Plus the higher you go the less pure physical attributes can get you by. Right now Small is using his lightning pace and bag of tricks to dominate his man but his crossing, shooting and decision-making are all fairly poor. In the Championship he won't be able to rely on just being fast and strong and he would genuinely be better off honing his capabilities in key game moments in a team like Charlton where he gets a lot of football than overstretching himself and losing yet another year of his career to being mostly on the bench. I guess we'll see what he identifies as important but he's a confident lad and I'm sure he would assume he would play wherever he goes
Saturday could be helpful in persuading him that this is the best place for him. He has moved around more than most for his young age and he could easily move to the wrong place at an important stage in his career. What he should be looking for is a contract with a buy out clause. If clubs have to pay good money for you they are more likely to start you and invest time and patience in you. If they get you for free they are having a punt and there may be a lot more steps in the ladder for you.
If any of you mum's and dad's are off this week for half term get along to the valley with your under 13's to have a quick picture with Thierry and Josh and in the few seconds you get give them plenty of praise as too often in recent years some Charlton critics are more known for giving abuse to players.
Two success stories and I wonder who was behind their Signings!
Back in 2003/04 I took my 10 year old son to get a picture with Paolo di Canio on a Monday after we had drawn 1-1 with Arsenal at the Valley; blimey O'Riley that seems a lifetime away now 🤦🏻♂️
We were in the long Queue and I thought I will have 10 seconds at most to ask a question 🤔 So I went with: "Paolo, when you stepped up to take the penalty on Saturday when did you decide where the spot kick was going"
"When I look deep into the Keeper's eyes and i have them under my spell" !
He sent me the wrong way as well as we walked out of the entrance and not the exit !
We only saw di Canio towards the Autumn of his career but a strong character and flair footballer who demanded every player trained as hard as he did.
If any of you mum's and dad's are off this week for half term get along to the valley with your under 13's to have a quick picture with Thierry and Josh and in the few seconds you get give them plenty of praise as too often in recent years some Charlton critics are more known for giving abuse to players.
Two success stories and I wonder who was behind their Signings!
Back in 2003/04 I took my 10 year old son to get a picture with Paolo di Canio on a Monday after we had drawn 1-1 with Arsenal at the Valley; blimey O'Riley that seems a lifetime away now 🤦🏻♂️
We were in the long Queue and I thought I will have 10 seconds at most to ask a question 🤔 So I went with: "Paolo, when you stepped up to take the penalty on Saturday when did you decide where the spot kick was going"
"When I look deep into the Keeper's eyes and i have them under my spell" !
He sent me the wrong way as well as we walked out of the entrance and not the exit !
We only saw di Canio towards the Autumn of his career but a strong character and flair footballer who demanded every player trained as hard as he did.
Must have been in there, the same time as you Sam, with my 2 young lads.
I can remember someone phoning a friend (sounds like who wants to be a millionaire) and passing their mobile over to him, to have a chat in Italian.
So I've been wanting to right this for a long time. I love theirry the personality, I think he has so much talent, is rapid and seems like a great kid...but there is a reason he is with us and not playing higher. He has tons of talent but sometimes it's like he doesn't have a brain. I told anyone that would listen how much CBT was overrated and lazy. Now I'm not saying Small and CBT are the same but what I will say is the ability, speed and lack of footballing IQ are very similar. The biggest difference to me is personality and also Small can defend, whereas CBT had no interest in doing so. Kid can go as high as he wants, it will all come down to how much he wants to learn, listen and grow his football IQ. Personally I think Curtis and Jones are perfect for him in both respects, and I truly hope he realises that.
“We harp on about him so much about getting in the box – TC (Tyreece Campbell) is exactly the same, or was,” said Jones. “Now they are always in the box. Before they would wait outside it – wait for someone to head it out – and hope they can do a little bit. But we want them to score. We don’t care how they score – a header, a back post tap in or whatever it is. We encourage them to do that.
“I spoke to him before and said: ‘Tonight I want you to score – I want you to really drive home what we’re saying to you’. And he did. Fair play, it has won us the game. Everyone has dug in.
Great to see TC rated as the player with the highest number of successful dribbles in the league. Seeing him 1st and Small 4th pretty much turned us into a watchable team, and gave Gillesphey's left foot some rest time to concentrate on other areas ;-)
We really do need to get this promotion done, or risk losing out on Small, every time I open up this thread, I hope for good news, but nothing seems to have been sorted. His agent is clearly advising him to hold out till the close season, but it really would leave a huge hole in the side were he to leave in the summer on a freebie, come on Thierry, you know it makes sense, sign on PLEASE..
