Appreciate all the work Rich Cawley puts in with regards to Charlton but he really is struggling to get hold of leaks at the club isn’t he. Linked us with kaminski after some random turkish media outlet mentioned it first.
Well known we keep everything under wraps, think Cawley still gets his leaks, just not in his benefit to be the first to report them and jeopardise the trust of his contacts within the club
Don't see anything wrong with how Rich operates , he's always been one that will only post stuff he's 100% confident in. I tend to use him as a " yes this is definitely happening" even if he's beaten to posting it first.
Not sure Amarii Bell is on our radar. Released by Luton as far as I’m aware, didn’t reject a new contract so do we even see him as League One standard?
He is probably still on a Premiership wage contract and they need to get wages down.
I live in the Caribbean and have watched a lot of Jamaica's games these last two years. Although often captain, he looked a weak link to me. Perhaps needs the motivation of playing at a higher level.
Seems I’ve taken some some stick for suggesting that Olaofe is a bit of a punt. That’s fair enough. It’s a football forum. For those of you that have said I’ve written him off. Why exactly is saying in my opinion he’s a bit of a punt, writing him off. He could be great and hope he is. My main point was that I’m hoping that we are also in the hunt for more experienced Championship players with a good track record at that level. I agree that top league one is where we’ll find most gems but I’m also hoping for a bit more.
Millwall just spent £5mill on a striker who was injured for a fair chunk of the season and scired about 5 goals... Would hate to think what wages he'll be on too...
The 5 years we've been away from the Championship has meant the goal posts have been moved even further away without factoring in the destruction caused by the successive ownership groups/crooks/charlatans/egos inflicted on us since our L1 championship season.
Pretty much damned if we do, damned if we don't - go for an 'ageing Champ experienced player and they're only here for a last payday', lack of ambition from the board. Go for top end L1 players who 'have no Championship experience', lack of ambition from the board AND we have no money. Go for decent solid free transfers and 'they must be crap because their old club OBVIOUSLY doesn't want them and lack of ambition/no money from the board.'
Then we have our weird fascination with ex-players who "could do a job" when they left us with because they couldn't do a job or didn't want to stay with us anyway. Also been talking about a couple of ex-players who have played for the last few seasons in the Championship and have the experience we're possibly lacking and crying out for, but we don't want them because there's definitely zero way they might've progressed from the players they were previously in the intervening years.
Damned if we do, damned if we don't!!
i haven't spoken to one millwall fan who doesn't think they have been well and truly mugged for £5m on that signing - apart from the money, none of them rate the player
But it’s no where near 5 million. Initial outlay will be about half that. It only becomes 5 million if he fulfills all the add ons. And if that happens then 5 mill will be seen as a good deal.
I’m not sure how many Millwall fans you know but most of the ones I’ve spoken to are happy with the deal. The goals per game ratio doesn’t look great on paper but if you actually watch him play you’ll see he brings so much more to the game than that. Still only young at 22 and will hopefully fill out a bit he could go on to be a great signing. We’ll see.
general consensus was for a big unit he's crap in the air - i suppose that could be said about miles leaburn but we haven't paid £5m for him
Not sure Amarii Bell is on our radar. Released by Luton as far as I’m aware, didn’t reject a new contract so do we even see him as League One standard.
Amari bell end not even worth it we are much better
Quite happy with Rich Cawley’s way of working disclosing what he can without compromising his sources. As a fan I feel that there is a certain amount of credibility to what he does publish and I think that is great
Seems I’ve taken some some stick for suggesting that Olaofe is a bit of a punt. That’s fair enough. It’s a football forum. For those of you that have said I’ve written him off. Why exactly is saying in my opinion he’s a bit of a punt, writing him off. He could be great and hope he is. My main point was that I’m hoping that we are also in the hunt for more experienced Championship players with a good track record at that level. I agree that top league one is where we’ll find most gems but I’m also hoping for a bit more.
Millwall just spent £5mill on a striker who was injured for a fair chunk of the season and scired about 5 goals... Would hate to think what wages he'll be on too...
The 5 years we've been away from the Championship has meant the goal posts have been moved even further away without factoring in the destruction caused by the successive ownership groups/crooks/charlatans/egos inflicted on us since our L1 championship season.
Pretty much damned if we do, damned if we don't - go for an 'ageing Champ experienced player and they're only here for a last payday', lack of ambition from the board. Go for top end L1 players who 'have no Championship experience', lack of ambition from the board AND we have no money. Go for decent solid free transfers and 'they must be crap because their old club OBVIOUSLY doesn't want them and lack of ambition/no money from the board.'
Then we have our weird fascination with ex-players who "could do a job" when they left us with because they couldn't do a job or didn't want to stay with us anyway. Also been talking about a couple of ex-players who have played for the last few seasons in the Championship and have the experience we're possibly lacking and crying out for, but we don't want them because there's definitely zero way they might've progressed from the players they were previously in the intervening years.
Damned if we do, damned if we don't!!
i haven't spoken to one millwall fan who doesn't think they have been well and truly mugged for £5m on that signing - apart from the money, none of them rate the player
But it’s no where near 5 million. Initial outlay will be about half that. It only becomes 5 million if he fulfills all the add ons. And if that happens then 5 mill will be seen as a good deal.
I’m not sure how many Millwall fans you know but most of the ones I’ve spoken to are happy with the deal. The goals per game ratio doesn’t look great on paper but if you actually watch him play you’ll see he brings so much more to the game than that. Still only young at 22 and will hopefully fill out a bit he could go on to be a great signing. We’ll see.
general consensus was for a big unit he's crap in the air - i suppose that could be said about miles leaburn but we haven't paid £5m for him
And nobody else will either.
agreed - wouldn't get a tenth of that for him atm - he really needs a good pre season, an injury free year and some consistently good performances before £m's start getting attached to his name again - Leaburn that is, not the millwall bloke - think they've had one there
Quite happy with Rich Cawley’s way of working disclosing what he can without compromising his sources. As a fan I feel that there is a certain amount of credibility to what he does publish and I think that is great
A couple of fans on this forum got the heads up on him on a couple of transfers already I wouldn't rim his bumhole that much already unless his your best mate
Blackburn fan I know messaged me out the blue “He’s quality, would be a great signing for you”.
Just been reading Luton fans on Facebook that came up as a suggested post and they can’t believe he’s going for less than around 4 million and how much they rate him.
Not sure Amarii Bell is on our radar. Released by Luton as far as I’m aware, didn’t reject a new contract so do we even see him as League One standard.
Might have been released as they can’t afford him rather than a standard issue
This goes with the cast offs comment earlier - multitude of reasons to leave a club, not always related to being rubbish! Small went to PNE in a free, not sure he was considered 'rubbish' and not of the right standard for the Championship.
Then there's the whole "it's a free transfer so obviously costs nothing" issue that gets chucked around. Ignoring the signing on fee and often higher wages that makes up the package for the player.
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Others saying we’ve had their pants down at £1m. Another saying he should be about £3 or 4 million…
https://x.com/oakroadhatter/status/1939335903194829099?s=46&t=ynww82GMl7VKBjthBflU0g
A very good keeper can be as valuable as a very good striker.
I live in the Caribbean and have watched a lot of Jamaica's games these last two years. Although often captain, he looked a weak link to me. Perhaps needs the motivation of playing at a higher level.
And nobody else will either.
Can't quite work that bit out!
the catchup thread is now fully up to date
Then there's the whole "it's a free transfer so obviously costs nothing" issue that gets chucked around. Ignoring the signing on fee and often higher wages that makes up the package for the player.
What the hell went wrong at Luton this year?