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Eoghan O'Connell - Sep 2025: Wrexham contract cancelled by mutual consent (p11)

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  • Pavoren007
    Pavoren007 Posts: 2,529
    Welcome news and with the mini WC break in fixtures may not miss more than a sending off period of games. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,794
    edited December 2022
    What happened to his injury only being weeks rather than months? We are at six weeks and counting…

    League record with him: played 17, lost 4

    League record without: played 4, lost 3
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,076
    Hope he is back soon. Lavelle and Innis for me is right up there with worst centre back pairings we've had and I remember Dailly and Doherty 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,794
    edited January 2023
    Training with the group for the past couple of days

    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/boss-gives-injury-update-ahead-lincoln-city
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Callumcafc said:
    Training with the group for the past couple of days

    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/boss-gives-injury-update-ahead-lincoln-city
    Probably kills the need to get a center half in.  Unless we can get a really good one.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,460
    Notice we have U21 games on the 9th | 17th this month - Hopefully we can get him involved in one or two of them
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Callumcafc said:
    Training with the group for the past couple of days

    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/boss-gives-injury-update-ahead-lincoln-city
    Probably kills the need to get a center half in.  Unless we can get a really good one.
    I still think we need one (if we can buy one for next season rather than a stop gap). But it would be contingent on Lavelle leaving. 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    cafcfan1990 said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Callumcafc said:
    Training with the group for the past couple of days

    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/boss-gives-injury-update-ahead-lincoln-city
    Probably kills the need to get a center half in.  Unless we can get a really good one.
    I still think we need one (if we can buy one for next season rather than a stop gap). But it would be contingent on Lavelle leaving. 
    Of course we need at least 2 in the summer, but have needed more than one for the last 4 windows.  O'Connell, Innis, Ness and Thomas should be enough to get us through now though.
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,359
    It's baffling that we haven't been using these games to improve our senior players fitness until now
  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,286
    good news if he'll be available again soon. 

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  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Cafc43v3r said:
    cafcfan1990 said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Callumcafc said:
    Training with the group for the past couple of days

    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/boss-gives-injury-update-ahead-lincoln-city
    Probably kills the need to get a center half in.  Unless we can get a really good one.
    I still think we need one (if we can buy one for next season rather than a stop gap). But it would be contingent on Lavelle leaving. 
    Of course we need at least 2 in the summer, but have needed more than one for the last 4 windows.  O'Connell, Innis, Ness and Thomas should be enough to get us through now though.
    Agreed but be nice if we can get one in now. Should just be alright but realistically we have no idea how Thomas and Ness will do. 
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Chunes said:
    It's baffling that we haven't been using these games to improve our senior players fitness until now
    Spot on, proper bizarre and that’s been the case for some time. 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Chunes said:
    It's baffling that we haven't been using these games to improve our senior players fitness until now
    It's been quite frankly outrageous.  I really can't understand why.  Last season Albie Morgan didn't play a game at all for 3 months.

    It's a win win because Deji and Mitchell would have learnt a lot playing with Thomas yesterday.

    If the u21s play early in the week and we have no midweek game we should play as many as possible that didn't get minutes at the weekend.  I just don't get it all.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,891
    And the kids benefit from having senior pros alongside them too
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,957
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Chunes said:
    It's baffling that we haven't been using these games to improve our senior players fitness until now
    It's been quite frankly outrageous.  I really can't understand why.  Last season Albie Morgan didn't play a game at all for 3 months.

    It's a win win because Deji and Mitchell would have learnt a lot playing with Thomas yesterday.

    If the u21s play early in the week and we have no midweek game we should play as many as possible that didn't get minutes at the weekend.  I just don't get it all.
    I agree with you - but on the other hand, I would guess that in U21 games it's also important for a Development youngster to get their games in also.

    For each senior player in the U21 lineup, there's an U21 player who doesn't get a game - and also perhaps in successive games if his position is regularly filled by a senior needing match practice.

    It is a Development team playing in a Development league, rather than the old style Reserve team where 
    Seniors could build match practice and the youngsters gained valuable experience alongside them.






  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Oggy Red said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Chunes said:
    It's baffling that we haven't been using these games to improve our senior players fitness until now
    It's been quite frankly outrageous.  I really can't understand why.  Last season Albie Morgan didn't play a game at all for 3 months.

    It's a win win because Deji and Mitchell would have learnt a lot playing with Thomas yesterday.

    If the u21s play early in the week and we have no midweek game we should play as many as possible that didn't get minutes at the weekend.  I just don't get it all.
    I agree with you - but on the other hand, I would guess that in U21 games it's also important for a Development youngster to get their games in also.

    For each senior player in the U21 lineup, there's an U21 player who doesn't get a game - and also perhaps in successive games if his position is regularly filled by a senior needing match practice.

    It is a Development team playing in a Development league, rather than the old style Reserve team where 
    Seniors could build match practice and the youngsters gained valuable experience alongside them.






    But for the last 2 or 3 seasons we haven't really had many u21s.  Most of our u21 teams have been made up of u18s.

    You can only play 3 overaged outfield players anyway so I think that's a consideration but not a reason to not do it at all.  I think JFC played one u23 game, I remember Lavelle and Morgan playing one or two each.  If a player hasn't played, for what ever reason, for months it's not fair to chuck them straight back into the first team.  Probably doesn't help the injury situation either.
  • mendonca
    mendonca Posts: 9,408
    It's not baffling. It's an inherent part of our constant 'unlucky' run with injuries, each season.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,794
    Pleased to see him get a few minutes right at the end.
  • DyerConsequences
    DyerConsequences Posts: 2,631
    Had his contract at Wrexham cancelled by mutual consent.

    Wrexham seem to have mutually terminated quite a few contracts this summer. Looks like they couldn't get a fee for the players so rather than be stuck with them they've cut their losses and agreed to pay them off to get rid of them.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,632
    I’d imagine he’ll find a league one club pretty easily.

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  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,282
    You have to do that before the window closes don't you or he can't join another club till the next window? I assume they did.
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    Athletico Charlton said:
    You have to do that before the window closes don't you or he can't join another club till the next window? I assume they did.
    Surely you can't cancel a contract of a player and they can't work for 4 months?!
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,885
    He can sign for a club but not play. Although what L1 or L2 would do that. 

    Unless he agreed to have his contract terminated before the deadline but has since been agreeing terms. Not sure if that’s possible though
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,410
    He would now be a free agent (not under contract to a club), so he can join a new club anytime. 
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,966
    Valiantphil said:
    He would now be a free agent (not under contract to a club), so he can join a new club anytime. 
    Not if he was released after the deadline.

    It stops clubs effectively agreeing transfers by any other name outside of the window.
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,178
    Considering he left us within about a month of it becoming clear the new manager didn't see him as a starting centre back I get the feeling he just really, really hates not playing. Not a horrible trait to be honest
  • AberystwythAddick
    AberystwythAddick Posts: 913
    Because it was part of that dark period for us I still can’t remember if he was actually any good 
  • AberystwythAddick
    AberystwythAddick Posts: 913
    Also he must have something lined up as there’s no way a professional football is just going to leave a contract without a new team. Additionally a team is not going to sign someone who can’t play until January especially with limited league 1/2 budgets 
  • superclive98
    superclive98 Posts: 4,782
    Always thought that he was very average for us and nothing that I've seen of him at Wrexham has changed that opinion.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,813
    He's hardly been left by the side of the road with his sandwiches wrapped in a map. He's got enough cash from the termination probably not to have to worry about playing for a while, so a few months till January is hardly going to have him down the foodbank 

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