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January Transfer Window - Jan 2023 (Deadline Day starts page 112)
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It's Charlton so I am assuming Edun has been dropped as a little more expensive than Kane. We will now have 3 (fit) right footed full backs fighting it out/covering the Right and Left back position.
That sounds more like us. Bit like what we did at CB and LB during the Summer market.0 -
I think Edun is done and joining along with Kane.mendonca said:It's Charlton so I am assuming Edun has been dropped as a little more expensive than Kane. We will now have 3 (fit) right footed full backs fighting it out/covering the Right and Left back position.
That sounds more like us. Bit like what we did at CB and LB during the Summer market.
Kane I imagine is short-time cover for Egbo who I don't think we will see again this season sadly.5 -
Can I just shock you... I love Bonne! I think he's a super striker. Can't wait until he scores. I'll put down my flask, stand up (if there's nobody behind me), clap politely and wave my scarf!
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This is one of the problems we have had since the 18/19 season IMO. None, or very few, of outer players can "do a job" anywhere other than their very narrow role.cafcfan1990 said:
I totally agree, we can comfortably have the numbers, but it's affordability. I'm not sure we can afford a 25/26 man squad. It was definitely criminal to go into the season with only Stockley, because Aneke was injured and Leaburn raw.Cafc43v3r said:
If you look at it Ness, JRS and Leaburn don't count in the squad cap. It means you can have 2 players for ever position plus another 3.cafcfan1990 said:
This is why Aneke is causing such a headache. If the plan is to play 433 more often than not, it's unrealistic to want 4 strikers. But if Aneke is one of the three, it's probably not enough.randy andy said:If Stockley goes we need Bonne + 1 more, if Leaburn goes as well then we need Bonne + 2. If they were seriously considering selling Leaburn then it's madness to let Stockley leave.
2 extra strikers and an extra center back give you the option of playing 352 as well and counters the Aneke problem.
Even excluding Aneke it was criminal to go into the season with 1 senior striker. Leaburn has, almost single handedly, kept us out of the brown stuff.
I don't think it's realistic to have 4 wingers and 4 strikers. You could start 3 and have to leave out 5. If we consider 352, it's a formation where we're likely to leave out all wingers.
I guess one solution is to go with only 3 wingers and 4 strikers, with Leaburn as an option as a RW given he's played there a few times or even Payne.0 -
Bonne clearly knows where the goal is. He's done it for us before as a youngster. With our new, fresh, running-at-players midfielders (CBT/Fraser/Dobbo/Rak-Sakyi) running balls into him from here, there and everywhere, I reckon he'll do just fine. Hoping we can keep Miles and see the 2 of them feed off each other - could be very productive. I'm up for it!2
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Bonne is definitely also done. He's not awful, but he isn't going to pushing Leaburn for a starting berth which is what we all wanted to see from a new striker. Better option in this system than Stockley though imo.17
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The only real positive with the Bonne move for me is I’m hoping we get a player who has a point to prove and we may have a manager who can make him see that.Really hoping we get Edun in as well as/instead of Kane.1
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I assume you mean 10 minutes?Pelling1993 said:
Aneke can play in the 10 role too so just have to use him as the luxury optioncafcfan1990 said:
This is why Aneke is causing such a headache. If the plan is to play 433 more often than not, it's unrealistic to want 4 strikers. But if Aneke is one of the three, it's probably not enough.randy andy said:If Stockley goes we need Bonne + 1 more, if Leaburn goes as well then we need Bonne + 2. If they were seriously considering selling Leaburn then it's madness to let Stockley leave.0 -
Exactlyhoof_it_up_to_benty said:Just a suggestion if Bonne signs maybe we could try getting behind him rather than the relentless negativity. I don't understand the attitude of some of our 'fans'.
in true Charlton life fashion "we need a striker who has a proven track racked of double figures in this league"....."not that one"5 -
I'm hoping we sign Wickham.
Can't stand Bonne as a player. Scores a few goals but makes the entire team worse to the point where we'd score more as a team with him not in it.4 - Sponsored links:
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Absolutely, Sess can cover both full-back positions but you'd have to say we've only really got Clare who is versatile. Payne has been used in multiple positions, but I'd argue that's because of a lack of options.Cafc43v3r said:
This is one of the problems we have had since the 18/19 season IMO. None, or very few, of outer players can "do a job" anywhere other than their very narrow role.cafcfan1990 said:
I totally agree, we can comfortably have the numbers, but it's affordability. I'm not sure we can afford a 25/26 man squad. It was definitely criminal to go into the season with only Stockley, because Aneke was injured and Leaburn raw.Cafc43v3r said:
If you look at it Ness, JRS and Leaburn don't count in the squad cap. It means you can have 2 players for ever position plus another 3.cafcfan1990 said:
This is why Aneke is causing such a headache. If the plan is to play 433 more often than not, it's unrealistic to want 4 strikers. But if Aneke is one of the three, it's probably not enough.randy andy said:If Stockley goes we need Bonne + 1 more, if Leaburn goes as well then we need Bonne + 2. If they were seriously considering selling Leaburn then it's madness to let Stockley leave.
