My overall impression based on the insight I have is that the club appear to have made a mess of JFC’s renewal which is depriving the player from earning what he is worth per week (playing or not, there are literally 100s of players up and down the leagues on fair money who are not in a match day squad regularly for various reasons etc.). Suspect it’s based on a) speculating they may be able to get a transfer fee if he was under contract and sold or b) because player budget decisions were not concluded before they triggered their right to renew his contract. When budgets were decided they realised the trigger clause had to be avoided in order to spend on players elsewhere.
While b) may seem fair enough for fans and club, as you want the strongest competitive squad possible across all positions, the situation it has led to is just plain wrong in my opinion and JFC’s performances in cups regardless of level of opposition illustrates his professionalism and ability to see beyond this situation.
I really hope JFC gets a move which works for him in January and in case you are wondering I am not related to him in any shape or form. I have however employed 100s of people throughout my career and have a good sense of what fair looks like.
It’s not just my opinion, Danny Senda who works for the club basically said he was the best player on the pitch last night. All this stuff about him being too old and slow - the guy is only 28 years old. Look at the Barry Bannon’s of the League. He is 32 and still pulling all the strings at Sheffield Weds. I wouldn’t play him in front of Dobbo or Fraser ( although the latter is a close call) but when we are trying to break down teams at The Valley I would always bring him on in front of Morgan, Mcgrandles ( who is useless) and Payne. Apart from anything else , he takes very good dead balls including free kicks and can score goals from distance.
I only watched the second half but based on that I thought he is well worth a place on the bench. I get the pace issue, and generally I trust BG, but JFC has a lot to offer. In addition he's rusty because he hasn't played any competitive football. McGrandles? Same is apparently true, needs to recover from injury (far less severe than JFC's). He was the conductor of our second goal, but that's literally the first time I've seen anything from him that showed me why he was signed. Before that most of his passes were sloppy, imprecise and suggesting, like Kirk, that he's afraid of keeping the ball.
JFC also had to jump out of the way of an outrageous two footed tackle that happened under the nose of the ref, and that suggested to me that the mental scars of two bad injuries have not yet healed.
He probably needs to move on in Jan but I would have thought that involvement in the league squad would be win-win for both parties.
At the end of the day I think most people would agree they'd rather have him on the bench than McGrandles, which is the important point IMO as he wouldn't be replacing any of Dobson, Fraser or probably even Morgan.
I only watched the second half but based on that I thought he is well worth a place on the bench. I get the pace issue, and generally I trust BG, but JFC has a lot to offer. In addition he's rusty because he hasn't played any competitive football. McGrandles? Same is apparently true, needs to recover from injury (far less severe than JFC's). He was the conductor of our second goal, but that's literally the first time I've seen anything from him that showed me why he was signed. Before that most of his passes were sloppy, imprecise and suggesting, like Kirk, that he's afraid of keeping the ball.
JFC also had to jump out of the way of an outrageous two footed tackle that happened under the nose of the ref, and that suggested to me that the mental scars of two bad injuries have not yet healed.
He probably needs to move on in Jan but I would have thought that involvement in the league squad would be win-win for both parties.
I imagine TS would see the Win/Win slightly differently as not only would be paying double (apparently) the wages, it would also become a lot harder to move JFC on in Jan.
When Sessegnon was out injured, he would certaintly have been a much better bet at left back than Clayden or playing Clare on the wrong side because he's a natural left footer.
He will play on Saturday and again next week Tuesday. We then won't see him until the next set of cup games, but clearly there is nothing about his contract and league appearances...
At the end of the day I think most people would agree they'd rather have him on the bench than McGrandles, which is the important point IMO as he wouldn't be replacing any of Dobson, Fraser or probably even Morgan.
I think wether he gets in the 11 now is totally irrelevant we are paying the wages of a play we either can't, or won't, play in the league.
At the same time we have a massive center forward sized hole in our squad.
When you realise it's all totally self inflicted and could have been avoided at multiple stages of the summer it's both frustrating and doing no-one any favours.
He isn't playing in the league because we don't want to pay the money he would be due if he makes another league appearance. This comes from Jake himself to someone I trust implicitly.
In addition he is very unlikely to earn what we are paying him now if he goes to Wimbledon or anywhere else in L2 anyway.
