I'd love to hear an honest answer from Gallen as to who was responsible and involved in Aneke's return.
Aneke coming back was a f***** joke.
I always felt that his departure to Birmingham resulted in a bit of a mixed reaction from fans.
The biggest frustration from us was that we didnt try to sign someone to replace him up front. - January came round and the Sandgaard potentially thought: "We'll get him back to please the fans" - Not realising that, that wasnt exactly what we wanted / meant
According to NJ, hope to have him back over Christmas
I am starting to think we may not see him in a Charlton shirt again.
That might be a sensible conclusion. If an out of contract player finishes the season injured, don't we have to continue to provide rehabilitation?
If that was the case then both Lewis Page and Cory Gibbs would still be using a couch in the medical room. Apparently they would leave a towel on their favourite one; Bauer knew that trick ! Chuks bless him, has his own name plaque on his couch. Chuks Aneke was here: Jan 2021-June 2025.
A crying shame as he would've been a Championship player without the medical issues which has blighted his career.
I compare Chuks to a similarly talented forward, Paul Mortimer. Both blighted by mainly muscle injuries, I wonder if it is something relatively simple like lack of proper hydration?
No. It’s because they stopped using White Horse linement.
I compare Chuks to a similarly talented forward, Paul Mortimer. Both blighted by mainly muscle injuries, I wonder if it is something relatively simple like lack of proper hydration?
No. It’s because they stopped using White Horse linement.
Loved that smell...
As an aside, a cheaper alternative to Deep Heat etc., used by quite a few GAA players I know is a thing called Uddermint (for use on dairy cattle).
I have to admit to liking the smell.
The really handy thing is that it comes in much larger sizes (more cheaply), it could be a game changer in Chuks' ongoing (by which I mean endless) recuperation.
My guess is a brief cameo against Wycombe and a post match farewell to the fans.
What would be the benefit in paying up his contract six months early?
I don’t know enough about club finances to know what the benefit is but there obviously is one, given how often clubs do it. Isn’t it partly a tax thing?
My guess is a brief cameo against Wycombe and a post match farewell to the fans.
What would be the benefit in paying up his contract six months early?
I don’t know enough about club finances to know what the benefit is but there obviously is one, given how often clubs do it. Isn’t it partly a tax thing?
It would normally be pay up a lump sum less than the total of the monthly salary outstanding.
Allows a player to move on and the total cost to be a marginal saving.
But in the days of FFP (or equivalent) less likely to be a thing I’d suggest and certainly not beneficial with just a few months only left.
Better to use the player in the last few months with less worry on long term impact to him (cynical I know).
I'd love to hear an honest answer from Gallen as to who was responsible and involved in Aneke's return.
Aneke coming back was a f***** joke.
It was Sandgaard's lad. No one had a clue and suddenly Chuks is being wheeled back out on a three and a half year deal. I was told this by one of the backroom staff at the time. I couldn't believe we had given out that contract but it made more sense when I learned who was behind it. I was also told Chuks couldn't believe it either and was chuckling away when he was telling the players the dough he was on.
****** Thanks. If anybody can further this it would be interesting.
Not entirely true. It was Martin Sandgaard who brought him back, he was the main target in the January window that year and a deal was agreed in principle at the beginning of December in 2021. To say no one knew about it until the deal was done though is not true, I got told about Chuks hopefully coming back in the November of 2021. I have messages with members on here regarding Chuks returning in late 2021. The deal wasn’t complete until the middle of January as there was a lot of negotiations around the length of contract. I don’t think Chuks is earning as much as some people think or are suggesting. The length was down to the salary being spread out. It was also down to the fact the Sandgaard’s did not want to be left with him out of contract again so soon, an 18 month contract did not suit either party. It probably should’ve been 2.5 years, but as explained the salary being spread across the length of contract was more the deciding factor. With how humble and gentle he is, I’d be surprised if discussions and light fun was made of his salary among the players, he was on good money at Birmingham anyway, but no one will ever know and you can never say with any real certainty.
I am not as harsh on him as others, he’s clearly struggled with injury and it’s impacted his mental health too. He is human, despite being a different specimen in some ways. He’s so strong and powerful that I’ve always wondered whether his body knows how to cope but that’s his build and it helps his game so you wouldn’t change it. I think he’s extremely talented and we are undoubtedly a far stronger and better team when he’s in it, unfortunately, as we know he’s not been in it anywhere near as much as anyone would’ve liked.
Good post from @Sage who has more insight than most of us.
I do still think the almost total silence from the club on the nature of his injuries, this one especially, is ultimately unhelpful to him. It encourages the cyncism we see in this thread - and for sure the management of other clubs will have a pretty good idea generally of his injuries.
Good post from @Sage who has more insight than most of us.
I do still think the almost total silence from the club on the nature of his injuries, this one especially, is ultimately unhelpful to him. It encourages the cyncism we see in this thread - and for sure the management of other clubs will have a pretty good idea generally of his injuries.
Good post from @Sage who has more insight than most of us.
