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January Transfer Window (rumours + actuals)
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It's not that bad all we need to be competitive is -KiwiValley said:
We’re crying full stoplolwray said:We are crying out for a keeper- A first choice goalkeeper
- A new RB
- A first choice CB
- 2 Wingers with pace
- And a smattering of squad players like powell had
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Anyone know if Reid is any good. Saw a few clips of him and he looked decent but obvs very young for a keeper.0
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I was surprised he didn't get a game against Bromley.Athletico Charlton said:Anyone know if Reid is any good. Saw a few clips of him and he looked decent but obvs very young for a keeper.0 -
Someone on here mentioned Darcy before the game so I kept an eye on him, had a very good game, just what we need.ct_addick said:Crawley #10 Ronan Darcy was a tidy player......he has what we dont have....pace and bags of skill can beat players and put a good cross in......2 -
I really wouldn’t judge players by how they played against us.27
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A couple of interesting punts for the future (just my thoughts, no links);
Mitchell May at Sittingbourne scores some technically excellent goals.
Tony Varjund, very tall, Estonian, 17 yr old striker.0 -
JustFloydRoad said:
Extract from that link reads:-
'Kellyman joined the Blues from Aston Villa for £19 million during the summer, although his progress has been hindered by hamstring injuries so far this season'.
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Sounds perfect for us; expensive and sick note - sign him upiaitch said:JustFloydRoad said:
Extract from that link reads:-
'Kellyman joined the Blues from Aston Villa for £19 million during the summer, although his progress has been hindered by hamstring injuries so far this season'.8 -
Jones will surely be preparing to strengthen his squad during the January transfer window, and he should consider raising the level of the team by bringing one or two Premier League youngsters to the club on a temporary basis.iaitch said:JustFloydRoad said:
Extract from that link reads:-
'Kellyman joined the Blues from Aston Villa for £19 million during the summer, although his progress has been hindered by hamstring injuries so far this season'.
Chelsea could be encouraged by the prospect of sending one of their young talents to SE7 based on the fact that it has worked for them in the past.*
Charlton will need to be ambitious if they want to suitably bolster their squad and turn their season around.
The Addicks have lacked enough quality and creativity from midfield in many of their games this season, and with the majority of their defeats having been settled by a one-goal margin.
I wasn't trying to talking about that particular player it is these points I feel Charlton should address in the next window.
*- this is more Chelsea related than a Premier League Club0 - Sponsored links:
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Kellyman broke through into Aston Villa's first team last season at a time when they were absolutely flying in the champions league places.
Based on that i'd say he's probably a level above league one and if Chelsea do loan him it'll be to a promotion chasing championship side. It certainly isn't going to be a struggling league one team.5 -
Varjund is only 17 I think so probably not what we need right now sadly. But at 6'4" he's certainly going to be a presence and has been somewhat prolific at youth level. The kind of player we would go for if we were forward thinking and had a bit of money to invest.
There was another Estonian I suggested in the summer called Egert Ounapuu - he's 19 but didn't have a great season in first team football after also being prolific in younger age groups too
Not sure if it's the standard of coaching that affects players moving in to men's football or if they are just a flat-track bully at youth level and that doesn't translate in men's football so they need to make adjustments to their games (which again points towards coaching being essential)
Either way I can't see these sorts of "punts" being on our hitlist.
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Think we have taken relative punts in the summer and now is more a time for "sure things". Fear we will hear the usual "we need outs before ins" and then any targets get snapped up and we end up with another Allan Campbell on loan0
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Probably more about our scouting and recruitment set up, but there’s a logic to not bringing in more teenagers on top of all the academy players we already have in the first team squad.Swisdom said:Varjund is only 17 I think so probably not what we need right now sadly. But at 6'4" he's certainly going to be a presence and has been somewhat prolific at youth level. The kind of player we would go for if we were forward thinking and had a bit of money to invest.
There was another Estonian I suggested in the summer called Egert Ounapuu - he's 19 but didn't have a great season in first team football after also being prolific in younger age groups too
Not sure if it's the standard of coaching that affects players moving in to men's football or if they are just a flat-track bully at youth level and that doesn't translate in men's football so they need to make adjustments to their games (which again points towards coaching being essential)
Either way I can't see these sorts of "punts" being on our hitlist.0 -
Swisdom said:Varjund is only 17 I think so probably not what we need right now sadly. But at 6'4" he's certainly going to be a presence and has been somewhat prolific at youth level. The kind of player we would go for if we were forward thinking and had a bit of money to invest.
There was another Estonian I suggested in the summer called Egert Ounapuu - he's 19 but didn't have a great season in first team football after also being prolific in younger age groups too
Not sure if it's the standard of coaching that affects players moving in to men's football or if they are just a flat-track bully at youth level and that doesn't translate in men's football so they need to make adjustments to their games (which again points towards coaching being essential)
Either way I can't see these sorts of "punts" being on our hitlist.
