Summer 2018 transfer rumours

Todds_right_hook said:

Swisdom said:

3.5 goals per season. I take it all back. Should have gone to Russia. Makes Josh’s 10 goals a season and many defensive contributions seem trifling.

He’s crap. He’s arrogant. He slow and he’s small. He doesn’t have a trick, doesn’t seem to have much of a football brain. Look at his Swindon glory season - most goals were tap-ins. He’s still living off that.

I agree Karlan deserves a chance and I do think he has got the ability to do well, but we need more options up front and we need to make sure they don’t have Ajose on the back of the shirt.

No. 7 goals in one season in a Charlton shirt equals to 7 goals a season on average. He scored a similar amount on loan at Swindon. So that’s around 14 in two seasons. I agree that this is a poor record and he should be moved on. It would be interesting to see the goals per minutes comparison with Magennis over the last two seasons. I bet Magennis has played more minutes but Ajose has a better record overal.

Actually his "7 goals in 1 season" were all scored in a 3 month period - until Karl Robinson came to Charlton, changed the system to 1 target man up front.
Ajose didn't fit in that system, was soon excluded and loaned out.

Even with Russell Slade's 'orrible style of football and geriatric slow midfield, Ajose was still on course for 15 + goals that season.

If Josh goes , he needs to be replaced . But I doubt we will get anyone with our skinflint owner . The squad is getting smaller and the season only a week away - madness .

People judging Magennis on scoring only 10 goals for each of 2 seasons seem to overlook that's it a team game, and he will be playing to his manager's instructions.
Robinson invariably made an exhausted Magennis play 90 mins + added time every game, simply because it was also his job to do the defensive set piece duties.

In Robinson's 4-2-3-1, he was the hard running 'sacrificial lamb' who put in the graft and physical challenges to create the space for the attacking midfielders to score the goals.

Magennis is no poacher, but despite lack of support, he still got himself in the right position at the right time to be on the end of goalscoring opportunities - and was often at full stretch. Okay he missed chances he should have put away, but then all forwards miss good chances; and 1 goal every 3 chances is normally regarded by coaches as a decent return.

And don't forget the vital confidence factor - if you're scoring regularly, even the flukey shots go in. If you're on a barren run, then nothing goes right for you.

It's a team game though. And providing team mates are scoring goals, it's expected that the lone target man won't himself score as many as he might do in a 2 up front combination.

IMO Magennis brought much more to the team than many give him credit for.

se9addick said:

We’ll probably miss Josh’s defensive qualities more than his ability in front of goal. Assume that Robinson was allowed to bring Taylor in on the premise that either Igor or Josh went and Igor’s injury meant it had to be Josh.

Extremely concerned about the size of our squad now.

Don't tell me he's back...

Freddie Woodman incoming ?

J BLOCK said:

Freddie Woodman incoming ?

Is this from the fella on Twitter j block ??

its all very well people saying he wont be missed but who the hell else is there?
the transfer period ends in less than two weeks and our squad is looking as if it would struggle to even make it to mid table and that's without factoring in our appalling record with injuries.

harveys_gardener said:

Mention of Leon Best above. Must be on comeback trail by now. Would be a great addition to the squad when fit, as evidenced by his brief cameo for us last season.

Agreed, people seem to have forgotten about him, but he was a bit of a live wire I thought.

Freddie Woodman is a decent young prospect but we would be developing somebody else's young prospect whilst holding our own back.

guinnessaddick said:

JamesSeed said:

BigRedEvil said:

Disappointed if Magennis is going. Decent hard working pro and we won't replace him.

His lack of goals may have cost us promotion last season. Keeping him as our main striker was a typical demonstration of our lack of ambition under the current owner I think.

The best he has got in a season is 10, he has scored that in his last two seasons for us and once before for Kilmarnock, not sure what more you can expect from him.

To finish more of the chances that were made for him or on occasion he created for himself eg Bradford. Never enough goals from him, should of been 15 minimum and that was easily achievable in the division.

killerandflash said:

harveys_gardener said:

Mention of Leon Best above. Must be on comeback trail by now. Would be a great addition to the squad when fit, as evidenced by his brief cameo for us last season.

Not heard anything about him recently, still only 31/32

Still shite

killerandflash said:

harveys_gardener said:

Mention of Leon Best above. Must be on comeback trail by now. Would be a great addition to the squad when fit, as evidenced by his brief cameo for us last season.

Not heard anything about him recently, still only 31/32

Second serious knee injury in relatively quick succession, wouldn't be surprised if he was done