A proper one. A John Aldridge, Darren Bent, Jamie Vardy type. One you can put your house on to score. Not some namby namby winger-cum-striker who chips in with 6 or 8 a season.
I say it every transfer window. Until you get someone who can regularly score you 20 goals per season you wont get promoted. Certainly not in a team currently set up like ours.
A new playing style is going to take some time to gel. If we end the season like an express train (even more so than last season) and we just miss out, it won't require huge change; what screwed us this time around was the continuity of losing JFC, Maatsen, Aneke, Pratley, Millar and a couple of key others, all of whose replacements have for whatever reason taken a while to get up to speed even as we change the playing ethos. This time, hopefully, we wouldn't lose key personnel.
That's being as generous as possible to Adkins et al. Let's see.
Lets be generous for a minute and say we are going to go on a good run between now and January so that the focus is more looking up than looking down. If we are still looking down I suspect we are looking at a totally different kettle of fish.
As it stands today, before next August, preferably July, we need 2 right backs, 2 left backs, 3 center halves, 1 center mid, 2 wingers, a number 10 and a striker. That's 12 players. We need to start on that in January at the latest. If it means loaning out, or unregistering 1st team players we either don't want or can't keep, so be it.
If we are serious about promotion any time soon we need to halve that number by April or May. If its new signings or new contracts we can't go into every summer window needing 10 plus players.
This is an insane post, sorry. Why do we need all of those players? Why have you written off most of our squad already? 2 MORE wingers? 3 MORE centre-halves? 4 MORE full-backs? What the hell.
I wouldnt go quite that far but it's TRUE to say that :
Both right backs are not good enough, especially if you want to play a fast paced attacking wing back type of football.
As per my post above, we need a top goal scorer.
We need to tie CBT down to at least a 2 1/2 year deal.
Arter, Lee & Leko are loans so will need to be bought or replaced with PERMANENT signings in the summer. Same with Famewo, although that was built into the loan deal we have with Norwich.
Pearce & Watson were contract extensions / stop gaps & need replacing.
So that's 8 or 9 players already.
And that's the problem when you dont rebuild properly & leave things until after the season has started.
Any bets on the exact thing happening next June & July......its been the same for the past few seasons so why change now.
A new playing style is going to take some time to gel. If we end the season like an express train (even more so than last season) and we just miss out, it won't require huge change; what screwed us this time around was the continuity of losing JFC, Maatsen, Aneke, Pratley, Millar and a couple of key others, all of whose replacements have for whatever reason taken a while to get up to speed even as we change the playing ethos. This time, hopefully, we wouldn't lose key personnel.
That's being as generous as possible to Adkins et al. Let's see.
Lets be generous for a minute and say we are going to go on a good run between now and January so that the focus is more looking up than looking down. If we are still looking down I suspect we are looking at a totally different kettle of fish.
As it stands today, before next August, preferably July, we need 2 right backs, 2 left backs, 3 center halves, 1 center mid, 2 wingers, a number 10 and a striker. That's 12 players. We need to start on that in January at the latest. If it means loaning out, or unregistering 1st team players we either don't want or can't keep, so be it.
If we are serious about promotion any time soon we need to halve that number by April or May. If its new signings or new contracts we can't go into every summer window needing 10 plus players.
This is an insane post, sorry. Why do we need all of those players? Why have you written off most of our squad already? 2 MORE wingers? 3 MORE centre-halves? 4 MORE full-backs? What the hell.
I wouldnt go quite that far but it's TRUE to say that :
Both right backs are not good enough, especially if you want to play a fast paced attacking wing back type of football.
As per my post above, we need a top goal scorer.
We need to tie CBT down to at least a 2 1/2 year deal.
Arter, Lee & Leko are loans so will need to be bought or replaced with PERMANENT signings in the summer. Same with Famewo, although that was built into the loan deal we have with Norwich.
Pearce & Watson were contract extensions / stop gaps & need replacing.
