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highly doubtful, I think that ship has sailed.Swisdom said:I read reviews of Sheff Utd fans on JRS - they loved him at the start but he tailed off when he began to be double marked….
just like TC last year
so what will teams to when both are playing? There will be gaps to exploit. All we need now is someone who can pick the lock and find that space…step forward Mr Holsgrove?!?3 -
Salim Kerkar wasn't even that bad13
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Doesn't matter. Ouma will be the bollocksgringo said:
highly doubtful, I think that ship has passed.Swisdom said:I read reviews of Sheff Utd fans on JRS - they loved him at the start but he tailed off when he began to be double marked….
just like TC last year
so what will teams to when both are playing? There will be gaps to exploit. All we need now is someone who can pick the lock and find that space…step forward Mr Holsgrove?!?2 -
You are probably correct but I don’t think it’s 100%. Could easily be that given the choice Jones would rather keep Docherty than Costello, but realistically one of them has to leave and Docherty is the much more likely for us to be able to move on. He’s only got 1 year left and is probably on less money than Costello, and he had a good season last year, so finding him a new club is a lot easier than finding one for Costello where we’d probably have to eat a lot of the wages ourselveswmcf123 said:
Jones disagrees with you about JRC vs Docherty . If we shift Burke, he’d need to be replaced. I think we all agree that Bell and Ramsay would not be suited to playing centre back in a 4, which leaves us with Jones, Billy and Sichenje (totally unproven) who are if Burke goes .Swisdom said:JRC is not awful but he isn’t good enough for us at this level. I’d rather have Doc as the midfield backup for his leadership and mobility. Especially if Holsgrove suddenly comes a back to life we’ll need engines in the engine room and JRC runs like he’s carrying an engineKanu is on a really awkward situation. Unlikely to sign a new deal as he wants to play but needs L1 experience however there aren’t many that can afford a £1m punt on a young player who is a sniffer but doesn’t do a huge amount else for the team apart from run a lot. His basic technique is fairly limited but his finishing is superb. Maybe someone like Huddersfield splash a bit of cash on him but it’s a risk. Not sure Leicester would be good for his development but they may be able to afford him. Best bet is we get a smaller fee but have a large sell-on clause.
Kamikazi - forgotten man already. Doubt we’ll get much of a fee if he goes but so be it. He’s guff
Burke - if we need to thin the squad I’d be inclined to shift him if possible. Adequate defender but made of glass.0 -
As much as I agree with your post in every aspect do we really think that Holsgrove is still a serious proposition for us ? I know he hasn’t moved yet but I thought all the mood music was that we can now only expect a winger to sign.Swisdom said:I read reviews of Sheff Utd fans on JRS - they loved him at the start but he tailed off when he began to be double marked….
just like TC last year
so what will teams to when both are playing? There will be gaps to exploit. All we need now is someone who can pick the lock and find that space…step forward Mr Holsgrove?!?0 -
He was great in that 6-0 Barnsley gameDDOUBLEE said:Salim Kerkar wasn't even that bad1 -
Great news about TC. A rest this summer coupled with a season in the Championship and now a more attacking style of play have all helped him.
Has any Charlton player scored three better goals in consecutive games? Hard to remember one.
Hopefully he really kicks on now, with his mate JRS on the other wing.
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Unless he has already told us to "go boil our heads" I guess that Ramsay may be feeling a bit unloved at the moment?0
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Hmm twice now I’ve noticed you mention Holsgrove, is that just wishful thinking or a bit more to it?Swisdom said:I read reviews of Sheff Utd fans on JRS - they loved him at the start but he tailed off when he began to be double marked….
