I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
Good money was spent on DJ, so I think it was expected he would work out. The Kirk link with Stoke and Sheff Utd came from Alan Nixon, so I would take that with a large pinch of salt.
Recruitment is not an exact science, but to just write off signing championship players (especially in the January window) is a bit foolish.
The money was spent because we missed out on other targets and Sandgaard wanted a marquee type of signing from what I understand? He didn't come with the same expectations as Charlie Kirk did. Kirk would have had championship interest just like any other player who is performing at a high level in league 1 will. DJ seemed much more of a punt.
It's not foolish, it's very rare it works and we have wasted hundreds of thousands on has beens from that league.
If we sign a top performer from that league, it's different, but it's also completely unrealistic. Any championship side willing to let a player drop down a level, unless it for development purposes, is doing so for a reason. They're either crocked, washed or completely underperforming. It's very rare a player will change their trajectory like a Kermorgant.
We need players who are hungry and performing now, not players living off of past success.
You will not sign any top players from fellow League One sides in the January unless they are desperate for cash like a Reading. The only ones you will get are players that are out of favour and not performing (like Fraser three years back), to want us to go and sign the likes of O'Connor and Roughan from Lincoln is also completely unrealistic this window, for the exact reason you gave in that rant, it strengthens us and rival & weakens them.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
Good money was spent on DJ, so I think it was expected he would work out. The Kirk link with Stoke and Sheff Utd came from Alan Nixon, so I would take that with a large pinch of salt.
Recruitment is not an exact science, but to just write off signing championship players (especially in the January window) is a bit foolish.
The money was spent because we missed out on other targets and Sandgaard wanted a marquee type of signing from what I understand? He didn't come with the same expectations as Charlie Kirk did. Kirk would have had championship interest just like any other player who is performing at a high level in league 1 will. DJ seemed much more of a punt.
It's not foolish, it's very rare it works and we have wasted hundreds of thousands on has beens from that league.
If we sign a top performer from that league, it's different, but it's also completely unrealistic. Any championship side willing to let a player drop down a level, unless it for development purposes, is doing so for a reason. They're either crocked, washed or completely underperforming. It's very rare a player will change their trajectory like a Kermorgant.
We need players who are hungry and performing now, not players living off of past success.
You will not sign any top players from fellow League One sides in the January unless they are desperate for cash like a Reading. The only ones you will get are players that are out of favour and not performing (like Fraser three years back), to want us to go and sign the likes of O'Connor and Roughan from Lincoln is also completely unrealistic this window, for the exact reason you gave in that rant, it strengthens us and rival & weakens them.
We sold CBT, and we almost sold Dobson last January. It is possible, if you have the right ambition as a club.
A club who have a player with a contract running down, who isn't looking to sign, will take a fee, if it's good enough. You could even argue it's the best time to sign a player as you avoid the summer competition entirely and get more time to integrate a player into your squad.
An ambitious club would do it in January to avoid summer competition and end the season strong. That's how I see it, unrealistic or not.
Of course it will be not a buyers market, we can't buy players etc as usual.
My post is also not strictly aimed at January, I am speaking about any transfer window. I don't want to see anymore championship has beens rock up at Charlton
I know Nathan jones doesn’t like loans but I wouldn’t be surprised if we got Daniel Imray on loan as he set to be recalled by palace to play in league 1
NTT20 just did a piece on loan players that might be recalled and suggested exactly that. I don’t know much about Imray but his stats are certainly very good and we need a RWB
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
Good money was spent on DJ, so I think it was expected he would work out. The Kirk link with Stoke and Sheff Utd came from Alan Nixon, so I would take that with a large pinch of salt.
Recruitment is not an exact science, but to just write off signing championship players (especially in the January window) is a bit foolish.
The money was spent because we missed out on other targets and Sandgaard wanted a marquee type of signing from what I understand? He didn't come with the same expectations as Charlie Kirk did. Kirk would have had championship interest just like any other player who is performing at a high level in league 1 will. DJ seemed much more of a punt.
It's not foolish, it's very rare it works and we have wasted hundreds of thousands on has beens from that league.
If we sign a top performer from that league, it's different, but it's also completely unrealistic. Any championship side willing to let a player drop down a level, unless it for development purposes, is doing so for a reason. They're either crocked, washed or completely underperforming. It's very rare a player will change their trajectory like a Kermorgant.
We need players who are hungry and performing now, not players living off of past success.
You will not sign any top players from fellow League One sides in the January unless they are desperate for cash like a Reading. The only ones you will get are players that are out of favour and not performing (like Fraser three years back), to want us to go and sign the likes of O'Connor and Roughan from Lincoln is also completely unrealistic this window, for the exact reason you gave in that rant, it strengthens us and rival & weakens them.
We sold CBT, and we almost sold Dobson last January. It is possible, if you have the right ambition as a club.
A club who have a player with a contract running down, who isn't looking to sign, will take a fee, if it's good enough.
An ambitious club would do it in January to avoid summer competition and end the season strong. That's how I see it, unrealistic or not.
