Yep, I saw that on Twitter. Him and Burstow up top as two Charlton lads with Leaburn coming through. Routing for all of them. Would be epic. Charlton fans taking us back through the leagues (not saying Leaburn is, no idea...but he will clearly have a strong affinity).
Yep, I saw that on Twitter. Him and Burstow up top as two Charlton lads with Leaburn coming through. Routing for all of them. Would be epic. Charlton fans taking us back through the leagues (not saying Leaburn is, no idea...but he will clearly have a strong affinity).
I thought I read somewhere that Miles Leaburn considers (or considered?) himself a Chelsea fan
Yep, I saw that on Twitter. Him and Burstow up top as two Charlton lads with Leaburn coming through. Routing for all of them. Would be epic. Charlton fans taking us back through the leagues (not saying Leaburn is, no idea...but he will clearly have a strong affinity).
I thought I read somewhere that Miles Leaburn considers (or considered?) himself a Chelsea fan
Has Carlo not shown him footage of the battle of the bridge?
2 games from a Wembley final is not the time to blood a youngster regardless of the competition.
We can do that in April when our league games are meaningless.
I hear what you’re saying, but even being a sub and a part of something might help him sign a new deal, if that is lacking?
you’ve got to encourage players to want to commit to staying.
I don't think a promising young kid at Charlton (especially one who is apparently a Charlton fan) should need much encouragement to sign. He only needs to look at our history.
Apart from perhaps Crewe, there can't be many other clubs in the EFL better than us at promoting youngsters to the first team.
We have to remember he is very young, he wasn’t even part of the U18 group that done incredibly well last season. We have to allow him to continue to develop, playing games and scoring goals for the U18s and making the step up to the U23s for the rest of the season.
Bring him in to train with the first team at times and let him come in with them at the start of pre-season. That extra 6 months for him to grow and develop could be crucial. We can then assess where he is at in the summer and get him tied down to a long term deal.
I think we all would love a front two of Kanu and Burstow and scoring goals regularly between them. We have to be mindful of their ages and development though.
Yes there's no need in rushing anything. Deji is a good example, as he does seem to have felt some pressure of late following the Pro contract and having an iffy half in the 1st team. Confidence is fragile at a young age.
Anyone know / remember how Birmingham managed to get so much money for Bellingham? Was he on pro terms at his age?
Because he was a 17 year old bullying men ten years older than him.
Burstow is a talent but Bellingham is a once-in-a-generation type of talent.
Was asking in relation to Kanu and us being able to get some money for him if one of the big boys comes knocking, not comparing their ability at all just they are a similar age and wasn't sure if Bellingham would have been able to sign a pro deal at his age so wondered how Birmingham did get a fee.
Burstow is on pro terms already so of course we'll get a fee, which hopefully we can use to get us out this poxy division.
Bellingham signed a pro-contract on his 17th birthday that meant they would get a proper transfer fee rather than it go to a tribunal. The large fee was also helped by the fact that a number of Europe's top clubs were after him.
But the levels here are nowhere near comparable. Bellingham at 17 was possibly the best in the world for his age, playing in the champions league and the Euro's. At 17 Burstow wasn't even in Maidstone first team.
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Really looking forward to seeing if his form in the junior teams follows him to the first team
” Hopefully, plays for Charlton as he is a Chartlton lad through and through”
Remember how many people demanded Barker in the team last season and Deji this one?
Still only 23, according to his passport, so why not give him a go?
We can do that in April when our league games are meaningless.
you’ve got to encourage players to want to commit to staying.
Apart from perhaps Crewe, there can't be many other clubs in the EFL better than us at promoting youngsters to the first team.
We have to remember he is very young, he wasn’t even part of the U18 group that done incredibly well last season. We have to allow him to continue to develop, playing games and scoring goals for the U18s and making the step up to the U23s for the rest of the season.
Bring him in to train with the first team at times and let him come in with them at the start of pre-season. That extra 6 months for him to grow and develop could be crucial. We can then assess where he is at in the summer and get him tied down to a long term deal.
Exciting future!
The first Korean was fair haired and play for Man City ?
Lee won Pen.
Do we need Burstow if we have Kanu? How realistic is getting the play offs now?!
Burstow is a talent but Bellingham is a once-in-a-generation type of talent.
Burstow is on pro terms already so of course we'll get a fee, which hopefully we can use to get us out this poxy division.
But the levels here are nowhere near comparable. Bellingham at 17 was possibly the best in the world for his age, playing in the champions league and the Euro's. At 17 Burstow wasn't even in Maidstone first team.