Well, I'm quite positive about the coming season after watching that.
DJ looks to be a major handful and will hopefully carve open plenty of defences in our league. I agree that we will miss Chuks big time and we need a replacement for him in particular.
Undoubtedly we will strengthen more and the new players really need to be first choice rather than squad players but the new signings look good additions.
I was at the game and I thought we played pretty well. It was great to be in a football ground again, there was a great sense of positivity in the air. I only have a few of thoughts:
Albie Morgan wouldn’t look out of place in the Fulham side, outrageous ability. He’s going to be an important player this year and he’d look a lot better if he had better players around him.
I still don’t believe we’ll sign Famewo on a permanent, he’s far too good for League One. They would have scored a few more without his interceptions in the final third.
Our left side is so much worse than our right side - it makes the team so one dimensional. Left winger should be our first priority.
Agree on Famwoe. Personally I think that is wht it's a loan with an option to buy. He obviously wants to be here but maybe he wont want too if we dont get promoted and he can see we are on the move upwards. Imo he will be playing in the premiership in a few years with or without us the bloke is class
Another big plus for me today was the new Deji he might only be 17 but he gave the tricky stikers today no change at all. Also a player with a big future I think. Hopefully he is on a decent contract
I know we had Stockley from the 2nd half of last season, but I reckon he will , if he stays fit score more than Chuks did from now till Christmas, and potentially create more chances for others, purely because he’s spending more minutes on the pitch and having a bigger impact on the game.
Me too, except for a short spell where he gave the ball away and missed a tackle. Both he and Dobson are a bit more energetic and pacy than Watson and Pratley.
I know we had Stockley from the 2nd half of last season, but I reckon he will , if he stays fit score more than Chuks did from now till Christmas, and potentially create more chances for others, purely because he’s spending more minutes on the pitch and having a bigger impact on the game.
You think Stockley will score 15 in 23?
Sorry maybe I didn’t make myself clear, I don’t know how many goals Chuks scored from now till Christmas ( I doubt it was 15) but I think Stockley will score more than Chuks did for us in the same time period, from now till Christmas.
Me too, except for a short spell where he gave the ball away and missed a tackle. Both he and Dobson are a bit more energetic and pacy than Watson and Pratley.
Agreed although he should’ve scored when DJ laid it back to him in the box but blazed it over when it was 0-0.
I know you guys think Stockley is great but to me he is still showing donkey like tendencies, Ok he can head the ball and it is useful when we defend corners but so far in these friendlies he has left a lot to be desired as our main striker.
My fear is that if he is our main striker then he wont score enough to get us promoted. Usually with a big man up top you'd have someone playing off him or as part of a traditional front 2. Currently we have neither. Imo we still dont have a "main striker" and the fact that Schwartz has not had 1 second of a pre season game means it's even more likely he wont be featuring much, if at all, this season. That then leaves us with Washington (currently being played wide) and Davison (no experience or scoring record) to score the goals.
Nope. Just not working for me.
I will hold my hands up to say I've seen very little of us this pre-season and everyone is saying how good we look, especially in midfield. Unfortunately though that just seems to have shifted to problem from being a passing sideways team to a team with no end product.
Big debate on the rumours thread earlier about "who is going to score the goals" and I purposely didnt join in as I've said it all too often.
I've been told to wait a month until the transfer window closes so that I'll do.
Agree completely. We didn't have enough goals in the side last year and we have less now.
Only 4 teams scored more than us last season......
I know you guys think Stockley is great but to me he is still showing donkey like tendencies, Ok he can head the ball and it is useful when we defend corners but so far in these friendlies he has left a lot to be desired as our main striker.
My fear is that if he is our main striker then he wont score enough to get us promoted. Usually with a big man up top you'd have someone playing off him or as part of a traditional front 2. Currently we have neither. Imo we still dont have a "main striker" and the fact that Schwartz has not had 1 second of a pre season game means it's even more likely he wont be featuring much, if at all, this season. That then leaves us with Washington (currently being played wide) and Davison (no experience or scoring record) to score the goals.
