Connor Wickham - gone to Dubai City (p11)

Oggy Red

JamesSeed said:

Thought he looked very sharp today. Some great touches. But he’s already getting stick on the players marks thread 😂

Yeah, you couldn't make it up, could you?

Poor bloke hasn't played a game for almost a year, been without a club all season and comes on after a fortnight's training ..... and plays a key role in our winning goal.

What were some people expecting? 

eastterrace6168

Connor looked ok today in his short cameo, with a nice little flick on for Alfie's second...
Can see the years contract coming up before the end of the season...

LargeAddick

I thought he did ok too. Probably a bit slow but to be expected, but some nice touches and an assist. Ladapo however looked like he was running in treacle in his five minute cameo.

Fumbluff

Yep, looked competent…

Valley11

Good hold up play. Looked decent

killerandflash

Looked useful. Needs runners off him, rather than the lumbering Ladapo though.

Pelling1993

killerandflash said:

Looked useful. Needs runners off him, rather than the lumbering Ladapo though.

Thought Ladapo did well when he came on today too 

hoof_it_up_to_benty

Did well today - can hold the ball up and is a physical threat.

PaddyP17

I didn't think he looked at all match ready. There were some GREAT touches including the flick on for the third, and a moment where he did one of their CBs with his feet to play a probing ball, but he looked quite lethargic and not able to help out defensively at points. But he's a good footballer and you can tell he has great instincts.

Jury still well out for me.

Chunes

Still looks fitter than Fiorini did

Valleysarr

Like him - sign him 

JamesSeed

PaddyP17 said:

I didn't think he looked at all match ready. There were some GREAT touches including the flick on for the third, and a moment where he did one of their CBs with his feet to play a probing ball, but he looked quite lethargic and not able to help out defensively at points. But he's a good footballer and you can tell he has great instincts.

Jury still well out for me.

Jesus. 

Sillybilly

He’s a free agent for a reason!  Or more likely several reasons.  So long as we’re not expecting miracles (or even the CW from a decade ago) we won’t be disappointed. As a cameo I thought he did quite well today. But I can’t see him being a long term option. 

CAFCsayer

Tough crowd... came on and got an assist having not played in ages, can't ask for a hell of a lot more in a short amount of time

Stewart

I thought he was great. 

Him and Leaburn fighting it out for a spot in the team next season. Yes please 

Valleysarr

Sillybilly said:

He’s a free agent for a reason!  Or more likely several reasons.  So long as we’re not expecting miracles (or even the CW from a decade ago) we won’t be disappointed. As a cameo I thought he did quite well today. But I can’t see him being a long term option. 

maybe this is his new home - give people a 2nd chance 

Sillybilly

Valleysarr said:

Sillybilly said:

He’s a free agent for a reason!  Or more likely several reasons.  So long as we’re not expecting miracles (or even the CW from a decade ago) we won’t be disappointed. As a cameo I thought he did quite well today. But I can’t see him being a long term option. 

maybe this is his new home - give people a 2nd chance 

Yup. He’s got half a dozen games to make his case. He’s had a lot of second chances though…,,,

SE_7EVEN

Back header assist, goal, job done.

letthegoodtimesroll

The type of player we needed when we signed Ladapo only Connor Wickham clearly just needed 2 weeks to be introduced to his striking partners. One more week before the next game so wouldn’t surprise me if he started that one upfront with Kanu and Alfie being let loose behind them.

Nadou

Good last 25 minutes replacement for Chuks

killerandflash

Pelling1993 said:

killerandflash said:

Looked useful. Needs runners off him, rather than the lumbering Ladapo though.

Thought Ladapo did well when he came on today too 

Not a good combination with Wickham though, as neither were able to press the Carlisle defence or scare them with pace and movement.

Lewis Coaches

Stewart said:

I thought he was great. 

Him and Leaburn fighting it out for a spot in the team next season. Yes please 

Leaburn wins this hands down.

Exiled_Addick

Nadou said:

Good last 25 minutes replacement for Chuks

Is Chuks down to playing 5 mins now?

hermann

Looked 10x the player Tedic did

Covered End

Unsurprisingly I can't believe many of the comments.
Wickham came on and set up the winner with his FIRST touch.
He showed better touch and control than any Charlton player for many a year.
He's obviously not match fit but neither would Mbappe be if he'd hardly played all season.
I thought he was just what we needed and undoubtedly helped us win the game.

mattinfinland

Did what he needed to do today, Physical presence and something we need now chucks is out.

Contract might be there for him next season if he comes in and performs 

Chunes

He's injury prone, isn't he? I thought he looked really good but not sure about a longer contract, purely on the basis of his injury record. 

Callumcafc

Looked like he was a cut above the level intelligence wise. Exactly the sort of body we need to fill the Chuks-shaped-hole in the short term.

killerandflash

He had a good short term spell at Forest Green in L1 last season where he scored goals, then moved up the ladder to Cardiff where he was less successful, but seemed over his injury issues.

A mystery why he hasn't got a club this season until now. Maybe he was still hoping for another Championship club, or none of the L1 clubs that approached him appealed.

thenewbie

If he can get fit (and stay that way!) I can see him being a definite asset and worth holding on to - probably not going to score huge amounts of goals himself but players like May or Kanu will definitely benefit from having someone like him to play off.

Quite a sizeable "if" though