Maybe send our No10 out on loan if we can get him to a good club. The problem loaning him to the same league would be that we don't know who our promotion or relegation rivals are.
Morgan is underage, so not part of the squad numbers. He's also home developed, assuming the 1 home grown player per 18 rule still applies.
True - we did resign Matthews and the press conference mentioned how glad we were to nail one of the best right backs in the league for another season.
One on one defending was always a strength of his. He needs to regather that interest, concentration and desire. Atm it looks like he finds it all too boring and just wants to get his fishing rod out somewhere! *eeek*
True - we did resign Matthews and the press conference mentioned how glad we were to nail one of the best right backs in the league for another season.
One on one defending was always a strength of his. He needs to regather that interest, concentration and desire. Atm it looks like he finds it all too boring and just wants to get his fishing rod out somewhere! *eeek*
Perhaps he's become disillusioned at the fact he goes looking for a new club every summer and doesn't find kne
It's funny how we've gone from struggling to put a team out to people questioning why someone isn't even on the bench. We currently have a large squad, so much so that we have a whole team that won't even make the match day squad of 18. For example:
Starting XI MacGillvray Gunter Famewo Lavelle Souare Arter Gilbey Lee Kirk Davison Leko
Subs Henderson Inniss Dobson Clare Blackett-Taylor Stockley Washington
Not used XI: Harness Matthews Pearce Elewere Purrington Watson JFC Morgan Jaiyesimi Clayden Schwartz
Those 29 don't even include young fringe players beyond Elewere and Clayden or ones currently on loan. So, at best, it will be tinkering and the budget has to dictate that it will be on a "one in/one out" basis. I wouldn't even be surprised if there were no additions especially if Schwartz and JFC return and/or we can't offload anyone
Depends if Adkins is replaced. If he is and we have to pay him off there won’t be money for squad overhaul. Promotion is already gone. As long as we avoid relegation I think we limp through to the summer. Big question need answers regarding our summer recruitment. On the whole I think it’s left us with a squad going nowhere
Depends if Adkins is replaced. If he is and we have to pay him off there won’t be money for squad overhaul. Promotion is already gone. As long as we avoid relegation I think we limp through to the summer. Big question need answers regarding our summer recruitment. On the whole I think it’s left us with a squad going nowhere
Unlikely but it’s not too late to make the playoffs.
Depends if Adkins is replaced. If he is and we have to pay him off there won’t be money for squad overhaul. Promotion is already gone. As long as we avoid relegation I think we limp through to the summer. Big question need answers regarding our summer recruitment. On the whole I think it’s left us with a squad going nowhere
Unlikely but it’s not too late to make the playoffs.
A new playing style is going to take some time to gel. If we end the season like an express train (even more so than last season) and we just miss out, it won't require huge change; what screwed us this time around was the continuity of losing JFC, Maatsen, Aneke, Pratley, Millar and a couple of key others, all of whose replacements have for whatever reason taken a while to get up to speed even as we change the playing ethos. This time, hopefully, we wouldn't lose key personnel.
That's being as generous as possible to Adkins et al. Let's see.
Depends if Adkins is replaced. If he is and we have to pay him off there won’t be money for squad overhaul. Promotion is already gone. As long as we avoid relegation I think we limp through to the summer. Big question need answers regarding our summer recruitment. On the whole I think it’s left us with a squad going nowhere
Unlikely but it’s not too late to make the playoffs.
Unlikely is the important word there.
Good to see JJ is putting a more positive spin on things:
Depends if Adkins is replaced. If he is and we have to pay him off there won’t be money for squad overhaul. Promotion is already gone. As long as we avoid relegation I think we limp through to the summer. Big question need answers regarding our summer recruitment. On the whole I think it’s left us with a squad going nowhere
Unlikely but it’s not too late to make the playoffs.
Unlikely is the important word there.
Not THAT unlikely, considering that in the last 3 seasons in this division we've finished 6th, 3rd and 7th. We're currently just 6 points behind Pompey and Wednesday, who would both be aiming for the playoffs
Very little activity this Jan lot depends on Inniss ? think we might try again for the Gillingham centre back Tucker … but that’s about all as of today but by then we might have our annual injury crisis and need cover elsewhere
A new playing style is going to take some time to gel. If we end the season like an express train (even more so than last season) and we just miss out, it won't require huge change; what screwed us this time around was the continuity of losing JFC, Maatsen, Aneke, Pratley, Millar and a couple of key others, all of whose replacements have for whatever reason taken a while to get up to speed even as we change the playing ethos. This time, hopefully, we wouldn't lose key personnel.