Of course it will be not a buyers market, we can't buy players etc as usual.
My post is also not strictly aimed at January, I am speaking about any transfer window. I don't want to see anymore championship has beens rock up at Charlton
It’s tough in January, but our overall transfer strategy should be to sign hungry league 1/2 players between the ages of 21-26 that we think have the potential to step up to the championship
Do agree we sign too many on their way down that probably just don’t have the same motivation. Would think we are probably seen within the game as an easy good wage and that needs to change
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
Good money was spent on DJ, so I think it was expected he would work out. The Kirk link with Stoke and Sheff Utd came from Alan Nixon, so I would take that with a large pinch of salt.
Recruitment is not an exact science, but to just write off signing championship players (especially in the January window) is a bit foolish.
The money was spent because we missed out on other targets and Sandgaard wanted a marquee type of signing from what I understand? He didn't come with the same expectations as Charlie Kirk did. Kirk would have had championship interest just like any other player who is performing at a high level in league 1 will. DJ seemed much more of a punt.
It's not foolish, it's very rare it works and we have wasted hundreds of thousands on has beens from that league.
If we sign a top performer from that league, it's different, but it's also completely unrealistic. Any championship side willing to let a player drop down a level, unless it for development purposes, is doing so for a reason. They're either crocked, washed or completely underperforming. It's very rare a player will change their trajectory like a Kermorgant.
We need players who are hungry and performing now, not players living off of past success.
You will not sign any top players from fellow League One sides in the January unless they are desperate for cash like a Reading. The only ones you will get are players that are out of favour and not performing (like Fraser three years back), to want us to go and sign the likes of O'Connor and Roughan from Lincoln is also completely unrealistic this window, for the exact reason you gave in that rant, it strengthens us and rival & weakens them.
We sold CBT, and we almost sold Dobson last January. It is possible, if you have the right ambition as a club.
A club who have a player with a contract running down, who isn't looking to sign, will take a fee, if it's good enough. You could even argue it's the best time to sign a player as you avoid the summer competition entirely and get more time to integrate a player into your squad.
An ambitious club would do it in January to avoid summer competition and end the season strong. That's how I see it, unrealistic or not.
Of course it will be not a buyers market, we can't buy players etc as usual.
My post is also not strictly aimed at January, I am speaking about any transfer window. I don't want to see anymore championship has beens rock up at Charlton
and how well has CBT done for Derby? Think they’d argue we had their pants down
With a bowyer type manager CBT has the ability, he just hasn't kicked on at Derby! I think we will struggle to get some quality in the squad for Jan, unless we have the money to do so?
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
Good money was spent on DJ, so I think it was expected he would work out. The Kirk link with Stoke and Sheff Utd came from Alan Nixon, so I would take that with a large pinch of salt.
Recruitment is not an exact science, but to just write off signing championship players (especially in the January window) is a bit foolish.
The money was spent because we missed out on other targets and Sandgaard wanted a marquee type of signing from what I understand? He didn't come with the same expectations as Charlie Kirk did. Kirk would have had championship interest just like any other player who is performing at a high level in league 1 will. DJ seemed much more of a punt.
It's not foolish, it's very rare it works and we have wasted hundreds of thousands on has beens from that league.
If we sign a top performer from that league, it's different, but it's also completely unrealistic. Any championship side willing to let a player drop down a level, unless it for development purposes, is doing so for a reason. They're either crocked, washed or completely underperforming. It's very rare a player will change their trajectory like a Kermorgant.
We need players who are hungry and performing now, not players living off of past success.
You will not sign any top players from fellow League One sides in the January unless they are desperate for cash like a Reading. The only ones you will get are players that are out of favour and not performing (like Fraser three years back), to want us to go and sign the likes of O'Connor and Roughan from Lincoln is also completely unrealistic this window, for the exact reason you gave in that rant, it strengthens us and rival & weakens them.
We sold CBT, and we almost sold Dobson last January. It is possible, if you have the right ambition as a club.
A club who have a player with a contract running down, who isn't looking to sign, will take a fee, if it's good enough. You could even argue it's the best time to sign a player as you avoid the summer competition entirely and get more time to integrate a player into your squad.
An ambitious club would do it in January to avoid summer competition and end the season strong. That's how I see it, unrealistic or not.
Of course it will be not a buyers market, we can't buy players etc as usual.
My post is also not strictly aimed at January, I am speaking about any transfer window. I don't want to see anymore championship has beens rock up at Charlton
and how well has CBT done for Derby? Think they’d argue we had their pants down
What league are Derby in?
Besides missing my main point, that you absolutely can buy other teams best players in January for the right amount.
Usually a desperate club, but that's what we appear to be at times I suppose.
We should be scouring Premier League academies for lads with six / twelve months left on their contract. I want us to find the next Matt O’Riley or Viktor Gyokeres.
