Okay, I’m going to be a miserable git and say I have slight misgivings about this one. The highlights reel looks great, but so did Frank Moussa’s, Ben Reeves’, and Otzumer’s. It’s great to be able to spend a few notes at last, but is attacking midfield really a priority, unless Aneke and/or Otzumer are out for longer than we think? Is he better than Williams? I find that hard to believe. More importantly, though, is this talk of an attitude problem. The one thing that has kept us afloat is incredible team spirit. It could be very costly if that balance is upset. I hope Bowyer has done his homework on that part of Maddison.
If B&G fancy him then I trust that, but could this be someone that wasn’t a primary target until MS made a suggestion based on his contacts with their chairman?
I guess I‘ve just seen too many “exciting” signings turn out to be crap, and too many “underwhelming” ones turn out to be good, to draw too many conclusions on how players have done elsewhere. All that counts is what they do here.
Not being funny but have you watched him play against us? He has always been a handful! His stats are second to none! I know what you are saying but I don’t really know what else you would expect?
What sort of money do we think we'd have to shell out to P'boro for him? (Maddison)
Southall already bought the coffees
And a big piece of cake, and has ate it. Matt Southall's going back next week for another Coffee with his friend and is taking Oztumer, JFC, Chris Solly and Pearce with him ( all very good League 1 players now) and after leaving 3 million pound for the Posh Chairman he is coming back with Toney.
i.e. Might be a case that we're not paying it all now but in installments and after a set number of appearances etc.
A very good point FA, i don't know how the clauses work if someone offers the release clause amount but not all in one sum. E.g if we offered 1m up front plus 1.5 over the next 2 years would they have to accept?
Football Manager says all of the money has to be up front for the clause to be activated so it must be true lol
I think that he looks like a decent player, certainly has very good stats. Bonne has been excellent for us and he came from far lower down the leagues with good stats. We can't complain about having too many midfielders because competition and squad depth is essential to be competitive in the championship.
I'm just excited that we are paying a couple of million for a player rather than offloading our best players on the cheap! If there are 8 teams after him, as reported by the Peterborough Telegraph, that there must be something about him, also means that meeting the release clause is essential - lets hope nobody else wants to meet it and his wage demands are realistic.
With the striker situation I'm glad we're not giving into Blackpool's transfer demands for a striker who is good but unproven and toward the end of his career. I hope that Bowyer and Gallen pull a rabbit out of the hat and we sign someone with quality who nobody had expected.
Okay, I’m going to be a miserable git and say I have slight misgivings about this one. The highlights reel looks great, but so did Frank Moussa’s, Ben Reeves’, and Otzumer’s. It’s great to be able to spend a few notes at last, but is attacking midfield really a priority, unless Aneke and/or Otzumer are out for longer than we think? Is he better than Williams? I find that hard to believe. More importantly, though, is this talk of an attitude problem. The one thing that has kept us afloat is incredible team spirit. It could be very costly if that balance is upset. I hope Bowyer has done his homework on that part of Maddison.
If B&G fancy him then I trust that, but could this be someone that wasn’t a primary target until MS made a suggestion based on his contacts with their chairman?
I guess I‘ve just seen too many “exciting” signings turn out to be crap, and too many “underwhelming” ones turn out to be good, to draw too many conclusions on how players have done elsewhere. All that counts is what they do here.
Williams is not a 46 game a season man, more likely half of that. Aneke is unproven at this level and I expect will be on his way at the end of the season. Oztumer looks similar to Williams in being a bit lightweight and easily knocked about ( although talented). Green and Gallagher are on loan and unlikely to be here after May. This is a solid looking, medium term investment to fill what has been a problem position this season due to injuries etc.
To make this clear, Peterborough themselves cannot pull out of this deal IF the release clause has been met, only Maddison himself can decide against it. That's the point of a release clause, the only thing that could happen now is another club comes in and also meets his release clause which would then come down to which club can offer Maddison the best deal. It obviously isn't clear cut but it's promising that their chairman has spoke out and we now know Lee met him.
Fingers crossed we will meet no stumbling blocks cause he really is quality and we simply don't have anyone like him
or Maddison could wait until the summer and get a more suitable club for him and a sizeable signing on fee
Posh fans don't seem to think we've offered 2.5 mill for him. It does seem a little on the high side for a player with 6 months on his deal.
The idea of a clause is you have to reach that figure to instigate a deal ( yes I know we all know that) Ignore what posh fans say, they or so blinkered, you only have to listen to Charlton fans to know that.
If MM comes too Cafc I wonder if a similar bid for Lyle will see him go in January. The business head of Matt Southall may kick in and a like for like transfer may take place with Taylor. Lyle may be 30 next month but he needs to stay till May. It's looking unlikely.
Posh fans don't seem to think we've offered 2.5 mill for him. It does seem a little on the high side for a player with 6 months on his deal.
The idea of a clause is you have to reach that figure to instigate a deal ( yes I know we all know that) Ignore what posh fans say, they or so blinkered, you only have to listen to Charlton fans to know that.
