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Macauley Gillesphey [Signed 1 year extension, pg 12]

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  • altrinchamaddick
    altrinchamaddick Posts: 935
    Outstanding today, my player of the match
  • RonnieMoore
    RonnieMoore Posts: 4,498
    altrinchamaddick said:
    Outstanding today, my player of the match

    With Jones missing a number of games I think POTY is a straight fight between Coventry and Gilly 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,377
    edited April 12
    RonnieMoore said:
    altrinchamaddick said:
    Outstanding today, my player of the match

    With Jones missing a number of games I think POTY is a straight fight between Coventry and Gilly 
    I’ll be surprised if Gillesphey makes the top 3. Its player of the season, not most improved since January.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,522
    edited April 12
    Just found out that friends of mine live next door to Wrexham goalie Okonkwe. Asked them to give him a bung to let a few in against us but then they said he had Ryan Reynolds to stay the other week so they didn’t think I could compete 🤔
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,806
    edited April 13
    Weegie Addick said:
    Just found out that friends of mine live next door to Wrexham goalie Okonkwe. Asked them to give him a bung to let a few in against us but then they said he had Ryan Reynolds to stay the other week so they didn’t think I could compete 🤔
    Thats interesting but i am struggling to see the link to Gillesphey
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    edited April 13
    Alwaysneil said:
    Weegie Addick said:
    Just found out that friends of mine live next door to Wrexham goalie Okonkwe. Asked them to give him a bung to let a few in against us but then they said he had Ryan Reynolds to stay the other week so they didn’t think I could compete 🤔
    Thats interesting but i am struggling to see the link to Gillesphey
    Okonkwe beat him to Fans Players of the Month... I posted him winning it on the last Page, and made a comment about him getting a Manager of the Month style jinx
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    https://x.com/FEFLOfficial/status/1918716088453410851
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,338
    msomerton said:
    Should not be near the first team.
    CAFCsayer said:
    As I said in the match thread, an English Miguel Llera, he is pony
    robroy said:
    I’m also of the opinion he is poor. 
    WoolwichBoy01 said:
    Another waste of space. Clubs must see us coming a mile off! "Cost us the game, but other than that - he was great!" Laughable. 
    Billy_Mix said:
    Halfwit donkey 
    ForeverAddickted said:
    He looks a cross between Franny Jeffers and Carl Jenkinson when out on the training pitch

  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,338
    thenewbie said:
    We've had players before who have stuck it out and turned things around but I genuinely can't think of many if any who have made such a big improvement in the course of a single season.

    It might be amusing to look back at some of the comments made about him earlier this season but he really WAS struggling and did not look like turning into the player we've seen since.
    I think it's a fantastic example of someone working hard and turning round his performances.  I am so chuffed for him.  
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  • BalladMan
    BalladMan Posts: 1,116
    Coaching / management should take some credit for his turnaround also. Obv saw something in his accuracy / free kick technique 
  • JohnnyJoeyDeeDee
    JohnnyJoeyDeeDee Posts: 1,040
    Earlier in the season it was fair to say that he was probably the weakest element in the defence. That didn’t make him a bad player it just meant in my opinion that he wasn’t as good as the others. In one of yesterday’s post match interviews NJ used the term ‘most improved player’ while recognising it was potentially backhanded praise. He often seemed to get blamed for defensive errors that were down to someone else. You’ve saved me trawling through this thread myself to find some of the more ludicrous assessments
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    Chizz said:
    msomerton said:
    Should not be near the first team.
    CAFCsayer said:
    As I said in the match thread, an English Miguel Llera, he is pony
    robroy said:
    I’m also of the opinion he is poor. 
    WoolwichBoy01 said:
    Another waste of space. Clubs must see us coming a mile off! "Cost us the game, but other than that - he was great!" Laughable. 
    Billy_Mix said:
    Halfwit donkey 
    ForeverAddickted said:
    He looks a cross between Franny Jeffers and Carl Jenkinson when out on the training pitch

    To be fair he still looks like a cross between Jeffers and Jenkinson :D
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,767
    edited May 26
    Has had a very Lawrie Wilson trajectory with us.

    If only his name fit into Winter Wonderland…
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,001
    Chizz said:
    thenewbie said:
    We've had players before who have stuck it out and turned things around but I genuinely can't think of many if any who have made such a big improvement in the course of a single season.

