Leko is a weird one. Kirk, DJ, CBT, Clayden. Do we need another winger?
Imo......No.
But you've been calling for a pacey striker? Leko scored 1 in 4 for us in the Champ and let's be honest, we wasn't a particularly good side who created loads of chances each game.
My concern is in the 65 games he’s played for other teams - including his last 38 for Birmingham - he’s scored exactly zero goals.
Scores at The Valley, he only scores at The Valley, Scores at The Valley, he only scores at The Valley! See, he’s got a ready made song an’ all. 👍⚽️
Good window, good squad. congrats Recruitment team, NA and TS. Automatic promotion here we come. COYR
Why is this liked so much? Good window my arse
I think it is has now been a good window. It hadn't been when the season started. We are in the promotion race and anyone that thinks otherwise is simply unhappy for other reasons, nothing to do with Charlton. COYR & thanks to Thomas Sandgaard & the team.
Bit of am odd comment We aint in a promotion race with this squad is my opinion. However if Adkins is gonna play and promote youngsters then I've no problem with this approach. I just don't think it will be this season we go up.
Good window, good squad. congrats Recruitment team, NA and TS. Automatic promotion here we come. COYR
Why is this liked so much? Good window my arse
I think it is has now been a good window. It hadn't been when the season started. We are in the promotion race and anyone that thinks otherwise is simply unhappy for other reasons, nothing to do with Charlton. COYR & thanks to Thomas Sandgaard & the team.
Personally I think this view is massively skewed by us winning on Sat. Suspect you (and others) would be saying very different had we played bad on Sat and lost.
Overall a decent enough window if a bit unbalanced. Kirk, Lee and Lavelle all in the exciting category. Stockley and Akin the best of last season returning.
CMc looking good and Dobson played well tonight. Jury still out on Clare and same for Arter for all the reasons discussed on here. The biggest concern, and why this recruitment feels a bit odd, is not replacing Aneke with a goalscorer. If Stockley gets crocked then it’s on Josh D to step up and, tbf, he played superbly tonight.
- Far too easy to be critical if that's the way you want to
go.
- I think it's highly disrespectful to slate players before
they even had the chance to kick the ball.
- Wheeling and dealing like this are the reality of life in League
1, it’s pretty obvious but it does seem some people’s expectation levels are far
too high.
- I think TS and the Club need to learn to keep things a little
bit (quite a lot) closer to their chest, until they are more confident on who is
going to be signing, so as not to boost the supporters up, leaving some underwhelmed
and whinging. Although nothing wrong with a bit of public optimism.
- This one is quite important and can’t believe some people have
gone for it tbh; TS obviously likes to big things up to the fans and get a good
reaction. He probably feels that he’s entitled to it after coming in and
sorting things out from what they were. But I do think we should be long enough
in the tooth to take it with a pinch of salt.
- Rumours and BS are just that, so nothing is 100% until it’s
on the OS.
Job well done in my eyes. Yea a LB would of been decent of course but there is still time to sort that out.! 7/1 for Promotion on SkyBet looks a bit tasty now.! ⚽️🔴⚪️
MacGilllivray Matthews Inniss Famewo Purrington Clare Arter DJ Lee Kirk Stockley
Looks a very good XI to me. Second XI of:
Harness (emergency loan if needed) Gunter Lavelle Pearce Roddy Morgan Dobson CBT Gilbey Leko Washington
Plus Watson, Davison and Schwartz. I don't think we'll run away with the league but it looks reasonably strong. There is an obvious weakness but I doubt many League 1 sides can genuinely say they don't have a position or two that looks weak.
Arter has real quality and I think he will really want to show everyone he has got it. To be prepared to drop to League One says he wants to play and get back to a good level of form.
Lavelle I know nothing about. However, signing a captain from another team in our league, where reports are he’s strong and can play a bit, he’s at a good age and should be coachable, I’d take that. Good luck to him.
Leko is the wildcard we knew about before. If he can produce the moments of magic he did in The Championship, he’ll be class for us in League One. I actually think he was a big factor in us eventually being relegated that season. He never got replaced, and neither did Gallagher. But Leko done well for us and should link up nicely with Stockley. Unfinished business that’s for sure. Cheers Bow.
My main concern is now left back. It’s putting huge pressure on Purrington to be fit and firing quickly. To not bring in a left back is poor to be honest. Not replacing Aneke is shocking but don’t want to cover that now as Leko signing slightly papers over the cracks. Not signing an attacking left back is far, far from ideal. I now hope that there is a left back that is a free agent that can come in and do a good job for us because if we want to get the best out of players like Kirk, we need to allow these players the tools and platform to perform. I actually think Purrington and Kirk could work well. But it’s not good going into the season until January with only Purrington who is not yet fit.