I believe if MM comes too Cafc I wonder if a similar bid for Lyle will see him go in January. The business head of Matt Southall may kick in and a like for like transfer may take place with Taylor. Lyle may be 30 next month but he needs to stay till May. It's looking unlikely.
Not necessarily. You have to bid that figure to ensure the offer cannot be rejected, but nothing is stopping P'boro from accepting less.
Guy on twitter saying Tahoon interested in buying Dinamo Bucharest.... cue Charlton life meltdown
Cant see that
I saw it this morning but he initially said the UAE Royal Family and later changed it to the people who have just bought Charlton. Sounds like bull to me.
Okay, I’m going to be a miserable git and say I have slight misgivings about this one. The highlights reel looks great, but so did Frank Moussa’s, Ben Reeves’, and Otzumer’s. It’s great to be able to spend a few notes at last, but is attacking midfield really a priority, unless Aneke and/or Otzumer are out for longer than we think? Is he better than Williams? I find that hard to believe. More importantly, though, is this talk of an attitude problem. The one thing that has kept us afloat is incredible team spirit. It could be very costly if that balance is upset. I hope Bowyer has done his homework on that part of Maddison.
If B&G fancy him then I trust that, but could this be someone that wasn’t a primary target until MS made a suggestion based on his contacts with their chairman?
I guess I‘ve just seen too many “exciting” signings turn out to be crap, and too many “underwhelming” ones turn out to be good, to draw too many conclusions on how players have done elsewhere. All that counts is what they do here.
He's better than Moussa, Reeves and Oztumer combined :-) He scores goals, he has the most assists in the EFL and he doesn't get injured. If we can sign him, it's a great signing.
Posh fans don't seem to think we've offered 2.5 mill for him. It does seem a little on the high side for a player with 6 months on his deal.
The idea of a clause is you have to reach that figure to instigate a deal ( yes I know we all know that) Ignore what posh fans say, they or so blinkered, you only have to listen to Charlton fans to know that.
If MM comes too Cafc I wonder if a similar bid for Lyle will see him go in January. The business head of Matt Southall may kick in and a like for like transfer may take place with Taylor. Lyle may be 30 next month but he needs to stay till May. It's looking unlikely.
You don't have to reach that figure to get a bid accepted though. If we offer say 1 million and the Peterborough owners wants to accept that offer then he's allowed to do so. I seem to remember Naby Sarr had a release clause in his Sporting Lisbon contract of about 90 million... obviously we didn't pay that lol.
One thing with a "release clause" is that it's ok when a player is 2 years into a 4 year deal, but not if he has less than 6 months remaining. To my thinking his release clause is pretty much redundant now as he can leave in the summer for nothing. I expect Peterborough would take £1.0-£1.5m. Bit like us & Taylor.
We also need players who are going to be here next season. No guarantee Williams will be, especially if we go down....so players like Aneke, Oztumer and (hopefully) Maddison could be very important.
Posh fans don't seem to think we've offered 2.5 mill for him. It does seem a little on the high side for a player with 6 months on his deal.
The idea of a clause is you have to reach that figure to instigate a deal ( yes I know we all know that) Ignore what posh fans say, they or so blinkered, you only have to listen to Charlton fans to know that.
I believe if MM comes too Cafc I wonder if a similar bid for Lyle will see him go in January. The business head of Matt Southall may kick in and a like for like transfer may take place with Taylor. Lyle may be 30 next month but he needs to stay till May. It's looking unlikely.
Not necessarily. You have to bid that figure to ensure the offer cannot be rejected, but nothing is stopping P'boro from accepting less.
Posh fans don't seem to think we've offered 2.5 mill for him. It does seem a little on the high side for a player with 6 months on his deal.
The idea of a clause is you have to reach that figure to instigate a deal ( yes I know we all know that) Ignore what posh fans say, they or so blinkered, you only have to listen to Charlton fans to know that.
I believe if MM comes too Cafc I wonder if a similar bid for Lyle will see him go in January. The business head of Matt Southall may kick in and a like for like transfer may take place with Taylor. Lyle may be 30 next month but he needs to stay till May. It's looking unlikely.
Not necessarily. You have to bid that figure to ensure the offer cannot be rejected, but nothing is stopping P'boro from accepting less.
Good point but if the posh Chairman has turned down numerous other bids for the player then I believe it has been reached. I say that because he has always bought low and sold high on so many of their good players in the past. You could well be right I wonder if we will ever find out ?
Okay, I’m going to be a miserable git and say I have slight misgivings about this one. The highlights reel looks great, but so did Frank Moussa’s, Ben Reeves’, and Otzumer’s. It’s great to be able to spend a few notes at last, but is attacking midfield really a priority, unless Aneke and/or Otzumer are out for longer than we think? Is he better than Williams? I find that hard to believe. More importantly, though, is this talk of an attitude problem. The one thing that has kept us afloat is incredible team spirit. It could be very costly if that balance is upset. I hope Bowyer has done his homework on that part of Maddison.
If B&G fancy him then I trust that, but could this be someone that wasn’t a primary target until MS made a suggestion based on his contacts with their chairman?
I guess I‘ve just seen too many “exciting” signings turn out to be crap, and too many “underwhelming” ones turn out to be good, to draw too many conclusions on how players have done elsewhere. All that counts is what they do here.