We did it last Jan with Conor Coventry. As with any strategy not every signing will work out but I believe it will generate positive expectancy long term.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
Good money was spent on DJ, so I think it was expected he would work out. The Kirk link with Stoke and Sheff Utd came from Alan Nixon, so I would take that with a large pinch of salt.
Recruitment is not an exact science, but to just write off signing championship players (especially in the January window) is a bit foolish.
The money was spent because we missed out on other targets and Sandgaard wanted a marquee type of signing from what I understand? He didn't come with the same expectations as Charlie Kirk did. Kirk would have had championship interest just like any other player who is performing at a high level in league 1 will. DJ seemed much more of a punt.
It's not foolish, it's very rare it works and we have wasted hundreds of thousands on has beens from that league.
If we sign a top performer from that league, it's different, but it's also completely unrealistic. Any championship side willing to let a player drop down a level, unless it for development purposes, is doing so for a reason. They're either crocked, washed or completely underperforming. It's very rare a player will change their trajectory like a Kermorgant.
We need players who are hungry and performing now, not players living off of past success.
You will not sign any top players from fellow League One sides in the January unless they are desperate for cash like a Reading. The only ones you will get are players that are out of favour and not performing (like Fraser three years back), to want us to go and sign the likes of O'Connor and Roughan from Lincoln is also completely unrealistic this window, for the exact reason you gave in that rant, it strengthens us and rival & weakens them.
We sold CBT, and we almost sold Dobson last January. It is possible, if you have the right ambition as a club.
A club who have a player with a contract running down, who isn't looking to sign, will take a fee, if it's good enough. You could even argue it's the best time to sign a player as you avoid the summer competition entirely and get more time to integrate a player into your squad.
An ambitious club would do it in January to avoid summer competition and end the season strong. That's how I see it, unrealistic or not.
Of course it will be not a buyers market, we can't buy players etc as usual.
My post is also not strictly aimed at January, I am speaking about any transfer window. I don't want to see anymore championship has beens rock up at Charlton
and how well has CBT done for Derby? Think they’d argue we had their pants down
They are looking to loan him out in Jan, most overrated player seen in a Charlton shirt, and then pretended to be injured so he did not play in cup tie in case he got injured...
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
Good money was spent on DJ, so I think it was expected he would work out. The Kirk link with Stoke and Sheff Utd came from Alan Nixon, so I would take that with a large pinch of salt.
Recruitment is not an exact science, but to just write off signing championship players (especially in the January window) is a bit foolish.
The money was spent because we missed out on other targets and Sandgaard wanted a marquee type of signing from what I understand? He didn't come with the same expectations as Charlie Kirk did. Kirk would have had championship interest just like any other player who is performing at a high level in league 1 will. DJ seemed much more of a punt.
It's not foolish, it's very rare it works and we have wasted hundreds of thousands on has beens from that league.
If we sign a top performer from that league, it's different, but it's also completely unrealistic. Any championship side willing to let a player drop down a level, unless it for development purposes, is doing so for a reason. They're either crocked, washed or completely underperforming. It's very rare a player will change their trajectory like a Kermorgant.
We need players who are hungry and performing now, not players living off of past success.
You will not sign any top players from fellow League One sides in the January unless they are desperate for cash like a Reading. The only ones you will get are players that are out of favour and not performing (like Fraser three years back), to want us to go and sign the likes of O'Connor and Roughan from Lincoln is also completely unrealistic this window, for the exact reason you gave in that rant, it strengthens us and rival & weakens them.
We sold CBT, and we almost sold Dobson last January. It is possible, if you have the right ambition as a club.
A club who have a player with a contract running down, who isn't looking to sign, will take a fee, if it's good enough. You could even argue it's the best time to sign a player as you avoid the summer competition entirely and get more time to integrate a player into your squad.
An ambitious club would do it in January to avoid summer competition and end the season strong. That's how I see it, unrealistic or not.
Of course it will be not a buyers market, we can't buy players etc as usual.
My post is also not strictly aimed at January, I am speaking about any transfer window. I don't want to see anymore championship has beens rock up at Charlton
and how well has CBT done for Derby? Think they’d argue we had their pants down
They are looking to loan him out in Jan, most overrated player seen in a Charlton shirt, and then pretended to be injured so he did not play in cup tie in case he got injured...
Brilliant and direct on his day, annoyed at him wanting out but very good for us. Only someone with an agenda or a nincompoop would say overrated.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
Good money was spent on DJ, so I think it was expected he would work out. The Kirk link with Stoke and Sheff Utd came from Alan Nixon, so I would take that with a large pinch of salt.
Recruitment is not an exact science, but to just write off signing championship players (especially in the January window) is a bit foolish.
The money was spent because we missed out on other targets and Sandgaard wanted a marquee type of signing from what I understand? He didn't come with the same expectations as Charlie Kirk did. Kirk would have had championship interest just like any other player who is performing at a high level in league 1 will. DJ seemed much more of a punt.
It's not foolish, it's very rare it works and we have wasted hundreds of thousands on has beens from that league.