2 extra strikers and an extra center back give you the option of playing 352 as well and counters the Aneke problem.
Even excluding Aneke it was criminal to go into the season with 1 senior striker. Leaburn has, almost single handedly, kept us out of the brown stuff.
I don't think it's realistic to have 4 wingers and 4 strikers. You could start 3 and have to leave out 5. If we consider 352, it's a formation where we're likely to leave out all wingers.
I guess one solution is to go with only 3 wingers and 4 strikers, with Leaburn as an option as a RW given he's played there a few times or even Payne.0 -
Cant Tayo Edun also play Centre-Back and Holding Midfielder if he's joining?0
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I know Bonne isn't the most inspiring choice but at the end of the day we need another striker, one who isn't crocked or immobile for when Leaburn needs a rest or potentially injured.
Bonne has scored at this level for us and other teams and at the level above. We need the cover and there are definitely worse options, as Golfie said, I'd put money on him scoring more than Stockley has this season.
If we were being linked with a striker who had identical stats to Bonne but a different name, there wouldn't be nearly as much negativity about it.10 -
I saw this more as the Kane potential role/s if he joins.ForeverAddickted said:Cant Tayo Edun also play Centre-Back and Holding Midfielder if he's joining?1 -
Cafc43v3r said:
Very glad this is gonna be a loan cause I think this has Chris Gunter performance levels written all over it.
Edun however sounds like a brilliant addition and I hope we can get his signature. Young, has an upside and is the kind of quality we need to get promoted and then stay up in the league above.
Already mentioned Bonne but I seem to be in the minority about actually being happy to see him back assuming he signs. The head turned comment was just trying to get his new clubs fans on his side/ probably a little poke back at our fans giving him a load of grief. I reckon he could manage 8-10 goals before the end of the season playing with Leaburn up top.
we're a mid table league 1 outfit lads, I don't know what to tell ya. Until we get a proper owner this is as good as it gets
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Would arguably be a waste of his main strengths but yes he could in theory. Kane is also an option at CB and would free up Clare for the holding role if needed.ForeverAddickted said:Cant Tayo Edun also play Centre-Back and Holding Midfielder if he's joining?1 -
I'd forgotten about Pigott. 2 goals for Ipswich last season, goes on loan to Pompey this season and has so far scored once in the league, back in August.Garrymanilow said:DubaiCAFC said:Oh no! Not Bonne please.. Everyone will go on about the goals he scored.. He should have had 25 goals, the amount of great chances he had. Still believe if he had put away a couple of those we would have stayed up, and might be a different story now!
But lets get realistic - unless we are paying to wages, this is the pond we are fishing in!Well yeah, he's a striker. He probably could have had 25 goals if he scored absolutely every chance and half chance that came his way, but if he did that he'd be Erling Haaland and we wouldn't have had him playing for us. The standard people hold Bonne to is insane, there can't be many players who generate this level of irrational hatred. If Bonne had put away some more of his chances then yes, we might have stayed up, but the only reason we were in the conversation was because of the 11 goals he did score after being brought in as a backup from non-league. No-one else scored in that team. Taylor did when he wasn't crippled or scared of being crippled and Gallagher put some away but they weren't there at the end.Here's a fact about Bonne I hadn't realised; not counting this half season where he hasn't really played and isn't complete yet, in his last 5 seasons Bonne has been his club's league top scorer in 4 of them. In two of those he was joint top scorer. He wasn't good for QPR inbetween, but Ipswich signed 25 players last season and used 5 different strikers (including Joe Pigott who was CL transfer darling for a while) and they didn't get more goals out of anyone. Wes Burns equalled him in the league and also scored one in the FA Cup, which Bonne couldn't manage, the big clown. Bonne scores goals. We need goals. We don't have to like him but on paper he's a player we'd be excited about if we hadn't seen him before and decided we hate him (despite him being our top scorer the one year he was here)0 -
He's looked non league for the majority of the season.The Red Robin said:
I know he’s not the most popular player here anymore but surely he’s better than League Two?se9addick said:Have a Gillingham supporting friend who expects them to announce the signing of Stockley today0 -
Rich Cawley said earlier that there's been no further update on Edun.0
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Not with his name being Bonne. If it was Pauvre, then absolutely fitting.oohaahmortimer said:fitting to have him as part of this worst ever period in our footballing history1 - Sponsored links:
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To be honest, I'm not overly fussed about the announcements... If the players have signed, and are already training with the First Team, with an eye on the Barnsley game - Then we can be told about them joining come Saturday @ 2pm when the team sheet is released for all I care.
