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Declan Rudd SIGNS! (Season long loan. Confirmed)

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  • What's best for Phillips development, 46 games in league 2 or cup games for us. I would loan him out but worried if mitov is number 2
  • One swallow and the deluded think summer is here.
    This is no longer my Charlton, fishing for reluctant loan signings and not ready for the season ahead on 2 August.
    Let us look at the glass and realise it is not half empty but the dregs are sliding down the glass as Roland has drunk his fill on our sales at under value.
    Time to repent at your leisure but a goalkeeper does not make an 11 man team
  • Alwaysneil
    Alwaysneil Posts: 13,805
    Buzz kill.

    Having said that we are sooo going to get battered this season (note in the extremely unlikely event we are in the auto promotion or play off places I will be happy to be reminded of this post).
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616

    T.C.E said:

    I not sure if sure if I should pleased or not when we have Charltons very own "Ant & Dec" in positions of responsibility, but welcome to the asylum Declan Rudd. ;)image

    Redhenry said:

    Being completely honest, couldn't care less. You have no ambition if you plump the team up with loans, if we could go into the season with 11 players - they would. We won't go up, we will hit a huge wall with our first few injuries, it will be almost unrecoverable.

    Glass half full?

    I really don't like this c@@t
    Don't hold back
  • One swallow and the deluded think summer is here.
    This is no longer my Charlton, fishing for reluctant loan signings and not ready for the season ahead on 2 August.
    Let us look at the glass and realise it is not half empty but the dregs are sliding down the glass as Roland has drunk his fill on our sales at under value.
    Time to repent at your leisure but a goalkeeper does not make an 11 man team

    I'm quite happy to accept the rose -tinted views of those who believe that the glass is at least half full.

    Sadly, however, it's a mixture of slops, cleaner from the pipes and sweepings out of the ashtray....

    Given the competence of the regime, what's the betting Rudd has his leg broken in a collision with Johnson before the end of August?

    But then, that's just me, relentlessly positive.
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,865
    Hate to say it but it's a very good signing and pretty good business considering we got an apparent decent transfer fee from burnley out of pope. Pope, the same keeper who didn't really always look comfortable wearing Charlton.

    The goalkeeping role probably needed a fresh face altogether.

    The only respectable bit of business I can understand and cooperate from mr duchface.

    Flag me, for I have sinned.
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,234
    Surprisingly good signing. Can't quite fathom why Norwich are letting him go and why he can't get a better destination than us. Doesn't quite add up. But maybe it's just natural to be suspicious of anything decent that happens to us at the moment.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    edited August 2016
    Blokes coming up for nearly 26 and only played 80 professional games, 60 of them on loan.

    Expect player hoarding and stifled growth at Chelsea and Man C, but now you are seeing it at the likes of Norwich ffs.

    Money in football is ridiculous
  • Essex_Al
    Essex_Al Posts: 3,582

    One swallow and the deluded think summer is here.
    This is no longer my Charlton, fishing for reluctant loan signings and not ready for the season ahead on 2 August.
    Let us look at the glass and realise it is not half empty but the dregs are sliding down the glass as Roland has drunk his fill on our sales at under value.
    Time to repent at your leisure but a goalkeeper does not make an 11 man team

    Sounded like he wanted to come to Charlton to me my friend!

    I would also be amazed if he does not start on Saturday, so I would say he is ready.

    Or is it now we have actually signed a keeper and a good one at that, it makes it harder for you to have a moan?
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  • FAVADDICK
    FAVADDICK Posts: 584
    The independent are stating that we are thinking of putting in £150'000 bid for mark Gillespie aswell as brining in Rudd so Gillespie would be back up which would see Phillips go out on loan to Cheltenham
  • Surprisingly good signing. Can't quite fathom why Norwich are letting him go and why he can't get a better destination than us. Doesn't quite add up. But maybe it's just natural to be suspicious of anything decent that happens to us at the moment.

    From a Norwich supporting friend (ST holder for many a year) he is a real great shot stopper but can't command his box or claim crosses. At least at the level he watches him (PL & Cup mostly). Easier to work on such attributes in L1 though, I'm sure.
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    edited August 2016

    Surprisingly good signing. Can't quite fathom why Norwich are letting him go and why he can't get a better destination than us. Doesn't quite add up. But maybe it's just natural to be suspicious of anything decent that happens to us at the moment.

    From a Norwich supporting friend (ST holder for many a year) he is a real great shot stopper but can't command his box or claim crosses. At least at the level he watches him (PL & Cup mostly). Easier to work on such attributes in L1 though, I'm sure.
    Dean Kiely is one of the best keepers we've ever had, but he was what a lot of people would describe as 'just a shot stopper'.

