We are one of only 4 clubs in this league who has paid a fee so far. Peterborough the only one who spent anything significant, 1.2m for Clarke-Harris, and that was only because they sold Toney for 10m. I’m grateful we’ve got a geeza willing to pay the bills and give Bowyer some sort of support.
If we go for the U21 loan for Right-Back then the alternative to Matthews elsewhere in the squad must be a damned good option
Thing is, if we're getting a young loan player, then his club expect him to get plenty of game time. Not just back up in the squad. Or they wont lend us players in future.
If we go for the U21 loan for Right-Back then the alternative to Matthews elsewhere in the squad must be a damned good option
Thing is, if we're getting a young loan player, then his club expect him to get plenty of game time. Not just back up in the squad. Or they wont lend us players in future.
Yeah but if one of the U21s is a Right-Back then they're 100% going to get game time
Typical of our luck. Soon as we have a modicum of money, which we know the manager would spend wisely, then the EFL introduce a salary cap which limits cumulative wages. Somebody up there really doesn't like us.
If we go for the U21 loan for Right-Back then the alternative to Matthews elsewhere in the squad must be a damned good option
Thing is, if we're getting a young loan player, then his club expect him to get plenty of game time. Not just back up in the squad. Or they wont lend us players in future.
Yeah but if one of the U21s is a Right-Back then they're 100% going to get game time
He'd better be good if we're not signing Matthews then.
The challenge is not just signing the player with the best ability - it's also about character and how he will compliment the rest of the team.
With Matthews, he's already proven to be exactly what we need. At a price. No wonder Bowyer and Gallen are scratching their heads.
People are forgetting that we will be able to bring in another permanent and senior player once Phillips moves on. As things stand, we are looking at 3 permanent and 3 loans, but that will be 4 permanent and 3 loans should Phillips seal a move away.
Okay it might mean we are a bit short in one or two areas, but I am sure they’ll bring in the best 6 or 7 players they can get.
This is the ‘Charlton’ way. What we have come to expect, always a hurdle at the last that we need to work around or fall over on. If we can get 6, the seniors havIng decent quality and experience and the U21s are 20-21 and Prem academy quality, we will be just fine.
Another Gallagher type midfielder that can make something out of nothing would be perfect, as we have good passers in that midfield and JW has some nice tricks in his locker, but that driving killer run/shot out of the blue that hits the top left hand corner is lacking atm.
So we're only getting three senior players in. Brilliant. This season is gonna be a wash.
Behave. We at least have a club and we are financially sound. Count our blessings.
Three senior players along the spine would be significant for our future.
Phillips, Doughty, Mathews, Cullen, New striker, New CH. Bows has difficult decisions to make.
Its a shame that Phillips is already on a Contract with us
I presume if we sell him (to free up say his £5k p/w contract) that doesnt actually free up the £5k for someone else because he's exempt from the Salary Cap
So we're only getting three senior players in. Brilliant. This season is gonna be a wash.
Behave. We at least have a club and we are financially sound. Count our blessings.
Three senior players along the spine would be significant for our future.
Phillips, Doughty, Mathews, Cullen, New striker, New CH. Bows has difficult decisions to make.
Its a shame that Phillips is already on a Contract with us
I presume if we sell him (to free up say his £5k p/w contract) that doesnt actually free up the £5k for someone else because he's exempt from the Salary Cap
That's right, it'd only free up his wage contribution to the salary cap. But it'd still make room for another body.
So we're only getting three senior players in. Brilliant. This season is gonna be a wash.
Behave. We at least have a club and we are financially sound. Count our blessings.
Three senior players along the spine would be significant for our future.
Phillips, Doughty, Mathews, Cullen, New striker, New CH. Bows has difficult decisions to make.
We lost 10 (12?) senior players last season? We don't have a single right back at the moment. One LB. 3 CBs. Not a single wide player. And poor strikers. Three senior players is putting a plaster on a broken back.
I was commenting on the season not the club!
Getting out of this league is going to be bloody tough going.
