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Alfie May- Progress at Birmingham

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  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,788
    edited September 2024
    KingKinsella said:
    Sub yesterday.
    Has still scored more than our strikers combined. He probably asked for a rest so they can catch up. 
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,913
    Would he have made a difference yesterday had he been up front for us? The way we just lumped it forward suggests not, but at least we would have known that we had the potential to score, which didnt really exist until Aneke came on.
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,252
    SporadicAddick said:
    Would he have made a difference yesterday had he been up front for us? The way we just lumped it forward suggests not, but at least we would have known that we had the potential to score, which didnt really exist until Aneke came on.
    Probably... we played like that all year last year and he got 23 goals
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,858
    On the bench again today
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,502
    At  his age with the career he's had I don't think it's unfair to say he didn't go there purely for football reasons.
    Good luck to him
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,891
    carly burn said:
    At  his age with the career he's had I don't think it's unfair to say he didn't go there purely for football reasons.
    Good luck to him
    Schools are pretty good up there I've heard
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,236
    A second consecutive team that has decided his goals don't outweigh the rest of his game. It's interesting because you'd never accuse Alfie of being lazy or not trying to contribute to the team. I think the problem is ultimately Alfie plays the way Alfie plays and he isn't particularly interested in changing, which means if you want a striker with a different profile Alfie won't become that for you. Dykes is there to hold the ball up and play in Stansfield because he's the golden £20m striker and Alfie will be there for goals in games that need them or if Stansfield gets injured. Sucks for Alfie but at least they're paying him to be there.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,506
    edited September 2024
    He could end up not playing again for the rest of the season and there's still a chance he still ends up with more goals than Ahedme. 
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,566
    Looks like they need him today though - 0-2 down. 
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,220
    ForeverAddickted said:
    carly burn said:
    At  his age with the career he's had I don't think it's unfair to say he didn't go there purely for football reasons.
    Good luck to him
    Schools are pretty good up there I've heard

    And the neighbours.

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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,858
    edited September 2024
    Wrong thread lol
  • EveshamAddick
    EveshamAddick Posts: 7,032
    Came on second half. Bham won 3-2. Still, I don’t think he expected to go there and spend most of the game on the bench. Odd one.
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,416
    edited September 2024
    Garrymanilow said:
    A second consecutive team that has decided his goals don't outweigh the rest of his game.
    On all available evidence I can't agree that's an accurate description of what has happened to May at Brum.

    They brought in another striker, who's similar in style to May, but is far better and who's fee smashed L1 records.

    Should Stansfield pick up an injury then May would be playing. 
  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 10,729
    Not a bad back up to have if Stansfield does pick up an injury ay.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    It is fucking ridiculous thar a team can afford to buy the highest goalscorer in the league and not play him. Football has been fucked for a while but its infected the whole pyramid.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,933
    edited September 2024
    We didn't need to sell him, personality clashed and here we are. Should have benches him like brum amd had the option of bringing on one of the best strikers in the league. Even if it was money we should have kept him until January.

    Signed a contract so honour it.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,534
    shine166 said:
    We didn't need to sell him, personality clashed and here we are. Should have benches him like brum amd had the option of bringing on one of the best strikers in the league. Even if it was money we should have kept him until January.

    Signed a contract so honour it.
    You're missing out the fact he apparently wanted to go north because of his Mrs.  Pretty sure benching him wouldn't have helped to situation
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,933
    edited September 2024
    Gribbo said:
    shine166 said:
    We didn't need to sell him, personality clashed and here we are. Should have benches him like brum amd had the option of bringing on one of the best strikers in the league. Even if it was money we should have kept him until January.

    Signed a contract so honour it.
    You're missing out the fact he apparently wanted to go north because of his Mrs.  Pretty sure benching him wouldn't have helped to situation
    Tough, play the contract you signed and if you don't want to extend next summer go on a free, promotion is worth more than that mil. Might aswell Just have 1 yr rolling contracts all round, ridiculous situation we've ended up in.

  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,187
    edited September 2024
    Gribbo said:
    shine166 said:
    We didn't need to sell him, personality clashed and here we are. Should have benches him like brum amd had the option of bringing on one of the best strikers in the league. Even if it was money we should have kept him until January.

    Signed a contract so honour it.
    You're missing out the fact he apparently wanted to go north because of his Mrs.  Pretty sure benching him wouldn't have helped to situation
    No but if the new manager doesnt appear to rate you despite you at one stage having more goals than Haarland , that might affect the career-family equation in your head.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,117
    EveshamAddick said:
    Came on second half. Bham won 3-2. Still, I don’t think he expected to go there and spend most of the game on the bench. Odd one.
    They did buy a striker for 10m+ so i'm sure that May nor anybody else expected that.

    In fairness quite a lot of Birmingham fans were commenting on twitter that he should be starting. But it's a long season and i'm sure he'll get his fair share of starts.

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  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,674
    Get him back on loan in January!
  • Nicholas
    Nicholas Posts: 7,642
    Jones won’t have him as he wants everyone to love him and not a good striker like may. Tossers like him don’t  like players who are liked by fans more then they are 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,788
    Still has more goals than our strikers combined. 
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,220
    shine166 said:
    We didn't need to sell him, personality clashed and here we are. Should have benches him like brum amd had the option of bringing on one of the best strikers in the league. Even if it was money we should have kept him until January.

    Signed a contract so honour it.
    Officials from the club have been quoted as saying the club wanted him out. 
    The club are at fault here and not May.

  • Braziliance
    Braziliance Posts: 8,407
    Just shows the levels. Our best player, and who would still be our best player, has been bought by them just because they can. We should have held out for more.

    People mock the Birgmingham situation, and Wrexhams. But I'd love to have owners like either of them, especially Birmingham. Proper ambitious owners. I don't know anything about ours, except Methven who is the biggest mouth piece who wasn't even meant to be originally.

    Complete worlds apart. 
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,401
    I don't wish we had owners like Birmingham do. I wish no League One club had owners like that. Football has been seized by Yank capital and it fucking sucks 
  • Braziliance
    Braziliance Posts: 8,407
    edited September 2024
    Leuth said:
    I don't wish we had owners like Birmingham do. I wish no League One club had owners like that. Football has been seized by Yank capital and it fucking sucks 
    I really don't care where the owners are from as long as they aren't scumbags. Any owner, that wants to see Charlton progress, and is willing to spend money doing so, is who I want at Charlton.

    We will be left behind otherwise. We can't carry on like this in the current climate of football. 

    In an ideal world, I agree, the way football is now isn't ideal, but I want to watch my team do well, if that means some rich bloke cash funds it, so be it. Better to be that than watch Steveange be a better footballing side. 
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,229
    Well our Yank capital is duller than the dullest dullard from dullardsville Arizona 
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,401
    oohaahmortimer said:
    Well our Yank capital is duller than the dullest dullard from dullardsville Arizona 
    You're right actually. Our Yank Capital Is Duller (And Therefore Less Morally Corrupt) Than Yours

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