I had better leave my brand new trainspotters manual at home. It's a bit of a give away and I don't want to get duffed up by those beastly Millwall thugs.
Not convinced about how good Ferdinand is tbh. He was a promising young player once but his career seems to have generally been on a bit of a slide. If he can't get into the frankly shambolic QPR defence, that does not bode well.
Seems an unlikely signing, anyway, but would also be a waste of a transfer imo. It's pretty clear our main problems lie in midfield and up front, not in defence, and we should be spending our limited budget on these areas (assuming our budget is limited).
AF has talent, but how's his attitude? I worry about players that start relatively high in the football pyramid as youngsters and then slowly slide down the levels.
Purely cant believe this account as why would Agbonlohor be going to Cardiff? ok you may argue they may swap divisions but they may not and he's also a villa fan from Aston. the account appears to be coming out with all sorts of rubbish.
Sounds like nonsense. But, I will say I've noticed, this season and last, people not wanting us to sign a player where we already have some depth regardless of whether he's a better player than what we've got. It's utter madness. Teams should always be looking to improve their personnel. If you're winning every game 10-0 you can still get better players, or players who fit your style better. I remember someone saying he didn't see the point in signing Stephens because we'd already signed Hollands and Alonso(!). People were underwhelmed by Yann because we had Hayes and BWP. If we were getting Anton (and I really, really doubt we are) he'd be a better player than what we have and we'd be mad not to sign him because we have Matt Taylor at the club. Powell will be aware of the areas we need strengthening and he'll judge who to sign based on waht's available to us.
Also, I dislike the Ferdinands immensely as people but one thing they are is very committed to their football. You'd get nothing less than 100% on the footballing side even if they were tools with regards to everything else
I'm not suggesting Ferdinand is a trouble maker, more that he's not a particularly committed player, hence why his career has, at best, stagnated and probably gone backwards.
Sounds like nonsense. But, I will say I've noticed, this season and last, people not wanting us to sign a player where we already have some depth regardless of whether he's a better player than what we've got. It's utter madness. Teams should always be looking to improve their personnel. If you're winning every game 10-0 you can still get better players, or players who fit your style better. I remember someone saying he didn't see the point in signing Stephens because we'd already signed Hollands and Alonso(!). People were underwhelmed by Yann because we had Hayes and BWP. If we were getting Anton (and I really, really doubt we are) he'd be a better player than what we have and we'd be mad not to sign him because we have Matt Taylor at the club. Powell will be aware of the areas we need strengthening and he'll judge who to sign based on waht's available to us.
Also, I dislike the Ferdinands immensely as people but one thing they are is very committed to their football. You'd get nothing less than 100% on the footballing side even if they were tools with regards to everything else
That theory works if you have limitless funds (which by League 1 standards we did last year) - if you have X ammount of moeny to spend, then you should spend it on your weaknesses first and use what's left improving on your strengths.
If we can afford to improve the defence AND the midfield and attack then great, but if it's case of spend on a defender OR a midfieder, it has to be the midfield we improve.
I think anton reached his peak playing prem football week in week out he was never going to be In the same class as rio in his hey day
Forget the personalities of both players I don't know them so I couldn't say
But rio back in his prime was a class act
Anton was a really good defender not as good as his brother but at times at every club he was really good reached the prem stayed there for a fair while
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Seems an unlikely signing, anyway, but would also be a waste of a transfer imo. It's pretty clear our main problems lie in midfield and up front, not in defence, and we should be spending our limited budget on these areas (assuming our budget is limited).
Cant see it happening but would be a good signing for us easily a very good championship defender and prob bottom half of table prem defender
Would be a good signing and would show intent
Would increase the pressure on SCP but would only be a great signing if we supplemented it with a good midfielder and striker
http://smarp.com/event/IA475935/Real-Time-Check-In-Anton-Ferdinand-in-Charlton-Athletic-F.C.-Training-Ground-New-Eltham-UK
Also, I dislike the Ferdinands immensely as people but one thing they are is very committed to their football. You'd get nothing less than 100% on the footballing side even if they were tools with regards to everything else
Alan Kenworthy is the coach
If we can afford to improve the defence AND the midfield and attack then great, but if it's case of spend on a defender OR a midfieder, it has to be the midfield we improve.
Forget the personalities of both players I don't know them so I couldn't say
But rio back in his prime was a class act
Anton was a really good defender not as good as his brother but at times at every club he was really good reached the prem stayed there for a fair while
If he came to us I would be very pleased
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