I never rated Ben but wish him all the best. He was very solid but I think modern left backs need to go both ways, otherwise you might as well stick a CB at LB. They should at least be able to take on their man and cross the ball and Ben couldn't do either.
I'm happy we're having a clear out. There has been a lack of grit in the dressing room (see our record on coming back from being a goal down), not saying Ben is part of that, but a big change in culture is needed.
Good luck to him, many have called him solid and unspectacular, which sounds like damning with faint praise, but the solid bit made him one of our better performers in recent times. Certainly, Adkins ignoring him contributed to his downfall. As always, players come and go and the trick is to replace them with someone better, now is the time for a few people to stop bullshitting and start delivering.
So we now need four first team full backs, unless anyone in the academy is ready to step up.
I wonder if we will go into the first game of the season without a left back like we did last season.
A major rebuild is needed more than ever before. I wonder how that's going seeing as pre-season starts next week & in a little over 10 days the squad go away to Spain
Tick tock.
I think BG has said there's a good core group, as did Jacko, so no big rebuild on the cards. 3-5 permanents and similar in loans, those signed late on, is all I'm expecting.
We need about 6 players just in defence
I agree it's the area that needs strengthening the most, but we need a first choice striker and back up too and I'm straying off thread.
Not sure we need 2 strikers unless we lose Stockley
So you think we can rely on stockley chuks who cant handle many games on the spin or is injured then davison who is league 2 standard
So we now need four first team full backs, unless anyone in the academy is ready to step up.
I wonder if we will go into the first game of the season without a left back like we did last season.
A major rebuild is needed more than ever before. I wonder how that's going seeing as pre-season starts next week & in a little over 10 days the squad go away to Spain
Tick tock.
I think BG has said there's a good core group, as did Jacko, so no big rebuild on the cards. 3-5 permanents and similar in loans, those signed late on, is all I'm expecting.
We need about 6 players just in defence
I agree it's the area that needs strengthening the most, but we need a first choice striker and back up too and I'm straying off thread.
Not sure we need 2 strikers unless we lose Stockley
So you think we can rely on stockley chuks who cant handle many games on the spin or is injured then davison who is league 2 standard
No, I never mentioned Davison did I. I’d offload him and swap for a main striker who can compete with Stockley. Chuks as the third choice. If he doesn’t have to start much, then we’ve got a good chance of having him available for most matches.
So we now need four first team full backs, unless anyone in the academy is ready to step up.
I wonder if we will go into the first game of the season without a left back like we did last season.
A major rebuild is needed more than ever before. I wonder how that's going seeing as pre-season starts next week & in a little over 10 days the squad go away to Spain
Tick tock.
I think BG has said there's a good core group, as did Jacko, so no big rebuild on the cards. 3-5 permanents and similar in loans, those signed late on, is all I'm expecting.
We need about 6 players just in defence
I agree it's the area that needs strengthening the most, but we need a first choice striker and back up too and I'm straying off thread.
Not sure we need 2 strikers unless we lose Stockley
So you think we can rely on stockley chuks who cant handle many games on the spin or is injured then davison who is league 2 standard
No, I never mentioned Davison did I. I’d offload him and swap for a main striker who can compete with Stockley. Chuks as the third choice. If he doesn’t have to start much, then we’ve got a good chance of having him available for most matches.
Fair enough i still think we need a washington replacement then get rid of davison for better and that would do nicely
went on to play a total of 115 appearances for Charlton, scoring twice.
Felt like he scored more than that 🤷♂️
Good luck in the future but as with 95% of this squad not fussed about any of them leaving
That’s because he did. He scored 7 goals in the league, 9 in all competitions including that famous one at Wembley. His last came against his former side and where he is from, Plymouth at home in our 2-0 win.
Once again OS gets information so basic like that wrong. Scored 3 times for us this season alone. In fact, when playing in the LWB role, he got all 3 goals showing that maybe if he had been given the opportunity to stay there, he might have scored a few more.
So we now need four first team full backs, unless anyone in the academy is ready to step up.
I wonder if we will go into the first game of the season without a left back like we did last season.
A major rebuild is needed more than ever before. I wonder how that's going seeing as pre-season starts next week & in a little over 10 days the squad go away to Spain
Tick tock.
I think BG has said there's a good core group, as did Jacko, so no big rebuild on the cards. 3-5 permanents and similar in loans, those signed late on, is all I'm expecting.
We need about 6 players just in defence
I agree it's the area that needs strengthening the most, but we need a first choice striker and back up too and I'm straying off thread.
Not sure we need 2 strikers unless we lose Stockley
So you think we can rely on stockley chuks who cant handle many games on the spin or is injured then davison who is league 2 standard
No, I never mentioned Davison did I. I’d offload him and swap for a main striker who can compete with Stockley. Chuks as the third choice. If he doesn’t have to start much, then we’ve got a good chance of having him available for most matches.