So that's 8 or 9 players already.
And that's the problem when you dont rebuild properly & leave things until after the season has started.
Any bets on the exact thing happening next June & July......its been the same for the past few seasons so why change now.
It's not so much as even they are/aren't good enough. It's more we have ONE, yes ONE, defender contracted for next season.
CBT aside, you can't go into June not knowing if half your squad is staying or not.
A new playing style is going to take some time to gel. If we end the season like an express train (even more so than last season) and we just miss out, it won't require huge change; what screwed us this time around was the continuity of losing JFC, Maatsen, Aneke, Pratley, Millar and a couple of key others, all of whose replacements have for whatever reason taken a while to get up to speed even as we change the playing ethos. This time, hopefully, we wouldn't lose key personnel.
That's being as generous as possible to Adkins et al. Let's see.
Lets be generous for a minute and say we are going to go on a good run between now and January so that the focus is more looking up than looking down. If we are still looking down I suspect we are looking at a totally different kettle of fish.
As it stands today, before next August, preferably July, we need 2 right backs, 2 left backs, 3 center halves, 1 center mid, 2 wingers, a number 10 and a striker. That's 12 players. We need to start on that in January at the latest. If it means loaning out, or unregistering 1st team players we either don't want or can't keep, so be it.
If we are serious about promotion any time soon we need to halve that number by April or May. If its new signings or new contracts we can't go into every summer window needing 10 plus players.
This is an insane post, sorry. Why do we need all of those players? Why have you written off most of our squad already? 2 MORE wingers? 3 MORE centre-halves? 4 MORE full-backs? What the hell.
I wouldnt go quite that far but it's TRUE to say that :
Both right backs are not good enough, especially if you want to play a fast paced attacking wing back type of football.
As per my post above, we need a top goal scorer.
We need to tie CBT down to at least a 2 1/2 year deal.
Arter, Lee & Leko are loans so will need to be bought or replaced with PERMANENT signings in the summer. Same with Famewo, although that was built into the loan deal we have with Norwich.
Pearce & Watson were contract extensions / stop gaps & need replacing.
So that's 8 or 9 players already.
And that's the problem when you dont rebuild properly & leave things until after the season has started.
Any bets on the exact thing happening next June & July......its been the same for the past few seasons so why change now.
It's not so much as even they are/aren't good enough. It's more we have ONE, yes ONE, defender contracted for next season.
CBT aside, you can't go into June not knowing if half your squad is staying or not.
Which just proves why we've all said the this summer transfer window was such a fuck up. We all knew last Season that a lot of the squad were out of contract this May but we didnt bring in hardly enough PERMANENT signings or even soon enough. Ended up signing Lee, Arter, Souare, Leko & CBT on loan or short term contracts.....which will all have to be replaced, combined with knowing that in May next year a raft of other players will be out of contract & the merry-go-round starts up again.
A new playing style is going to take some time to gel. If we end the season like an express train (even more so than last season) and we just miss out, it won't require huge change; what screwed us this time around was the continuity of losing JFC, Maatsen, Aneke, Pratley, Millar and a couple of key others, all of whose replacements have for whatever reason taken a while to get up to speed even as we change the playing ethos. This time, hopefully, we wouldn't lose key personnel.
That's being as generous as possible to Adkins et al. Let's see.
Lets be generous for a minute and say we are going to go on a good run between now and January so that the focus is more looking up than looking down. If we are still looking down I suspect we are looking at a totally different kettle of fish.
As it stands today, before next August, preferably July, we need 2 right backs, 2 left backs, 3 center halves, 1 center mid, 2 wingers, a number 10 and a striker. That's 12 players. We need to start on that in January at the latest. If it means loaning out, or unregistering 1st team players we either don't want or can't keep, so be it.
If we are serious about promotion any time soon we need to halve that number by April or May. If its new signings or new contracts we can't go into every summer window needing 10 plus players.
