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Conor Washington gone

I'm hearing.
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  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    Same, I liked him despite him not being clinical.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,918
    Now on the OS, moronic move to not offer him a deal. 
  • HastingsRed
    HastingsRed Posts: 1,589
    John Marquis joining?
  • jacob_CAFC
    jacob_CAFC Posts: 2,063
    Is that a joke?
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008

    Jake Forster-Caskey will continue with Charlton next season after the club triggered a one-year extension in his contract.

    Forster-Caskey, who joined the Addicks in January 2017, was the club’s Player of the Year for the 2020/2021 season and explained how pleased he was to see his stay at The Valley extended.

    He said: "I'm delighted to be staying. It's an exciting time for the club and I can't wait to get going. I believe it is going to be a great season."

    Director of Recruiting, Steve Gallen, said: “I’m pleased we’re keeping Jake with us. All the Charlton fans know what a good player he is and he’s a great character to have around the club too. He’s been working hard to get back to full fitness, we’ve seen glimpses this season and now he has a full summer to get his head down and get back to the level we all know he can play.”

    Ryan Inniss, Josh Davison and Nathan Harness have also had one-year extensions triggered.

    Meanwhile, George Dobson, Corey Blackett-Taylor and Ashley Maynard-Brewer are set to enter the final year of their contracts and the club have an option to extend each of those contracts by a year at the end of the 2022/23 season.

    Gallen added: “We have a group of players in place and our focus this summer is adding further quality to the squad.”

    Jason Pearce has been offered a contract coaching in the club’s academy, while the club are in ongoing negotiations with the representatives of Ben Purrington about a potential new playing contract.

    The club can confirm the following players will leave the club following the expiration of their current contracts:

    • Chris Gunter

    • Conor Washington

    • Adam Matthews

    • Ben Watson

    • Pape Souare

    • Stephen Henderson

    The club can confirm the following players will leave the club following the expiration of their loan deals:

    • Akin Famewo

    • Nile John

    • Elliot Lee

    • Jon Leko

    • Juan Castillo

    • Mason Burstow

    The club would like to wish every player who is leaving the best of luck for the future and thank them for their efforts during their time with Charlton.

  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    edited May 2022
    The forward we have best capable of the high press. Sorry should say had.
  • redbuttle
    redbuttle Posts: 1,981
    Good decision in my book
  • redbuttle
    redbuttle Posts: 1,981
    John Marquis joining?
    Hope not
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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    I'd have probably kept him, but it's not that crazy a decision.

    Depends who we bring in, as always.
  • ElliotCAFC
    ElliotCAFC Posts: 2,553
    Doubt we’ll get better value for money 
  • kidbrookeaddick
    kidbrookeaddick Posts: 1,051
    In my opinion it's one of 3 scenarios with Connor,
    1. He didn't want to stay amid the sacking of Jacko and uncertainty over who would be coming in.
    2. He wanted more money than we were prepared to pay him.
    3. TS was pissed after he allegedly started rumours of replacing Jacko and decided he didn't want him in the squad
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,349
    edited May 2022
    Not Wash's biggest fan but I am surprised at that one. I can only think this move is because:

    a) We're not gonna play with two strikers next season
    b) Management are upset he started that rumour in the dressing room
    Because on the face of things, if TS wants to play a high press, why get rid of CW?

    They're under big pressure to bring in better now. 
  • jacob_CAFC
    jacob_CAFC Posts: 2,063
    I'm a bit out of the loop, what rumours did he apparently start?
  • Rylo
    Rylo Posts: 860
    Nope, not a fan of this at all. 
  • Comeonyoureds
    Comeonyoureds Posts: 175
    Real shame, he causes defenses problems with his runs and pressing.

    One thing to note - do we know he was not offered a new deal? Or could it be he was offered a deal that was not satisfactory for him?
    I imagine he would have interest from other clubs in League One, so may have a better deal lined up. (Just a thought)
  • covered_end_junior
    covered_end_junior Posts: 4,522
    edited May 2022
    Agree with all of them apart from Washington, I don't get that at all.

    He's perfectly good enough to be third choice if we're playing 2 up front again next season and the 1 player in the squad most suited to pressing. 

    Even playing 1 upfront he gives us another option and can play out wide if needs be. 
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,812
    Mistake - unless we’ve got something cracking lines up, we’ll do well to get better than Connor at this level 
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  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,454
    shine166 said:
    Now on the OS, moronic move to not offer him a deal. 
    Who says we didn't? I think the consensus on here is there he'd be an excellent squad player, but he can't be an automatic first choice as he doesn't score enough. Maybe the club offered him a contract valued at a league one squad player and he was either unhappy with the figures (wages and/or length of contract) or unhappy with just being a squad player.

    We have no idea of the discussions that go on behind closed doors (and we shouldn't know them), so why do people just assume the facts?

    I like Conor, he works incredibly hard, but he's not clinical enough if we are aiming for promotion. This squad has just finished mid-table in league one, there are very few who we should be sad to see go.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    John Marquis joining?
    If we go into the season with Stockley | Aneke | Marquis | Davison as our Strikers we're definitely going back to 4-3-3
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,812
    Screams of a change of formation and no longer playing 2 up top 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    I’d like us to have kept him as a squad player but I’m expecting to see us move back to a 4-3-3 / 4-2-3-1 which he doesn’t fit into. Those formations are more suited to a high press and our three wingers.

    He’s not someone who’s going to stick around to wait and see if that fails, he can somewhere else and get plenty of game time.

    Good luck to him.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,316
    Lovely guy, tireless work ethic, about as lethal as a piece of dried cod. Sign of intent imo
  • cafc4life
    cafc4life Posts: 4,632
    edited May 2022
    Screams of a change of formation and no longer playing 2 up top 
    who has made that decision though? if its the owner, then we are fucked.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    Certainly appreciate what Conor did for us.

    Its also worth remembering that both he and Alex Gilbey to a risk by joining us at the worst period in the clubs history - They pretty much jumped into a mess, and could easily have ended up fucked had ESI kept us from Sandgaard.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    I can only presume we think we can get better than Washington.
    We'd better start lumping on a top 6 finish.
  • Dave Rudd
    Dave Rudd Posts: 2,865
    Shame if true. Hope it's not

    Worked  tirelessly and created plenty of chances for himself and others.

    No, not clinical but that's why he was playing for a league one side.

    He still hit double figures despite injuries and being played out of position.

    Question is: who made this decision?
    I'll guess at Sandgaard and his Advisory Committee.





  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,042
    Innis staying I cannot understand.  He'll get injured again and play 15 games.