That's being as generous as possible to Adkins et al. Let's see.
Lets be generous for a minute and say we are going to go on a good run between now and January so that the focus is more looking up than looking down. If we are still looking down I suspect we are looking at a totally different kettle of fish.
As it stands today, before next August, preferably July, we need 2 right backs, 2 left backs, 3 center halves, 1 center mid, 2 wingers, a number 10 and a striker. That's 12 players. We need to start on that in January at the latest. If it means loaning out, or unregistering 1st team players we either don't want or can't keep, so be it.
If we are serious about promotion any time soon we need to halve that number by April or May. If its new signings or new contracts we can't go into every summer window needing 10 plus players.
A new playing style is going to take some time to gel. If we end the season like an express train (even more so than last season) and we just miss out, it won't require huge change; what screwed us this time around was the continuity of losing JFC, Maatsen, Aneke, Pratley, Millar and a couple of key others, all of whose replacements have for whatever reason taken a while to get up to speed even as we change the playing ethos. This time, hopefully, we wouldn't lose key personnel.
That's being as generous as possible to Adkins et al. Let's see.
Lets be generous for a minute and say we are going to go on a good run between now and January so that the focus is more looking up than looking down. If we are still looking down I suspect we are looking at a totally different kettle of fish.
As it stands today, before next August, preferably July, we need 2 right backs, 2 left backs, 3 center halves, 1 center mid, 2 wingers, a number 10 and a striker. That's 12 players. We need to start on that in January at the latest. If it means loaning out, or unregistering 1st team players we either don't want or can't keep, so be it.
If we are serious about promotion any time soon we need to halve that number by April or May. If its new signings or new contracts we can't go into every summer window needing 10 plus players.
A slight issue is that many of the players we might want to keep are the loanees or on short contracts, whereas some of the ones on longer contracts (such as DJ and Kirk) aren't in our first 11 at the moment. If DJ doesn't play much during the rest of the season, we might be in a situation where we want to replace him as well
A new playing style is going to take some time to gel. If we end the season like an express train (even more so than last season) and we just miss out, it won't require huge change; what screwed us this time around was the continuity of losing JFC, Maatsen, Aneke, Pratley, Millar and a couple of key others, all of whose replacements have for whatever reason taken a while to get up to speed even as we change the playing ethos. This time, hopefully, we wouldn't lose key personnel.
That's being as generous as possible to Adkins et al. Let's see.
Lets be generous for a minute and say we are going to go on a good run between now and January so that the focus is more looking up than looking down. If we are still looking down I suspect we are looking at a totally different kettle of fish.
As it stands today, before next August, preferably July, we need 2 right backs, 2 left backs, 3 center halves, 1 center mid, 2 wingers, a number 10 and a striker. That's 12 players. We need to start on that in January at the latest. If it means loaning out, or unregistering 1st team players we either don't want or can't keep, so be it.
If we are serious about promotion any time soon we need to halve that number by April or May. If its new signings or new contracts we can't go into every summer window needing 10 plus players.
A slight issue is that many of the players we might want to keep are the loanees or on short contracts, whereas some of the ones on longer contracts (such as DJ and Kirk) aren't in our first 11 at the moment. If DJ doesn't play much during the rest of the season, we might be in a situation where we want to replace him as well
That's true but if, for example, we decided we would give Purrington and CBT new contracts and made Lee permanent on a long term deal your down to 9. We can't be offering 4 or 5 players new contracts once the season has finished again. That was comically bad. Especially as the 2 we really wanted left.
Our best players at the moment are loanees and this year promotion seems out of the question. So we definitely don't have the making of a promotion pushing squad for next season. Whatever position we find ourselves in an overhaul is (again) needed in the summer, and we are probably not looking at a settled side from day one. Therefore we should be looking to get at least some permanent deals in January, although I am aware our squad is too large as it is.
True - we did resign Matthews and the press conference mentioned how glad we were to nail one of the best right backs in the league for another season.
One on one defending was always a strength of his. He needs to regather that interest, concentration and desire. Atm it looks like he finds it all too boring and just wants to get his fishing rod out somewhere! *eeek*
Perhaps he's become disillusioned at the fact he goes looking for a new club every summer and doesn't find kne
@Chunes or disillusioned that a 17 year old CB has a better agent than him.
