A club with good owners and ambition to get out this division would get ladapo on loan or maybe even put their hands in their billionaire pockets if we sell one of our biggest attacking threats to fund this a player who gets you out of your seat and skins fullbacks then I'm done honestly my season ticket can sit on the bedside actual p take but I hope I'm proved wrong by tonight I really do.
Lapado has been our number 1 target all summer, would like to think if there is a chance, we would go all out to get him.
Sure he has. We won't get him and they'll peddle some shit about trying hard but in reality we won't have offered anywhere near the asking price, just like Nombe.
Ipswich will strengthen first before letting him go as that is sensible.
As FA said, it will be loan because simply put they go through quicker than a permanent transfer.
Why don’t we just get Ladapo permanently? Would put us ahead of all the other league 1 clubs that want him on loan, otherwise the fact we don’t have a manager will probably mean he picks one of the others
If we were a normal club I'd honestly be ok with letting CBT go. If he doesn't fit the formation we want to play and we can get £1.5m for him to fund players who do then great! Except we'll never get £1.5m for a L1 player in the last year of his contract. And we don't seem all that committed to 352. And it's deadline day, so the £1.5m that could have been reinvested in a few players, or just getting Nombe weeks ago and having some left over would now need to be chucked at various last minute deals or saved up for next time, meaning we're weakened now. And we're already terrible and don't have a manager. And the signings we've made so far have looked a bit ropey, unfit and depressed so I don't trust that we'd use the money to get better players in compared to what we've lost. I think that about covers it
Why don’t we just get Ladapo permanently? Would put us ahead of all the other league 1 clubs that want him on loan, otherwise the fact we don’t have a manager will probably mean he picks one of the others
What if Ipswich dont want to sell him? - Bit like Camara
They'll only have Scarlett and Gelhardt (Cant see Spurs or Leeds giving up on those two just yet) for the season, so need to think about their options next year too.
Suppose and it’s a big suppose that we need to sell CBT so that we can buy Ladapo. I realise it’s a big suppose but what would the feeling be then ?
Formation wise, we don't play (and neither do many teams) an old school 442 with two wingers. 352 with wing backs and Edun is probably better suited to the formation. 433 and I am not sure there is enough end product to be one of the wider attackers with CBT.
So looking at the formations we play, Ladapo would likely be of more value.
Don’t particularly know much about Louie Watson but would have preferred Lewis Bate, played more, left footed, good quality.
Really hope we go all out and get Ladapo. Being close to his brother might be an advantage for us.
Bit gutted about this tbh. I had hoped Bate might be coming in after @d@DOUCHER ' s inside knowledge although he did say the chances were not as good after Holden's.departure.
Is Louie Watson left footed? Currently we only have Edun and ( the injured ) Fraser as genuine lefties in the squad.
This striker brinksmanship might backfire on us as well. We look like we've got Tedic pretty much sewn up, but we're also giving the vibe we don't particularly want him. We could bring him in but also Etete looked available so we had a little look there and delayed. And now we think Ladapo might be available if Ipswich sign another striker so we'll probably hold off on Tedic again, meaning that if we miss out on Ladapo late on we'll either also not get Tedic or he'll come but he'll know he was 400th on our list and probably not feel super positive about being here. We saw Liverpool do this with their holding midfielder search; messed around with bidding for Lavia, very publicly dumped him and bid for Caicedo who didn't want to join them and then lost out on Lavia too because he'd seen that he obviously wasn't all that coveted by them. Players see the rumour mill working too.
I wonder if players see our immediate league position and just think, Nah im alright. How do you sell to them the ambition is promotion with 4 losses already. Hard sell surely?
Because they are pros and understand that there are 40 games left and the league position on 1st September doesn't mean much
Although I agree I was thinking would that mixed with the lack of manager not be warning flag, thats all.
Yes but I have a plan. Tell them peps coming in. Job done
I’m interested in the recruitment process we seem to now be following. Who said “that guy who was released by MK Dons and has sat on the sofa until September because no one else wanted him, that’s the guy we need”? Or are they just looking at Transfermarkt for free agents and going down the list until they find someone cheap/desperate enough?
So Watson and Watson both seem pretty close if they have an official Cawley mention. I suspect that Ladapo is our leading candidate for "falling through at 10:59pm" in the transfer bingo.
