I know people aren't keen on older players but have we actually got anyone left over 30?
You really do need a couple of senior pros. The trick is getting the right one.
BRING ME DARREN PRATLEY
This is it; the 2011-12 and 2018-19 sides carried a lot of good pros alongside some more exciting younger ones. It's time to move on from Pearce the starter, but guys like him and Pratley are invaluable around the squad. I suspect Gunter and Watson were decent pros too, if way past their best.
I know people aren't keen on older players but have we actually got anyone left over 30?
You really do need a couple of senior pros. The trick is getting the right one.
Oldest player under contract is 29 which is the keeper. Stockley and Aneke, 28
Keepers don't count. They get better into their 30s often.
That was not the question asked though was it
Correct but the question is often referring to outfield players.
Italy won the Euros with at least 2 over or very nearly 35 players at the heart of their defence. We want quality surely so age isn't always important.
As others said , the old experienced pros can be vital but also have we have seen with the likes of Arter, Gunter and Watson buy the wrong ones and can be very costly. You have to oook at the top teams in out division though to see they have key players who are 30 plus
How do u know Pratley was invaluable around the squad? Guess Watson prob was too
I don't know a whole lot about Pratley's influence in the dressing room, but I do remember that despite being 700 years old he was always at the absolute top of the endurance tests they did to gauge player fitness in pre-season and that set a good example for the squad. Players would talk about it in interviews. Not that it seemed to do them any good mind, but that's on them.
I know people aren't keen on older players but have we actually got anyone left over 30?
You really do need a couple of senior pros. The trick is getting the right one.
Oldest player under contract is 29 which is the keeper. Stockley and Aneke, 28
Keepers don't count. They get better into their 30s often.
That was not the question asked though was it
Correct but the question is often referring to outfield players.
Italy won the Euros with at least 2 over or very nearly 35 players at the heart of their defence. We want quality surely so age isn't always important.
I know people aren't keen on older players but have we actually got anyone left over 30?
You really do need a couple of senior pros. The trick is getting the right one.
It isn't older player per se, Watson was fine on the ball at times but was like Cinderella he was late for the ball and received a yellow card instead of marrying a Prince. Ben Watson had a very good career but he wasn't what Charlton needed over the last two years. There are athletes in League 1 (not enough at Cafc) even if the skill level is hit and miss at third tier. Agree the trick is getting the right ones.
No magic formula and Arter was only just into his 30's just like Gunter yet Harry looked a spent force and Gunter was average but TBF did have to cover 3 different positions over his time at Cafc.
Tom Huddleston is also not mobile dispite again having had a decent career.
Tom Huddlestone leaving Hull, 35, and would still do a job in L1 IMO
Made 4 starts this season and another 8 appearances off the bench. No doubt there are some older players who have plenty to offer but that doesn't suggest he's one of them.
Great, now every day that goes past someone will moan that Bolton started making signings in early May.
And we'll be right to moan because whatever we think about Adkins/Bowyer/Jackson it's clear that our recruitment has been left too late and had a lasting affect due to missing out on best players, signing players with no pre-season etc
Great, now every day that goes past someone will moan that Bolton started making signings in early May.
And we'll be right to moan because whatever we think about Adkins/Bowyer/Jackson it's clear that our recruitment has been left too late and had a lasting affect due to missing out on best players, signing players with no pre-season etc
Agree if it happens again, but we can’t properly judge until we see how it goes in May and into June.
Even in Powell’s title winning season we didn’t start making signings until late May.
Great, now every day that goes past someone will moan that Bolton started making signings in early May.
And we'll be right to moan because whatever we think about Adkins/Bowyer/Jackson it's clear that our recruitment has been left too late and had a lasting affect due to missing out on best players, signing players with no pre-season etc
Agree if it happens again, but we can’t properly judge until we see how it goes in May and into June.
Even in Powell’s title winning season we didn’t start making signings until late May.
So we can start panicking at the end of next week?
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It isn't older player per se, Watson was fine on the ball at times but was like Cinderella he was late for the ball and received a yellow card instead of marrying a Prince.
Ben Watson had a very good career but he wasn't what Charlton needed over the last two years. There are athletes in League 1 (not enough at Cafc) even if the skill level is hit and miss at third tier.
Agree the trick is getting the right ones.
No magic formula and Arter was only just into his 30's just like Gunter yet Harry looked a spent force and Gunter was average but TBF did have to cover 3 different positions over his time at Cafc.
Tom Huddleston is also not mobile dispite again having had a decent career.
Even in Powell’s title winning season we didn’t start making signings until late May.
Cracking signing for Bolton. I thought things were afoot when they released their captain but have gone from strength to strength since then.
I know this is a player we had an interest in and thought we had a chance when Nixon linked him to Bolton.
So let me be the first to say.....get a f**king move on Gallen.
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