I'll post two of the highlighted comments below, but it sounds like he wasn't available all too often and has serious injury issues.
Despite what I said about the good Dr earlier, with having a few players dealing with injuries and fitness atm, I don't think we can afford to sign players who can't play a full 90.
I'll post two of the highlighted comments below, but it sounds like he wasn't available all too often and has serious injury issues.
Despite what I said about the good Dr earlier, with having a few players dealing with injuries and fitness atm, I don't think we can afford to sign players who can't play a full 90.
But yet they sign mcgrandles who spent 70% of his time here injured
And interestingly or not, when loaned out, never had as much as a runny nose. I don't think he was a bad player but both he and Charlton were not compatible and he knew it.
I'll post two of the highlighted comments below, but it sounds like he wasn't available all too often and has serious injury issues.
Despite what I said about the good Dr earlier, with having a few players dealing with injuries and fitness atm, I don't think we can afford to sign players who can't play a full 90.
I'll post two of the highlighted comments below, but it sounds like he wasn't available all too often and has serious injury issues.
Despite what I said about the good Dr earlier, with having a few players dealing with injuries and fitness atm, I don't think we can afford to sign players who can't play a full 90.
But yet they sign mcgrandles who spent 70% of his time here injured
And interestingly or not, when loaned out, never had as much as a runny nose. I don't think he was a bad player but both he and Charlton were not compatible and he knew it.
Well no, he got pretty badly injured 5 games into his loan spell at Lincoln this season just gone. His fitness record now looks pretty dodgy and he obviously wasn't happy at Charlton but in recent years we've been so rubbish that misery has covered everything and it's made people treat injured players pretty horrendously. The amount of grief McGrandles got for being a bad player when he never got to show anything was really unfair, and it started to happen to Terry Taylor a bit too.
I think Taylor could show us something this season if he stays fit and my main hope is that if things are going well we actually stop treating injured players like they're stealing a living and support them when they play. People got very upset at McGrandles not celebrating his Portsmouth equaliser enough but when you've spent months on treatment tables, in surgery, missing playing, being isolated from the team dynamic and regularly in pain, then being thrown in when not fully fit for a few minutes at a time here and there, to find fans who have never really seen what you can do branding you 'shit' must be a pretty horrible experience. It's difficult for transfers that don't immediately hit the ground running to work out over time if fans are so negative towards players for the crime of getting injured.
What could potentially be a straight swap between McGrandles and Bishop, I'd be willing to take a punt on Bishop given how dire McGrandles looked for us
Bishop played 33 times last season, 21 were starts and he averaged 58 minutes per appearance.
22/23: 24 apps, 19 starts, 61 mins per app
21/22: 36 apps, 28 starts, 67 mins per app
20/21: 36 apps, 28 starts, 65 mins per app
He’d be fine as a squad player behind Berry, Docherty, Coventry who I fully expect to be the first choice three.
I reckon he’s an upgrade on Bakinson, Fraser, Louie Watson who all made 20-30 appearances for us last season.
I really hope we are going to use 3 strikers at times .
For some reason this always gets lost in translation but we will use 3 forwards/strikers/goal threats(more than 3 with midfielders in and around the box) but they won't all take up the central attacking position. In a 2 you would hope they play off each other and in a 3 one would go wider when needs must or the wing back is busy defending and not over lapping. Flexibility is the key and since when has football been a static game 🤔 Ok in England's group games ! In the mediocre league 1 I would be amazed if we copied Southgate and did a low block.
I think the biggest thing will be having the quality to break down sides that come to The Valley , sit in a low block with 10 men behind the ball and look for a cheap winner off a setpiece. Would still like a bit more creativity in the building even if we do add Bishop to effectively be squad depth.
I think the biggest thing will be having the quality to break down sides that come to The Valley , sit in a low block with 10 men behind the ball and look for a cheap winner off a setpiece. Would still like a bit more creativity in the building even if we do add Bishop to effectively be squad depth.
We also need to be a lot better at all types of set pieces ourselves, it’s another way of finding a goal in games like that.
i actually think this year's League one is going to be the most competitive yet, so for us a solid start and consistency from the off is an absolute must. It's hard to call the top 10 let alone top 6 imo this year
Well the opposition we start against in our first two league games Nathan is going to have to go some to beat last year’s results. Two games two wins 6 points all the best beating that Nathan.
While you are at it maybe we can also beat Birmingham in the cup and progress further.
Bishop played 33 times last season, 21 were starts and he averaged 58 minutes per appearance.
22/23: 24 apps, 19 starts, 61 mins per app
21/22: 36 apps, 28 starts, 67 mins per app
20/21: 36 apps, 28 starts, 65 mins per app
He’d be fine as a squad player behind Berry, Docherty, Coventry who I fully expect to be the first choice three.
I reckon he’s an upgrade on Bakinson, Fraser, Louie Watson who all made 20-30 appearances for us last season.