Nope. Just not working for me.
I will hold my hands up to say I've seen very little of us this pre-season and everyone is saying how good we look, especially in midfield. Unfortunately though that just seems to have shifted to problem from being a passing sideways team to a team with no end product.
Big debate on the rumours thread earlier about "who is going to score the goals" and I purposely didnt join in as I've said it all too often.
I've been told to wait a month until the transfer window closes so that I'll do.
Agree completely. We didn't have enough goals in the side last year and we have less now.
Only 4 teams scored more than us last season......
Last season we were 5th in goals scored and 10th in goals conceded.
Me too, except for a short spell where he gave the ball away and missed a tackle. Both he and Dobson are a bit more energetic and pacy than Watson and Pratley.
Agreed although he should’ve scored when DJ laid it back to him in the box but blazed it over when it was 0-0.
He should have hit the target I'd say but it was hardly a sitter.
Me too, except for a short spell where he gave the ball away and missed a tackle. Both he and Dobson are a bit more energetic and pacy than Watson and Pratley.
Agreed although he should’ve scored when DJ laid it back to him in the box but blazed it over when it was 0-0.
He should have hit the target I'd say but it was hardly a sitter.
You mean he should’ve worked the keeper, nah I beg to differ he should’ve buried it from 15 yards😉 And his reaction said so.
Me too, except for a short spell where he gave the ball away and missed a tackle. Both he and Dobson are a bit more energetic and pacy than Watson and Pratley.
Agreed although he should’ve scored when DJ laid it back to him in the box but blazed it over when it was 0-0.
He should have hit the target I'd say but it was hardly a sitter.
You mean he should’ve worked the keeper, nah I beg to differ he should’ve buried it from 15 yards😉 And his reaction said so.
Haha no way. His reaction was clearly one of "I should have got that shot on target there and maybe scored" then he gave a look of "And if anyone thinks I should have definitely buried that then they are wrong, good day sirs". That's how I saw it anyway.
Really enjoyable day out. Took the missus along to her first ever Charlton away day. I explained to her pre match that the atmosphere would be relatively tame considering it’s just a friendly.
Cue 90 minutes of non stop singing from the Charlton end.
“What are they singing?”
”Oh, a song about South London being full of tits, fanny and Charlton”
I know I’ve mentioned it before but Ronnie really hasn’t been Tommy’s finest hour. Rapidly reaching Polish Pete levels of financial wastage. Imagine if we had the money we spent on him now instead
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@Elthamaddick yeah, I make you right I guess, maybe before Saturday is a big ask.
DJ looks to be a major handful and will hopefully carve open plenty of defences in our league. I agree that we will miss Chuks big time and we need a replacement for him in particular.
Undoubtedly we will strengthen more and the new players really need to be first choice rather than squad players but the new signings look good additions.
I have been known to be wrong before however.
Thank god it's only another week.
Good to see AMB back too, are Olympians exempt from the normal Covid quarantine rules, as they've been in a bubble?
Albie Morgan wouldn’t look out of place in the Fulham side, outrageous ability. He’s going to be an important player this year and he’d look a lot better if he had better players around him.
Our left side is so much worse than our right side - it makes the team so one dimensional. Left winger should be our first priority.
Hull (80) | Peterborough (83) | Oxford (77) | Charlton and Sunderland (70)
Unless we're counting goals scored in the Play-Offs?
He should have hit the target I'd say but it was hardly a sitter.
Never understood why people bother to over analyse friendlies.
Haha no way. His reaction was clearly one of "I should have got that shot on target there and maybe scored" then he gave a look of "And if anyone thinks I should have definitely buried that then they are wrong, good day sirs". That's how I saw it anyway.
Cue 90 minutes of non stop singing from the Charlton end.
”Oh, a song about South London being full of tits, fanny and Charlton”