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Jonny Williams - now at Gillingham (p47)

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  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    I glad he is enjoying  playing. Football should be fun and everytime I see him play, I can sense he is having a ball. He is a quality player too. I don't think there are too many in the Championship I would swap him for. 
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,063
    cafc-west said:
    Taken from Twitter:

    Rapidly turning into one of my favourite players ever...
    I think I'm developing a bit of a man crush on old Jonny
  • Isawsummersplay
    Isawsummersplay Posts: 1,427
    What a great bloke he seems to be.
  • Sage
    Sage Posts: 7,278
    Previously said on here before, but I met Jonny on the way back from The FA Cup Final a week before our Wembley win. He spoke to me as if he had known me for years, very friendly, down to earth, extremely likeable man.

    Over the moon when he signed for us permanently again last month and agree with @cafc-west above, I think he is my favourite player at the club right now. I love Taylor of course for what he brings to the side and off the pitch, Solly for his commitment to our great club, and plenty of others too. But for me I can relate to Jonny the most, he’s a very similar age to me and watching him play football is an absolute joy.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,912

  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,954
    Isn't that one of Curb_it's ?


  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,458
    Finally got around to watching Sunderland til I Die and didn’t realise how much he features on that. As others have said, he comes across really well. Although he’s another ‘Welshman’ who doesn’t sound remotely Welsh!!
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    AllHailTheHen said:
    cafc-west said:
    Taken from Twitter:

    Rapidly turning into one of my favourite players ever...
    I think I'm developing a bit of a man crush on old Jonny
    Old? He’s only 25. Could get another ten years out of him yet...
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,934
    Callumcafc said:
    AllHailTheHen said:
    cafc-west said:
    Taken from Twitter:

    Rapidly turning into one of my favourite players ever...
    I think I'm developing a bit of a man crush on old Jonny
    Old? He’s only 25. Could get another ten years out of him yet...

    Exactly - 26 is nothing for a footballer these days 
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  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-attacker-jonny-williams-this-has-been-most-enjoyable-start-to-a-season-ever/
  • LonelyNorthernAddick
    LonelyNorthernAddick Posts: 2,422
    Big fan of his, love his attitude and seems to love bein at the club atm, says an awful lot that he took a big paycut to be here. I wonder if the improvement is also as in L1 hed get kicked around a bit, and probably on smaller pitches, the extra preseason obviously helps too.
  • IR94
    IR94 Posts: 743
    Quite possible the nicest guy in football
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    IR94 said:
    Quite possible the nicest guy in football
    Rich Cawley has said this about him too. 
  • East_Stand_Loopy
    East_Stand_Loopy Posts: 2,205
    IR94 said:
    Quite possible the nicest guy in football
    I like that he always seems to have a smile on his face.
  • Rudders22
    Rudders22 Posts: 3,864
    edited August 2019
    He strikes me as someone with some mental health issues to go with his injuries. He doesn't appear to be money motivated at this stage of his career (and what drives him is playing with a group of players he loves and the fans appreciate). I would hope we would sing his name and cheer and encourage him even if he has a bad game or things don't go right fo him.  An ex work colleague (palace fan) messaged me privatetly when he signed for us said "you have a cracking little player for you, if injury free he will do well for you". My god I hope he has an injury free season this year. With the pay cut and his injuries he deserves it. 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,669
    Lovely bloke. 
    Only 27 as well
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    He's still pretty tricky at 28, really discovering his peak.
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 50,974
    blackpool72 said:
    Lovely bloke. 
    Only 27 as well
    Dazzler21 said:
    He's still pretty tricky at 28, really discovering his peak.
    Shows you how quickly players age when playing for Charlton  :)
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  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    edited August 2019
    Met him at the training ground with my two youngest(7&9) and he like a few others was more than willing to hang about and have a little kick about and laugh with them after training , top fella . 
    For a 29 year old he knows he’s at his peak and with a bit of luck has a few years left in him .
    Not the clearest of photos Cos it’s a freeze frame of a video 
    Looks like they’re playing rugby , confirming he’s Welsh 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    I suspect that when you get to the relative top level of the game and injuries set you back, it must be pretty hard as a footballer. Coming to Charlton, whether it be co-incidence or Bowyer has resulted in Williams making that journey back. The thing that strikes me about the lad is his intelligence. He will have a target of were he wants to be and money is a secondary factor in getting there. When you are there, you get more money anyway - if you believe in your ability and back it. He appreciates he still needs the right environment and maybe to continue to remember what it is like to enjoy his football as he climbs the invisble ladder.

    I suspect Williams has a better chance of making it to the Premiership than Aribo does right now.
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,443
    Williams is happy at Charlton and that is a big plus in life. I think he values his happiness and mental health over chasing money.

    I hope he does well - seems a lovely guy.
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    Not really being a part of a team, or feeling that way, must make it difficult to train as hard as you should - and then make you susceptible to injury. It must also make you question if you are good enough. It is easy to see how it can all spiral down.

    Maybe this is what happened to Poyet. Especially after big Sam said he was ‘not the player we thought he was’.

    It would seem that Williams is made of sterner stuff and has the intelligence to realise that being at the right club/team is important.  I hope our youngsters that have left have made the right choices for them. I hope they have.

    If not, I am sure Williams knows a song about that. Altogether now, “we’ll keep a welcome at the Valley..”
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,458
    At 30 he definitely has a good few more years in him yet. Hope they’re at Charlton.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,521
    Good to see his pace holding up so well at 31.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,304
    Thats a great photo Oohaah
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,651
    It only took us 20 years to find Johnny Robinson's successor. 
  • Covered_End_Lad
    Covered_End_Lad Posts: 5,725
    32 really is little to old for a team fighting at the top of the Championship.
  • AshleyAcott
    AshleyAcott Posts: 21
    oohaahmortimer said:
    Met him at the training ground with my two youngest(7&9) and he like a few others was more than willing to hang about and have a little kick about and laugh with them after training , top fella . 
    For a 29 year old he knows he’s at his peak and with a bit of luck has a few years left in him .
    Not the clearest of photos Cos it’s a freeze frame of a video 
    Looks like they’re playing rugby , confirming he’s Welsh 
    He's only 25 turning 26 this October mate! But yeah top bloke though one of my favourite Charlton players in recent times.

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