I just can't see how Bonne does anything for us. There's a reason Ipswich fans don't want him back.
If we sign him over anyone else it puts a massive dampener on this window for me.
Because they’ve got a massive budget and can afford someone better.
Do they? - Or are they just gambling with people's pension money? - I mean its potentially worked so far, they got Scott Fraser and then could have sold him on to us for more money (if true) just six months down the line
Personally, I'd as sooner sign no one than Bonne who is neither that prolific or much of a target man, but the mob have been baying for blood over a new striker so the club have felt they have to sign someone. It seemed fairly clear a few weeks ago that the club didn't think there was a good enough player out there within budget but the message from the fans was "sign someone, anyone!". Well, be careful what you wish for.
Bonne’s gonna sit on the bench behind Stockley in the pecking order. And when Aneke is fit he’ll be lucky to even make the bench.
I think we’re being a bit dramatic here, unless you were expecting someone better than Stockley, which I don’t think was ever going to be the case.
When did Stockley score double figures in the Championship? Bonne is better than Stockley, especially in this system with 1 up top
Bonne is not better than Stockley.
I don’t think there’s much between them but in this system I think he scores more goals and helps the team more than Stockley does. Every away game stockley has been dreadful. Bonne played on his own up front away at the likes of Fulham, West Brom etc and scored goals at a higher level than we are at now. If we get that player back then he’s better than Stockley
If you want someone to keep getting caught offside and missing chances, then Bonne's your man!
What's with the collective amnesia hereabouts?
Selling him to QPR was one of the most un-Charlton transfer deals in recent memory - they were desperate and we managed to offload someone who wasn't good enough and get paid handsomely for it in the process.
We need him back like we need an outbreak of Ebola in the dressing room.
People not understanding that the right striker will contribute a huge amount by bringing more goals out of the rest of the team and helping turn our massive possession into regular consistent goal threat, despite us playing 9 games already is genuinely mind blowing to me. The striker needs to contribute more than just goal threat, we've seen that with Stockley. He managed to provide a decent goal return under Jackson but now he's not well suited to what we're doing and that's to do with his physical attributes more than his finishing. We don't need someone with a history of 20 goals a season, we need someone with a bit of pace who can stretch the backline and push into the channels to provide space in front of goal for the inverted wingers we have
Who doesn’t see that? It’s been stated multiple times by multiple people over the last couple of weeks particularly.
@Covered_End_Lad - how are things looking now. Still confident the names you heard yesterday will walk through the cafc door tonight?
Surely the door is wide open for Harry McKirdy now talks have broken down with Hibs. Never gonna a get a better chance to do a last min deal with Swindon than now (maybe DJ the other way).
Yeah he’s back up but just something about is signing him would really irritate me. I wanna see some fresh in this new era of football. He just reminds me of us being dog shit.
Seen people say ‘Bonne as cover for stockley isn’t bad ‘
that’s the whole point, we don’t want someone who is good enough to be cover, we want someone who is pushing stockley and a different option to stockley, which bonne simply isn’t. People are quite rightly allowed to be upset by this as he is a very poor footballer
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Dont think Bonne is the player to get in behind defences that Sandgarrd mooted 2 days ago. Always offside & his finishing is worse than Washington's.
We haven't sold him for millions and then taken him back for next to nothing 2 years later have we?
What's with the collective amnesia hereabouts?
Selling him to QPR was one of the most un-Charlton transfer deals in recent memory - they were desperate and we managed to offload someone who wasn't good enough and get paid handsomely for it in the process.
We need him back like we need an outbreak of Ebola in the dressing room.
Guitar boy ain't got a fucking clue.
At age 26 Bonne has scored 88 goals.
Washington in League One for us: 35 games 11 goals
Bonne in the Championship for us: 33 games 11 goals.
@Covered_End_Lad - how are things looking now. Still confident the names you heard yesterday will walk through the cafc door tonight?
Surely the door is wide open for Harry McKirdy now talks have broken down with Hibs. Never gonna a get a better chance to do a last min deal with Swindon than now (maybe DJ the other way).
With the number of sitters he misses that as an exceptionally low bar.
Really don't want him back.
that’s the whole point, we don’t want someone who is good enough to be cover, we want someone who is pushing stockley and a different option to stockley, which bonne simply isn’t. People are quite rightly allowed to be upset by this as he is a very poor footballer