just like TC last year
so what will teams to when both are playing? There will be gaps to exploit. All we need now is someone who can pick the lock and find that space…step forward Mr Holsgrove?!?0 -
Garrymanilow said:
You're still a mile off. Just in the not so distant past we've had Yassin Moutaouakil, Lee Cook, Dean Sinclair, Izale McLeod, that version of Andy Gray, Matt Spring, Tresor Kandol, Keith Gillespie, Graeme Murty, Martin Cranie, Tom Soares, Salim Kerkar, Danny Seaborne, Eggert Jonsson, Abdul Razak, Simon Church, Loic Nego, Polish Pete, Reza, Yohann Thuram, Marcus Tudgay, Davide Petrucci, Franck Moussa, Oguchi Onyewu, Christophe Lepoint, George Tucudean, El-Hadji Ba, Christian Ceballos, Bergdich, Vaz Te, McAleny, Makienok, Rhys Williams, Yaya Sanogo, Hemed, Ledley, David Davis, Matt Smith, all at Championship level. And that's not even all the absolute creatures we've had to suffer at this level. JRC hasn't had a lot of opportunities and it doesn't look like he fits in that well with Jones' style but that performance against Coventry alone puts him ahead of the majority of these immediately. There's more to come from JRC, whether or not Jones can fully extract it I don't know, but my God. One of the worst? When Salim Kerkar exists? Behave.wolfgang said:
My first match at the Valley was August 31, 1957: Charlton Athletic 2–0 Grimsby Town. Leary scored both goals, one direct from a corner. I had watched them two or three times previously at Stamford Bridge with my Chelsea-supporting father and brother. I was the red sheep of the family.TellyTubby said:
FFS, Is this your first season watching Charlton?wolfgang said:
Chalobah is notoriously injury prone. if he were not, he would not be with us because he is real class.ns9 said:
Given our recent history of dreadful injury records and paper thin squads I think depth is always a big part of the puzzle, however in the position you reference we currently have Coventry, Chalobah, Ouma, Mwamba, Docherty and (if need be) JRC and even Carey who NJ I think ideally wants to play deeper. I’m not sure there’s space for much more realistically, even if one goes outwolfgang said:I will be pleased and relieved if JRS signs, as I think he will strengthen our first XI, and we are unlikely to sign anyone else as good at this late stage of the window. However, in an ideal world, I would rather we had signed, for a similar amount of money, Jordan Holsgrove, or someone of that ilk, as we will still be left with a paper-thin midfield that will look vulnerable if Chalobah is injured. And that was obviously NJ's strategy for the window, too.
On another matter, why has no report been posted of our u18's 3-1 win over Huddersfield on Saturday?
Ouma is a punt. He be wonderful or may be crap. We will not know until which months after the window closes.
Mwamba we have great hopes for, but has looked lost in his two cameos so far, so may take some months to be worth a place in the team.
Docherty, JRC and Carey are all crap and should be nowhere a Championship side. JRC is onw of the worst players I have ever seen in a Charlton shirt. He finds it hard to break into a slow trot. Maybe our best passer, but that is not enough.
Coventry has played really well this season. So much better without Docherty confusing him. But that is only three games. After three seasons of League One standard play, where he looked solid but unenterprising, I have yet to be convinced he will maintain his new level.
We need a rugged box-to-box MF in there who can defend when called on. Someone like George Dobson. I know we cannot sign him, because a section of posters throw temper tantrums at the thought of re-signing former players, but someone of that type. Sam Morsy would have been ideal. He left on a free.
When I wrote "one of the worst", I meant for the level we were playing at. We may have had worse in the lower divisions. Hard to compare. Charlie Kirk was worse, but I only said "one of the worst", not "the worst".
You are second to none on your research Garry, you have a nose for it !👏🏻
Some people count sheep when they want to get to sleep whereas you obviously count ex Charlton players, who when at Charlton Struggled.
George Tucudean was nearly a hero but not scoring against Millwall put him on the naughty step but he did improve after he left and 3 goals in 10 games for Romania highlighted his talent and he shouldn't be on that list despite his erratic 20 appearances for CAFC.
I saw both his 2 goals and he took them with aplomb.
George was in the form of his life when he had to quit at 29 because of a heart issue; his father quit at 27 with the same problem. Tucudean could be the richest footballer that ever played for CAFC as the family were estimated to be worth 100 million pounds.
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I just can't see the squad gymnastics being doable for another signing after JRS. No doubt we'll keep an eye on Holsgrove for Jan but can't see how it all works out in this window in terms of outs.8
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1 tied down and maybe 1 to sign this week! A couple shipped out the door too I reckon.0
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Don't forget though everyone, the owners are just looking to sell and aren't interested in developing us as a club.
They're just doing really really good things for the club, but never forget they don't give a shit.
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We knew for a long time that we were in for a CM and RW.
There seemed to be some interest in Holsgrove, but the noises coming out were that Holsgrove had no interest in coming here*.