CBT the favourite for being sold on deadline day for cheap with no replacement, though a few faint whispers maybe Dobson could be a dark horse there?
All in all, in the immortal words of Captain H. Solo.... I have a bad feeling about this.
If Corey goes I'll genuinely be fkn livid. That would be taking the absolute biscuit.
Pigs on pitch immediately
If CBT goes in this window given the current state of the squad that's me finished. Going to the Fleetwood game but that will be me done for as long as this mob are in charge.
Ridiculous comment .. they have been in the chair 2/3 weeks trying to sort a club out that basically been on its knees for last 8/10 years plus bringing in players in .. we stability we need the owners to have time and the new manager needs two more windows to get a squad that can hold its hands in the championship , taken Ipswich the same time to get where they are today so why do people think we should be able to do in 3 week’s ridiculous?? We need better players then CBT there a reason he in league one when you watch him to can quickly see why ..
Bloody hell, can you count? For the last 3 weeks you've been saying new owners have only been here 2 weeks! Even by your OWN posts they must have been here at least 6 weeks then! Please stop making shit up! As for your opinion on CBT....total tosh. Best attacking option we have, hence other sides double and treble up on him, which, then creates space for other players! Do you understand football! FFS give it a rest, please!
We're definitely getting a statement tomorrow about how hard everyone tried and how we faced Premier League competition for our top signings amongst other bullshit, I want to believe but fear we'll only see 1/2 in today
Louie Watson is a good player so pleased with that. Got a feeling Fraser is out for a while.
Would love Ladapo but he won’t come here without a manager. Really hope we don’t sell CBT. While at his end product can be poor, he’s one of the most exciting players in the league.
I'm really not interested in who done with going to cafc if certain managers come in or certain players leave.
The last day in the summer window is normally desperate for Cafc but nothing can be worse than the Southall con trick when Great expectations turned into bleak house and we were left wanting more.
Hopefully it's the injury to McGrandles as mentioned 1st by Henry Irving and not problems for Camará or Fraser who are desperately needed.
Because we are and have been struggling for a few seasons now most of the guys coming in will be a gamble as the sad truth is we are a club that has lost its way and we are the second or third chance saloon for many of the incoming players to go with our own 18-21 years olds trying to adapt to professional men's football.
August really is the Cruellest month for Charlton fans and Critics.
Any money from a potential sale of CBT is likely not going to 'open the purse strings.' Methven has said that he wants to reduce our losses by 6-7 million per year through player trading. In all likelihood, that's where the money goes.
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As FA said, it will be loan because simply put they go through quicker than a permanent transfer.
They'll only have Scarlett and Gelhardt (Cant see Spurs or Leeds giving up on those two just yet) for the season, so need to think about their options next year too.
Formation wise, we don't play (and neither do many teams) an old school 442 with two wingers. 352 with wing backs and Edun is probably better suited to the formation. 433 and I am not sure there is enough end product to be one of the wider attackers with CBT.
So looking at the formations we play, Ladapo would likely be of more value.
Is Louie Watson left footed? Currently we only have Edun and ( the injured ) Fraser as genuine lefties in the squad.
CBT the favourite for being sold on deadline day for cheap with no replacement, though a few faint whispers maybe Dobson could be a dark horse there?
All in all, in the immortal words of Captain H. Solo.... I have a bad feeling about this.
‘I wonder if this signing means we try to cash in on CBT.’
Could it have been better? Definitely.
Right now though I'd take that if that's what happens.
As for your opinion on CBT....total tosh. Best attacking option we have, hence other sides double and treble up on him, which, then creates space for other players!
Do you understand football! FFS give it a rest, please!
Really hope we don’t sell CBT. While at his end product can be poor, he’s one of the most exciting players in the league.
The last day in the summer window is normally desperate for Cafc but nothing can be worse than the Southall con trick when Great expectations turned into bleak house and we were left wanting more.
Hopefully it's the injury to McGrandles as mentioned 1st by Henry Irving and not problems for Camará or Fraser who are desperately needed.
Because we are and have been struggling for a few seasons now most of the guys coming in will be a gamble as the sad truth is we are a club that has lost its way and we are the second or third chance saloon for many of the incoming players to go with our own 18-21 years olds trying to adapt to professional men's football.
August really is the Cruellest month for Charlton fans and Critics.