Weird to say this, but that is good to hear! Will still be surprised to see him at the club in a few days though. Plenty of clubs in the prem could do with someone like him
I have been a fan for 30 years and bottom line is we have ALWAYS been a selling club - Parker proved that - so Solly leaving would be nothing new.
Players come and go and if the £2 million quid for Solly keeps the good ship afloat until better days arrive then so be it, the club is more important than one player.
Weird to say this, but that is good to hear! Will still be surprised to see him at the club in a few days though. Plenty of clubs in the prem could do with someone like him Not to sure about Solly playing in the Prem. In between trips to the Valley, I get freebies to watch Norwich City saw them play Everton on the first day of the season and Southampton yesterday. The quality of players in the Prem is far greater than the Championship. Chris Solly is a very good footballer for Charlton and may make a squad player in the Prem, but i'm not sure he's good enough to go straight into a team.
He is better than jenkinson imo and jenks is living the dream atm. Im sure it will be a massive challenge for solly but I also think its a challenge solly can handle.
I have been a fan for 30 years and bottom line is we have ALWAYS been a selling club - Parker proved that - so Solly leaving would be nothing new.
Players come and go and if the £2 million quid for Solly keeps the good ship afloat until better days arrive then so be it, the club is more important than one player.
Apart from say Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, everyone is a selling club really.
This is liable to be pure fiction but I heard yesterday that Arsenal made a bid. Probably complete rubbish but I'd happily take £2.5m plus for him, if we are selling him then it's a shame we didn't do it 6 or 8 weeks ago.
Jack Hunt went to Palace for around £2million so if Solly does go then at least the same amount.
How long did Hunt have on his contract though?
Yes and this is the silly situation we find ourselves in. Even now clubs might baulk at paying even 500k now when they could get him for less in Jan or on a free next summer. Quiet word with his agent telling him the club will pay him x amount pw and a nice signing on fee next summer and even if offered one by us now he might decide not to sign it. Who could blame him?
For me it all depends on how much the offer on the table is and what that money is used for. If its enough to cover the extended contracts of the majority of our playing squad, which in turn will lead to Powell signing on too, then selling would, for me, be the right option.
If Solly leaves, I think you'll find Morrison becomes the replacement Right Back with Cort/Dervite Central Defence partnership taking over in the middle and Wood as back-up for them and Wilson back-up for Morrison. Unless, of course, we sign a replacement for Solly.
If Solly leaves, I think you'll find Morrison becomes the replacement Right Back with Cort/Dervite Central Defence partnership taking over in the middle and Wood as back-up for them and Wilson back-up for Morrison. Unless, of course, we sign a replacement for Solly.
As your name sake would say - "I don't believe it!"
No he didn't, he played as the right-sided centre half in a 3-5-2 and covered Wilson who played a s a wing back.
that might've been how they were supposed to play, but most of the time we were set up with him at RB and Wiggins at LB with Wilson in front of him in a narrow 4 man midfield
No he didn't, he played as the right-sided centre half in a 3-5-2 and covered Wilson who played a s a wing back.
that might've been how they were supposed to play, but most of the time we were set up with him at RB and Wiggins at LB with Wilson in front of him in a narrow 4 man midfield
For the record, I don't want Morrison at Right Back either, but Powell and Morrison have been quoted before as recognising him as someone who can play in that position...................and, for me, Morrison WAS playing Right Back on Saturday, behind Wilson.
For the record, I don't want Morrison at Right Back either, but Powell and Morrison have been quoted before as recognising him as someone who can play in that position...................and, for me, Morrison WAS playing Right Back on Saturday, behind Wilson.
For the record, I don't want Morrison at Right Back either, but Powell and Morrison have been quoted before as recognising him as someone who can play in that position...................and, for me, Morrison WAS playing Right Back on Saturday, behind Wilson.
thats how I saw it, admitedly there were times you could tell they were trying to get the shape of 3 centre backs, but most of the time it was pretty disjointed, not complaining as we won, but I'm not a fan of the system personally.
Certainly Morrison was advancing down the right hand side a lot for a CB, much more than Dervite the left sided CB, so it was 3-5-2, but with hints of 4-4-2!
As for Solly, I want him to stay ideally, but not if his contract runs down to nothing (though as he's under 24 we would get something for him).
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Players come and go and if the £2 million quid for Solly keeps the good ship afloat until better days arrive then so be it, the club is more important than one player.
Only joking if any scouts are lurking on here.
This is liable to be pure fiction but I heard yesterday that Arsenal made a bid. Probably complete rubbish but I'd happily take £2.5m plus for him, if we are selling him then it's a shame we didn't do it 6 or 8 weeks ago.
@RichCawleySLP: Had heard whispers of Fulham being interested in Chris Solly over the weekend but CP says there has been no bids or enquiries. #cafc
As for Solly, I want him to stay ideally, but not if his contract runs down to nothing (though as he's under 24 we would get something for him).