Fair enough i still think we need a washington replacement then get rid of davison for better and that would do nicely
I think it depends on the formation. If we’re playing 433 then I’m not sure a Washington replacement works, we need a genuine 433 striker (although they’ll need some Washington traits). If we’re going 2 up top then we definitely need 2 strikers to go with Stockley and Washington. I wouldn’t keep Davison either way so agree on that.
It's a shame to see him go, he's a solid 6 out of 10 player and would be decent backup. Then again he may have turned down the deal on the table to try his luck elsewhere.
So we now need four first team full backs, unless anyone in the academy is ready to step up.
I wonder if we will go into the first game of the season without a left back like we did last season.
A major rebuild is needed more than ever before. I wonder how that's going seeing as pre-season starts next week & in a little over 10 days the squad go away to Spain
Tick tock.
I think BG has said there's a good core group, as did Jacko, so no big rebuild on the cards. 3-5 permanents and similar in loans, those signed late on, is all I'm expecting.
We need about 6 players just in defence
I agree it's the area that needs strengthening the most, but we need a first choice striker and back up too and I'm straying off thread.
Not sure we need 2 strikers unless we lose Stockley
I beg to differ, but as a pp said, I dont want to stray off topic.
FWIW I thought Purrington was a decent defender. He was given the moniker of a 7 out of 10 man and when it all boils down that was what he was. Nothing special but a steady Eddie.
Oh, and joint 3rd top goalscorer I believe. 3 goals.. ...🤔
He will be missed..A perfectly decent player under Bowyer.. Unused by Adko and possibility poorly utilised by JJ. At 25 he has loads of development and games yet to play. I think we will feel his absence greater than we have done for Washington. Good luck Ben
Mr Purrington could be a long lost relation of the eccentric cat we owned in from 76.
This is the unimaginatively named Misty. She constantly chatted in her half Siamese wail, if she made it onto the back fence she would alight by holding on by her front paws and drop down on to her back feet. Birds somehow sensed she was a pretty useless cat and would land in our garden while she was messing about there.
She was a funny old thing, part Siamese, part Moggy and part Human.
Bit surprised by this Ben is a steady full back,rarely gets taken to the cleaners,gets his share of goals,and can also in emergencies cover CB.I can only assume we have others lined up who are better,but as a previous poster said,we now have no senior full backs at the club,unless Clare is going to play there.
Mr Purrington is one of our barn cats so lives in with goats in their palatial shed. He’s a Kolcat, originally from Thailand, ended up living his best life in West Cork.
Mr Purrington could be a long lost relation of the eccentric cat we owned in from 76.
This is the unimaginatively named Misty. She constantly chatted in her half Siamese wail, if she made it onto the back fence she would alight by holding on by her front paws and drop down on to her back feet. Birds somehow sensed she was a pretty useless cat and would land in our garden while she was messing about there.
She was a funny old thing, part Siamese, part Moggy and part Human.
Mmmmm…..if she was big enough and hungry enough and if push came to shove you’d pretty soon be lunch…….like it or not and as uncomfortable as it may be to hear, that’s unfortunately an unquestionable fact. Cats have no loyalty whatsoever and treat humans as a necessary inconvenience in their quest to having as privileged and comfortable lifestyle as possible……we are simply tolerated at best.
Annoyingly if you want a decent LB, playing LB not LWB, Ben was ideal at this level. We had better have better targets.
How can someone of his lack of passing ability be "ideal"? Why when it comes to left backs do people feel that you have to settle for someone that can kick with their left foot and just block it? Lovely guy, loyal servant but time to move on.
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I'm happy we're having a clear out. There has been a lack of grit in the dressing room (see our record on coming back from being a goal down), not saying Ben is part of that, but a big change in culture is needed.
As you'll probably know, I suffer from 'shed envy'.
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The litmus test is will be who he is replaced with of course.
Once again OS gets information so basic like that wrong. Scored 3 times for us this season alone. In fact, when playing in the LWB role, he got all 3 goals showing that maybe if he had been given the opportunity to stay there, he might have scored a few more.
southnorwoodaddick.com/2022/06/14/one-ben-in-two-bens-out/
FWIW I thought Purrington was a decent defender. He was given the moniker of a 7 out of 10 man and when it all boils down that was what he was. Nothing special but a steady Eddie.
Oh, and joint 3rd top goalscorer I believe. 3 goals.. ...🤔
This is the unimaginatively named Misty. She constantly chatted in her half Siamese wail, if she made it onto the back fence she would alight by holding on by her front paws and drop down on to her back feet. Birds somehow sensed she was a pretty useless cat and would land in our garden while she was messing about there.
She was a funny old thing, part Siamese, part Moggy and part Human.
Leaves us perilously short in that department. We need reinforcements there for sure and it's a black box essential requirement imo.
He’s a Kolcat, originally from Thailand, ended up living his best life in West Cork.
@Oggy Red that shed is a beaut 😍
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Cats have no loyalty whatsoever and treat humans as a necessary inconvenience in their quest to having as privileged and comfortable lifestyle as possible……we are simply tolerated at best.
Expect us to get an equal or better Washington type in otherwise cannot see how or why we let him go.