That's why he isn't complaining - he's getting paid pretty handsomely to do very little. He'll move when he gets a suitable offer or when he is out of contract
I thought the positions and pockets of space he took up, and particularly his choice and range of passing were as crisp and classy as ever.
However I also thought he looked a little slow and cumbersome and times, and that he lost out on some battles for the ball I wouldn’t have expected him to.
Really hard to tell where he is at from these games. I assume he will play against Stevenage which will be a sterner test.
This is spot on.
He was Charlton's best player, but also looked a little slow and definitely didn't get totally stuck in. In fact he jumped over an incoming tackle from Brighton's best player Miller.
The question is was JFC playing within himself for a Papa Johns game, or has he lost some pace & stamina?
I suspect he was playing within himself and also didn't want to get injured again.
Anyway, like Cabbles says it's immaterial. He's almost certainly not going to play for us again in the league and barring no takers he will be gone in January.
He isn't playing in the league because we don't want to pay the money he would be due if he makes another league appearance. This comes from Jake himself to someone I trust implicitly.
In addition he is very unlikely to earn what we are paying him now if he goes to Wimbledon or anywhere else in L2 anyway.
That's why he isn't complaining - he's getting paid pretty handsomely to do very little. He'll move when he gets a suitable offer or when he is out of contract
I thought BG said that its nothing to do with Jake making a league appearance.If he thought it was right to play jake he would. Does this then expose a lie by BG or have I misunderstood his comments?
He isn't playing in the league because we don't want to pay the money he would be due if he makes another league appearance. This comes from Jake himself to someone I trust implicitly.
In addition he is very unlikely to earn what we are paying him now if he goes to Wimbledon or anywhere else in L2 anyway.
That's why he isn't complaining - he's getting paid pretty handsomely to do very little. He'll move when he gets a suitable offer or when he is out of contract
I thought BG said that its nothing to do with Jake making a league appearance.If he thought it was right to play jake he would. Does this then expose a lie by BG or have I misunderstood his comments?
Dunno - but this came from Jake himself and you'd think he was at the forefront of the situation
Of course it's entirely possible he's just not good enough for Garner and this is becomes a convenient answer for Jake to give to save face.
JFC was playing against young, fit and skillful players in the Brighton midfield last night and yet for substantial periods of play he was matching them yard for yard and, more importantly, dictating the pace of the game. He was constantly looking for the ball and aware of what to do with it when it came to him. He should be on the bench at least for league games.
JFC was playing against young, fit and skillful players in the Brighton midfield last night and yet for substantial periods of play he was matching them yard for yard and, more importantly, dictating the pace of the game. He was constantly looking for the ball and aware of what to do with it when it came to him. He should be on the bench at least for league games.
But TS won't pay him more money once he makes another league appearance (as said above), so why have him on the bench.
A ridiculous decision to activate the extension considering TS is trying to save every penny. Can only assume he badly misjudged the interest he thought JFC would attract.
It should be obvious you could get a small fee for a young striker like Davison who has a reasonable scoring record on loan at Swindon.
It should also be obvious that an older player like JFC who’s had a couple of bad knee injuries is exactly the type of player no one is going to pay a fee for.
How much would people think JFC is on now and what would it increase to if he plays again in the league?
I get TS wants to cut costs, but surely we can't be talking a huge amount here. Especially given it's a contract TS was prepared to offer in the first place.
So if he knew he was then going to instruct Garner not to play him (assuming he has) to avoid the higher salary kicking in, then why offer him a contract that basically means he's being paid to do nothing for 46 games out of around 55.
A ridiculous decision to activate the extension considering TS is trying to save every penny. Can only assume he badly misjudged the interest he thought JFC would attract.
It should be obvious you could get a small fee for a young striker like Davison who has a reasonable scoring record on loan at Swindon.
It should also be obvious that an older player like JFC who’s had a couple of bad knee injuries is exactly the type of player no one is going to pay a fee for.
We would have got a fee if he had proved he had recovered from his ACL.
Both parties, wrongly, expected the same level of interest as at the end of the 20/21 season.
How much would people think JFC is on now and what would it increase to if he plays again in the league?
I get TS wants to cut costs, but surely we can't be talking a huge amount here. Especially given it's a contract TS was prepared to offer in the first place.
So if he knew he was then going to instruct Garner not to play him (assuming he has) to avoid the higher salary kicking in, then why offer him a contract that basically means he's being paid to do nothing for 46 games out of around 55.
