We started the season with Lapslie as our right back. TS has come in and we've signed one of our best performer's from last season as a squad player (initially). Just to provide context. Excellent!
So whilst it poses a selection headache for Bowyer, it is the type of headache a manager loves as a weak position a few weeks ago is now the best covered in the League!
Absolutely buzzing that he’s back. Imagine thinking a few months ago that Adam Matthews would be here for another year and he isn’t guaranteed to start at right back, you’d have think we got promoted rather than relegated!
Great news. Does anyone reckon we (and other clubs) are being a bit clever with the salary cap?
No chance, according to various people within the game and closely covering it, there's no loopholes etc in the wording or workings of the contracts, apart from win bonuses from cup games, so unless all our players get 500k a win in the London Senior Cup this year, I can't see how it can be worked around
We started the season with Lapslie as our right back. TS has come in and we've signed one of our best performer's from last season as a squad player (initially). Just to provide context. Excellent!
A few weeks ago we were discussing the merits of signing either Gunter or Matthews. To now have both in a league 1 team is a fantastic bit of business. Thank you TS, SG and LB! What a different feeling it is to be an Addicks fan at the moment.
To be honest if a championship side had both Gunter and Matthews, you'd say they were solid signings, so to get both as a league one club is amazing.
I'm pretty sure the majority of league one is pretty envious of the squad we're building. Play offs as a minimum are an absolute necessity now with this group of players. Top 2 has to be the aim though.
Brilliant signing. After the Leeds match he was the one I was hoping to keep at Charlton. The fact he has re signed and might not even be the starting RB is something which I could not guessed after being relegated. Welcome back Adam.
I wonder if he's getting a good sight less now than he would have if he'd been able to sign up for us before the embargo lifted. It sounded like he'd rather explore his options at the time, but I'd be surprised if we had enough left in the cap to offer him what we initially had. Might be his agent hasn't had a great summer for Adam.
I wonder if he's getting a good sight less now than he would have if he'd been able to sign up for us before the embargo lifted. It sounded like he'd rather explore his options at the time, but I'd be surprised if we had enough left in the cap to offer him what we initially had. Might be his agent hasn't had a great summer for Adam.
Maybe Dillon leaving meant we had enough headroom to sign him.
You can never have too many good players, so got to be happy with this. Bows has options all over the pitch now when everyone is fit, and good cover when they aren't. Another new challenge for him keeping everyone happy, but I'm sure he'll be loving having that kind of headache.
Can't blame Matthews for trying to get a better deal than the basket case we were when we first tried to re--sign him, but he's obviously decided he's not going to get paid more than we can offer and some money is better than no money.
A fag paper separate shim and Gunter, based on what we've seen so far. I think Matthews might just shade by virtue of having a bit more recovery pace but with so many occasions of 3 games a week this season, the whole squad will play plenty of matches.
Great news. Does anyone reckon we (and other clubs) are being a bit clever with the salary cap?
No chance, according to various people within the game and closely covering it, there's no loopholes etc in the wording or workings of the contracts, apart from win bonuses from cup games, so unless all our players get 500k a win in the London Senior Cup this year, I can't see how it can be worked around
I’d say there’s a pretty obvious loophole that wouldn’t be written into contracts.
Great signing,class player.Not sure that the defence can accommodate him and Gunter but great option.Having watched all our games on streaming I am stating the obvious but what is lacking is a really creative midfielder, hope that Maddison is going to fill that hole
I wonder if he's getting a good sight less now than he would have if he'd been able to sign up for us before the embargo lifted. It sounded like he'd rather explore his options at the time, but I'd be surprised if we had enough left in the cap to offer him what we initially had. Might be his agent hasn't had a great summer for Adam.
Maybe Dillon leaving meant we had enough headroom to sign him.
For sure, but apparently Gunter is one of the biggest earners in the squad now. I wonder if we still would have picked him up if Matthews had signed up quickly, potentially for more money. Looks like for once it has all worked out well for us
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I'm pretty sure the majority of league one is pretty envious of the squad we're building. Play offs as a minimum are an absolute necessity now with this group of players. Top 2 has to be the aim though.
Not sure if the loan window has slammed shut?
Striker incoming?
Onwards and upwards!
My personal preference was for Matthews in the first place, a little quicker/ more energetic imo.
Happy they can compete for first team place.