This is an insane post, sorry. Why do we need all of those players? Why have you written off most of our squad already? 2 MORE wingers? 3 MORE centre-halves? 4 MORE full-backs? What the hell.
I wouldnt go quite that far but it's TRUE to say that :
Both right backs are not good enough, especially if you want to play a fast paced attacking wing back type of football.
As per my post above, we need a top goal scorer.
We need to tie CBT down to at least a 2 1/2 year deal.
Arter, Lee & Leko are loans so will need to be bought or replaced with PERMANENT signings in the summer. Same with Famewo, although that was built into the loan deal we have with Norwich.
Pearce & Watson were contract extensions / stop gaps & need replacing.
So that's 8 or 9 players already.
And that's the problem when you dont rebuild properly & leave things until after the season has started.
Any bets on the exact thing happening next June & July......its been the same for the past few seasons so why change now.
It's not so much as even they are/aren't good enough. It's more we have ONE, yes ONE, defender contracted for next season.
CBT aside, you can't go into June not knowing if half your squad is staying or not.
Which just proves why we've all said the this summer transfer window was such a fuck up. We all knew last Season that a lot of the squad were out of contract this May but we didnt bring in hardly enough PERMANENT signings or even soon enough. Ended up signing Lee, Arter, Souare, Leko & CBT on loan or short term contracts.....which will all have to be replaced, combined with knowing that in May next year a raft of other players will be out of contract & the merry-go-round starts up again.
Faffing around also cost us Aneke and Amos, contracts should have been on the table in February, at the latest. It would have cost us JFC if he hadn't got injured as well. I don't buy this bullshit about not knowing what division we would be in, at worst they would have been on the bench in the championship.
I think I am right in saying that of the 10 outfield players that started last Saturday only Gilbey and Lavelle are contracted for next season. Its actually a disgrace and it can't be left until July.
A new playing style is going to take some time to gel. If we end the season like an express train (even more so than last season) and we just miss out, it won't require huge change; what screwed us this time around was the continuity of losing JFC, Maatsen, Aneke, Pratley, Millar and a couple of key others, all of whose replacements have for whatever reason taken a while to get up to speed even as we change the playing ethos. This time, hopefully, we wouldn't lose key personnel.
That's being as generous as possible to Adkins et al. Let's see.
Lets be generous for a minute and say we are going to go on a good run between now and January so that the focus is more looking up than looking down. If we are still looking down I suspect we are looking at a totally different kettle of fish.
As it stands today, before next August, preferably July, we need 2 right backs, 2 left backs, 3 center halves, 1 center mid, 2 wingers, a number 10 and a striker. That's 12 players. We need to start on that in January at the latest. If it means loaning out, or unregistering 1st team players we either don't want or can't keep, so be it.
If we are serious about promotion any time soon we need to halve that number by April or May. If its new signings or new contracts we can't go into every summer window needing 10 plus players.
This is an insane post, sorry. Why do we need all of those players? Why have you written off most of our squad already? 2 MORE wingers? 3 MORE centre-halves? 4 MORE full-backs? What the hell.
I wouldnt go quite that far but it's TRUE to say that :
Both right backs are not good enough, especially if you want to play a fast paced attacking wing back type of football.
As per my post above, we need a top goal scorer.
We need to tie CBT down to at least a 2 1/2 year deal.
Arter, Lee & Leko are loans so will need to be bought or replaced with PERMANENT signings in the summer. Same with Famewo, although that was built into the loan deal we have with Norwich.
Pearce & Watson were contract extensions / stop gaps & need replacing.
So that's 8 or 9 players already.
And that's the problem when you dont rebuild properly & leave things until after the season has started.
Any bets on the exact thing happening next June & July......its been the same for the past few seasons so why change now.
It's not so much as even they are/aren't good enough. It's more we have ONE, yes ONE, defender contracted for next season.
CBT aside, you can't go into June not knowing if half your squad is staying or not.
