I would have Williams back,to play the same sort of impact roll that Aneke will probably play next season,that would be part of a good bench in league 1.
Not sure whether he spends more time on the deck or the physios table.
Williams won't get us promotion . Why are we signing League 2 players anyway....
Totally agree, he did fuck all to get us out of this league in 2019. Except of course for everything he did do to get us out of this league, including completely changing the momentum of the game at Wembley.
Not sure whether he spends more time on the deck or the physios table.
Williams won't get us promotion . Why are we signing League 2 players anyway....
Totally agree, he did fuck all to get us out of this league in 2019. Except of course for everything he did do to get us out of this league, including completely changing the momentum of the game at Wembley.
I wouldn't re-sign him, but he was tremendous in the Championship for 10 games at the start of that season.
I would have Williams back,to play the same sort of impact roll that Aneke will probably play next season,that would be part of a good bench in league 1.
Loved Williams initially but then got sick of him throwing himself to the ground seeking fouls every five minutes which seemed an unnecessarily overly apparent part of his game at points.
Can't afford 3 squad players like Innis, Aneke and Williams with such injury proness if we are mounting for a serious promotion push.
I would have Williams back,to play the same sort of impact roll that Aneke will probably play next season,that would be part of a good bench in league 1.
He was easily good enough in terms of ability for league 1, he just didn't fit our style of play and struggled with stamina.
Surely that’s part of being a L1 footballer? You might have the football brain and technical ability, but if you’re not up to it physically then it’s not really your level.
Not sure whether he spends more time on the deck or the physios table.
Williams won't get us promotion . Why are we signing League 2 players anyway....
Totally agree, he did fuck all to get us out of this league in 2019. Except of course for everything he did do to get us out of this league, including completely changing the momentum of the game at Wembley.
I wouldn't re-sign him, but he was tremendous in the Championship for 10 games at the start of that season.
I still say that that is the most under rated 10 games anyone has ever had in a Charlton shirt. What is sad is he never got a run in the team, in that position again.
Was arguably our best player, if not easily top 3, up until his meniscus injury against Derby in the October of the Championship season.
He was but how often in his career has he shown that form? Will he get back to that level and recreate that form?
Every time he has had an extended run in any team in that exact role.
The problem is he can't do anything else, at all, and he can't do it for 40 odd games.
You need to build a team round him and you can't because you don't know when he will break down, you just know he will.
If he could play 45 games a season it would be worth the risk, you know he can't, so you don't.
I wouldn't want him back, and I am probably his biggest fan, but in the exact right position/role with the right players he is one hell of a player. Charlie Kirk probably is as well.
Was arguably our best player, if not easily top 3, up until his meniscus injury against Derby in the October of the Championship season.
He was but how often in his career has he shown that form? Will he get back to that level and recreate that form?
No one will know that, he was also going into what should’ve been his peak. What made him so good in that period was he was trusted, loved, played in his best position, and had players around him who got forward and made runs off him, like Gallagher. He was identified as our best player by Bielsa - he was so good in that early part of the season. I think that, alongside Taylor’s injury, was the turning point in our season. We coped without Taylor for a period of time because players like Williams was phenomenal, we lost our spark when he got injured and I don’t think that’s being too rose tinted.
Was arguably our best player, if not easily top 3, up until his meniscus injury against Derby in the October of the Championship season.
He was but how often in his career has he shown that form? Will he get back to that level and recreate that form?
No one will know that, he was also going into what should’ve been his peak. What made him so good in that period was he was trusted, loved, played in his best position, and had players around him who got forward and made runs off him, like Gallagher. He was identified as our best player by Bielsa - he was so good in that early part of the season. I think that, alongside Taylor’s injury, was the turning point in our season. We coped without Taylor for a period of time because players like Williams was phenomenal, we lost our spark when he got injured and I don’t think that’s being too rose tinted.
If you were Johnny you would love the interplay and runs that Cullen and Gallagher provided and the space that Taylor and Leko gave you.
Bielsa did a piece in the Evening Post about the first half of the season and said the Charlton 7 about 5 times, he absolutely rinsed Philips for 60 minutes. He made Bielsa change systems 3 times.
Comes back to my earlier point about him not being up to it physically. He can't maintain a career at Championship level despite having the technique and intelligence for it. Clubs won't keep taking a chance on him because they need players who are more reliable in terms of the games and minutes they can play.
Was arguably our best player, if not easily top 3, up until his meniscus injury against Derby in the October of the Championship season.
He was but how often in his career has he shown that form? Will he get back to that level and recreate that form?
No one will know that, he was also going into what should’ve been his peak. What made him so good in that period was he was trusted, loved, played in his best position, and had players around him who got forward and made runs off him, like Gallagher. He was identified as our best player by Bielsa - he was so good in that early part of the season. I think that, alongside Taylor’s injury, was the turning point in our season. We coped without Taylor for a period of time because players like Williams was phenomenal, we lost our spark when he got injured and I don’t think that’s being too rose tinted.
Completely agree, and very sadly we never saw the same player again after he got injured against Derby.
Last 3 posts are completely bang on the money and it’s such a shame because he’d be a fantastic player if he had half of Cullen’s physical toughness, for example, to sustain the levels required. Loved Jonny here.
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Shame we released Henderson or we could've had the bonus crocked goalkeeper too.
Loved Williams initially but then got sick of him throwing himself to the ground seeking fouls every five minutes which seemed an unnecessarily overly apparent part of his game at points.
Can't afford 3 squad players like Innis, Aneke and Williams with such injury proness if we are mounting for a serious promotion push.
He was easily good enough in terms of ability for league 1, he just didn't fit our style of play and struggled with stamina.
In the past 4 seasons (he wasn't playing regularly before that), he's averaged:
Goals: 0.5 per season
Assists: 1.25 per season
Awful stats for an attacking midfielder.
This season he got:
Goals: 5
Assists: 5
More like what you'd expect. He's never got near those numbers before, so I feel like it's fair to say he's found his level.
The problem is he can't do anything else, at all, and he can't do it for 40 odd games.
You need to build a team round him and you can't because you don't know when he will break down, you just know he will.
If he could play 45 games a season it would be worth the risk, you know he can't, so you don't.
I wouldn't want him back, and I am probably his biggest fan, but in the exact right position/role with the right players he is one hell of a player. Charlie Kirk probably is as well.
Bielsa did a piece in the Evening Post about the first half of the season and said the Charlton 7 about 5 times, he absolutely rinsed Philips for 60 minutes. He made Bielsa change systems 3 times.