀
Some great ITK stuff here. Good to hear that his playing time sounds like it was reduced to manager issues, rather than him just being a poor footballer. Fast and a good crosser is something that will be very useful.
That will stop people banging on about 442 for a few weeks/days/hours
As one of those who has previously mentioned that given the lack of players available that can play 4-3-3 we should play 4-4-2, may I just say that to me this is a crap selection.
As a minimum you would need JS and Kirk on the wings and two strikers. As we only have two strikers fit it would have to be them. Four attackers against four defenders. A winger beats his man and there is a gap and no spare man to cover, so if they want to double up on JS there is a cost.
IMO to play 4-3-3 you need attacking full backs. If you don’t it quickly becomes 4-5-1. If we persist with this formation I don’t think we will win.
Last season we had Matthews and Purrington as our "attacking" full backs, seemed to work OK then. The big difference is the central midfield and making silly mistakes at the back.
I honestly fail to see how taking out a midfielder out and adding a striker makes midfield better.
Maatsen made it work, less effective with Purrington I would have said.
I would suggest that by playing it wide instead of lumping it up to a striker standing on his own would mean that you are not giving up possession as frequently, which gives the defence time to re-set. I also alluded to the problems you give the opposition when you have a player like JS in your team. The full back will have to think twice before heading up field, and they may have to have a midfielder doubling up on him. When the defence has three against four they have a spare man, in a 4-4-2, if a CH comes across to cover there is a gap.
Pros and cons for any formation, but I think the 4-4-2 would work better for us with the players we have available at this moment in time.
Let's give this guy the chance to prove all the doubters wrong, we just don't know his playing history at Tranmere and his playing record in general, I may be in the minority, but I have no choice but trust in Gallen & Co with incomings at the moment, all I do know is at the moment we are up shite street, and it seems a dead end, so any light at this moment greatfully accepted..
Don’t know anything about CBT only what I’ve googled and comments on here but let’s give the bloke a chance ffs.
It’s more likely a gamble signing him but like Dobson, Clare and McGillivray (who hasn’t inspired confidence so far), I’m not writing anyone off until I’ve seen them play at least half a dozen games.
CBT looks like desperation signing to me. Couldn’t get a game last year at Tranmere Rovers in league two. What can we possibly possibly expect to get out of him.
For the first time ever in my time on Charlton Life I actually am in the know very slightly, my draughtsman (sorry person) is a season ticket holder at Tranmere and this is what he thinks of CBT
He is good when he can be arsed really fast and whips it in great when fed the ball. Good player.
Well I’m sure he’ll get the chance to impress. Really hope he does. Could you ask why he wasn’t a regular last season if he’s a good player ?
Have requested information.
He fell out with Keith Hill and he didn't like him.
He also added the following
Nice lad tho. He was sat in crowd at an away game and sat next to my lads and was talking to them.
Cor does this mean I’m in the know a little more than slightly now 😀😀😀
Some great ITK stuff here. Good to hear that his playing time sounds like it was reduced to manager issues, rather than him just being a poor footballer. Fast and a good crosser is something that will be very useful.
Do wonder whether the "attitude problem" was a poor attitude by CBT or due to poor man management. Hopefully if it is the latter Adkins' style will be more to his liking.
Can't pretend to be thrilled at the prospect of a L2 winger coming on board but given we have only DJ with any semblance of pace it wouldn't hurt to have a speedy, direct player to run at people late on.
CBT is a box of tricks with bags of pace, don't write him off. Get his head right and he's a fantastic option for us.
Experience tells me that signing players with “problems with attitude” rarely work out well. CBT is not a kid but 23 and should be signing a contract that sets him up for life but instead he’s what is in fact looking like a punt by us because we can’t really sign anyone better. Nobody would be happier than me if he goes on to be brilliant for us but I have to say I have huge doubts. In any case if he signs welcome and do the club and yourself proud.
I've watched a lot of clps of CBT this morning to see what he looks like as a player. He's predominantly a winger but has been known to play up front it seems.
He's quick and direct but doesn't appear to have too many tricks with the exception of a few stepovers. His body language isn't brilliant when he gets tackled either and this might annoy some fans. I am not sure he will offer much defensively. His directness though it notable. When he gets on the ball he heads straight towards goal which is nice in a winger. His crossing was a bit of a mixed bag but not the worst I've seen. For a free transfer he is hopefully a low-risk option but if he has a questionable attitude you do have to wonder if our fans will give him the light of day.
I'd reserve judgement for the minute. Possible he could surprise a few but not one to get the heart rate up at the moment.
We are at the Mark Gower and Simon Church level of signing now. This is embarrassing.
It's worse. Church was at least a current Welsh international. We have never been reduced to such scraps at any point in the last decade.
Good fucking god. You must not remember Selim Kerkar, Joe Ledley, Josh Parker, Leon Best, Joe Dodoo, Kevin Foley, Rhys Williams, Florent Rouamba or any other of the genuinely bottom of the barrel, there is absolutely no money left being given so pick a living human or have nothing players that we've had over the last ten years. That of course doesn't include the transfer window where we literally weren't allowed to buy anyone because the 'owners' couldn't prove they had the money to pay the cleaners let alone new players. We're looking at a player. We might sign him if we think he's good enough, if we think he isn't we won't. We've already spent over £1m on players this season during the most over-inflated, underfunded transfer market in history. The idea that this is our lowest point transfer-wise is just so myopic it's making my teeth itch. I think I might need to take a break from this place before I have an aneurysm
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He is good when he can be arsed really fast and whips it in great when fed the ball. Good player.
I honestly fail to see how taking out a midfielder out and adding a striker makes midfield better.
He also added the following
Nice lad tho. He was sat in crowd at an away game and sat next to my lads and was talking to them.
I would suggest that by playing it wide instead of lumping it up to a striker standing on his own would mean that you are not giving up possession as frequently, which gives the defence time to re-set.
I also alluded to the problems you give the opposition when you have a player like JS in your team. The full back will have to think twice before heading up field, and they may have to have a midfielder doubling up on him. When the defence has three against four they have a spare man, in a 4-4-2, if a CH comes across to cover there is a gap.
Pros and cons for any formation, but I think the 4-4-2 would work better for us with the players we have available at this moment in time.
Can't pretend to be thrilled at the prospect of a L2 winger coming on board but given we have only DJ with any semblance of pace it wouldn't hurt to have a speedy, direct player to run at people late on.