    It might be amusing to look back at some of the comments made about him earlier this season but he really WAS struggling and did not look like turning into the player we've seen since.
    I think it's a fantastic example of someone working hard and turning round his performances.  I am so chuffed for him.  
    Absolutely, I've no intention of downplaying his improvement or his hard work to make it happen - credit where due.

    But equally it's not like the criticism wasn't justified AT THE TIME. And I'm not going to pretend that back then I would ever have guessed that Gillesphey of all players would arguably be the MVP of our play off games overall.

    I was very wrong - but I'm very glad to be tucking into some humble pie on this one.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,271
    Seems like he's earned a nickname within the squad, TC refers to him as LJ a couple of times, and Leaburn tagged him as "my man John!" In a recent Instagram story, apparently they refer to him as Little John 
  • PhilFor54
    PhilFor54 Posts: 182
    He has become a rock in our defence. Absolutely incredible change from early season
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,224
    Chizz said:
    msomerton said:
    Should not be near the first team.
    CAFCsayer said:
    As I said in the match thread, an English Miguel Llera, he is pony
    robroy said:
    I’m also of the opinion he is poor. 
    WoolwichBoy01 said:
    Another waste of space. Clubs must see us coming a mile off! "Cost us the game, but other than that - he was great!" Laughable. 
    Billy_Mix said:
    Halfwit donkey 
    ForeverAddickted said:
    He looks a cross between Franny Jeffers and Carl Jenkinson when out on the training pitch

    Big slice of humble pie... he has been quality second half of the season
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 26,291
    sam3110 said:
    Seems like he's earned a nickname within the squad, TC refers to him as LJ a couple of times, and Leaburn tagged him as "my man John!" In a recent Instagram story, apparently they refer to him as Little John 
    If he's Little John, who's Robin Hood?
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  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,824
    Much more aggressive and positionally sound than when he arrived .  Well protected by Jones and Edwards, admittedly , but his transformation has been shown to watch.  Bravo, Macca .  
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited May 28
    When Lloyd was missing and both McIntyre and Mitchell looked shaky when playing alongside him, Macca was immense and to cap it off with a free kick goal at Wembley to put Charlton back in the Championship is what dreams are made of.

    Now my favourite Geordie if you can be called that when you are from Ashington 20 miles away. Probably not, as it would be like all Londoners being  called Cockneys.

    Ashington sporting heroes:
    Jackie Millburn
    Jimmy Adamson (Burnley captain)
    Bobby Charlton
    Jackie Charlton
    Steve Harmison
    Mark Wood
    Michael Oliver( Top Ref)

    Now add Macaulay Gillesphey 👏🏼
  • BigRedEvil
    BigRedEvil Posts: 11,071
    His goals this season were at really critical moments as well, his free kicks are deceiving as they are low don't look powerful enough but keepers struggle to get to them 
  • fenlandaddick
    fenlandaddick Posts: 1,770
    edited May 28
    Whatever the undisclosed fee, what a season he has had and what a top bloke. Another great character assembled by the recruitment team. Pretty sure he will never forget that goal, now part of Charlton history.
  • DessieValley
    DessieValley Posts: 340
    He seems such a relaxed and unassuming character. First half of the season I would always worry about the one mistake a game. Turn around has been amazing. To have turned it around and be a steady eddie would have been impressive- but he is so much more than that.

    For the championship, we have to remember Plymouth felt he was someone they don't need - but i think we are looking at a completely different player now how will hold is own.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,638
    https://x.com/nozza_/status/1927625163232710963?s=46&t=l3gVPecVjs4wU2WBKFZZyw
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  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 4,287
    DessieValley said:
    He seems such a relaxed and unassuming character. First half of the season I would always worry about the one mistake a game. Turn around has been amazing. To have turned it around and be a steady eddie would have been impressive- but he is so much more than that.

    For the championship, we have to remember Plymouth felt he was someone they don't need - but i think we are looking at a completely different player now how will hold is own.
    Plymouth also switched from playing a back 3 to a back 4 so one less centre back spot, and Gillesphey got injured. I think with the way he’s been playing for us recently he will make the step up this time 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,271
    Been given another year on his contract, a vote in confidence for him from our manager and coaching staff
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    edited July 4
    He'll start the season at the very least I reckon, and hope that he can stay there

    Nice we're focusing on renewing contracts for the current team though, and not just focusing on the incomings.

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