If we sign a top performer from that league, it's different, but it's also completely unrealistic. Any championship side willing to let a player drop down a level, unless it for development purposes, is doing so for a reason. They're either crocked, washed or completely underperforming. It's very rare a player will change their trajectory like a Kermorgant.
We need players who are hungry and performing now, not players living off of past success.
You will not sign any top players from fellow League One sides in the January unless they are desperate for cash like a Reading. The only ones you will get are players that are out of favour and not performing (like Fraser three years back), to want us to go and sign the likes of O'Connor and Roughan from Lincoln is also completely unrealistic this window, for the exact reason you gave in that rant, it strengthens us and rival & weakens them.
We sold CBT, and we almost sold Dobson last January. It is possible, if you have the right ambition as a club.
A club who have a player with a contract running down, who isn't looking to sign, will take a fee, if it's good enough. You could even argue it's the best time to sign a player as you avoid the summer competition entirely and get more time to integrate a player into your squad.
An ambitious club would do it in January to avoid summer competition and end the season strong. That's how I see it, unrealistic or not.
Of course it will be not a buyers market, we can't buy players etc as usual.
My post is also not strictly aimed at January, I am speaking about any transfer window. I don't want to see anymore championship has beens rock up at Charlton
and how well has CBT done for Derby? Think they’d argue we had their pants down
What league are Derby in?
Besides missing my main point, that you absolutely can buy other teams best players in January for the right amount.
Usually a desperate club, but that's what we appear to be at times I suppose.
My point was that often they're available in January for a reason. Derby weren't promoted because of CBT. I don't have the time to look back on it but I think players who move between L1 teams in January don't tend to do well that season
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
Good money was spent on DJ, so I think it was expected he would work out. The Kirk link with Stoke and Sheff Utd came from Alan Nixon, so I would take that with a large pinch of salt.
Recruitment is not an exact science, but to just write off signing championship players (especially in the January window) is a bit foolish.
The money was spent because we missed out on other targets and Sandgaard wanted a marquee type of signing from what I understand? He didn't come with the same expectations as Charlie Kirk did. Kirk would have had championship interest just like any other player who is performing at a high level in league 1 will. DJ seemed much more of a punt.
It's not foolish, it's very rare it works and we have wasted hundreds of thousands on has beens from that league.
If we sign a top performer from that league, it's different, but it's also completely unrealistic. Any championship side willing to let a player drop down a level, unless it for development purposes, is doing so for a reason. They're either crocked, washed or completely underperforming. It's very rare a player will change their trajectory like a Kermorgant.
We need players who are hungry and performing now, not players living off of past success.
You will not sign any top players from fellow League One sides in the January unless they are desperate for cash like a Reading. The only ones you will get are players that are out of favour and not performing (like Fraser three years back), to want us to go and sign the likes of O'Connor and Roughan from Lincoln is also completely unrealistic this window, for the exact reason you gave in that rant, it strengthens us and rival & weakens them.
We sold CBT, and we almost sold Dobson last January. It is possible, if you have the right ambition as a club.
A club who have a player with a contract running down, who isn't looking to sign, will take a fee, if it's good enough. You could even argue it's the best time to sign a player as you avoid the summer competition entirely and get more time to integrate a player into your squad.
An ambitious club would do it in January to avoid summer competition and end the season strong. That's how I see it, unrealistic or not.
Of course it will be not a buyers market, we can't buy players etc as usual.
My post is also not strictly aimed at January, I am speaking about any transfer window. I don't want to see anymore championship has beens rock up at Charlton
and how well has CBT done for Derby? Think they’d argue we had their pants down
What league are Derby in?
Besides missing my main point, that you absolutely can buy other teams best players in January for the right amount.
Usually a desperate club, but that's what we appear to be at times I suppose.
My point was that often they're available in January for a reason. Derby weren't promoted because of CBT. I don't have the time to look back on it but I think players who move between L1 teams in January don't tend to do well that season
CBT was available because a better/bigger club with more money was interested. They were interested because he was arguably our best player other than May.
It's not like we announced he was for sale, Derby wanted him. Irrespective of how he did, he was good enough for them to spend the cash, and they're now at a higher level, I'm sure they don't mind.
There will be players like CBT, in this current league playing for Lincoln, Peterborough, Orient, Stevenage etc, who will be looking to move on, and will improve us. They're who the club should be looking to buy, that's all I'm saying.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
Good money was spent on DJ, so I think it was expected he would work out. The Kirk link with Stoke and Sheff Utd came from Alan Nixon, so I would take that with a large pinch of salt.
Recruitment is not an exact science, but to just write off signing championship players (especially in the January window) is a bit foolish.
The money was spent because we missed out on other targets and Sandgaard wanted a marquee type of signing from what I understand? He didn't come with the same expectations as Charlie Kirk did. Kirk would have had championship interest just like any other player who is performing at a high level in league 1 will. DJ seemed much more of a punt.
It's not foolish, it's very rare it works and we have wasted hundreds of thousands on has beens from that league.