Which just proves why we've all said the this summer transfer window was such a fuck up. We all knew last Season that a lot of the squad were out of contract this May but we didnt bring in hardly enough PERMANENT signings or even soon enough. Ended up signing Lee, Arter, Souare, Leko & CBT on loan or short term contracts.....which will all have to be replaced, combined with knowing that in May next year a raft of other players will be out of contract & the merry-go-round starts up again.
Faffing around also cost us Aneke and Amos, contracts should have been on the table in February, at the latest. It would have cost us JFC if he hadn't got injured as well. I don't buy this bullshit about not knowing what division we would be in, at worst they would have been on the bench in the championship.
I think I am right in saying that of the 10 outfield players that started last Saturday only Gilbey and Lavelle are contracted for next season. Its actually a disgrace and it can't be left until July.
You're assuming that the contracts were not offered instead of not accepted. It's possible but does not seem likely to me. Even in January there was speculation about Championship interest in Aneke, and Amos had also been linked with a move as well.
Without knowing the exact terms we can't say for sure but signing the likes of McGillivray, Stockley and Kirk suggest we can offer competive enough wages for this level. If the players don't sign, we can't make them.
A new playing style is going to take some time to gel. If we end the season like an express train (even more so than last season) and we just miss out, it won't require huge change; what screwed us this time around was the continuity of losing JFC, Maatsen, Aneke, Pratley, Millar and a couple of key others, all of whose replacements have for whatever reason taken a while to get up to speed even as we change the playing ethos. This time, hopefully, we wouldn't lose key personnel.
That's being as generous as possible to Adkins et al. Let's see.
Lets be generous for a minute and say we are going to go on a good run between now and January so that the focus is more looking up than looking down. If we are still looking down I suspect we are looking at a totally different kettle of fish.
As it stands today, before next August, preferably July, we need 2 right backs, 2 left backs, 3 center halves, 1 center mid, 2 wingers, a number 10 and a striker. That's 12 players. We need to start on that in January at the latest. If it means loaning out, or unregistering 1st team players we either don't want or can't keep, so be it.
If we are serious about promotion any time soon we need to halve that number by April or May. If its new signings or new contracts we can't go into every summer window needing 10 plus players.
This is an insane post, sorry. Why do we need all of those players? Why have you written off most of our squad already? 2 MORE wingers? 3 MORE centre-halves? 4 MORE full-backs? What the hell.
I wouldnt go quite that far but it's TRUE to say that :
Both right backs are not good enough, especially if you want to play a fast paced attacking wing back type of football.
As per my post above, we need a top goal scorer.
We need to tie CBT down to at least a 2 1/2 year deal.
Arter, Lee & Leko are loans so will need to be bought or replaced with PERMANENT signings in the summer. Same with Famewo, although that was built into the loan deal we have with Norwich.
Pearce & Watson were contract extensions / stop gaps & need replacing.
So that's 8 or 9 players already.
And that's the problem when you dont rebuild properly & leave things until after the season has started.
Any bets on the exact thing happening next June & July......its been the same for the past few seasons so why change now.
It's not so much as even they are/aren't good enough. It's more we have ONE, yes ONE, defender contracted for next season.
CBT aside, you can't go into June not knowing if half your squad is staying or not.
Which just proves why we've all said the this summer transfer window was such a fuck up. We all knew last Season that a lot of the squad were out of contract this May but we didnt bring in hardly enough PERMANENT signings or even soon enough. Ended up signing Lee, Arter, Souare, Leko & CBT on loan or short term contracts.....which will all have to be replaced, combined with knowing that in May next year a raft of other players will be out of contract & the merry-go-round starts up again.
Faffing around also cost us Aneke and Amos, contracts should have been on the table in February, at the latest. It would have cost us JFC if he hadn't got injured as well. I don't buy this bullshit about not knowing what division we would be in, at worst they would have been on the bench in the championship.