I really hope we are going to use 3 strikers at times .
For some reason this always gets lost in translation but we will use 3 forwards/strikers/goal threats(more than 3 with midfielders in and around the box) but they won't all take up the central attacking position. In a 2 you would hope they play off each other and in a 3 one would go wider when needs must or the wing back is busy defending and not over lapping. Flexibility is the key and since when has football been a static game 🤔 Ok in England's group games ! In a league 1 I would be amazed if we copied Southgate and did a low block.
In a 4231, you’d play 4 attacking players . In a 352, you should be able to play at least 3. Last year , we seemed to play with 5 defenders and 3 defensively minded midfielders. I am not suggesting you play 3 central forwards that stand next to the last defender
Bishop played 33 times last season, 21 were starts and he averaged 58 minutes per appearance.
22/23: 24 apps, 19 starts, 61 mins per app
21/22: 36 apps, 28 starts, 67 mins per app
20/21: 36 apps, 28 starts, 65 mins per app
He’d be fine as a squad player behind Berry, Docherty, Coventry who I fully expect to be the first choice three.
I reckon he’s an upgrade on Bakinson, Fraser, Louie Watson who all made 20-30 appearances for us last season.
I really hope we are going to use 3 strikers at times .
For some reason this always gets lost in translation but we will use 3 forwards/strikers/goal threats(more than 3 with midfielders in and around the box) but they won't all take up the central attacking position. In a 2 you would hope they play off each other and in a 3 one would go wider when needs must or the wing back is busy defending and not over lapping. Flexibility is the key and since when has football been a static game 🤔 Ok in England's group games ! In a league 1 I would be amazed if we copied Southgate and did a low block.
In a 4231, you’d play 4 attacking players . In a 352, you should be able to play at least 3. Last year , we seemed to play with 5 defenders and 3 defensively minded midfielders. I am not suggesting you play 3 central forwards that stand next to the last defender
Nathan Jones wants the two central strikers this season in Plan A in a 3-5-2 with wing backs. With Jones saying Campbell may play more central it's obvious the width will come from the wing backs or attacking backs(if 4 at back) this season plus the ability of the likes of Kanu to play like a Taylor and Grant who could play wide and central during a match depending on the needs and state of the game. We will need 4 players during the 100 minutes to play in the 2 up front so with Part time Chuks and still not fit Miles we need to perm any 4 from 6 strikers to occupy the front 2 positions
In many games I have watched Charlton play, the 4-2-3-1 didn't have 4 attacking players in as the 3 players behind the lone striker couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo.
What ever Nathan Jones decides on formations we need fit players with skill and movement and potentially 16 players on it come match day. I doubt want to hear the boys trained hard and then we are poor in games.
Q. As it stands who will be the number 1 keeper if no other keeper comes in or is it a Shay Given that a new keeper is on his way ?
Based on the fact that Jones is fairly obviously not overly impressed by AMB or Isted then Mannion is presumably the de facto No 1 if the season was to start this weekend.
But as we know we've pursued at least two "established" GKs already I would be astounded if we didn't go back to that well in the near future.
NJ has already said that he missed his first choice for a number 1 goalkeeper, but at the moment it is not a priority and he will return to it later. Perhaps already got someone in mind but their present club is trying to buy a goalkeeper first. Not ITK, just speculation
Bishop played 33 times last season, 21 were starts and he averaged 58 minutes per appearance.
22/23: 24 apps, 19 starts, 61 mins per app
21/22: 36 apps, 28 starts, 67 mins per app
20/21: 36 apps, 28 starts, 65 mins per app
He’d be fine as a squad player behind Berry, Docherty, Coventry who I fully expect to be the first choice three.
I reckon he’s an upgrade on Bakinson, Fraser, Louie Watson who all made 20-30 appearances for us last season.
I really hope we are going to use 3 strikers at times .
For some reason this always gets lost in translation but we will use 3 forwards/strikers/goal threats(more than 3 with midfielders in and around the box) but they won't all take up the central attacking position. In a 2 you would hope they play off each other and in a 3 one would go wider when needs must or the wing back is busy defending and not over lapping. Flexibility is the key and since when has football been a static game 🤔 Ok in England's group games ! In a league 1 I would be amazed if we copied Southgate and did a low block.
In a 4231, you’d play 4 attacking players . In a 352, you should be able to play at least 3. Last year , we seemed to play with 5 defenders and 3 defensively minded midfielders. I am not suggesting you play 3 central forwards that stand next to the last defender
Nathan Jones wants the two central strikers this season in Plan A in a 3-5-2 with wing backs. With Jones saying Campbell may play more central it's obvious the width will come from the wing backs or attacking backs(if 4 at back) this season plus the ability of the likes of Kanu to play like a Taylor and Grant who could play wide and central during a match depending on the needs and state of the game. We will need 4 players during the 100 minutes to play in the 2 up front so with Part time Chuks and still not fit Miles we need to perm any 4 from 6 strikers to occupy the front 2 positions
In many games I have watched Charlton play, the 4-2-3-1 didn't have 4 attacking players in as the 3 players behind the lone striker couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo.