If we sign a top performer from that league, it's different, but it's also completely unrealistic. Any championship side willing to let a player drop down a level, unless it for development purposes, is doing so for a reason. They're either crocked, washed or completely underperforming. It's very rare a player will change their trajectory like a Kermorgant.
We need players who are hungry and performing now, not players living off of past success.
You will not sign any top players from fellow League One sides in the January unless they are desperate for cash like a Reading. The only ones you will get are players that are out of favour and not performing (like Fraser three years back), to want us to go and sign the likes of O'Connor and Roughan from Lincoln is also completely unrealistic this window, for the exact reason you gave in that rant, it strengthens us and rival & weakens them.
We sold CBT, and we almost sold Dobson last January. It is possible, if you have the right ambition as a club.
A club who have a player with a contract running down, who isn't looking to sign, will take a fee, if it's good enough. You could even argue it's the best time to sign a player as you avoid the summer competition entirely and get more time to integrate a player into your squad.
An ambitious club would do it in January to avoid summer competition and end the season strong. That's how I see it, unrealistic or not.
Of course it will be not a buyers market, we can't buy players etc as usual.
My post is also not strictly aimed at January, I am speaking about any transfer window. I don't want to see anymore championship has beens rock up at Charlton
and how well has CBT done for Derby? Think they’d argue we had their pants down
What league are Derby in?
Besides missing my main point, that you absolutely can buy other teams best players in January for the right amount.
Usually a desperate club, but that's what we appear to be at times I suppose.
My point was that often they're available in January for a reason. Derby weren't promoted because of CBT. I don't have the time to look back on it but I think players who move between L1 teams in January don't tend to do well that season
CBT was available because a better club with more money was interested. They were interested because he was arguably our best player other than May.
It's not like we announced he was for sale, Derby wanted him. Irrespective of how he did, he was good enough for them to spend the cash, and they're now at a higher level, I'm sure they don't mind.
There will be players like CBT, in this current league playing for Lincoln, Peterborough, Orient, Stevenage etc, who will be looking to move on, and will improve us. They're who the club should be looking to buy, that's all I'm saying.
Possibly, I'd rather we looked at the top of L2 and any players leaving academies like Coventry or Small. This is the time of year they often get itchy feet and we should capitalise
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
Good money was spent on DJ, so I think it was expected he would work out. The Kirk link with Stoke and Sheff Utd came from Alan Nixon, so I would take that with a large pinch of salt.
Recruitment is not an exact science, but to just write off signing championship players (especially in the January window) is a bit foolish.
The money was spent because we missed out on other targets and Sandgaard wanted a marquee type of signing from what I understand? He didn't come with the same expectations as Charlie Kirk did. Kirk would have had championship interest just like any other player who is performing at a high level in league 1 will. DJ seemed much more of a punt.
It's not foolish, it's very rare it works and we have wasted hundreds of thousands on has beens from that league.
If we sign a top performer from that league, it's different, but it's also completely unrealistic. Any championship side willing to let a player drop down a level, unless it for development purposes, is doing so for a reason. They're either crocked, washed or completely underperforming. It's very rare a player will change their trajectory like a Kermorgant.
We need players who are hungry and performing now, not players living off of past success.
You will not sign any top players from fellow League One sides in the January unless they are desperate for cash like a Reading. The only ones you will get are players that are out of favour and not performing (like Fraser three years back), to want us to go and sign the likes of O'Connor and Roughan from Lincoln is also completely unrealistic this window, for the exact reason you gave in that rant, it strengthens us and rival & weakens them.
We sold CBT, and we almost sold Dobson last January. It is possible, if you have the right ambition as a club.
A club who have a player with a contract running down, who isn't looking to sign, will take a fee, if it's good enough. You could even argue it's the best time to sign a player as you avoid the summer competition entirely and get more time to integrate a player into your squad.
An ambitious club would do it in January to avoid summer competition and end the season strong. That's how I see it, unrealistic or not.
Of course it will be not a buyers market, we can't buy players etc as usual.
My post is also not strictly aimed at January, I am speaking about any transfer window. I don't want to see anymore championship has beens rock up at Charlton
and how well has CBT done for Derby? Think they’d argue we had their pants down
What league are Derby in?
Besides missing my main point, that you absolutely can buy other teams best players in January for the right amount.
Usually a desperate club, but that's what we appear to be at times I suppose.
My point was that often they're available in January for a reason. Derby weren't promoted because of CBT. I don't have the time to look back on it but I think players who move between L1 teams in January don't tend to do well that season
Last January I would have been delighted with any of these that moved L1 to L1....
Aaron Collins Bristol Rovers to Bolton Tom McIntyre Reading to Pompey Owen Dale Blackpool to Oxford
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
All the signings you’ve listed were summer signings, in most cases free transfers.
January is not the time to sign the best players in League One. Mainly, because clubs do not want to sell their best players to League rivals mid season.
Also, while you mention the ones the league one signings that have worked out, there have been plenty that have not.
Think DJ, Kirk, Sean Clare all cost fees from fellow League One clubs.