I think I am right in saying that of the 10 outfield players that started last Saturday only Gilbey and Lavelle are contracted for next season. Its actually a disgrace and it can't be left until July.
You're assuming that the contracts were not offered instead of not accepted. It's possible but does not seem likely to me. Even in January there was speculation about Championship interest in Aneke, and Amos had also been linked with a move as well.
Without knowing the exact terms we can't say for sure but signing the likes of McGillivray, Stockley and Kirk suggest we can offer competive enough wages for this level. If the players don't sign, we can't make them.
"Charlton are expected to open contract talks with Chuks Aneke once the January transfer window has closed."
So in February then, exactly as you (absolutely correctly) said they should. The second article again suggests to me it was at least as much Aneke responsible for waiting as much as the club. He was never going to sign on a L1 wage if he knew we'd offer him more in the championship - and if we didn't, or couldn't, someone else would.
I do think we can learn from this but I think the club can only do so much. Realistically Sandgaard's got to decide very quickly whether or not to double down on this season or write it off completely, as I 100% agree with the idea that poor planning last season is exactly what caused this one to start poorly.
I expect CBT, Souare & Famewo to sign permanently on decent deals FWIW.
I’d be surprised if we got Famewo on a permanent after the start we’ve had. It’s October and we’re already out of the promotion race, I can’t see either parties being as keen as they once were.
I expect CBT, Souare & Famewo to sign permanently on decent deals FWIW.
I’d be surprised if we got Famewo on a permanent after the start we’ve had. It’s October and we’re already out of the promotion race, I can’t see either parties being as keen as they once were.
There's already an agreement in principle I believe. Plus Famewo will know that he's not exactly covered himself in glory thus far, so not likely to have alternative suitors - he's pretty much got to choose either regular League One football or back into the reserves at Norwich.
It's far from a given but I can definitely see it still happening personally.
I expect CBT, Souare & Famewo to sign permanently on decent deals FWIW.
I’d be surprised if we got Famewo on a permanent after the start we’ve had. It’s October and we’re already out of the promotion race, I can’t see either parties being as keen as they once were.
There's already an agreement in principle I believe. Plus Famewo will know that he's not exactly covered himself in glory thus far, so not likely to have alternative suitors - he's pretty much got to choose either regular League One football or back into the reserves at Norwich.
It's far from a given but I can definitely see it still happening personally.
I suppose it depends on the fees involved. If it was already agreed and we can afford it, why not just make it permanent in the summer?
That leads me to believe the deal is contingent on promotion.
Famewo will have suitors above us, despite his rocky form. Left footed CB’s don’t grow on trees and his ceiling looks particularly high.
All valid points to be fair. Like I say, I think it could happen and certainly I think the club will want it to but I don't think it's definite that it will.
Depends on money as you say and whether clubs look at him for his current (not great) form or his potential ceiling (much better than current evidence suggests)
A new playing style is going to take some time to gel. If we end the season like an express train (even more so than last season) and we just miss out, it won't require huge change; what screwed us this time around was the continuity of losing JFC, Maatsen, Aneke, Pratley, Millar and a couple of key others, all of whose replacements have for whatever reason taken a while to get up to speed even as we change the playing ethos. This time, hopefully, we wouldn't lose key personnel.
That's being as generous as possible to Adkins et al. Let's see.
Lets be generous for a minute and say we are going to go on a good run between now and January so that the focus is more looking up than looking down. If we are still looking down I suspect we are looking at a totally different kettle of fish.
As it stands today, before next August, preferably July, we need 2 right backs, 2 left backs, 3 center halves, 1 center mid, 2 wingers, a number 10 and a striker. That's 12 players. We need to start on that in January at the latest. If it means loaning out, or unregistering 1st team players we either don't want or can't keep, so be it.
If we are serious about promotion any time soon we need to halve that number by April or May. If its new signings or new contracts we can't go into every summer window needing 10 plus players.