    The problem keepers are the ones that think they can command their area when they can't, or are unpredictable and seemingly randomly come for some crosses and not others. Deano stayed on his line 95% of the time and the rest of the defence knew and defended in a way to compensate.

    No idea how Rudd deals with crosses, and we had Curbs organising the defence in Deano's time, but goalkeepers don't have to want to come and claim everything in order to be a good keeper.
  • Good signing.

    Shame there haven't been more.
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,779
    What's not to like about this. Encouraging.
  • FORD
    FORD Posts: 627
    Well, well, well, we have finally got a senior keeper albeit on loan. I hear KM negotiated a great deal...£500k up front and we'll pay 110% of his wages! :wink: Is he match fit yet?

  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678

    19s - doesn't hold on to the ball.

    24s - doesn't hold on to the ball.

    I gave up watching at that point.

    No better than Pope, then?



    Removes tongue from cheek.
    Gives away far too many corners,.....
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    A potentially very good keeper for this level, slightly surprised he'd drop to the 3rd tier, but I imagine Norwich wouldn't loan him to a rival Championship team
  • Redhenry said:

    T.C.E said:

    I not sure if sure if I should pleased or not when we have Charltons very own "Ant & Dec" in positions of responsibility, but welcome to the asylum Declan Rudd. ;)image

    Redhenry said:

    Being completely honest, couldn't care less. You have no ambition if you plump the team up with loans, if we could go into the season with 11 players - they would. We won't go up, we will hit a huge wall with our first few injuries, it will be almost unrecoverable.

    Glass half full?

    I really don't like this c@@t
    Eh? Is that to me?
    Not unless your name is Tony cahone

    If it is then yeah 8)
  • All_Thaid_Up
    All_Thaid_Up Posts: 2,293
    I would assume his wages maybe higher than both Pope and Henderson together, I wonder how much are we paying of that?
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  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited August 2016
    Right, 1 in - surely it's time for 2 to go now.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,033

    Right, 1 in - surely it's time for 2 to go now.

    Pope and Rudd probably.
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 11,983
    Good interview with Rudd on the you tube channel.
    http://youtu.be/Uk41gE0XOuw
    Obviously wants to play games and be a no1. But does also seem genuinely pleased to be here.
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    Are people getting confused between Rudd and Ruddy?
  • dizzee said:

    Are people getting confused between Rudd and Ruddy?

    Y

  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    He looks like a player who wants to get some games under his belt. Make a number 1 position his own.

    He comes well regarded but from the You Tube video I noted he didn't hold much. Maybe that's because it looks more dramatic ie it's a highlight reel with Hollywood saves that impress. Maybe it's not a true reflection of his capabilities and we will see that over time.

    As as a former goalkeeper myself I understand the value of making things look easy - that's something Pope was very good at. It's nice when a keeper flies around and rolls about but it's often because they were out of position in the first place. Pope's positional sense meant he was often "in the right place at the right time". It's not an accident though - it's someone who is an expert in their craft and that's why Burnley have paid a decent amount of money for a massive amount of potential.

    Remember back to Dean Kiely. He was a phenomenal shot stopper but terrible at crosses. He knew it wasn't his forte so he stayed on his line, let the defenders attack the ball and relied on his reflexes. It's fine to do that if the defence know you will stay at home but the worst keepers are the unpredictable ones. If the keeper doesn't know whether he is going to go or not then neither do the defence and that's when errors happen.

    Overall I am really pleased to have this guy. As numerous have said he is probably the best goalie in the division - that will filter out to the other clubs and can give us a psychological boost. Similarly - if you don't concede you don't lose.
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    dizzee said:

    Are people getting confused between Rudd and Ruddy?

    Norwich fans seem to wish we were taking Ruddy (the one in the England squad) over Rudd (the one now in the Charlton squad)

    That's excellent news
  • Splodge
    Splodge Posts: 514
    A lot of Norwich fans saying they wish we'd been loaned John Ruddy, so they could have McGovern as No1 and Rudd as their No2!
  • Liked his interview. Definitely not a Bertie big bollox and just appears to want to get games and not too big an ego to mind dropping back into the third tier.

    I'm very pleased with this signing.
  • Splodge
    Splodge Posts: 514
    Swisdom said:

    dizzee said:

    Are people getting confused between Rudd and Ruddy?

    Norwich fans seem to wish we were taking Ruddy (the one in the England squad) over Rudd (the one now in the Charlton squad)

    That's excellent news
    But then that's as much because John Ruddy is shit rather than anything else.