Agree that they are not what we need right now but if the owners are in it for the long term and our many football focussed SMT members are doing their jobs properly they should still be looking for cheap punts/jems of the future.
Sadly, I think you are right that these sorts of players won't be on our hit list.1 -
I noticed on LinkedIn that one of our new Player ID analysts joined from Lincoln in the summer.Lincoln have been known to recruit from the Irish league and Scandinavia in recent times. Sorensen and Montsma come to mind.
I wonder if we might see some surprises from those leagues come in during the window.10 -
Ramsay and Small fit that description and to some extent, Edwards does tooAthletico Charlton said:Swisdom said:Varjund is only 17 I think so probably not what we need right now sadly. But at 6'4" he's certainly going to be a presence and has been somewhat prolific at youth level. The kind of player we would go for if we were forward thinking and had a bit of money to invest.
There was another Estonian I suggested in the summer called Egert Ounapuu - he's 19 but didn't have a great season in first team football after also being prolific in younger age groups too
Not sure if it's the standard of coaching that affects players moving in to men's football or if they are just a flat-track bully at youth level and that doesn't translate in men's football so they need to make adjustments to their games (which again points towards coaching being essential)
Either way I can't see these sorts of "punts" being on our hitlist.
Agree that they are not what we need right now but if the owners are in it for the long term and our many football focussed SMT members are doing their jobs properly they should still be looking for cheap punts/jems of the future.
Sadly, I think you are right that these sorts of players won't be on our hit list.3 -
And Dixon too of course1
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I've always been very anti loan players a bit like Jones. But after this start it is very clear that getting at least a couple of good loans is critical3
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Unfortunately I’d imagine PL clubs will be reluctant to loan their best players out to a club who have been playing route one.Pelling1993 said:I've always been very anti loan players a bit like Jones. But after this start it is very clear that getting at least a couple of good loans is critical6 - Sponsored links:
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Not another Allan Campbell !!! We've had 2 already !fenaddick said:Think we have taken relative punts in the summer and now is more a time for "sure things". Fear we will hear the usual "we need outs before ins" and then any targets get snapped up and we end up with another Allan Campbell on loan0 -
Can't get excited over possible signings. We need to gut 75% of this squad and management team. No premier league loan signings will make a blind bit of difference until this is done.2
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Think with our inflated squad size it is definitely going to be a “need to move a few on” window rather than us strengthening with the 3 or 4 key players we probably need
Our season is probably over so that’s probably the right approach, although I’m sure it won’t be popular, but trying to make that many key signings is January is a recipe for disaster as we found last season6 -
We will hear it because it's probably true if we're to play by the rules.fenaddick said:Think we have taken relative punts in the summer and now is more a time for "sure things". Fear we will hear the usual "we need outs before ins" and then any targets get snapped up and we end up with another Allan Campbell on loan0 -
Can't wait to hear about how close we got to signing big players cause we're an ambitious football club and then ending up with 2 players who make absolutely no difference to the ability of the existing squad1
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Welcome to Charlton, Collin Aarons from Bristol Manor Farm FC!YannTheMann said:Can't wait to hear about how close we got to signing big players cause we're an ambitious football club and then ending up with 2 players who make absolutely no difference to the ability of the existing squad3 -
Will we even be able to terminate the loan of Allan Campbell? Isn't it a season long loan so we're stuck with him regardless?
Other outs I'd expect Edun to be the only other potential one bar a couple of younger players like Mbick or Casey going on loan once fit.0 -
Depends on the conditions of the loan I guessMarcusH26 said:Will we even be able to terminate the loan of Allan Campbell? Isn't it a season long loan so we're stuck with him regardless?
Other outs I'd expect Edun to be the only other potential one bar a couple of younger players like Mbick or Casey going on loan once fit.0 -
You do realise Nathan Jones is the manager right.fenaddick said:
Depends on the conditions of the loan I guessMarcusH26 said:Will we even be able to terminate the loan of Allan Campbell? Isn't it a season long loan so we're stuck with him regardless?
Other outs I'd expect Edun to be the only other potential one bar a couple of younger players like Mbick or Casey going on loan once fit.
Don't think he would see no reason to.1 -
At least ole Col will probably have been playing better football all season so might even pass and move until Nath stamps that out of himCallumcafc said:
Welcome to Charlton, Collin Aarons from Bristol Manor Farm FC!YannTheMann said:Can't wait to hear about how close we got to signing big players cause we're an ambitious football club and then ending up with 2 players who make absolutely no difference to the ability of the existing squad0