I do still think the almost total silence from the club on the nature of his injuries, this one especially, is ultimately unhelpful to him. It encourages the cyncism we see in this thread - and for sure the management of other clubs will have a pretty good idea generally of his injuries.
How so?
They all talk to each other. Charlie Methven claims to have a line to just about every club. He led us to believe that he knew we had a bad rexors with injuries , even though Dr Will played that down in his - rather inscrutable - chat with CAST members.
Good post from @Sage who has more insight than most of us.
I do still think the almost total silence from the club on the nature of his injuries, this one especially, is ultimately unhelpful to him. It encourages the cyncism we see in this thread - and for sure the management of other clubs will have a pretty good idea generally of his injuries.
His current absence is because of a groin injury that he received in training. The club reported this when it happened in mid-October.
Good post from @Sage who has more insight than most of us.
I do still think the almost total silence from the club on the nature of his injuries, this one especially, is ultimately unhelpful to him. It encourages the cyncism we see in this thread - and for sure the management of other clubs will have a pretty good idea generally of his injuries.
His current absence is because of a groin injury that he received in training. The club reported this when it happened in mid-October.
I genuinely missed that they specified “groin”, in that case. My recollection is that NJ reported both Chuks and LJ as having “minor” issues which were otherwise unspecified. In LJ’s case the nature of the injury was revealed on here by a Lifer who had been freely informed by the player.
I just went to the OS and searched “Chuks”. There is no article on him since Feb this year. There are updates of his hamstring injury from Oct 23. I must admit that I dont much read the OS nowadays, assuming people here will re-post important updates from it, but I do follow Chuks threads here and genuinely this is the first time I’ve read that its a groin issue. But it’s probably just me.
Good post from @Sage who has more insight than most of us.
I do still think the almost total silence from the club on the nature of his injuries, this one especially, is ultimately unhelpful to him. It encourages the cyncism we see in this thread - and for sure the management of other clubs will have a pretty good idea generally of his injuries.
His current absence is because of a groin injury that he received in training. The club reported this when it happened in mid-October.
I genuinely missed that they specified “groin”, in that case. My recollection is that NJ reported both Chuks and LJ as having “minor” issues which were otherwise unspecified. In LJ’s case the nature of the injury was revealed on here by a Lifer who had been freely informed by the player.
I just went to the OS and searched “Chuks”. There is no article on him since Feb this year. There are updates of his hamstring injury from Oct 23. I must admit that I dont much read the OS nowadays, assuming people here will re-post important updates from it, but I do follow Chuks threads here and genuinely this is the first time I’ve read that its a groin issue. But it’s probably just me.
Good post from @Sage who has more insight than most of us.
I do still think the almost total silence from the club on the nature of his injuries, this one especially, is ultimately unhelpful to him. It encourages the cyncism we see in this thread - and for sure the management of other clubs will have a pretty good idea generally of his injuries.
His current absence is because of a groin injury that he received in training. The club reported this when it happened in mid-October.
I genuinely missed that they specified “groin”, in that case. My recollection is that NJ reported both Chuks and LJ as having “minor” issues which were otherwise unspecified. In LJ’s case the nature of the injury was revealed on here by a Lifer who had been freely informed by the player.
I just went to the OS and searched “Chuks”. There is no article on him since Feb this year. There are updates of his hamstring injury from Oct 23. I must admit that I dont much read the OS nowadays, assuming people here will re-post important updates from it, but I do follow Chuks threads here and genuinely this is the first time I’ve read that its a groin issue. But it’s probably just me.
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The biggest frustration from us was that we didnt try to sign someone to replace him up front. - January came round and the Sandgaard potentially thought: "We'll get him back to please the fans" - Not realising that, that wasnt exactly what we wanted / meant
The benefit🤔
Someone else can use Chuks couch ✅
If that was the case then both Lewis Page and Cory Gibbs would still be using a couch in the medical room.
Apparently they would leave a towel on their favourite one; Bauer knew that trick ! Chuks bless him, has his own name plaque on his couch.
Chuks Aneke was here: Jan 2021-June 2025.
A crying shame as he would've been a Championship player without the medical issues which has blighted his career.
I have to admit to liking the smell.
The really handy thing is that it comes in much larger sizes (more cheaply), it could be a game changer in Chuks' ongoing (by which I mean endless) recuperation.
I am not as harsh on him as others, he’s clearly struggled with injury and it’s impacted his mental health too. He is human, despite being a different specimen in some ways. He’s so strong and powerful that I’ve always wondered whether his body knows how to cope but that’s his build and it helps his game so you wouldn’t change it. I think he’s extremely talented and we are undoubtedly a far stronger and better team when he’s in it, unfortunately, as we know he’s not been in it anywhere near as much as anyone would’ve liked.
I just went to the OS and searched “Chuks”. There is no article on him since Feb this year. There are updates of his hamstring injury from Oct 23. I must admit that I dont much read the OS nowadays, assuming people here will re-post important updates from it, but I do follow Chuks threads here and genuinely this is the first time I’ve read that its a groin issue. But it’s probably just me.