We then ended up bringing in Chalobah and Ouma - one more CM than we originally intended to sign. All while we’re trying to ship players out because our squad is already too big.
Yet people keep raising the prospect of us still potentially being in for Holsgrove, a player who apparently doesn’t want to be here, as if it’s still a realistic possibility.
I just don’t get it.
*Bare in mind how Jones often talks about player profiles and there desire to be here when discussing our signings.
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I feel like the Ramsey situation will happen after the window closes. He might be waiting on offers from elsewhere… but I do believe he is happy here.fenaddick said:
Or he's still negotiating. Or all parties are waiting to see what happens with his injurygringo said:Unless he has already told us to "go boil our heads" I guess that Ramsay may be feeling a bit unloved at the moment?1 -
The reason he didn’t want to join is that he thought we’d be shit this season. If we win our first 3 games he might reconsiderFishCostaFortune said:We knew for a long time that we were in for a CM and RW.
There seemed to be some interest in Holsgrove, but the noises coming out were that Holsgrove had no interest in coming here*.
We then ended up bringing in Chalobah and Ouma - one more CM than we originally intended to sign. All while we’re trying to ship players out because our squad is already too big.
Yet people keep raising the prospect of us still potentially being in for Holsgrove, a player who apparently doesn’t want to be here, as if it’s still a realistic possibility.
I just don’t get it.
*Bear in mind how Jones often talks about player profiles and there desire to be here when discussing our signings.
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I think the excellent start this year of our spanner friend will have some influence maybe too? Ramsay for me is no longer a no brainer in the team. Will he factor that in to his thinking?SEaddick92 said:
I feel like the Ramsey situation will happen after the window closes. He might be waiting on offers from elsewhere… but I do believe he is happy here.fenaddick said:
Or he's still negotiating. Or all parties are waiting to see what happens with his injurygringo said:Unless he has already told us to "go boil our heads" I guess that Ramsay may be feeling a bit unloved at the moment?2 -
Probably too late for him though. We brought in two new CM's and are unlikely to want to be intergrating a third into the systemNabySarr said:
The reason he didn’t want to join is that he thought we’d be shit this season. If we win our first 3 games he might reconsiderFishCostaFortune said:We knew for a long time that we were in for a CM and RW.
There seemed to be some interest in Holsgrove, but the noises coming out were that Holsgrove had no interest in coming here*.
We then ended up bringing in Chalobah and Ouma - one more CM than we originally intended to sign. All while we’re trying to ship players out because our squad is already too big.
Yet people keep raising the prospect of us still potentially being in for Holsgrove, a player who apparently doesn’t want to be here, as if it’s still a realistic possibility.
I just don’t get it.
*Bear in mind how Jones often talks about player profiles and there desire to be here when discussing our signings.
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Cawley exact words: that might not be the end of the positivity this week! Assume he’s referring to JRS!11
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JRS a loan?.0
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Biggest and Best signing of the window. Could not be more chuffed if I tried.
The improvement in the level of our team will mean they won’t be able to double up on him, and now playing in his best position he will have a major impact this season I am sure.
Such a total professional player, and a smile that lights up the darkest of places.
Just fantastic news.11 -
Beating Spurs would be another positive this weekRedRobin said:Cawley exact words: that might not be the end of the positivity this week! Assume he’s referring to JRS!
as would beating Preston2 -
There’s a familiar face visiting Sparrows Lane at the moment. Not sure he’ll still be classed as a visitor by the time he leaves……he hates Palace!
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I’ll be gutted if it’s a loan over permanent. We need the security of having him long term not the worry of him being whisked off by a bigger club if he has a good season. In any case I can’t believe would be a loan.TobyCAFC said:
Would be stupid from a palarse POV but for us it would be great...Cafc451 said:JRS a loan?.4 -
I mean Wrexham already did itCafc451 said:JRS a loan?.0 -
That's it I just spaffedstjohnshill said:There’s a familiar face visiting Sparrows Lane at the moment. Not sure he’ll still be classed as a visitor by the time he leaves……he hates Palace!
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OH YESstjohnshill said:There’s a familiar face visiting Sparrows Lane at the moment. Not sure he’ll still be classed as a visitor by the time he leaves……he hates Palace!
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