This is the ‘Charlton’ way. What we have come to expect, always a hurdle at the last that we need to work around or fall over on. If we can get 6, the seniors havIng decent quality and experience and the U21s are 20-21 and Prem academy quality, we will be just fine.
Another Gallagher type midfielder that can make something out of nothing would be perfect, as we have good passers in that midfield and JW has some nice tricks in his locker, but that driving killer run/shot out of the blue that hits the top left hand corner is lacking atm.
We certainly know when to get relegated at the wrong bloody times...
Think this is the third time now where we've effectively screwed ourselves over with TV deals / spending / salary caps
People are forgetting that we will be able to bring in another permanent and senior player once Phillips moves on. As things stand, we are looking at 3 permanent and 3 loans, but that will be 4 permanent and 3 loans should Phillips seal a move away.
Okay it might mean we are a bit short in one or two areas, but I am sure they’ll bring in the best 6 or 7 players they can get.
We've no restriction on numbers, it's the total salary that's the issue
As Phillips has a pre-dating contract, he only counts as £2.5k, so wouldn't free that much in wages anyway
So we're only getting three senior players in. Brilliant. This season is gonna be a wash.
Behave. We at least have a club and we are financially sound. Count our blessings.
Three senior players along the spine would be significant for our future.
Phillips, Doughty, Mathews, Cullen, New striker, New CH. Bows has difficult decisions to make.
We lost 10 (?) senior players last season? We don't have a single right back at the moment. One LB. Not a single wide player. And poor strikers. Three senior players is putting a plaster on a broken back.
I was commenting on the season not the club!
Famewo and Doughty can play there - Same with the Right-Back slot, we'd only have Matthews or the loan but Oshilaja and Lapslie can play out there too
We cant bulk up our squad unless we want to go with quantity not quality so have to be clever and get that versatile signing we associated with Curbs so often
People are forgetting that we will be able to bring in another permanent and senior player once Phillips moves on. As things stand, we are looking at 3 permanent and 3 loans, but that will be 4 permanent and 3 loans should Phillips seal a move away.
Okay it might mean we are a bit short in one or two areas, but I am sure they’ll bring in the best 6 or 7 players they can get.
We've no restriction on numbers, it's the total salary that's the issue
As Phillips has a pre-dating contract, he only counts as £2.5k, so wouldn't free that much in wages anyway
I think the contribution to the cap by existing players might be nearer £1.7k a week having tried to find a definitive number somewhere
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He's only 20 as well, as per Bowyer's quotes on the first Cawley piece would be excluded from the cap
He then wants three U21s on loan so they're exempt from the Salary Cap
Cawley looks terrifying in this.
The risk is they could also be like Matt Smith
Not just back up in the squad. Or they wont lend us players in future.
Three senior players along the spine would be significant for our future.
He'd better be good if we're not signing Matthews then.
The challenge is not just signing the player with the best ability - it's also about character and how he will compliment the rest of the team.
With Matthews, he's already proven to be exactly what we need. At a price.
No wonder Bowyer and Gallen are scratching their heads.
Okay it might mean we are a bit short in one or two areas, but I am sure they’ll bring in the best 6 or 7 players they can get.
Another Gallagher type midfielder that can make something out of nothing would be perfect, as we have good passers in that midfield and JW has some nice tricks in his locker, but that driving killer run/shot out of the blue that hits the top left hand corner is lacking atm.
I presume if we sell him (to free up say his £5k p/w contract) that doesnt actually free up the £5k for someone else because he's exempt from the Salary Cap
Permits yet another senior signing.
Edit: Just seen my post crossed with @Sage
He makes the same point.
I was commenting on the season not the club!
Getting out of this league is going to be bloody tough going.
Think this is the third time now where we've effectively screwed ourselves over with TV deals / spending / salary caps
As Phillips has a pre-dating contract, he only counts as £2.5k, so wouldn't free that much in wages anyway
We cant bulk up our squad unless we want to go with quantity not quality so have to be clever and get that versatile signing we associated with Curbs so often