I don’t care what league a player comes from at this point, former Championship players, former league one and former league two signings have all not worked out at times.
We should be aiming for Conor Coventry/Kayne Ramsay types, between 22 and 24. Doesn’t matter what league they are from, but they are more likely to be from above or below rather than fellow League One clubs as listed above.
Out of those 3 though, Kirk was the only one who truly looked to work out. He had interest from I think Stoke, Sheffield United and a few others. It can be hit and miss.
The real consistent formula is when we sign players from the championship, and they come with a review of "should do a job in that league" it's very rare they do.
Good money was spent on DJ, so I think it was expected he would work out. The Kirk link with Stoke and Sheff Utd came from Alan Nixon, so I would take that with a large pinch of salt.
Recruitment is not an exact science, but to just write off signing championship players (especially in the January window) is a bit foolish.
The money was spent because we missed out on other targets and Sandgaard wanted a marquee type of signing from what I understand? He didn't come with the same expectations as Charlie Kirk did. Kirk would have had championship interest just like any other player who is performing at a high level in league 1 will. DJ seemed much more of a punt.
It's not foolish, it's very rare it works and we have wasted hundreds of thousands on has beens from that league.
If we sign a top performer from that league, it's different, but it's also completely unrealistic. Any championship side willing to let a player drop down a level, unless it for development purposes, is doing so for a reason. They're either crocked, washed or completely underperforming. It's very rare a player will change their trajectory like a Kermorgant.
We need players who are hungry and performing now, not players living off of past success.
You will not sign any top players from fellow League One sides in the January unless they are desperate for cash like a Reading. The only ones you will get are players that are out of favour and not performing (like Fraser three years back), to want us to go and sign the likes of O'Connor and Roughan from Lincoln is also completely unrealistic this window, for the exact reason you gave in that rant, it strengthens us and rival & weakens them.
We sold CBT, and we almost sold Dobson last January. It is possible, if you have the right ambition as a club.
A club who have a player with a contract running down, who isn't looking to sign, will take a fee, if it's good enough. You could even argue it's the best time to sign a player as you avoid the summer competition entirely and get more time to integrate a player into your squad.
An ambitious club would do it in January to avoid summer competition and end the season strong. That's how I see it, unrealistic or not.
Of course it will be not a buyers market, we can't buy players etc as usual.
My post is also not strictly aimed at January, I am speaking about any transfer window. I don't want to see anymore championship has beens rock up at Charlton
and how well has CBT done for Derby? Think they’d argue we had their pants down
What league are Derby in?
Besides missing my main point, that you absolutely can buy other teams best players in January for the right amount.
Usually a desperate club, but that's what we appear to be at times I suppose.
My point was that often they're available in January for a reason. Derby weren't promoted because of CBT. I don't have the time to look back on it but I think players who move between L1 teams in January don't tend to do well that season
Last January I would have been delighted with any of these that moved L1 to L1....
Aaron Collins Bristol Rovers to Bolton Tom McIntyre Reading to Pompey Owen Dale Blackpool to Oxford
Collins was the only one I could think of and we were supposedly in for him. Not sure who is available this window but we'll see, I'd love to be proved wrong
From the Dutch top flight as well. That's what billionaire owners do.
You say Dutch top flight as if the league is a big one? It's has lots of smaller teams and isn't flush with money. Their new TV deal is for £125M a year (not much more than the bottom finishing PL team earns on their own each season). A look at the club in question shows they average crowds less than us this season with 11,500. When they were in the 2nd division recently, were getting crowds in the 4,000's until they started winning that league when they started getting about 9,000. Unless the player is some high profile wonder, it's unlikely to be an expensive signing.
From the Dutch top flight as well. That's what billionaire owners do.
You say Dutch top flight as if the league is a big one? It's has lots of smaller teams and isn't flush with money. Their new TV deal is for £125M a year (not much more than the bottom finishing PL team earns on their own each season). A look at the club in question shows they average crowds less than us this season with 11,500. When they were in the 2nd division recently, were getting crowds in the 4,000's until they started winning that league when they started getting about 9,000. Unless the player is some high profile wonder, it's unlikely to be an expensive signing.
Well it goes without saying that the Dutch top flight is, and always will be of a higher standard than the league one. It's roughly ranked 10th to 15th in terms of quality.
We signed one JBG from 8th placed (at the time) AZ, who was by far and lightyears away our best player before we sold him.
What has crowds got to do with anything? We lie about our attendances, they dont determine the quality of a team or the players within the stadiums empty capacity, they probably have about the same as us after the 'figures'. Bournemouth have an average attendance of 11k and they'd fist us into oblivion.
Because crowds equate to extra income. And in a league with low prize/TV money it becomes far more important and influential for the quality of player you can get and the strength of the league overall. In the PL and championship (even the 3rd division arguably) crowds are less important for some clubs finances and there is a far bigger risk to reward for owners to get their clubs into stupid levels of debt.
