I'm sure back in August iwhen some of us stated that our transfer dealings were a bit short we were told to wait to see where we were at xmas & that we could always strengthen in January.
Now January is here we get told that the January window isn't the best time to be signing players & its more of the case of getting rid of dead wood.
Same old same old as usual. Teams around us who are serious about promotion are strengthening whilst once again we miss out on players that are better than what we have.
Said it before.....play offs are a pipe dream with this squad. A 10th place finish is about the best we'll do I'm afraid.
I think it is always best to underplay your hand and your intentions. We have to wait and see and judge at the end of the window.
Now I know its maybe not that simple to move players on and bring new faces in, but if we are perceived to be one of the "bigger" clubs in L1, why are we not competing for at least one of the following:
Dion Charles [Bolton Wanderers - Huddersfield] Undisclosed Joe Taylor [Luton - Huddersfield] Undisclosed Joel Randall [Peterborough - Bolton] Undisclosed
All would add value to our squad at the expense of a couple of others.
For me Joe Taylor would have added pace...which other than TC we don't have!
Randall would have been that 10 who adds creativity...which we don't have
Ok granted Charles might not have been a great upgrade on what we already have.
Huddersfield received a £6m transfer fee this summer. I’m sure if we sold Leaburn for that kind of money we would see a good chunk of it reinvested, as we have with other players sold. Similarly Bolton have bought Randall and sold Charles
Not sure it is realistic to expect us to spend that kind of money without selling players first, only Birmingham are doing that and their budget is obviously ridiculous
I hear you and I know its wishful thinking.
Frustrating that its got to this where clubs who we are on a peer level with are able/willing to make these deal
Comes to something when Wycombe “fucking” Wanderers were allegedly sniffing around Leaburn recently…..though might have been agent talk.
When were Wycombe linked with Leaburn? No chance that happens.
i was told by several of the previous SMT, he was the worst professional they had ever dealt with, so yep big yes.
I don't think I've ever seen a Charlton player in my 60 years of supporting the club put less effort in than him A total waste of space.
when we shipped him off on loan to Mansfield, we inserted a clause to stop a recall or them sending him back, after a couple of months they realised why!
Shame as he showed early promise. I remember watching a preseason video of the squad doing their bleep tests, out in the grass. After everyone had bailed out on the sunny day, the two left standing, or running, were Ajose and a total legend. The other.......?
i was told by several of the previous SMT, he was the worst professional they had ever dealt with, so yep big yes.
I don't think I've ever seen a Charlton player in my 60 years of supporting the club put less effort in than him A total waste of space.
when we shipped him off on loan to Mansfield, we inserted a clause to stop a recall or them sending him back, after a couple of months they realised why!
Shame as he showed early promise. I remember watching a preseason video of the squad doing their bleep tests, out in the grass. After everyone had bailed out on the sunny day, the two left standing, or running, were Ajose and a total legend. The other.......?
i was told by several of the previous SMT, he was the worst professional they had ever dealt with, so yep big yes.
I don't think I've ever seen a Charlton player in my 60 years of supporting the club put less effort in than him A total waste of space.
when we shipped him off on loan to Mansfield, we inserted a clause to stop a recall or them sending him back, after a couple of months they realised why!
Shame as he showed early promise. I remember watching a preseason video of the squad doing their bleep tests, out in the grass. After everyone had bailed out on the sunny day, the two left standing, or running, were Ajose and a total legend. The other.......?
I'm sure back in August iwhen some of us stated that our transfer dealings were a bit short we were told to wait to see where we were at xmas & that we could always strengthen in January.
Now January is here we get told that the January window isn't the best time to be signing players & its more of the case of getting rid of dead wood.
Same old same old as usual. Teams around us who are serious about promotion are strengthening whilst once again we miss out on players that are better than what we have.
Said it before.....play offs are a pipe dream with this squad. A 10th place finish is about the best we'll do I'm afraid.
I agree. You could have written the script for the season back in August. There will always be a reason why we couldn't compete for better players in the summer and then again in the January window. The bottom line is we don't or cannot compete and our end of season league placing before the season started was entirely predictable, as it is now. I find the best way is not to get overly fussed about it.
New centre half left sided Wide player Attacking midfielder
Get rid of Nathan's unwanteds
Pronto
The only wide players NJ wants are Wing backs, how many times... I think we need a good goalkeeper, it would improve our performances and points total IMHO
Nothing really new but at the end of NJs press conference ahead of Rotherham he talked about wanting to add quality to the starting 11, and not add numbers to the squad.
We need 3 new decent additions if we want to get into the play offs. What we have is not strong enough and injuries like earlier in the season will ruin us.
Have been told this evening that Edun is off to Posh.
Would be an interesting one , they signed Rio Adebasi from Crewe and Jack Sparkes from Pompey in the summer as left backs. Adebasi has been injured though.
Have been told this evening that Edun is off to Posh.
Would be an interesting one , they signed Rio Adebasi from Crewe and Jack Sparkes from Pompey in the summer as left backs. Adebasi has been injured though.
Sparkes is "one of the worst players" they've ever had according to a few at work lol.
If agents are getting in touch about, say, a midfielder to us on loan, I would ask them to itemise each midfielder we already have at the club, and how their guy is better. I think that would be one way of detecting agent bullshit.
Have been told this evening that Edun is off to Posh.
Would be an interesting one , they signed Rio Adebasi from Crewe and Jack Sparkes from Pompey in the summer as left backs. Adebasi has been injured though.
Sparkes is "one of the worst players" they've ever had according to a few at work lol.
Yeah struck me as a bit of a panic " who can we get in now our first choice is injured " signing. Was surprised when Pompey signed him in the first place.
So I'd assume they want Edun as a fullback on that basis.
I'm sure back in August iwhen some of us stated that our transfer dealings were a bit short we were told to wait to see where we were at xmas & that we could always strengthen in January.
Now January is here we get told that the January window isn't the best time to be signing players & its more of the case of getting rid of dead wood.
Same old same old as usual. Teams around us who are serious about promotion are strengthening whilst once again we miss out on players that are better than what we have.
Said it before.....play offs are a pipe dream with this squad. A 10th place finish is about the best we'll do I'm afraid.
NJ said today we'd only sign someone who would significantly improve us. That's probably beyond our budget but we'll see.
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The other.......?
So simple. No more excuses.
Would be an interesting one , they signed Rio Adebasi from Crewe and Jack Sparkes from Pompey in the summer as left backs. Adebasi has been injured though.
Yeah struck me as a bit of a panic " who can we get in now our first choice is injured " signing. Was surprised when Pompey signed him in the first place.
So I'd assume they want Edun as a fullback on that basis.
Seem to have had too many of those in recent seasons.