It's worth saying again .. for a talented young player on average to good L1 wages, a move to the London area is often not viable. He might be living in a £200,000 house in a northern/midlands town or city with his family. Little traffic, good schools, easy travel to and from the training ground. Then, he signs for Charlton, sells the nice house and for the price he gets, he can buy a leasehold one bedroom flat above a chip shop in Penge with no parking space for his nice motor and no space for the wife and saucepan lids (if he has either)
THIS i m o is the biggest recruitment problem we have, the cost of living in London, as I say, for a footballer earning good money, but a salary that gives him an inferior standard of living to what he might enjoy well outside the M25
I don’t disagree with anything of what you’ve said above Lincs, it’s ridiculously expensive to live down south, but we are ‘told’ that players love to live in London and the southeast , and it is a big attraction?
But you’re right you can buy a cow shed in London for the price of a 4 bed detached up north
Great to see Chuks Aneke back. Football is a crazy business, and transfers don't work out. I don't think we could've got anyone better who would drop down a division ?
there no hurry .. we got him on loan till end of season and can make it permanent anytime outside the window …… sounds like Luton trying to rush up the deal to get him if the books … if they want that cancel his contract
When was the last time we wasn’t light on strikers? I genuinely can’t remember, I think the first half of 2018/19 about it, but even then we had Vetokele who was very injury prone.
Next season if we are continuing with two up top there has got to be cover for both, the legs and energy of Washington along with Presence and hold up play of Stockley. So poor watching a side toothless up top.
2019/20?
Taylor, Bonne, Aneke and Hemed was decent enough quantity, even if Hemed turned out to be a massive disappointment
Less said about Hemed the better.
I’m just about old enough to remember when we had Leaburn, Nelson, Grant and Whyte on the books, imagine that quartet in this league!
When was the last time we wasn’t light on strikers? I genuinely can’t remember, I think the first half of 2018/19 about it, but even then we had Vetokele who was very injury prone.
Next season if we are continuing with two up top there has got to be cover for both, the legs and energy of Washington along with Presence and hold up play of Stockley. So poor watching a side toothless up top.
2019/20?
Taylor, Bonne, Aneke and Hemed was decent enough quantity, even if Hemed turned out to be a massive disappointment
Less said about Hemed the better.
I’m just about old enough to remember when we had Leaburn, Nelson, Grant and Whyte on the books, imagine that quartet in this league!
If we had leaburn, grant, and nelson as 3 of our 4 forwards this season we would be bang in trouble! David whyte on the other hand yes please.
Just no. They all played their entire Charlton careers at a higher level. You have to think a front two of Leaburn and Grant in their prime would tear this division up.
If we had leaburn, grant, and nelson as 3 of our 4 forwards this season we would be bang in trouble! David whyte on the other hand yes please.
Just no. They all played their entire Charlton careers at a higher level. You have to think a front two of Leaburn and Grant in their prime would tear this division up.
Indeed the players in the pitiful Luzon/Fraeye/Riga season would give us a good game also, seeing that they were competing at a higher level too. You imagine the likes of Makienok would be a lot more prolific in L1.
If we had leaburn, grant, and nelson as 3 of our 4 forwards this season we would be bang in trouble! David whyte on the other hand yes please.
With respect, cos I was only about 8/9. But my memory of all four is strong. Whyte the goal scorer, Nelson the work horse who had some technical ability to go with it, Grant the pacey poacher from the bench and Leaburn is just Leaburn you can’t insult a strong cult figure like that. I’m confident they’d get 50 goals between them in league one.
Blimey - we get all precious about parker and kids in the academy being sold but then are willing to take back a 39 year old who f**ked off at 16 after being with us from the age of 9 just coz west ham offered his mum a car - we got nothing for him, at least we got good money for the rest.
We got £2.5m for him......
did we? must be the alzheimers - compensation though and no sell ons
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But you’re right you can buy a cow shed in London for the price of a 4 bed detached up north
Unfortunately, he turned out to be a real disappointment. Kept waiting for him to find his feet, but it never happened.
Win some, lose some, I suppose!
Football is a crazy business, and transfers don't work out. I don't think we could've got anyone better who would drop down a division ?
Is 16 year old Bellingham next ?
I think thats in Dublin.
Aneke
Kirk - Lee - Leko
It might not work in practice, but it would be an interesting watch.
Paddy Lane - Fleetwood
Tom O’Connor - Burton
Two left footed chance creators. Lane has a bucket of assists from open play and O’Connor has a mean set piece delivery.
Stockley and Chuks would love them both. @Richard J would too. :-)
…What would we do with another winger we already have 4 average ones we can’t fit into a team?