My alternate view on this is that all we need now is more physicality to shore the team up and make sure we don’t get relegated. The midfield area is woeful with the exception of Dobbo. By getting a couple of loans in now , Bakinson and Fiorino , neither of whom are kids and both of whom have to show something to get a new contract somewhere. I suspect neither of them are answers to our problems but they can help keep us up and give us some optionality for the summer when you really want to be building a team ( not in Jan) I think these are quite sensible moves
I don't see how we can moan about someone who's dominated us more than once in the recent past
Can’t say he’s made that impression on me, I can’t even remember him. And even so not hard to dominate against some of the crap we’ve had in midfield the last three or four seasons. Proof of the pudding and all that.
Wonder if he was on Holden's radar in the summer having been at Bristol City when he was.
Of the three goals he scored in L1, two were against us btw, including his first for Sheff Wed, which clearly escaped the notice of one of their so called supporters quoted above.
I'm sure all wish him well and hope he settles quickly. He'll need to, although I won't be making my mind up after his first 45 mins as I do believe it takes players time to bed in, but as of now, he's representing Charlton and I hope he excels.
“Lots of energy” you’ll tend to have that when running around without getting involved much!!
He’s the midfield version of Terrel Thomas but Terrel has better ball mastery! Dobson, Watson, Campbell, McGrandles & Fraser all produce more with the ball. Dobson, Anderson & McGrandles all disrupt the game better without it.
I’m a glass half full most of the time but I’m struggling to find a positive angle…other than he’s signed as Dobbo’s number 2.
Not going to criticise his signing, we've gone overboard and paid money before and the player has either been injury prone or shit. Welcome to Charlton Tyreeq, your new team mates are the little fuckers who can't score or defend from corners or free kicks.
He may have lots of energy, but I’m expecting a fair bit of rust too. He hasn’t played 90 mins since the opening game of the season, and he hasn’t played more than 24 mins since 3rd Oct
In their promotion season last year, from Boxing Day he started just 3 of their 26 league and play off games, came on as a 2nd half sub in 9 games, unused sub in 10 games and didn’t make the squad in 4 (inc. play off final)
Wonder if he was on Holden's radar in the summer having been at Bristol City when he was.
Of the three goals he scored in L1, two were against us btw, including his first for Sheff Wed, which clearly escaped the notice of one of their so called supporters quoted above.
I'm sure all wish him well and hope he settles quickly. He'll need to, although I won't be making my mind up after his first 45 mins as I do believe it takes players time to bed in, but as of now, he's representing Charlton and I hope he excels.
To be fair, scoring against us, doesn't really make him quality. Let's face it, it's harder to score at a massage parlour.
If he's replacing Fraser, he could bump into someone and have more impact.
He may have lots of energy, but I’m expecting a fair bit of rust too. He hasn’t played 90 mins since the opening game of the season, and he hasn’t played more than 24 mins since 3rd Oct
So one of the ones that Andy Scott said would have been playing regularly then.
Regular recent starter ❌ Permanent rather than a loan ❌
In their promotion season last year, from Boxing Day he started just 3 of their 26 league and play off games, came on as a 2nd half sub in 9 games, unused sub in 10 games and didn’t make the squad in 4 (inc. play off final)
He may have lots of energy, but I’m expecting a fair bit of rust too. He hasn’t played 90 mins since the opening game of the season, and he hasn’t played more than 24 mins since 3rd Oct
So one of the ones that Andy Scott said would have been playing regularly then.
Regular recent starter ❌ Permanent rather than a loan ❌
He may have lots of energy, but I’m expecting a fair bit of rust too. He hasn’t played 90 mins since the opening game of the season, and he hasn’t played more than 24 mins since 3rd Oct
And we were told we’d be making permanent signings who’d been playing regularly. This is the polar opposite.
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"Never seen him actually DO anything. Good engine on him though."
I suspect neither of them are answers to our problems but they can help keep us up and give us some optionality for the summer when you really want to be building a team ( not in Jan)
I think these are quite sensible moves
Of the three goals he scored in L1, two were against us btw, including his first for Sheff Wed, which clearly escaped the notice of one of their so called supporters quoted above.
I'm sure all wish him well and hope he settles quickly. He'll need to, although I won't be making my mind up after his first 45 mins as I do believe it takes players time to bed in, but as of now, he's representing Charlton and I hope he excels.
How many injuries does he have.
Me : " What's Barkinson like"
Him : "Shit "
Concise at least!
If he's replacing Fraser, he could bump into someone and have more impact.
Regular recent starter ❌
Permanent rather than a loan ❌
Not a great start Andy my son.
Never knowingly seen him play.
When he pulls on his Charlton shirt I'll make my mind up then.