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Adam Matthews - gone to Cyprus, and is in ManU's Europa League group (p18)
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He wasn't even a free transfer, wasn't he out of contract and without a club?1
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He's improved tremendously and had another very good game.
Did anyone else notice him move out of position at the start of the second half, which left Hugil unmarked a few yards from Lockyer, when Hugil should have scored?
I'm not saying Lockyer shouldn't have got tighter and Matthews was possibly tracking someone, but he appeared to be going towards the ball with 3 other defenders, leaving Hugil with enough space to score.0 -
I'd argue that the fact that noticing him making a mistake being noteworthy suggests that he very rarely gets it wrong in the first place. Obviously he's not flawless and will drop a clanger eventually (just like every defender ever) but he's shaping up to be the best and most consistent fullback we've had since Solly was in his long-gone prime days and arguably even before that.Covered End said:He's improved tremendously and had another very good game.
Did anyone else notice him move out of position at the start of the second half, which left Hugil unmarked a few yards from Lockyer, when Hugil should have scored?
I'm not saying Lockyer shouldn't have got tighter and Matthews was possibly tracking someone, but he appeared to be going towards the ball with 3 other defenders, leaving Hugil with enough space to score.
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A right footed Mark Bowen for the TikTok generation.
i actually find him a little bit reminiscent of Luke Young. Not saying he’s that good, but similarly reliable, quicker than he looks and provides a good balance between attack and defence4 -
If Matthews had been here from the start of the season, and had played how he has since he joined us ,he’d probably be my player of the season.6
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Absolutely no idea who they currently have at right back, but if Matthews carries this form into next season with us in the Championship he'd surely stand a very good chance of making the Wales squad for the Euro's.0
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Chris Gunter @ ReadingChris_from_Sidcup said:Absolutely no idea who they currently have at right back, but if Matthews carries this form into next season with us in the Championship he'd surely stand a very good chance of making the Wales squad for the Euro's.0 -
Always thought he was bang average. Matthews is a better all round full back for sure.ForeverAddickted said:
Chris Gunter @ ReadingChris_from_Sidcup said:Absolutely no idea who they currently have at right back, but if Matthews carries this form into next season with us in the Championship he'd surely stand a very good chance of making the Wales squad for the Euro's.0 -
It's a fitness thing with Matthews. Even for us he hasn't been reliable all season because he's been constantly battling for fitness. He started off behind having spent last season regularly injured and he struggled to build up a rhythm because he was always behind players who had had a proper pre-season. He's always looked a good player, but now it feels a bit more like he's at a level of fitness where he can show what he's really about. I think conditioning-wise this shutdown has been brilliant for some of our players. Matthews, Hemed and Aneke have spent the whole season unfit and injured. I get the feeling there's just something with Aneke and fitness that Bow doesn't like, but in Hemed and Matthews we've had two players who we've never seen the best of because they couldn't catch up. Now they have and they look great. Add Morgan using the shutdown to get into proper shape and Field coming back from an injury that had seemingly ended his season and we're actually going into games with a squad that has players performing to their level instead of dragging a pace behind everyone else.
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Fantastic against QPR. Kept the man rated at over £10m very quiet
He is someone that came in with a point to prove to people and, once he got his fitness back has shown he is a classy operator. So assured, surprisingly fast and also a decent delivery on him.
I would like to think he will be offered a decent long contract because he has nailed that slot completely. Very impressive player and a very impressive piece of scouting too6 - Sponsored links:
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I was amazed at how fast he seemed to be in both the last two games. Didn’t remember him having that sort of pace at all.
good work fella.6 -
whats the length of his contract?0
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Think he's only contracted to the end of the season
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@Redhenry According to the last updated squad list 2020 so I assume after the one month extensions currently agreed?Redhenry said:whats the length of his contract?
Edit; he signed a one year deal last September as per the OS;
https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5d7116a777629/done-deal-charlton-complete-signing-of-wales-international-adam-matthews
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Love the determination he shows whenever someone knocks the ball past him. Feels like no one is gonna beat him for pace.Alwaysneil said:I was amazed at how fast he seemed to be in both the last two games. Didn’t remember him having that sort of pace at all.
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He makes mistakes but has enough pace to recover. I am minded of Wiggins who probably had a little more pace, but when he lost it after his injury it affected his game massively. Before it, I thought he was headed for the Premier League. At this moment, Matthews is looking like an inspired signing.0
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I know Matthews signed a 1 year deal last September ..... but I wonder if there also was a 1 year option?
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Would be fantastic if we could keep Matthews.
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I just can’t see it happening.I’d love to keep him but a Championship club would be stupid not to snap him up.
I know he has potential injury problems but he’s one of the most consistent RBs I’ve seen at the Valley and is far too good for league one.3 -
Wow that would be epic if we could, makes you wonder if we've already offered terms to him and just need this approval?
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My player of the year last season, would love to keep him. We aren't gonna find someone even half as good with the budget restrictionsCallumcafc said:1 -
Surely he won't sign a salary capped deal with us
He could probably get more signing for Wycombe!0 -
Would love him to stay, but in truth he seems like a class above this division. Hard to imagine that one of the lower or even middle ranking Championship clubs wouldn't pick him up.
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Bit confused now, has he decided he wants to stay at Charlton and we need to know whether we can re-sign him, or are we asking the EFL if they'll let us offer him a new contract after which he might still say no?
Is this also the first mention made on the OS to our transfer embargo? Seems strange to see them reference it1 -
Unless our appeal to the EFL is that he was with us before so can be on higher terms perhaps?Chris_from_Sidcup said:Surely he won't sign a salary capped deal with us
He could probably get more signing for Wycombe!1 -
Guaranteed team of the season. Would be an unfair advantage for us over the 23 other teams in the league.1
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Keeping him would be a huge bonus1
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if you would assume that he has agreed a deal if the EFL approve otherwise you would not even appeal to the EFL and make it public5