JBG left the 8th placed team for us, a mid table 2nd division team at the time, what does that tell you? We're hardly a major attraction as a club, even back then.
On saying all this neither of us actually know anything about the individual player so can't say what level he is. We'll find out.
Because crowds equate to extra income. And in a league with low prize/TV money it becomes far more important and influential for the quality of player you can get and the strength of the league overall. In the PL and championship (even the 3rd division arguably) crowds are less important for some clubs finances and there is a far bigger risk to reward for owners to get their clubs into stupid levels of debt.
JBG left the 8th placed team for us, a mid table 2nd division team at the time, what does that tell you? We're hardly a major attraction as a club, even back then.
On saying all this neither of us actually know anything about the individual player so can't say what level he is. We'll find out.
But there are clubs who do well with tickets and still in debt? I genuinely don't understand what you're getting at about their average attendance. They're still in the top flight so will play football to a very decent standard,
It tells me he was looking to use us as a stepping stone to the Premier league. Mission accomplished. Championship wages are higher than most Dutch teams. He didn't leave AZ to specifically play for Charlton, he left to test himself in a league where if you stand out, you reach the promised land.
Which I'd like to see more of, players using us to get to the higher divisions, not players looking for an easy pay day, which is what we are.
No I don't. My point was, a club has spent money in January, which shows it can be done. Huddersfield also have a squad the exact same size as ours so don't seem to worried about this weird excuse of a squad being bloated.
This is where there are experts who should be being paid to figure out loopholes and ways around expenditure. Not blokes who ain't got a clue other than thinking half and half scarves are a good idea for revenue.
Because crowds equate to extra income. And in a league with low prize/TV money it becomes far more important and influential for the quality of player you can get and the strength of the league overall. In the PL and championship (even the 3rd division arguably) crowds are less important for some clubs finances and there is a far bigger risk to reward for owners to get their clubs into stupid levels of debt.
JBG left the 8th placed team for us, a mid table 2nd division team at the time, what does that tell you? We're hardly a major attraction as a club, even back then.
On saying all this neither of us actually know anything about the individual player so can't say what level he is. We'll find out.
But there are clubs who do well with tickets and still in debt? I genuinely don't understand what you're getting at about their average attendance. They're still in the top flight so will play football to a very decent standard,
It tells me he was looking to use us as a stepping stone to the Premier league. Mission accomplished. Championship wages are higher than most Dutch teams. He didn't leave AZ to specifically play for Charlton, he left to test himself in a league where if you stand out, you reach the promised land.
Which I'd like to see more of, players using us to get to the higher divisions, not players looking for an easy pay day, which is what we are.
No I don't. My point was, a club has spent money in January, which shows it can be done. Huddersfield also have a squad the exact same size as ours so don't seem to worried about this weird excuse of a squad being bloated.
This is where there are experts who should be being paid to figure out loopholes and ways around expenditure. Not blokes who ain't got a clue other than thinking half and half scarves are a good idea for revenue.
Re the debt. That's simple. Transfer fees and wages in the country are rediculous and average players command higher wages than they would elsewhere. Plus clubs spend big chasing the PL and trying to stay there. As I said, in leagues/countries with lower commercial income, fanbase income becomes more important. That also means it's less likely they will overspend on wages/transfers and they're not going to spend big "chasing the dream" because there is far less of a dream to chase. It does happen, but it's less likely teams will get into bigger debt as clubs do over here.
Not necessarily. That depends on the strength of the league overall. Most Top leagues other than the usual top few don't have strength in depth. I'm not one to say "The EPL is the best in the world" but it is an outlier in regards to its strength in depth compared to other countries. That is purely down to the money involved. You can be an average/bad team in a top league if there are enough other average/bad teams around you. As I said, we'll find out about him.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
And yet signing Championship rejects seems to be Andy Scott’s only strategy, leading to two of the most disappointing seasons in our recent history.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
And yet signing Championship rejects seems to be Andy Scott’s only strategy, leading to two of the most disappointing seasons in our recent history.
I am not his biggest fan and would like him to go but it's disingenuous to suggest we haven't signed any good players under his watch. We have signed Jones (he might have been a bit before AS?), Mitchell, Coventry, Ramsay, Small (those two may have been NJ picks), Mannion & Edwards who have all been pretty successful and didn't come from the Championship. Godden did drop down a level and has been pretty good. Lots of the others are duds too but let's not pretend every signing has been poor and from the Championship, that just undermines legitimate criticisms
I'm sorry but signing players from the Dutch league in a January window will always remind me of the Piotr Parzyszek debacle....
Parzyszek came from the Dutch 2nd tier. This Huddersfield signing has been a regular starter for a club who are 15th (out of 18) in the Eredivisie. Don't think that tells us much, but I imagine he'll be better than Polish Pete was for us.
It's not the same level as JBG - AZ had been a regular in Europe around the time he joined us.
From the Dutch top flight as well. That's what billionaire owners do.
What’s the implication here? Do you have issues with the money our owners have spent so far?
