We seem to have a plethora of young keepers at the club who generally seem highly rated so I was interested if some of those who watched the kids had any thoughts of their qualities and order currently.
Ashley Maynard Brewer (age 22)Seems to be Australia number two, long talked about but with a very odd loan move this year and at 22 surely needs to start to play first team footy soon to progress.
Nathan Harness (age 21)
Appears to be our number two this season.
Joe Osaghae (age 20)
Not in handbook, but is on website. Is he still with us?
Nathan Harvey (age 19)
I think he played some pre-season friendlies (maybe Welling?)
James Beadle (age 17)
Charlton fan and just called up to England U18 team with rumours of PL interest.
Harry Whitling (age 17)
Battling with Beadle for U18 place I assume?
With MacGillivray being only 28 he still has a good 4-7 years left.
Do we have more young keepers than Chelsea!
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If he doesn't get enough game time he'll probably be back in January and sent elsewhere.
Adkins said: “I’ve got high hopes for Ash as a goalkeeper. He’s going to come back as the season starts, so we’ll sit down and make a decision with the best interests of him and also for us.
“At the end of the day he needs to be playing. It’s no good him being sat on the bench for another year, he needs to be playing football.
I agree we do seem to have a large number, it will be interesting who the club see as being potentially the best prospect
He should have been loaned to a league two or national league club who could guarantee him game time.
Only one spot for a keeper and didn't know he came from a family of Charlton supporters.
Brighton have been Monitoring James Beadle for quite a while. When you think Pope was released by Ipswich and playing for Bury in Suffolk, you realized how advanced James is compared to Nick at the same age. When you consider that Beadle is 4 and 5 years younger than Harness and AMB you wonder if he can leapfrog them so he in contention for the number 1 spot while he is still in his teens ?
Graham Tutt was probably the only keeper who had became our 1st team goalie when still 19 ? Not sure what age the Great Sam Bartram became number 1 ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sryaxyLNm5s
We might be hoping for £400k but I can’t see how we avoid getting a nominal fee due to EPPP.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/16515644/chelsea-transfer-target-james-beadle-charlton/
TS - Beadle has left for Chelsea and we only get 400k compensation . We have been robbed ! Who’s bright idea was this scheme
Roddy - That will be me.