Keep the other teams guessing for as long as possible is my opinion
Just to add, with regards to Bonne - He was linked under both Garner and Holden, what with being known to the club - I just hope Holden has had a say over the three potential names coming in.2 -
To be honest I doubt many opposition managers are fretting too much about us.ForeverAddickted said:To be honest, I'm not overly fussed about the announcements... If the players have signed, and are already training with the First Team, with an eye on the Barnsley game - Then we can be told about them joining come Saturday @ 2pm when the team sheet is released for all I care.
Keep the other teams guessing for as long as possible is my opinion1 -
Agree with this, don't see any urgency in formal announcing except to calm the fans who don't think we're signing anyone. If a deal or two is done though, it is slightly odd that we've not announced them. Although Holden said about coming in late today, so maybe photos etc are being done this morning.ForeverAddickted said:To be honest, I'm not overly fussed about the announcements... If the players have signed, and are already training with the First Team, with an eye on the Barnsley game - Then we can be told about them joining come Saturday @ 2pm when the team sheet is released for all I care.
Keep the other teams guessing for as long as possible is my opinion1 -
Why not? - We've just gone toe to toe with two Premier League teams in the last month (we made teg Hag fret enough to call upon Rashford | Eriksen | Casimero), we've lost just the once under Dean Holden, and we're the sixth highest scorers in the League.ShootersHillGuru said:
To be honest I doubt many opposition managers are fretting too much about us.ForeverAddickted said:To be honest, I'm not overly fussed about the announcements... If the players have signed, and are already training with the First Team, with an eye on the Barnsley game - Then we can be told about them joining come Saturday @ 2pm when the team sheet is released for all I care.
Keep the other teams guessing for as long as possible is my opinion
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as a target man playing in a two, before this season, i'd say he was upper league 1 / lower champ - since his injury problems last year and played as a lone striker, i'd say we are lucky if gillingham take him off our handsThe Red Robin said:
I know he’s not the most popular player here anymore but surely he’s better than League Two?se9addick said:Have a Gillingham supporting friend who expects them to announce the signing of Stockley today6 -
What's Holden ever done for us?ForeverAddickted said:
Why not? - We've just gone toe to toe with two Premier League teams in the last month (we made teg Hag fret enough to call upon Rashford | Eriksen | Casimero), we've lost just the once under Dean Holden, and we're the sixth highest scorers in the League.ShootersHillGuru said:
To be honest I doubt many opposition managers are fretting too much about us.ForeverAddickted said:To be honest, I'm not overly fussed about the announcements... If the players have signed, and are already training with the First Team, with an eye on the Barnsley game - Then we can be told about them joining come Saturday @ 2pm when the team sheet is released for all I care.
Keep the other teams guessing for as long as possible is my opinion1 -
Ah yes - I forgot that they'd been given yesterday offcafcfan1990 said:
Agree with this, don't see any urgency in formal announcing except to calm the fans who don't think we're signing anyone. If a deal or two is done though, it is slightly odd that we've not announced them. Although Holden said about coming in late today, so maybe photos etc are being done this morning.ForeverAddickted said:To be honest, I'm not overly fussed about the announcements... If the players have signed, and are already training with the First Team, with an eye on the Barnsley game - Then we can be told about them joining come Saturday @ 2pm when the team sheet is released for all I care.
Keep the other teams guessing for as long as possible is my opinion0 -
United sign Wout Weghorst on loan. A clear sign that Rashford is free to get his dream move to Charlton, having passed his audition on Tuesday.
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I've always thought that would be a pretty interesting move by a club.ForeverAddickted said:To be honest, I'm not overly fussed about the announcements... If the players have signed, and are already training with the First Team, with an eye on the Barnsley game - Then we can be told about them joining come Saturday @ 2pm when the team sheet is released for all I care.
Keep the other teams guessing for as long as possible is my opinion
Just to add, with regards to Bonne - He was linked under both Garner and Holden, what with being known to the club - I just hope Holden has had a say over the three potential names coming in.
Would perhaps be a little easier to manage for a pre-season friendly.0 -
Shame they didnt sign him ahead of our game... Weghorst vs Inniss would have been interesting to watchkillerandflash said:United sign Wout Weghorst on loan. A clear sign that Rashford is free to get his dream move to Charlton, having passed his audition on Tuesday.1
