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Nathaniel Chalobah signs a one year deal

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  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 23,433
    Club have put out a video off all three goals from pitch on socials. Two things stood out to me, the casualness of his assist for Carey and how well liked he already seems by the group 
  • FishCostaFortune
    FishCostaFortune Posts: 11,768
    fenaddick said:
    Club have put out a video off all three goals from pitch on socials. Two things stood out to me, the casualness of his assist for Carey and how well liked he already seems by the group 
    I get very wholesome dad vibes from him. 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 48,675
    Best debut in recent years. Looked a class above.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 51,748
    Best debut in recent years. Looked a class above.
    Truth is he is a class above. A fit Chalobah will be one of the best players in The Championship. I think we deserve a bit of luck with injuries so here’s hoping.
  • jose
    jose Posts: 1,989
    Fitness, availability, fitness, availability.
    It boils down to that.
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 6,709
    As others have noted he looks like a great influence on the squad as well. His game speaks for itself but also he could be a massive influence on the development of Fullah & Mwamba

    it was funny watching on TV yesterday I’m not sure if I imagined it or not but I’m sure there was an audible gasp from the crowd when he controlled a ball that came down from the clouds 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,968
    AndyG said:
    As others have noted he looks like a great influence on the squad as well. His game speaks for itself but also he could be a massive influence on the development of Fullah & Mwamba

    it was funny watching on TV yesterday I’m not sure if I imagined it or not but I’m sure there was an audible gasp from the crowd when he controlled a ball that came down from the clouds 
    I think this was the moment the commentator said "even the Cheltenham fans are applauding Chalobah"
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,998
    Yep there was, top tekkers 👌
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 13,677
    sam3110 said:
    AndyG said:
    As others have noted he looks like a great influence on the squad as well. His game speaks for itself but also he could be a massive influence on the development of Fullah & Mwamba

    it was funny watching on TV yesterday I’m not sure if I imagined it or not but I’m sure there was an audible gasp from the crowd when he controlled a ball that came down from the clouds 
    I think this was the moment the commentator said "even the Chelt-ern-erm fans are applauding Chalobah"

  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 13,677
    We definitely need two more CMs as to get as much out of him as possible we need to be planning on rotating him for half the games…. Get 20-25 games out of him this season and we will have done well.

    i would like us to get a group of:

    - Ouma
    - Chalobah (50pc games target)
    - Coventry 
    - New (Holsgrove or similar)
    - Mwamba …. The young option to ease in and if Chalobahs fitness is better than expected maybe a loan from Jan.

    Exits for Doc and JRC

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  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 39,582
    We definitely need two more CMs as to get as much out of him as possible we need to be planning on rotating him for half the games…. Get 20-25 games out of him this season and we will have done well.

    i would like us to get a group of:

    - Ouma
    - Chalobah (50pc games target)
    - Coventry 
    - New (Holsgrove or similar)
    - Mwamba …. The young option to ease in and if Chalobahs fitness is better than expected maybe a loan from Jan.

    Exits for Doc and JRC
    I'd always want five options there with three likely to start and benches of 9. Agree with that aim but I think it might take another window or 2 to get there, depending how the season plays out in terms of injuries and form.
  • DDOUBLEE
    DDOUBLEE Posts: 2,845
    We won't sell two CMs. Not a chance.
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 13,677
    Scoham said:
    We definitely need two more CMs as to get as much out of him as possible we need to be planning on rotating him for half the games…. Get 20-25 games out of him this season and we will have done well.

    i would like us to get a group of:

    - Ouma
    - Chalobah (50pc games target)
    - Coventry 
    - New (Holsgrove or similar)
    - Mwamba …. The young option to ease in and if Chalobahs fitness is better than expected maybe a loan from Jan.

    Exits for Doc and JRC
    I'd always want five options there with three likely to start and benches of 9. Agree with that aim but I think it might take another window or 2 to get there, depending how the season plays out in terms of injuries and form.
    In that case Doc stays on for a bit and JRC exits….. can’t see the role for him. An odd signing
  • SteveACS
    SteveACS Posts: 758
    Scoham said:
    We definitely need two more CMs as to get as much out of him as possible we need to be planning on rotating him for half the games…. Get 20-25 games out of him this season and we will have done well.

    i would like us to get a group of:

    - Ouma
    - Chalobah (50pc games target)
    - Coventry 
    - New (Holsgrove or similar)
    - Mwamba …. The young option to ease in and if Chalobahs fitness is better than expected maybe a loan from Jan.

    Exits for Doc and JRC
    I'd always want five options there with three likely to start and benches of 9. Agree with that aim but I think it might take another window or 2 to get there, depending how the season plays out in terms of injuries and form.
    In that case Doc stays on for a bit and JRC exits….. can’t see the role for him. An odd signing
    To be fair, a fitness test in a gym is looking for mechanical problems. (Bad knees, hips, back etc.)

    Not that the player is running in treacle, and blowing out his ar5e after 60 minutes...
  • Bod
    Bod Posts: 410
    A class act.
  • Hopefully Jones will use him sparingly - so maybe if we have 3 games in a week he misses the midweek one.

    Overplaying Bell early in the season caused him to break down sooner than we would have wanted.last year.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 18,880
    Hopefully Jones will use him sparingly - so maybe if we have 3 games in a week he misses the midweek one.

    Overplaying Bell early in the season caused him to break down sooner than we would have wanted.last year.
    Overplaying Bell was because of a lack of depth in those positions. 3 players for 2 positions with Edwards first choice LWB, Bell first choice LCB and cover for LWB and Gilly cover for LCB. 

    As soon as Josh went down injured we had no option but to play Bell every game which basically guaranteed he went down and then we were left with all sorts of filling in situations and Gillys weaknesses exposed.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 24,845
    DDOUBLEE said:
    We won't sell two CMs. Not a chance.
    Unless we bring two more in
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,947
    He's off to a very good start
  • EugenesAxe
    EugenesAxe Posts: 5,558
    I think he could give TC the on pitch encouragement he needs, was definitely there after he scored, could be a really good influence on him.

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  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 17,788
    Chalobah was the one who got TC to smile
  • Addicksi
    Addicksi Posts: 426
    I get the feeling the more this guy plays the better those around him will. 
    That said we now need to build an oxygen filled cotton lined sarcophagus to keep him in between games..
  • crookester
    crookester Posts: 1,687



    Absolutely love this!
  • YTS1978
    YTS1978 Posts: 1,862
    Sonny looks like he feels a bit left out though!
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 37,948
    He looked very good yesterday although you obviously have to take the level of the opposition into consideration.

    As the saying goes though the best ability is availability, and he's only played 29 league games in the last two seasons. If we can get 30 games from him this season i think we'll be doing well. Fingers crossed, as he's clearly a very good player.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 51,748
    Anybody know exactly what injuries Chalobah has had to limit his availability. Is it a recurring thing or just a whole raft of niggles, strains and pulls ?
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 101,734
    Anybody know exactly what injuries Chalobah has had to limit his availability. Is it a recurring thing or just a whole raft of niggles, strains and pulls ?

  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 6,709
    Anybody know exactly what injuries Chalobah has had to limit his availability. Is it a recurring thing or just a whole raft of niggles, strains and pulls ?

    he needs to man up a bit  !!!

    Did Doc play with a broken leg last season ?


    Joking by the way 
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 9,179
    He knows his way around the treatment table that’s for sure although noticeable nothing substantial since 2021 so maybe he’s ‘through the worst’ 🤞