2 year contracts are rubbish - hard to win with them. Maybe that was all JBG was willing to sign.
Works both ways of course. Yes JBG's two year deal looks like poor business because he's been a huge success On the other hand we have signed Lepoint for example who doesn't look much like he's going to work out for us so a two year deal max would be spot on.
Unless you are paying a top dollar premium for players it's always a gamble.
Agree in general with the point about contract lengths, don't think Lepoint is the best example though - immediately apparent that he wasn't up to the required standard, both to supporters and Guy Luzon, hence he's barely featured. What was our scouting network thinking?
2 year contracts are rubbish - hard to win with them. Maybe that was all JBG was willing to sign.
Works both ways of course. Yes JBG's two year deal looks like poor business because he's been a huge success On the other hand we have signed Lepoint for example who doesn't look much like he's going to work out for us so a two year deal max would be spot on.
Unless you are paying a top dollar premium for players it's always a gamble.
Agree in general with the point about contract lengths, don't think Lepoint is the best example though - immediately apparent that he wasn't up to the required standard, both to supporters and Guy Luzon, hence he's barely featured. What was our scouting network thinking?
......"He's cheap".....
We paid a fee and he still has two years left on his contract so I doubt he'll turn out to be cheap in the long run.
2 year contracts are rubbish - hard to win with them. Maybe that was all JBG was willing to sign.
Works both ways of course. Yes JBG's two year deal looks like poor business because he's been a huge success On the other hand we have signed Lepoint for example who doesn't look much like he's going to work out for us so a two year deal max would be spot on.
Unless you are paying a top dollar premium for players it's always a gamble.
Agree in general with the point about contract lengths, don't think Lepoint is the best example though - immediately apparent that he wasn't up to the required standard, both to supporters and Guy Luzon, hence he's barely featured. What was our scouting network thinking?
......"He's cheap".....
We paid a fee and he still has two years left on his contract so I doubt he'll turn out to be cheap in the long run.
2 year contracts are rubbish - hard to win with them. Maybe that was all JBG was willing to sign.
Works both ways of course. Yes JBG's two year deal looks like poor business because he's been a huge success On the other hand we have signed Lepoint for example who doesn't look much like he's going to work out for us so a two year deal max would be spot on.
Unless you are paying a top dollar premium for players it's always a gamble.
Agree in general with the point about contract lengths, don't think Lepoint is the best example though - immediately apparent that he wasn't up to the required standard, both to supporters and Guy Luzon, hence he's barely featured. What was our scouting network thinking?
......"He's cheap".....
We paid a fee and he still has two years left on his contract so I doubt he'll turn out to be cheap in the long run.
He'll be farmed off elsewhere
Most likely but still spent the fee and wages on him rather than someone else (opportunity cost) and still raises doubts over the recruiters IMHO
2 year contracts are rubbish - hard to win with them. Maybe that was all JBG was willing to sign.
Works both ways of course. Yes JBG's two year deal looks like poor business because he's been a huge success On the other hand we have signed Lepoint for example who doesn't look much like he's going to work out for us so a two year deal max would be spot on.
Unless you are paying a top dollar premium for players it's always a gamble.
Agree in general with the point about contract lengths, don't think Lepoint is the best example though - immediately apparent that he wasn't up to the required standard, both to supporters and Guy Luzon, hence he's barely featured. What was our scouting network thinking?
......"He's cheap".....
We paid a fee and he still has two years left on his contract so I doubt he'll turn out to be cheap in the long run.
He'll be farmed off elsewhere
Most likely but still spent the fee and wages on him rather than someone else (opportunity cost) and still raises doubts over the recruiters IMHO
Indeed. Baffling. On the one hand, Roland was too tight to properly strengthen (or even slightly strenthen) the team between November and January, losing the opportunity to build on a good start to the season and dragging us unnecessarily towards the relegation zone (albeit briefly in the end). On the other hand, he's so generous that he'll happily pay the wages of the likes of Onyewu and Lepoint despite getting zero return in terms of football played or any future transfer fee.
I only saw his cameo appearance where he actually played well for about 10 minutes. Maybe a pre season etc may help, willing to give him a chance, had a good attitude from interviews. Could do better though I imagine.
2 year contracts are rubbish - hard to win with them. Maybe that was all JBG was willing to sign.
Works both ways of course. Yes JBG's two year deal looks like poor business because he's been a huge success On the other hand we have signed Lepoint for example who doesn't look much like he's going to work out for us so a two year deal max would be spot on.
Unless you are paying a top dollar premium for players it's always a gamble.
Agree in general with the point about contract lengths, don't think Lepoint is the best example though - immediately apparent that he wasn't up to the required standard, both to supporters and Guy Luzon, hence he's barely featured. What was our scouting network thinking?
......"He's cheap".....
We paid a fee and he still has two years left on his contract so I doubt he'll turn out to be cheap in the long run.