Since Nathan realized that Thierry is paramount to this side and he can play on the right will Ramsey having his back and with TC and Edwards doing damage left field we are the polar opposite team we were earlier in the season when we played so narrow. The Elephant in the room is the X factor player Small will be on everyone's radar now🤷🏻♂️ We have taken two steps forward with young 20 year olds Theirry and TC as well as the one who went under the big teams radar, Ramsey. The great fear is we takes 3 steps back at the end of the season if money talks and ambitions can't be fulfilled at CAFC 🤦🏻♂️
Everything else, stats wise is still fairly below par. But he’s young and thriving in an environment where he’s learning a lot and will only continue to get better as an all around player. I just hope he doesn’t regret moving too soon.
Everything else, stats wise is still fairly below par. But he’s young and thriving in an environment where he’s learning a lot and will only continue to get better as an all around player. I just hope he doesn’t regret moving too soon.
Where are the crossing stats? I’ve used Fotmob but couldn’t see crossing on there.
Everything else, stats wise is still fairly below par. But he’s young and thriving in an environment where he’s learning a lot and will only continue to get better as an all around player. I just hope he doesn’t regret moving too soon.
Where are the crossing stats? I’ve used Fotmob but couldn’t see crossing on there.
On Fotmob app, under passing.
1.15 successful crosses per 90 mins, in the 91st percentile. 21.1% cross accuracy (56th percentile, slightly above league average).
So perhaps the accuracy could do with a bit of work but combining the number of successful crosses he has with the slightly above average accuracy, suggests he has the physical attributes to be getting into crossing positions a lot.
At least we would get compensation as u24 and has had a contract. England U20 caps and lots of assists means that maybe worth having although clearly wouldn't be anywhere near as much as a transfer fee.
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(Hope it all works out @Arsenetatters)
However allow me to assure you he will absolutely love it at any club that gives him a large signing on fee and quadruples his wages.
If any of you mum's and dad's are off this week for half term get along to the valley with your under 13's to have a quick picture with Thierry and Josh and in the few seconds you get give them plenty of praise as too often in recent years some Charlton critics are more known for giving abuse to players.
Two success stories and I wonder who was behind their Signings!
Back in 2003/04 I took my 10 year old son to get a picture with Paolo di Canio on a Monday after we had drawn 1-1 with Arsenal at the Valley; blimey O'Riley that seems a lifetime away now 🤦🏻♂️
We were in the long Queue and I thought I will have 10 seconds at most to ask a question 🤔
So I went with: "Paolo, when you stepped up to take the penalty on Saturday when did you decide where the spot kick was going"
"When I look deep into the Keeper's eyes and i have them under my spell" !
He sent me the wrong way as well as we walked out of the entrance and not the exit !
We only saw di Canio towards the Autumn of his career but a strong character and flair footballer who demanded every player trained as hard as he did.
I can remember someone phoning a friend (sounds like who wants to be a millionaire) and passing their mobile over to him, to have a chat in Italian.
Great to see TC rated as the player with the highest number of successful dribbles in the league. Seeing him 1st and Small 4th pretty much turned us into a watchable team, and gave Gillesphey's left foot some rest time to concentrate on other areas ;-)
His agent is clearly advising him to hold out till the close season, but it really would leave a huge hole in the side were he to leave in the summer on a freebie, come on Thierry, you know it makes sense, sign on PLEASE..
The Elephant in the room is the X factor player Small will be on everyone's radar now🤷🏻♂️
We have taken two steps forward with young 20 year olds Theirry and TC as well as the one who went under the big teams radar, Ramsey.
The great fear is we takes 3 steps back at the end of the season if money talks and ambitions can't be fulfilled at CAFC 🤦🏻♂️
Would be a huge touch of irony, seeing our last Defender to run out his Contract in a year where we reached the Play-Offs, ended up there as well.
- dribbling
- crossing
- tackling
Everything else, stats wise is still fairly below par. But he’s young and thriving in an environment where he’s learning a lot and will only continue to get better as an all around player. I just hope he doesn’t regret moving too soon.
1.15 successful crosses per 90 mins, in the 91st percentile. 21.1% cross accuracy (56th percentile, slightly above league average).