Post comes across like a kid having a moan that another kid a few doors down got their Christmas presents a few days early. You have no idea if he’s any good!
Maybe let’s wait until Feb 1 to see how much we do or don’t spend ourselves.
I had a ramble about it on the Charlton podcast, Charlton Chronicles, the one thing I don't want to see is us signing championship players. Unless it's a loan who is hungry to break into the team to be acknowledged by his parent club.
Whenever we sign these championship rejects, they usually fail to deliver. All our best business in league1 recently, has mainly been picking up standout players for a cheap fee from clubs around us or below.
Alfie May, CBT, the snake, Lloyd Jones, Ricky Holmes, Dobson.
I don't know what these scouts and recruitment specialists are paid to do, but I question their experience and football knowledge. Cause if we have one of the highest budgets in the league, and we can't identify the best players in this league then we have some serious issues.
Far too much cash splunked on has beens and players who don't have the character to play for this club.
And yet signing Championship rejects seems to be Andy Scott’s only strategy, leading to two of the most disappointing seasons in our recent history.
Scott does not chose the players we sign thars 100% down to Jones now
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A club who have a player with a contract running down, who isn't looking to sign, will take a fee, if it's good enough. You could even argue it's the best time to sign a player as you avoid the summer competition entirely and get more time to integrate a player into your squad.
An ambitious club would do it in January to avoid summer competition and end the season strong. That's how I see it, unrealistic or not.
Of course it will be not a buyers market, we can't buy players etc as usual.
My post is also not strictly aimed at January, I am speaking about any transfer window. I don't want to see anymore championship has beens rock up at Charlton
Do agree we sign too many on their way down that probably just don’t have the same motivation. Would think we are probably seen within the game as an easy good wage and that needs to change
Besides missing my main point, that you absolutely can buy other teams best players in January for the right amount.
Usually a desperate club, but that's what we appear to be at times I suppose.
We did it last Jan with Conor Coventry. As with any strategy not every signing will work out but I believe it will generate positive expectancy long term.
It's not like we announced he was for sale, Derby wanted him. Irrespective of how he did, he was good enough for them to spend the cash, and they're now at a higher level, I'm sure they don't mind.
There will be players like CBT, in this current league playing for Lincoln, Peterborough, Orient, Stevenage etc, who will be looking to move on, and will improve us. They're who the club should be looking to buy, that's all I'm saying.
https://x.com/htafc/status/1873104132690583646?t=MZdLYGc3q5GYXhxIWcUkLQ&s=19
From the Dutch top flight as well. That's what billionaire owners do.
Last January I would have been delighted with any of these that moved L1 to L1....
Aaron Collins Bristol Rovers to Bolton
Tom McIntyre Reading to Pompey
Owen Dale Blackpool to Oxford
A look at the club in question shows they average crowds less than us this season with 11,500. When they were in the 2nd division recently, were getting crowds in the 4,000's until they started winning that league when they started getting about 9,000.
Unless the player is some high profile wonder, it's unlikely to be an expensive signing.
We signed one JBG from 8th placed (at the time) AZ, who was by far and lightyears away our best player before we sold him.
What has crowds got to do with anything? We lie about our attendances, they dont determine the quality of a team or the players within the stadiums empty capacity, they probably have about the same as us after the 'figures'. Bournemouth have an average attendance of 11k and they'd fist us into oblivion.
JBG left the 8th placed team for us, a mid table 2nd division team at the time, what does that tell you? We're hardly a major attraction as a club, even back then.
On saying all this neither of us actually know anything about the individual player so can't say what level he is. We'll find out.
It tells me he was looking to use us as a stepping stone to the Premier league. Mission accomplished. Championship wages are higher than most Dutch teams. He didn't leave AZ to specifically play for Charlton, he left to test himself in a league where if you stand out, you reach the promised land.
Which I'd like to see more of, players using us to get to the higher divisions, not players looking for an easy pay day, which is what we are.
No I don't. My point was, a club has spent money in January, which shows it can be done. Huddersfield also have a squad the exact same size as ours so don't seem to worried about this weird excuse of a squad being bloated.
This is where there are experts who should be being paid to figure out loopholes and ways around expenditure. Not blokes who ain't got a clue other than thinking half and half scarves are a good idea for revenue.
The Guys contract was up end of this season.
Not necessarily. That depends on the strength of the league overall. Most Top leagues other than the usual top few don't have strength in depth. I'm not one to say "The EPL is the best in the world" but it is an outlier in regards to its strength in depth compared to other countries. That is purely down to the money involved. You can be an average/bad team in a top league if there are enough other average/bad teams around you. As I said, we'll find out about him.
Anyway....Any rumours!
It's not the same level as JBG - AZ had been a regular in Europe around the time he joined us.
Plenty of experience. Hasn’t played since 2015 but could still do a job.
Post comes across like a kid having a moan that another kid a few doors down got their Christmas presents a few days early. You have no idea if he’s any good!
Maybe let’s wait until Feb 1 to see how much we do or don’t spend ourselves.