One of the biggest bonus’s with him is the amount of fouls he can gain, this Ian invaluable towards the end of a match when we’re winning as it slows things down and kills time. I still believe if he’d been brought on towards the end of the Doncaster away play off match we wouldn’t have conceded that goal.
I glad he is enjoying playing. Football should be fun and everytime I see him play, I can sense he is having a ball. He is a quality player too. I don't think there are too many in the Championship I would swap him for.
Previously said on here before, but I met Jonny on the way back from The FA Cup Final a week before our Wembley win. He spoke to me as if he had known me for years, very friendly, down to earth, extremely likeable man.
Over the moon when he signed for us permanently again last month and agree with @cafc-west above, I think he is my favourite player at the club right now. I love Taylor of course for what he brings to the side and off the pitch, Solly for his commitment to our great club, and plenty of others too. But for me I can relate to Jonny the most, he’s a very similar age to me and watching him play football is an absolute joy.
Finally got around to watching Sunderland til I Die and didn’t realise how much he features on that. As others have said, he comes across really well. Although he’s another ‘Welshman’ who doesn’t sound remotely Welsh!!
Big fan of his, love his attitude and seems to love bein at the club atm, says an awful lot that he took a big paycut to be here. I wonder if the improvement is also as in L1 hed get kicked around a bit, and probably on smaller pitches, the extra preseason obviously helps too.
He strikes me as someone with some mental health issues to go with his injuries. He doesn't appear to be money motivated at this stage of his career (and what drives him is playing with a group of players he loves and the fans appreciate). I would hope we would sing his name and cheer and encourage him even if he has a bad game or things don't go right fo him. An ex work colleague (palace fan) messaged me privatetly when he signed for us said "you have a cracking little player for you, if injury free he will do well for you". My god I hope he has an injury free season this year. With the pay cut and his injuries he deserves it.
His Aunt is my boss. They were at a family get together a couple of weeks ago and she was telling him that she works with a Charlton supporter. As he was leaving he popped a bag into her hands and said give those to the guy you work with. In said bag was a signed football and a sigend pair of his boots made out to.me. I was absolutely made up when she gave them to me. Lovely bloke from a really close family which is why I think he wanted to stay with us rather than move away from the family in Kent.
Met him at the training ground with my two youngest(7&9) and he like a few others was more than willing to hang about and have a little kick about and laugh with them after training , top fella . For a 29 year old he knows he’s at his peak and with a bit of luck has a few years left in him . Not the clearest of photos Cos it’s a freeze frame of a video Looks like they’re playing rugby , confirming he’s Welsh
I suspect that when you get to the relative top level of the game and injuries set you back, it must be pretty hard as a footballer. Coming to Charlton, whether it be co-incidence or Bowyer has resulted in Williams making that journey back. The thing that strikes me about the lad is his intelligence. He will have a target of were he wants to be and money is a secondary factor in getting there. When you are there, you get more money anyway - if you believe in your ability and back it. He appreciates he still needs the right environment and maybe to continue to remember what it is like to enjoy his football as he climbs the invisble ladder.
I suspect Williams has a better chance of making it to the Premiership than Aribo does right now.
Not really being a part of a team, or feeling that way, must make it difficult to train as hard as you should - and then make you susceptible to injury. It must also make you question if you are good enough. It is easy to see how it can all spiral down.
Maybe this is what happened to Poyet. Especially after big Sam said he was ‘not the player we thought he was’.
It would seem that Williams is made of sterner stuff and has the intelligence to realise that being at the right club/team is important. I hope our youngsters that have left have made the right choices for them. I hope they have.
If not, I am sure Williams knows a song about that. Altogether now, “we’ll keep a welcome at the Valley..”
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Over the moon when he signed for us permanently again last month and agree with @cafc-west above, I think he is my favourite player at the club right now. I love Taylor of course for what he brings to the side and off the pitch, Solly for his commitment to our great club, and plenty of others too. But for me I can relate to Jonny the most, he’s a very similar age to me and watching him play football is an absolute joy.
Exactly - 26 is nothing for a footballer these days
Only 27 as well
For a 29 year old he knows he’s at his peak and with a bit of luck has a few years left in him .
Not the clearest of photos Cos it’s a freeze frame
Looks like they’re playing rugby , confirming he’s Welsh
I suspect Williams has a better chance of making it to the Premiership than Aribo does right now.
I hope he does well - seems a lovely guy.
Maybe this is what happened to Poyet. Especially after big Sam said he was ‘not the player we thought he was’.
It would seem that Williams is made of sterner stuff and has the intelligence to realise that being at the right club/team is important. I hope our youngsters that have left have made the right choices for them. I hope they have.
If not, I am sure Williams knows a song about that. Altogether now, “we’ll keep a welcome at the Valley..”