This is an insane post, sorry. Why do we need all of those players? Why have you written off most of our squad already? 2 MORE wingers? 3 MORE centre-halves? 4 MORE full-backs? What the hell.
I wouldnt go quite that far but it's TRUE to say that :
Both right backs are not good enough, especially if you want to play a fast paced attacking wing back type of football.
As per my post above, we need a top goal scorer.
We need to tie CBT down to at least a 2 1/2 year deal.
Arter, Lee & Leko are loans so will need to be bought or replaced with PERMANENT signings in the summer. Same with Famewo, although that was built into the loan deal we have with Norwich.
Pearce & Watson were contract extensions / stop gaps & need replacing.
So that's 8 or 9 players already.
And that's the problem when you dont rebuild properly & leave things until after the season has started.
Any bets on the exact thing happening next June & July......its been the same for the past few seasons so why change now.
It's not so much as even they are/aren't good enough. It's more we have ONE, yes ONE, defender contracted for next season.
CBT aside, you can't go into June not knowing if half your squad is staying or not.
Which just proves why we've all said the this summer transfer window was such a fuck up. We all knew last Season that a lot of the squad were out of contract this May but we didnt bring in hardly enough PERMANENT signings or even soon enough. Ended up signing Lee, Arter, Souare, Leko & CBT on loan or short term contracts.....which will all have to be replaced, combined with knowing that in May next year a raft of other players will be out of contract & the merry-go-round starts up again.
Faffing around also cost us Aneke and Amos, contracts should have been on the table in February, at the latest. It would have cost us JFC if he hadn't got injured as well. I don't buy this bullshit about not knowing what division we would be in, at worst they would have been on the bench in the championship.
I think I am right in saying that of the 10 outfield players that started last Saturday only Gilbey and Lavelle are contracted for next season. Its actually a disgrace and it can't be left until July.
A new playing style is going to take some time to gel. If we end the season like an express train (even more so than last season) and we just miss out, it won't require huge change; what screwed us this time around was the continuity of losing JFC, Maatsen, Aneke, Pratley, Millar and a couple of key others, all of whose replacements have for whatever reason taken a while to get up to speed even as we change the playing ethos. This time, hopefully, we wouldn't lose key personnel.
That's being as generous as possible to Adkins et al. Let's see.
Lets be generous for a minute and say we are going to go on a good run between now and January so that the focus is more looking up than looking down. If we are still looking down I suspect we are looking at a totally different kettle of fish.
As it stands today, before next August, preferably July, we need 2 right backs, 2 left backs, 3 center halves, 1 center mid, 2 wingers, a number 10 and a striker. That's 12 players. We need to start on that in January at the latest. If it means loaning out, or unregistering 1st team players we either don't want or can't keep, so be it.
If we are serious about promotion any time soon we need to halve that number by April or May. If its new signings or new contracts we can't go into every summer window needing 10 plus players.
This is an insane post, sorry. Why do we need all of those players? Why have you written off most of our squad already? 2 MORE wingers? 3 MORE centre-halves? 4 MORE full-backs? What the hell.
I wouldnt go quite that far but it's TRUE to say that :
Both right backs are not good enough, especially if you want to play a fast paced attacking wing back type of football.
As per my post above, we need a top goal scorer.
We need to tie CBT down to at least a 2 1/2 year deal.
Arter, Lee & Leko are loans so will need to be bought or replaced with PERMANENT signings in the summer. Same with Famewo, although that was built into the loan deal we have with Norwich.
Pearce & Watson were contract extensions / stop gaps & need replacing.
So that's 8 or 9 players already.
And that's the problem when you dont rebuild properly & leave things until after the season has started.
Any bets on the exact thing happening next June & July......its been the same for the past few seasons so why change now.
It's not so much as even they are/aren't good enough. It's more we have ONE, yes ONE, defender contracted for next season.
CBT aside, you can't go into June not knowing if half your squad is staying or not.