He'll be farmed off elsewhere
Most likely but still spent the fee and wages on him rather than someone else (opportunity cost) and still raises doubts over the recruiters IMHO
I wouldn't write LePoint off totally. He needed to adapt, but there were some subtle clues that he had some qualities.
Only if baldness is a quality.
It can be. But I was thinking of a driving run he made at the Valley as a late substitute and some nice touches. Where he got a lot of stick was when he was played as a striker which was terrible. Not saying he is a great player, but he may be being written off a bit too quickly.
I wouldn't write LePoint off totally. He needed to adapt, but there were some subtle clues that he had some qualities.
Only if baldness is a quality.
It can be. But I was thinking of a driving run he made at the Valley as a late substitute and some nice touches. Where he got a lot of stick was when he was played as a striker which was terrible. Not saying he is a great player, but he may be being written off a bit too quickly.
Don't be silly, we are Charlton fans, we would never do such a thing!
Lepoint is also meant to be good in the dressing room, a good team man, and with so many French speakers, he should be able to keep many of them happy!
Lepoint is also meant to be good in the dressing room, a good team man, and with so many French speakers, he should be able to keep many of them happy!
Would rather get Hughes back and stick beret on him.
Nadir Ciftci wants to leave Dundee United, not Prem class at Mo, But would be a great signing for CAFC and show some ambition to go for a number 9 who is only 23 and a young Turk.(Polish Pete and Reza to go to United plus a million or two) Would increase our crowd as well with the Turkish population of London.
Nadir Ciftci wants to leave Dundee United, not Prem class at Mo, But would be a great signing for CAFC and show some ambition to go for a number 9 who is only 23 and a young Turk.(Polish Pete and Reza to go to United plus a million or two) Would increase our crowd as well with the Turkish population of London.
Nadir Ciftci wants to leave Dundee United, not Prem class at Mo, But would be a great signing for CAFC and show some ambition to go for a number 9 who is only 23 and a young Turk.(Polish Pete and Reza to go to United plus a million or two) Would increase our crowd as well with the Turkish population of London.
Anyone else think we're waiting for the end of the Women's World Cup before we get our business done? We must have some scouts out there watching......
I wouldn't write LePoint off totally. He needed to adapt, but there were some subtle clues that he had some qualities.
Only if baldness is a quality.
It can be. But I was thinking of a driving run he made at the Valley as a late substitute and some nice touches. Where he got a lot of stick was when he was played as a striker which was terrible. Not saying he is a great player, but he may be being written off a bit too quickly.
Don't be silly, we are Charlton Football fans, we would never do such a thing!
I wouldn't write LePoint off totally. He needed to adapt, but there were some subtle clues that he had some qualities.
Only if baldness is a quality.
It can be. But I was thinking of a driving run he made at the Valley as a late substitute and some nice touches. Where he got a lot of stick was when he was played as a striker which was terrible. Not saying he is a great player, but he may be being written off a bit too quickly.
Don't remind me of the Cardiff away performance, looked like it was the first time he'd ever seen a football !
I thought lots of people thought the idea was that he would go to St Truinden this summer - has something happened to make that unlikely ?
I wouldn't write LePoint off totally. He needed to adapt, but there were some subtle clues that he had some qualities.
Only if baldness is a quality.
It can be. But I was thinking of a driving run he made at the Valley as a late substitute and some nice touches. Where he got a lot of stick was when he was played as a striker which was terrible. Not saying he is a great player, but he may be being written off a bit too quickly.
Don't remind me of the Cardiff away performance, looked like it was the first time he'd ever seen a football !
I thought lots of people thought the idea was that he would go to St Truinden this summer - has something happened to make that unlikely ?
I wouldn't write LePoint off totally. He needed to adapt, but there were some subtle clues that he had some qualities.
Only if baldness is a quality.
It can be. But I was thinking of a driving run he made at the Valley as a late substitute and some nice touches. Where he got a lot of stick was when he was played as a striker which was terrible. Not saying he is a great player, but he may be being written off a bit too quickly.
Don't remind me of the Cardiff away performance, looked like it was the first time he'd ever seen a football !
I thought lots of people thought the idea was that he would go to St Truinden this summer - has something happened to make that unlikely ?
They saw the Cardiff game as well...
Having said that the player who did come off the bench and made a real improvement was Simon Church, so maybe they'll sign him instead!
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No pace, poor control if he's starting for us next season we will struggle.
But would be a great signing for CAFC and show some ambition to go for a number 9 who is only 23 and a young Turk.(Polish Pete and Reza to go to United plus a million or two)
Would increase our crowd as well with the Turkish population of London.
I predict he will be Player of the Year and a Charlton ledge.
I thought lots of people thought the idea was that he would go to St Truinden this summer - has something happened to make that unlikely ?
Having said that the player who did come off the bench and made a real improvement was Simon Church, so maybe they'll sign him instead!