Overall, I think we have got in some very good players over the last 10-14 days. We are still short and some bits do concern me, but the quality of player coming in recently seem far stronger than the quality in the early to middle part of the window.
Leko is a weird one. Kirk, DJ, CBT, Clayden. Do we need another winger?
Imo......No.
But you've been calling for a pacey striker? Leko scored 1 in 4 for us in the Champ and let's be honest, we wasn't a particularly good side who created loads of chances each game.
My concern is in the 65 games he’s played for other teams - including his last 38 for Birmingham - he’s scored exactly zero goals.
Scores at The Valley, he only scores at The Valley, Scores at The Valley, he only scores at The Valley! See, he’s got a ready made song an’ all. 👍⚽️
Good window, good squad. congrats Recruitment team, NA and TS. Automatic promotion here we come. COYR
Why is this liked so much? Good window my arse
I think it is has now been a good window. It hadn't been when the season started. We are in the promotion race and anyone that thinks otherwise is simply unhappy for other reasons, nothing to do with Charlton. COYR & thanks to Thomas Sandgaard & the team.
Personally I think this view is massively skewed by us winning on Sat. Suspect you (and others) would be saying very different had we played bad on Sat and lost.
You don't think Lee, Arter and Leko aren't very good signings? Noticeable there are no Levitt/Smith type loans this window.
That’s not what I said though!
You said it's skewed by winning Saturday. We have improved the squad considerably since then. Or have I miss understood?
So initial reactions, of the three today (Arter, Lavelle, Leko), what one are you most pleased about?
Difficult to say, on the one hand, we've added depth to the squad, and 2 of the 3 are "names".
However, on the other side, those 2 names have been injured and out of form recently, and on their way down the ladder, and the 3rd is unproven at this level.
We need a left back by hook or by crook still, but at least we have enough players to field a full senior team
Good window, good squad. congrats Recruitment team, NA and TS. Automatic promotion here we come. COYR
Why is this liked so much? Good window my arse
I think it is has now been a good window. It hadn't been when the season started. We are in the promotion race and anyone that thinks otherwise is simply unhappy for other reasons, nothing to do with Charlton. COYR & thanks to Thomas Sandgaard & the team.
Personally I think this view is massively skewed by us winning on Sat. Suspect you (and others) would be saying very different had we played bad on Sat and lost.
Good window, good squad. congrats Recruitment team, NA and TS. Automatic promotion here we come. COYR
Why is this liked so much? Good window my arse
I think it is has now been a good window. It hadn't been when the season started. We are in the promotion race and anyone that thinks otherwise is simply unhappy for other reasons, nothing to do with Charlton. COYR & thanks to Thomas Sandgaard & the team.
Personally I think this view is massively skewed by us winning on Sat. Suspect you (and others) would be saying very different had we played bad on Sat and lost.
You don't think Lee, Arter and Leko aren't very good signings? Noticeable there are no Levitt/Smith type loans this window.
That’s not what I said though!
But we didn't lose on Saturday, at least in part because Adkins/Gallen/Sandgaard/whoever all knew just as well as we did that there were some serious weaknesses needing addressing. With the exception of LB those weaknesses have now been addressed - how successfully we don't know yet but at least TPTB aren't deluding themselves that they were right all along.
MacGilllivray Matthews Inniss Famewo Purrington Clare Arter DJ Lee Kirk Stockley
Looks a very good XI to me. Second XI of:
Harness (emergency loan if needed) Gunter Lavelle Pearce Roddy Morgan Dobson CBT Gilbey Leko Washington
Plus Watson, Davison and Schwartz. I don't think we'll run away with the league but it looks reasonably strong. There is an obvious weakness but I doubt many League 1 sides can genuinely say they don't have a position or two that looks weak.
And Elerewe.
He will rightfully drop down to the U23's after the signing of Lavelle. It's nice to know we can play him if necessary (might well be necessary given our injury record at CB) but he needs game time at U23 to develop. Maybe even a loan to Welling/Dartford for a bit to play some mens football.
Arter has real quality and I think he will really want to show everyone he has got it. To be prepared to drop to League One says he wants to play and get back to a good level of form.
Lavelle I know nothing about. However, signing a captain from another team in our league, where reports are he’s strong and can play a bit, he’s at a good age and should be coachable, I’d take that. Good luck to him.
Leko is the wildcard we knew about before. If he can produce the moments of magic he did in The Championship, he’ll be class for us in League One. I actually think he was a big factor in us eventually being relegated that season. He never got replaced, and neither did Gallagher. But Leko done well for us and should link up nicely with Stockley. Unfinished business that’s for sure. Cheers Bow.
