Summer Transfer Rumours 2020 (DEADLINE DAY from pg.258)

He could certainly do a job for a lot of League two and even some League One clubs. 

ForeverAddickted said:

https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-midfielder-not-attracting-loan-interest-with-best-chance-of-move-away-set-to-be-non-league-switch/

Goes without saying that I love Bowyer but publicly saying "no one wants Albie" isn't going to do his confidence a world of good is it?

KentishAddick said:

ForeverAddickted said:

https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-midfielder-not-attracting-loan-interest-with-best-chance-of-move-away-set-to-be-non-league-switch/

Seems crazy to me that no one in L1 or 2 is willing to take Albie on loan

With so many Managers unimpressed by Albie does it mean they're right and that us fans are wrong to rate him so highly?

Henry Irving said:

Ben Ransom

@BenRansomSky

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1m

Charlton have made a six-figure bid for Boreham Wood winger Sorba Thomas. 21-year-old seen as one of the hottest properties in non-league. He came through West Ham’s academy, and has also been tracked by QPR and Barnsley #cafc

https://www.transfermarkt.com/sorba-thomas/profil/spieler/475416

1.85m = 6ft  so passes the CL height test for a winger

ForeverAddickted said:

https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-midfielder-not-attracting-loan-interest-with-best-chance-of-move-away-set-to-be-non-league-switch/

Baffled that the likes of Maloney and Wiredu can get league loans, but not Morgan

Henry Irving said:

Ben Ransom

@BenRansomSky

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1m

Charlton have made a six-figure bid for Boreham Wood winger Sorba Thomas. 21-year-old seen as one of the hottest properties in non-league. He came through West Ham’s academy, and has also been tracked by QPR and Barnsley #cafc

Given the financial struggle so many non-league clubs will be going through, I don't see many of them turning down 6 figure bids 

Getting Sorba Thomas really would be the (lemon) icing on the cake.

Henry Irving said:

Ben Ransom

@BenRansomSky

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1m

Charlton have made a six-figure bid for Boreham Wood winger Sorba Thomas. 21-year-old seen as one of the hottest properties in non-league. He came through West Ham’s academy, and has also been tracked by QPR and Barnsley #cafc

I know nothing about him but I'd be quite excited by this

dickplumb said:

I also quite like Albie but I agree with Bowyer, as a midfielder he needs to do his fair share of defensive work. I have watched him since he was a sixteen year old and he hasn't changed. Great range of passing, powerful shot and that is it. He should be learning from one of the best midfielders we have produced, Lee Bowyer.

The alternative is that he plays further up the pitch so he doesnt have to do the defensive side of the game

But considering who he's got in front of him there its not going to happen

Henry Irving said:

Ben Ransom

@BenRansomSky

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1m

Charlton have made a six-figure bid for Boreham Wood winger Sorba Thomas. 21-year-old seen as one of the hottest properties in non-league. He came through West Ham’s academy, and has also been tracked by QPR and Barnsley #cafc

It's nice to be trying to spend some money on the team.

The highest transfer fee under ESI was for Southall's flat!

https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/charlton-athletic-make-move-for-boreham-wood-star-man/

charente addick said:

killerandflash said:

Cafc43v3r said:

SamE7 said:

Robbie Gotts to join Lincoln

Not surprised they offered 100% wages, a flat and guaranteed 1st team football.  As far as I know we offered none of those.

He want to go to Huddersfield but they didn't put a firm offer in. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_Gotts

Gotts was primarily a right-back but was converted by Marcelo Bielsa to play as a central midfielder. Bielsa described that he had never seen a player as "dynamic" as Gotts in his career, saying that "he’s a number eight, a midfielder. He is not offensive and not defensive. He's a number eight."[6]

Something that puzzles me, is when did players started being referred to as their number, other than number 9s? Since when did a number 8 become a position on the pitch?

False 9!? WTF

It's hardly a new phenomenon though ........ it was first used in the 1950s by the legendary Hungary team.

As many of us will recall, before squad numbers, shirt number 9 was the 'true' centre-forward role and traditionally played as the spearhead of the front line.
What the Hungarians did, and quickly copied by Man City, was to drop the CF into deeper and wider positions, where he was more difficult to track and mark, dragging defenders out of position. The space created was then exploited by the 'inside forwards' to run late into scoring positions.

#thingsyouprobablyalreadyknew   :smile:


 

dickplumb said:

I also quite like Albie but I agree with Bowyer, as a midfielder he needs to do his fair share of defensive work. I have watched him since he was a sixteen year old and he hasn't changed. Great range of passing, powerful shot and that is it. He should be learning from one of the best midfielders we have produced, Lee Bowyer.

@dickplumb you watch a lot of academy football.  When did we, and seemingly everyone else, start producing players that a very specific skill set and if we are being honest being average at best at everything else?

All the players we seem to have produced recently (especially midfielders) seem have an outstanding asset, and massive weeknesses, I see this reflected in the England set up as well.  Is it talent identification that's changed or academy coaching? 

Redrobo said:

So, who has a mate that supports Boreham Wood?

Too many show off on here