What ever Nathan Jones decides on formations we need fit players with skill and movement and potentially 16 players on it come match day. I doubt want to hear the boys trained hard and then we are poor in games.
Q. As it stands who will be the number 1 keeper if no other keeper comes in or is it a Shay Given that a new keeper is on his way ?
I believe a new keeper has been identified but he won't be in Slovenia
Davies of Sheff Utd dicked us around apparently....an failed the medical. Everything happens for a reason I guess
Bishop played 33 times last season, 21 were starts and he averaged 58 minutes per appearance.
22/23: 24 apps, 19 starts, 61 mins per app
21/22: 36 apps, 28 starts, 67 mins per app
20/21: 36 apps, 28 starts, 65 mins per app
He’d be fine as a squad player behind Berry, Docherty, Coventry who I fully expect to be the first choice three.
I reckon he’s an upgrade on Bakinson, Fraser, Louie Watson who all made 20-30 appearances for us last season.
I really hope we are going to use 3 strikers at times .
For some reason this always gets lost in translation but we will use 3 forwards/strikers/goal threats(more than 3 with midfielders in and around the box) but they won't all take up the central attacking position. In a 2 you would hope they play off each other and in a 3 one would go wider when needs must or the wing back is busy defending and not over lapping. Flexibility is the key and since when has football been a static game 🤔 Ok in England's group games ! In a league 1 I would be amazed if we copied Southgate and did a low block.
In a 4231, you’d play 4 attacking players . In a 352, you should be able to play at least 3. Last year , we seemed to play with 5 defenders and 3 defensively minded midfielders. I am not suggesting you play 3 central forwards that stand next to the last defender
Nathan Jones wants the two central strikers this season in Plan A in a 3-5-2 with wing backs. With Jones saying Campbell may play more central it's obvious the width will come from the wing backs or attacking backs(if 4 at back) this season plus the ability of the likes of Kanu to play like a Taylor and Grant who could play wide and central during a match depending on the needs and state of the game. We will need 4 players during the 100 minutes to play in the 2 up front so with Part time Chuks and still not fit Miles we need to perm any 4 from 6 strikers to occupy the front 2 positions
In many games I have watched Charlton play, the 4-2-3-1 didn't have 4 attacking players in as the 3 players behind the lone striker couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo.
What ever Nathan Jones decides on formations we need fit players with skill and movement and potentially 16 players on it come match day. I doubt want to hear the boys trained hard and then we are poor in games.
Q. As it stands who will be the number 1 keeper if no other keeper comes in or is it a Shay Given that a new keeper is on his way ?
I believe a new keeper has been identified but he won't be in Slovenia
Davies of Sheff Utd dicked us around apparently....an failed the medical. Everything happens for a reason I guess
Davies failed the medical or was it another keeper?
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For some reason this always gets lost in translation but we will use 3 forwards/strikers/goal threats(more than 3 with midfielders in and around the box) but they won't all take up the central attacking position.
In a 2 you would hope they play off each other and in a 3 one would go wider when needs must or the wing back is busy defending and not over lapping.
Flexibility is the key and since when has football been a static game 🤔
Ok in England's group games !
In the mediocre league 1 I would be amazed if we copied Southgate and did a low block.
Andy ReReid
Nathan Jones wants the two central strikers this season in Plan A in a 3-5-2 with wing backs.
With Jones saying Campbell may play more central it's obvious the width will come from the wing backs or attacking backs(if 4 at back) this season plus the ability of the likes of Kanu to play like a Taylor and Grant who could play wide and central during a match depending on the needs and state of the game.
We will need 4 players during the 100 minutes to play in the 2 up front so with Part time Chuks and still not fit Miles we need to perm any 4 from 6 strikers to occupy the front 2 positions
In many games I have watched Charlton play, the
4-2-3-1 didn't have 4 attacking players in as the 3 players behind the lone striker couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo.
What ever Nathan Jones decides on formations we need fit players with skill and movement and potentially 16 players on it come match day.
I doubt want to hear the boys trained hard and then we are poor in games.
Q. As it stands who will be the number 1 keeper if no other keeper comes in or is it a Shay Given that a new keeper is on his way ?
But as we know we've pursued at least two "established" GKs already I would be astounded if we didn't go back to that well in the near future.
Davies of Sheff Utd dicked us around apparently....an failed the medical. Everything happens for a reason I guess
Games - 111
Goals Conceded - 159
Clean Sheets - 27
AMB (25):
Games - 107
Goals Conceded - 157
Clean Sheets - 18
Mannion (26)
Games - 98
Goals Conceded - 142
Clean Sheets - 25
It would be better if you included shots faced as you have to take into account what level of defence was in front of them.