Depends if Adkins is replaced. If he is and we have to pay him off there won’t be money for squad overhaul. Promotion is already gone. As long as we avoid relegation I think we limp through to the summer. Big question need answers regarding our summer recruitment. On the whole I think it’s left us with a squad going nowhere
I may be wrong but weren't you one of the main posters talking about giving time given the mess we are in, needing at least two years to turn it around etc. Yet a few months in to the season and it is "if we avoid relegation"; "big questions need to be answered"; "squad going nowhere".
Its a way off but unless we get a mass of injuries in one position or loanees are recalled , I don't foresee much if any activity. I'm basing this on my presumption of mid table obscurity by Jan, Anything either side of that presumption is a different matter of course.
Just don't know. I don't think any of the players are playing as well as they should and the team is not performing as well as we might expect, therefore why would we think that bringing in new players will change that? It seems more likely to me that any incoming players will suffer the same issues as our current lot.
A new playing style is going to take some time to gel. If we end the season like an express train (even more so than last season) and we just miss out, it won't require huge change; what screwed us this time around was the continuity of losing JFC, Maatsen, Aneke, Pratley, Millar and a couple of key others, all of whose replacements have for whatever reason taken a while to get up to speed even as we change the playing ethos. This time, hopefully, we wouldn't lose key personnel.
That's being as generous as possible to Adkins et al. Let's see.
Lets be generous for a minute and say we are going to go on a good run between now and January so that the focus is more looking up than looking down. If we are still looking down I suspect we are looking at a totally different kettle of fish.
As it stands today, before next August, preferably July, we need 2 right backs, 2 left backs, 3 center halves, 1 center mid, 2 wingers, a number 10 and a striker. That's 12 players. We need to start on that in January at the latest. If it means loaning out, or unregistering 1st team players we either don't want or can't keep, so be it.
If we are serious about promotion any time soon we need to halve that number by April or May. If its new signings or new contracts we can't go into every summer window needing 10 plus players.
This is an insane post, sorry. Why do we need all of those players? Why have you written off most of our squad already? 2 MORE wingers? 3 MORE centre-halves? 4 MORE full-backs? What the hell
Or does that include contract renewals? You seem to be implying it might do...but your list feels very much like an external shopping list. It's too early in the morning for me to be able to work out what exactly you mean
I thought our rebuild this summer was so we wouldn't have to do it all again next summer. Why not just say 'we need to renew a bunch of contracts and maybe add to the squad in a few key areas'
I thought our rebuild this summer was so we wouldn't have to do it all again next summer. Why not just say 'we need to renew a bunch of contracts and maybe add to the squad in a few key areas'
Because our rebuild was more of a patching over cracks.
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Morgan is underage, so not part of the squad numbers. He's also home developed, assuming the 1 home grown player per 18 rule still applies.
If he gets fit and is up for it, then fine. If not CDM is the absolute priority.
One on one defending was always a strength of his. He needs to regather that interest, concentration and desire. Atm it looks like he finds it all too boring and just wants to get his fishing rod out somewhere! *eeek*
Starting XI
MacGillvray
Gunter
Famewo
Lavelle
Souare
Arter
Gilbey
Lee
Kirk
Davison
Leko
Subs
Henderson
Inniss
Dobson
Clare
Blackett-Taylor
Stockley
Washington
Not used XI:
Harness
Matthews
Pearce
Elewere
Purrington
Watson
JFC
Morgan
Jaiyesimi
Clayden
Schwartz
Those 29 don't even include young fringe players beyond Elewere and Clayden or ones currently on loan. So, at best, it will be tinkering and the budget has to dictate that it will be on a "one in/one out" basis. I wouldn't even be surprised if there were no additions especially if Schwartz and JFC return and/or we can't offload anyone
That's being as generous as possible to Adkins et al. Let's see.
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/johnnie-jackson-backing-charlton-athletic-to-go-on-a-winning-run-to-get-into-league-one-promotion-picture/
lot depends on Inniss ? think we might try again for the Gillingham centre back Tucker … but that’s about all as of today but by then we might have our annual injury crisis and need cover elsewhere
As it stands today, before next August, preferably July, we need 2 right backs, 2 left backs, 3 center halves, 1 center mid, 2 wingers, a number 10 and a striker. That's 12 players. We need to start on that in January at the latest. If it means loaning out, or unregistering 1st team players we either don't want or can't keep, so be it.
If we are serious about promotion any time soon we need to halve that number by April or May. If its new signings or new contracts we can't go into every summer window needing 10 plus players.
I may be wrong but weren't you one of the main posters talking about giving time given the mess we are in, needing at least two years to turn it around etc. Yet a few months in to the season and it is "if we avoid relegation"; "big questions need to be answered"; "squad going nowhere".
Pretty clear.