Unless I'm much mistaken, this thread should become obsolete in less than a week, finally put out of its misery. It's been running for longer than I've been a member, which has seemed like an eternity, not just for me but for all reading the endless reams of shite (not a poster reference btw) and I include my own contributions in that, with so very little to show for it.
Aren't you just a veteran poster using a new name, then? I just assumed you were....
Unless I'm much mistaken, this thread should become obsolete in less than a week, finally put out of its misery. It's been running for longer than I've been a member, which has seemed like an eternity, not just for me but for all reading the endless reams of shite (not a poster reference btw) and I include my own contributions in that, with so very little to show for it.
Aren't you just a veteran poster using a new name, then? I just assumed you were....
Neil began his professional career at Airdrieonians in 2000, playing half a season in the Scottish Football League First Division before moving to Barnsley. He played 142 games across all competitions in his four-year spell at Barnsley, and then signed for Mansfield Town on a free transfer. After a season at Mansfield, he returned to Scotland's First Division with Hamilton Academical, featuring in 246 matches across a decade and winning promotion to the Scottish Premier League in 2008.
I’m sure he’ll be out today running a final eye over our top transfer targets whilst negotiating the image rights and hat trick bonus for our next big free transfer.
I’m sure he’ll be out today running a final eye over our top transfer targets whilst negotiating the image rights and hat trick bonus for our next big free transfer.
He’s probably on the way to Swindon right now!
I’d hope he already knows how good the top ones are.
It’s our 2nd and 3rd choice players he’ll be watching.
I’m sure he’ll be out today running a final eye over our top transfer targets whilst negotiating the image rights and hat trick bonus for our next big free transfer.
He’s probably on the way to Swindon right now!
I’d hope he already knows how good the top ones are.
It’s our 2nd and 3rd choice players he’ll be watching.
I hope not, our 2nd and 3rd choices shouldn’t be players we’re still unsure about.
We are an established League 1 club and it gets harder every season to attract the quality to Cafc to get promoted from the Mediocre but tough 3rd tier.
Sorry if it tedious to hear but I just repeat what I said when Ben Garner took over, we need enough forwards to cover the front 3 positions in a 4-3-3 as injuries and the 16 player game really starts to impact. If Rak Sakyi, Corey Blackett-Taylor and don't LOL Chuks Aneke can play enough minutes we have X factor players.
The business end of a match is as important as the starting 11 and it's difficult to see how we have enough at present to either keep enough clean sheets or score enough goals.
I really like a lot of our players but without clinical finishing we won't be contenders.
Many of us are now getting too old to bullshit but we live in hope.
We are an established League 1 club and it gets harder every season to attract the quality to Cafc to get promoted from the Mediocre but tough 3rd tier.
Sorry if it tedious to hear but I just repeat what I said when Ben Garner took over, we need enough forwards to cover the front 3 positions in a 4-3-3 as injuries and the 16 player game really starts to impact. If Rak Sakyi, Corey Blackett-Taylor and don't LOL Chuks Aneke can play enough minutes we have X factor players.
The business end of a match is as important as the starting 11 and it's difficult to see how we have enough at present to either keep enough clean sheets or score enough goals.
I really like a lot of our players but without clinical finishing we won't be contenders.
Many of us are now getting too old to bullshit but we live in hope.
Even if the moves don’t work out .. and we go with what we got till think this group will keep us in and around top 6 then we strengthen again in Jan for a final push …. it’s all down to what injuries and who gets injured and more important length of time but more luck and we deserve luck in this area and think we would be ok …
Even if the moves don’t work out .. and we go with what we got till think this group will keep us in and around top 6 then we strengthen again in Jan for a final push …. it’s all down to what injuries and who gets injured and more important length of time but more luck and we deserve luck in this area and think we would be ok …
Look at our bench today. The standard and predictable substitutions will be Payne for frazer and leaburn for sakyi. What else do we have? It's not September yet and we are playing claydon and have ness and Henry on the bench. We have 3 loans left available and she should be looking to use them even if the loans are until Jan and we look for better then.
Even if the moves don’t work out .. and we go with what we got till think this group will keep us in and around top 6 then we strengthen again in Jan for a final push …. it’s all down to what injuries and who gets injured and more important length of time but more luck and we deserve luck in this area and think we would be ok …
Look at our bench today. The standard and predictable substitutions will be Payne for frazer and leaburn for sakyi. What else do we have? It's not September yet and we are playing claydon and have ness and Henry on the bench. We have 3 loans left available and she should be looking to use them even if the loans are until Jan and we look for better then.
This isn’t as alarming as you’ve made out, most clubs will have kids on the bench, look at Man City’s bench today I’ve only heard of three of them.