Which just proves why we've all said the this summer transfer window was such a fuck up. We all knew last Season that a lot of the squad were out of contract this May but we didnt bring in hardly enough PERMANENT signings or even soon enough. Ended up signing Lee, Arter, Souare, Leko & CBT on loan or short term contracts.....which will all have to be replaced, combined with knowing that in May next year a raft of other players will be out of contract & the merry-go-round starts up again.
Faffing around also cost us Aneke and Amos, contracts should have been on the table in February, at the latest. It would have cost us JFC if he hadn't got injured as well. I don't buy this bullshit about not knowing what division we would be in, at worst they would have been on the bench in the championship.
I think I am right in saying that of the 10 outfield players that started last Saturday only Gilbey and Lavelle are contracted for next season. Its actually a disgrace and it can't be left until July.
A young talented number 10 for me. If Lee is injured, we do not really have any players who can play that role in between the lines and dictate play in the final 3rd.
28, so experienced and good to go now. Small and quick, differential to Stockley. Kent boy, played for VCD, Erith, Bromley etc.
4 goals in 18 according to Wiki, is that inaccurate?
I didn’t look to be honest but his name seems to pop up on Gillette!
Brilliant. 'This player can't stop scoring. Well, maybe, I dunno, I haven't checked'. Hope our actual scouting has a little bit more knowledge put into it!
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A STRIKER.
A proper one. A John Aldridge, Darren Bent, Jamie Vardy type. One you can put your house on to score. Not some namby namby winger-cum-striker who chips in with 6 or 8 a season.
I say it every transfer window. Until you get someone who can regularly score you 20 goals per season you wont get promoted. Certainly not in a team currently set up like ours.
Both right backs are not good enough, especially if you want to play a fast paced attacking wing back type of football.
As per my post above, we need a top goal scorer.
We need to tie CBT down to at least a 2 1/2 year deal.
Arter, Lee & Leko are loans so will need to be bought or replaced with PERMANENT signings in the summer. Same with Famewo, although that was built into the loan deal we have with Norwich.
Pearce & Watson were contract extensions / stop gaps & need replacing.
So that's 8 or 9 players already.
And that's the problem when you dont rebuild properly & leave things until after the season has started.
Any bets on the exact thing happening next June & July......its been the same for the past few seasons so why change now.
CBT aside, you can't go into June not knowing if half your squad is staying or not.
They'd both be behind Davison, Washington and Stockley for me.
I think I am right in saying that of the 10 outfield players that started last Saturday only Gilbey and Lavelle are contracted for next season. Its actually a disgrace and it can't be left until July.
Without knowing the exact terms we can't say for sure but signing the likes of McGillivray, Stockley and Kirk suggest we can offer competive enough wages for this level. If the players don't sign, we can't make them.
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-keen-on-aneke-signing-new-contract-as-boss-bowyer-talks-about-impossible-situation/
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.footballfancast.com/charlton-athletic-news/cafc-latest-news-chuks-aneke-contract-update-steve-gallen-mistake-adkins-future-valley-analysis-opinion-league-one-gossip-rumours/amp
The quotes in the second article are form an interview Bowyer did when he was still here but I can't find the original SLP version.
So in February then, exactly as you (absolutely correctly) said they should. The second article again suggests to me it was at least as much Aneke responsible for waiting as much as the club. He was never going to sign on a L1 wage if he knew we'd offer him more in the championship - and if we didn't, or couldn't, someone else would.
I do think we can learn from this but I think the club can only do so much. Realistically Sandgaard's got to decide very quickly whether or not to double down on this season or write it off completely, as I 100% agree with the idea that poor planning last season is exactly what caused this one to start poorly.
It's far from a given but I can definitely see it still happening personally.
Depends on money as you say and whether clubs look at him for his current (not great) form or his potential ceiling (much better than current evidence suggests)
Banging em in, in league one.
Small and quick, differential to Stockley.
Kent boy, played for VCD, Erith, Bromley etc.