The figure JFC quoted is plenty to be living on tbf - he's not exactly on the bread line.
I assume the money increase is quite substantial otherwise we would happily cope with paying a small increase if we thought he could play a role in the squad.
Is he worth such an increase when he doesn't touch the level of Fraser or Dobson and is more on par with Morgan + Mcgrandles? Probably not.
People saying he's the best player in a reserve side against a team's under-21s miss the point completely.
A ridiculous decision to activate the extension considering TS is trying to save every penny. Can only assume he badly misjudged the interest he thought JFC would attract.
It should be obvious you could get a small fee for a young striker like Davison who has a reasonable scoring record on loan at Swindon.
It should also be obvious that an older player like JFC who’s had a couple of bad knee injuries is exactly the type of player no one is going to pay a fee for.
We would have got a fee if he had proved he had recovered from his ACL.
Both parties, wrongly, expected the same level of interest as at the end of the 20/21 season.
What exactly do you mean by proved he had recovered?
He isn't playing in the league because we don't want to pay the money he would be due if he makes another league appearance. This comes from Jake himself to someone I trust implicitly.
In addition he is very unlikely to earn what we are paying him now if he goes to Wimbledon or anywhere else in L2 anyway.
That's why he isn't complaining - he's getting paid pretty handsomely to do very little. He'll move when he gets a suitable offer or when he is out of contract
Maybe I'm being naive but if he's happy enough on his current wage wouldn't it better for him to waive the clause, be involved in league games and put himself in the shop window for January if he wants to go? You say he's doing very little but he still has to train. Aren't matches meant to be the fun bit?
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While b) may seem fair enough for fans and club, as you want the strongest competitive squad possible across all positions, the situation it has led to is just plain wrong in my opinion and JFC’s performances in cups regardless of level of opposition illustrates his professionalism and ability to see beyond this situation.
I really hope JFC gets a move which works for him in January and in case you are wondering I am not related to him in any shape or form. I have however employed 100s of people throughout my career and have a good sense of what fair looks like.
I wouldn’t play him in front of Dobbo or Fraser ( although the latter is a close call) but when we are trying to break down teams at The Valley I would always bring him on in front of Morgan, Mcgrandles ( who is useless) and Payne.
Apart from anything else , he takes very good dead balls including free kicks and can score goals from distance.
JFC also had to jump out of the way of an outrageous two footed tackle that happened under the nose of the ref, and that suggested to me that the mental scars of two bad injuries have not yet healed.
He probably needs to move on in Jan but I would have thought that involvement in the league squad would be win-win for both parties.
At the same time we have a massive center forward sized hole in our squad.
When you realise it's all totally self inflicted and could have been avoided at multiple stages of the summer it's both frustrating and doing no-one any favours.
In addition he is very unlikely to earn what we are paying him now if he goes to Wimbledon or anywhere else in L2 anyway.
That's why he isn't complaining - he's getting paid pretty handsomely to do very little. He'll move when he gets a suitable offer or when he is out of contract
He was Charlton's best player, but also looked a little slow and definitely didn't get totally stuck in.
In fact he jumped over an incoming tackle from Brighton's best player Miller.
The question is was JFC playing within himself for a Papa Johns game, or has he lost some pace & stamina?
I suspect he was playing within himself and also didn't want to get injured again.
Anyway, like Cabbles says it's immaterial.
He's almost certainly not going to play for us again in the league and barring no takers he will be gone in January.
Of course it's entirely possible he's just not good enough for Garner and this is becomes a convenient answer for Jake to give to save face.
It should be obvious you could get a small fee for a young striker like Davison who has a reasonable scoring record on loan at Swindon.
It should also be obvious that an older player like JFC who’s had a couple of bad knee injuries is exactly the type of player no one is going to pay a fee for.
I get TS wants to cut costs, but surely we can't be talking a huge amount here. Especially given it's a contract TS was prepared to offer in the first place.
So if he knew he was then going to instruct Garner not to play him (assuming he has) to avoid the higher salary kicking in, then why offer him a contract that basically means he's being paid to do nothing for 46 games out of around 55.
Both parties, wrongly, expected the same level of interest as at the end of the 20/21 season.
Is he worth such an increase when he doesn't touch the level of Fraser or Dobson and is more on par with Morgan + Mcgrandles? Probably not.
People saying he's the best player in a reserve side against a team's under-21s miss the point completely.