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charltonbob

He's only 20 & has had half a season playing Div 1 footie with oldham, his time will come & can always "gain" upper body strength. Leave him in the gym for 6 months & get a loan in

000__Jaaaaay__000

Conor henderson from arsenal has joined coventry onloan, pretty odd move, I thought he was better than that

TravHouse

Pete O'Rourke ‏@SkySportsPeteO
Sky Sports understands Charlton are set to sign Northern Ireland international Sammy Clingan on a free transfer. #CAFC

covered_end_junior

Good signing if true.

charlton_hero

Surely puts to bed Reo-Coker rumours then?

carly burn

Sounds like shit to me.

:-)

TravHouse

charlton_hero said:

Surely puts to bed Reo-Coker rumours then?

yeah Reo-Coker seems very unlikely if this is true.... Anyone no much about Clingan? I know he's a midfielder but that's about it?

charente addick

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Clingan

Better than what we've got?

ISawLeaburnScore

Last two clubs have departed the Championship... bit of a poor man's Herman? ;-)

hudson-son-son

I've heard Clingan is pretty terrible.

sammy391

Looks like he can take decent freekicks too

Lincsaddick

I wouldn't say he's any better than Hollands .. at least he knows his job .. He's the defensive midfielders' midfielder

Clem_Snide

Decent player.

covered_end_junior

Decent championship player imo which is possibly better than what we currently have.

ShootersHillGuru

If he's good enough for cej that's good enough for me.

Absurdistan

ISawLeaburnScore said:

Last two clubs have departed the Championship... bit of a poor man's Herman? ;-)

Still time for him to catch up with the grim reaper. LOL


By the way, I won't believe it till it happens.

golfaddick

do we need ANOTHER defensive midfielder ??? I'd prefer someone who can go FORWARD with the ball.

Fuller's goal yesterday was a joy to behold - to actually see a player win the ball, turn and run wiuth it, beat a defender, shoot & score !!

charltonbob

Is this another case of padding out the squad without improving the team i.e. waste of wages

Addickted4life

But I want Reo-Coker. : (

Clingan looks decent but is he better than what we've got, I don't think so but then again I've never heard of him.

Lincsaddick

We don't need a Clingan .. I want Mr Spock

nth_london_addick

golfaddick said:

do we need ANOTHER defensive midfielder ??? I'd prefer someone who can go FORWARD with the ball.

Fuller's goal yesterday was a joy to behold - to actually see a player win the ball, turn and run wiuth it, beat a defender, shoot & score !!

We dont have a decent one thats why

Lincsaddick

nth london addick said:

golfaddick said:

do we need ANOTHER defensive midfielder ??? I'd prefer someone who can go FORWARD with the ball.

Fuller's goal yesterday was a joy to behold - to actually see a player win the ball, turn and run wiuth it, beat a defender, shoot & score !!

We dont have a decent one thats why



re

I didn't see yesterdays game but wasn't that JJ's role ? .. his pace has gone and he has the experience to do that job .. as well as score the odd goal

J BLOCK

golfaddick said:

do we need ANOTHER defensive midfielder ??? I'd prefer someone who can go FORWARD with the ball.

Fuller's goal yesterday was a joy to behold - to actually see a player win the ball, turn and run wiuth it, beat a defender, shoot & score !!

How many do we have at the club? We're full of attacking players our whole midfield and strikers on saturday were attcking players

sam3110

The only true defensive midfielders we have are Hollands and Hughes, and Hughes has a long term injury problem

Clem_Snide

Clingan was excellent for Forest and Norwich and highly rated at Coventry, simply because Coventry were relegated, it doesn't make him a poor player.

He has 33 caps for Northern Ireland and is still in their squad I believe.

He is a free transfer and probably won't cost the earth in wages what is there to dislike?

Think he will improve us.

Garrymanilow

Hollands isn't really a defensive midfielder. He's a box-to-box midfielder who is strong in the tackle but his best attribute is his passing. I like Stephens but Hollands has a better and more consistent range of passing than him in my opinion and it would be nice to see a scenario where Hollands is freed up a bit. He's seemed confused over his role in the midfield this season so a proper holding midfielder would be great

Wheresmeticket

I'd have Clingan like a shot. Might get a few red cards due to the warlike nature of his people?

ShootersHillGuru

Hollands is painfully slow. Needs a bit of pace around him and neither Stephens or JJ provide that.

Scoham

Ideally we need a CM that can carry the ball and add some pace and aggression to our midfield.

An Andy Reid type that can play out wide would also improve the team.

Midfield yesterday was very attacking, not sure how they'd cope against teams like Blackpool and Brighton.

cafc4ever

if SCP wants him I want him