My main concern is now left back. It’s putting huge pressure on Purrington to be fit and firing quickly. To. It being in a left back is poor to be honest. Not replacing Aneke is shocking but don’t want to cover that now as Leko signing slightly papers over the cracks. Not signing an attacking left back is far, far from ideal. I now hope that there is a left back that is a free agent that can come in and do a good job for us because if we want to get the best out of players like Kirk, we need to allow these players the tools and platform to perform. I actually think Purrington and Kirk could work well. But it’s not good going into the season until January with only Purrington who is not yet fit.
Overall, I think we have got in some very good players over the last 10-14 days. We are still short and some bits do concern me, but the quality of player coming in recently seen far stronger than the quality in the early to middle part of the window.
Most fans have saying LB is an issue. Find it worrying that all the expertise at the club have been so slow in getting a LB
Leko is a weird one. Kirk, DJ, CBT, Clayden. Do we need another winger?
Imo......No.
But you've been calling for a pacey striker? Leko scored 1 in 4 for us in the Champ and let's be honest, we wasn't a particularly good side who created loads of chances each game.
My concern is in the 65 games he’s played for other teams - including his last 38 for Birmingham - he’s scored exactly zero goals.
My thoughts exactly......but Golfie Jnr is over the moon.
All I can think is that we asked about Aneke after Troy Deeney signed for them & Bows did us wrong.
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We aint in a promotion race with this squad is my opinion. However if Adkins is gonna play and promote youngsters then I've no problem with this approach. I just don't think it will be this season we go up.
Kirk, Lee and Lavelle all in the exciting category.
Stockley and Akin the best of last season returning.
Jury still out on Clare and same for Arter for all the reasons discussed on here.
The biggest concern, and why this recruitment feels a bit odd, is not replacing Aneke with a goalscorer. If Stockley gets crocked then it’s on Josh D to step up and, tbf, he played superbly tonight.
My tuppence worth on the window -
- Far too easy to be critical if that's the way you want to go.
- I think it's highly disrespectful to slate players before they even had the chance to kick the ball.
- Wheeling and dealing like this are the reality of life in League 1, it’s pretty obvious but it does seem some people’s expectation levels are far too high.
- I think TS and the Club need to learn to keep things a little bit (quite a lot) closer to their chest, until they are more confident on who is going to be signing, so as not to boost the supporters up, leaving some underwhelmed and whinging. Although nothing wrong with a bit of public optimism.
- This one is quite important and can’t believe some people have gone for it tbh; TS obviously likes to big things up to the fans and get a good reaction. He probably feels that he’s entitled to it after coming in and sorting things out from what they were. But I do think we should be long enough in the tooth to take it with a pinch of salt.
- Rumours and BS are just that, so nothing is 100% until it’s on the OS.
No chance we’re playing three at the back, we have three full backs and none of them could be described as wing backs or having pace.
Arter has real quality and I think he will really want to show everyone he has got it. To be prepared to drop to League One says he wants to play and get back to a good level of form.
Lavelle I know nothing about. However, signing a captain from another team in our league, where reports are he’s strong and can play a bit, he’s at a good age and should be coachable, I’d take that. Good luck to him.
Leko is the wildcard we knew about before. If he can produce the moments of magic he did in The Championship, he’ll be class for us in League One. I actually think he was a big factor in us eventually being relegated that season. He never got replaced, and neither did Gallagher. But Leko done well for us and should link up nicely with Stockley. Unfinished business that’s for sure. Cheers Bow.
My main concern is now left back. It’s putting huge pressure on Purrington to be fit and firing quickly. To not bring in a left back is poor to be honest. Not replacing Aneke is shocking but don’t want to cover that now as Leko signing slightly papers over the cracks. Not signing an attacking left back is far, far from ideal. I now hope that there is a left back that is a free agent that can come in and do a good job for us because if we want to get the best out of players like Kirk, we need to allow these players the tools and platform to perform. I actually think Purrington and Kirk could work well. But it’s not good going into the season until January with only Purrington who is not yet fit.
Overall, I think we have got in some very good players over the last 10-14 days. We are still short and some bits do concern me, but the quality of player coming in recently seem far stronger than the quality in the early to middle part of the window.
However, on the other side, those 2 names have been injured and out of form recently, and on their way down the ladder, and the 3rd is unproven at this level.
We need a left back by hook or by crook still, but at least we have enough players to field a full senior team
Find it worrying that all the expertise at the club have been so slow in getting a LB
All I can think is that we asked about Aneke after Troy Deeney signed for them & Bows did us wrong.