Even if the moves don’t work out .. and we go with what we got till think this group will keep us in and around top 6 then we strengthen again in Jan for a final push …. it’s all down to what injuries and who gets injured and more important length of time but more luck and we deserve luck in this area and think we would be ok …
Look at our bench today. The standard and predictable substitutions will be Payne for frazer and leaburn for sakyi. What else do we have? It's not September yet and we are playing claydon and have ness and Henry on the bench. We have 3 loans left available and she should be looking to use them even if the loans are until Jan and we look for better then.
This isn’t as alarming as you’ve made out, most clubs will have kids on the bench, look at Man City’s bench today I’ve only heard of three of them.
It wasnt meant to be alarming. I was trying to offer an alternative to waiting until January. We should be looking at loans to boost numbers.
Even if the moves don’t work out .. and we go with what we got till think this group will keep us in and around top 6 then we strengthen again in Jan for a final push …. it’s all down to what injuries and who gets injured and more important length of time but more luck and we deserve luck in this area and think we would be ok …
Look at our bench today. The standard and predictable substitutions will be Payne for frazer and leaburn for sakyi. What else do we have? It's not September yet and we are playing claydon and have ness and Henry on the bench. We have 3 loans left available and she should be looking to use them even if the loans are until Jan and we look for better then.
I think Henry is probably there on merit. But I take your larger point. Part of the problem is having two good central midfielders at this level who aren't trusted to even be in the squad. Taking those two, plus Sess, Egbo, McGrandles, and Aneke and that's six first team players that aren't available. And that would make a big impact on any squad, and you would expect to see the kids.
I still hope for three more, CB, LB, and ST, with Gilbey leaving and us being forced to keep JFC and integrate him into the squad. I also think there are signs that Leaburn and Henry are ready to be squad players at this level, which I wasn't expecting a month or two ago. So all is not lost but, we still need some work.
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Alexander Francis Neil (born 9 June 1981)[2] is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of EFL Championship club Sunderland.
Neil began his professional career at Airdrieonians in 2000, playing half a season in the Scottish Football League First Division before moving to Barnsley. He played 142 games across all competitions in his four-year spell at Barnsley, and then signed for Mansfield Town on a free transfer. After a season at Mansfield, he returned to Scotland's First Division with Hamilton Academical, featuring in 246 matches across a decade and winning promotion to the Scottish Premier League in 2008.
He became Hamilton's player-manager in 2013 and led them to promotion to the Scottish Premiership in 2014. In January 2015 he was appointed manager of Norwich City, as the second youngest manager in the Football Leagueat the time. Neil guided Norwich to promotion to the Premier League, after winning the 2015 Football League Championship play-off Final. Norwich suffered relegation the following season, on 10 March 2017, Neils time as Norwich City manager came to an end. He was appointed by Preston North End on 4 July 2017 and led the team to seventh place in the 2017–18 Championship. On 11 February 2022 Neil was appointed manager of Sunderland. They were promoted from League One to the Championshipwinning 2-0 in the 2022 EFL League One play-off Final at Wembley Stadium.
I’m sure he’ll be out today running a final eye over our top transfer targets whilst negotiating the image rights and hat trick bonus for our next big free transfer.
He’s probably on the way to Swindon right now!
But we need a centre back, not a forward
An independent website several years ago printed the top earners at EFL clubs: At Charlton, Igor Vetokele was a tad above the Nabster at the top.
Naby's agent knew he could get him a Championship contract and 4 years is superb at Reading for Sarr at 29.
Good luck Naby.
We are an established League 1 club and it gets harder every season to attract the quality to Cafc to get promoted from the Mediocre but tough 3rd tier.
Sorry if it tedious to hear but I just repeat what I said when Ben Garner took over, we need enough forwards to cover the front 3 positions in a 4-3-3 as injuries and the 16 player game really starts to impact. If Rak Sakyi, Corey Blackett-Taylor and don't LOL Chuks Aneke can play enough minutes we have X factor players.
The business end of a match is as important as the starting 11 and it's difficult to see how we have enough at present to either keep enough clean sheets or score enough goals.
I really like a lot of our players but without clinical finishing we won't be contenders.
Many of us are now getting too old to bullshit but we live in hope.
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-boss-on-whether-former-blackpool-loanee-could-be-on-transfer-move-again/
You'd honestly think we'd been relegated given how they both played at times for us
offer an alternative to waiting until January. We should be looking at loans to boost numbers.
I still hope for three more, CB, LB, and ST, with Gilbey leaving and us being forced to keep JFC and integrate him into the squad. I also think there are signs that Leaburn and Henry are ready to be squad players at this level, which I wasn't expecting a month or two ago. So all is not lost but, we still need some work.