Not being funny but have you watched him play against us? He has always been a handful! His stats are second to none! I know what you are saying but I don’t really know what else you would expect?
Who would you go for instead?
Not in the flesh, no, but Reeves and Otzumer also had very good games against us, but when we were a shit League One side. It’s more than the attitude problem that has me nervous - like I said, I see the team spirit we have as completely fundamental to Bowyer’s.
I’m not saying we shouldn’t sign, I just don’t know enough about him either way, but I’m saying we should be careful of being seduced by highlights reels of players playing elsewhere. How many of us have seen him play 90 minutes other than against us? It’s not like Posh are in the TV every other week.
In terms of we’d get instead, I usually watch one match a week - ours and I focus on our players so I freely admit I don’t who is out there, even less who is available or realistic for us. What I would say though is a striker and a defender are what we need most to improve us - assuming Otzumer and Aneke are not far behind Williams in returning to fitness.
Okay, I’m going to be a miserable git and say I have slight misgivings about this one. The highlights reel looks great, but so did Frank Moussa’s, Ben Reeves’, and Otzumer’s. It’s great to be able to spend a few notes at last, but is attacking midfield really a priority, unless Aneke and/or Otzumer are out for longer than we think? Is he better than Williams? I find that hard to believe. More importantly, though, is this talk of an attitude problem. The one thing that has kept us afloat is incredible team spirit. It could be very costly if that balance is upset. I hope Bowyer has done his homework on that part of Maddison.
If B&G fancy him then I trust that, but could this be someone that wasn’t a primary target until MS made a suggestion based on his contacts with their chairman?
I guess I‘ve just seen too many “exciting” signings turn out to be crap, and too many “underwhelming” ones turn out to be good, to draw too many conclusions on how players have done elsewhere. All that counts is what they do here.
Not being funny but have you watched him play against us? He has always been a handful! His stats are second to none! I know what you are saying but I don’t really know what else you would expect?
Who would you go for instead?
Not in the flesh, no, but Reeves and Otzumer also had very good games against us, but when we were a shit League One side. It’s more than the attitude problem that has me nervous - like I said, I see the team spirit we have as completely fundamental to Bowyer’s.
I’m not saying we shouldn’t sign, I just don’t know enough about him either way, but I’m saying we should be careful of being seduced by highlights reels of players playing elsewhere. How many of us have seen him play 90 minutes other than against us? It’s not like Posh are in the TV every other week.
In terms of we’d get instead, I usually watch one match a week - ours and I focus on our players so I freely admit I don’t who is out there, even less who is available or realistic for us. What I would say though is a striker and a defender are what we need most to improve us - assuming Otzumer and Aneke are not far behind Williams in returning to fitness.
He had affixed on him a transfer fee of 2, and a 1/2 £million minimum if sold before end of the Season. Heard about this going on last Saturday prior to the Gills game. Loud voices heard.
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Matt Southall's going back next week for another Coffee with his friend and is taking Oztumer, JFC, Chris Solly and Pearce with him ( all very good League 1 players now) and after leaving 3 million pound for the Posh Chairman he is coming back with Toney.
A good exchange is no robbery.
Liverpool getting Gomez for 3.5 million was.
I'm just excited that we are paying a couple of million for a player rather than offloading our best players on the cheap! If there are 8 teams after him, as reported by the Peterborough Telegraph, that there must be something about him, also means that meeting the release clause is essential - lets hope nobody else wants to meet it and his wage demands are realistic.
With the striker situation I'm glad we're not giving into Blackpool's transfer demands for a striker who is good but unproven and toward the end of his career. I hope that Bowyer and Gallen pull a rabbit out of the hat and we sign someone with quality who nobody had expected.
If MM comes too Cafc I wonder if a similar bid for Lyle will see him go in January. The business head of Matt Southall may kick in and a like for like transfer may take place with Taylor.
Lyle may be 30 next month but he needs to stay till May. It's looking unlikely.
He scores goals, he has the most assists in the EFL and he doesn't get injured.
If we can sign him, it's a great signing.
On a side note I look forward to more of these bitter tweets
Marcus Maddison
Marcus Harley Maddison (born 26 September 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for AFC Wimbledon after turning dowm a move to Charlton Atheltic. Occasionally he has played as a left back
I say that because he has always bought low and sold high on so many of their good players in the past. You could well be right I wonder if we will ever find out ?
I’m not saying we shouldn’t sign, I just don’t know enough about him either way, but I’m saying we should be careful of being seduced by highlights reels of players playing elsewhere. How many of us have seen him play 90 minutes other than against us? It’s not like Posh are in the TV every other week.
In terms of we’d get instead, I usually watch one match a week - ours and I focus on our players so I freely admit I don’t who is out there, even less who is available or realistic for us. What I would say though is a striker and a defender are what we need most to improve us - assuming Otzumer and Aneke are not far behind Williams in returning to fitness.
He had affixed on him a transfer fee of 2, and a 1/2 £million minimum if sold before end of the Season. Heard about this going on last Saturday prior to the Gills game. Loud voices heard.
Tahnoon Out!