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Six Academy Players Sign Pro Deals

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  • Does that mean everyone offered contracts signed them from the academy?
  • AllHailTheHen
    AllHailTheHen Posts: 3,063
    Great to see the faith in what has been a very talented bunch of youngsters. 3 year deal for Leaburn is interesting when compared to the others. Clearly rated very highly.
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    Has Carl shrunk or is Miles v.tall?
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,807
    edited July 2022
    Lovely touch to have Chris Parkes there too. Well done Miles. A different generation are singing once again LEABURN, LEABURN, LEABURN......
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,727
    Lovely touch to have Chris Parkes there too. Well done Myles. A different generation are singing once again LEABURN, LEABURN, LEABURN......
    no doubt they'll end up singing it too fast 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,875
    Hal1x said:
    Has Carl shrunk or is Miles v.tall?
    Miles is a big unit. He was very noticeable on the pitch on Saturday!
  • Fanny Fanackapan
    Fanny Fanackapan Posts: 18,740
    Fantastic ! 

    Lovely photos to cherish on a very special day for the Leaburns. 

    Onwards & upwards, Miles ! 
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 12,001
    What a great story. 
    Miles taller than his dad too. 
  • RedRobin
    RedRobin Posts: 1,377
    Great news and very much like what the club are doing at the moment. TS clearly sees the value in the academy and glad Adigun has been signed up. 
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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,437
    Lovely to see Chris Parkes being invited along by the Leaburn family.
  • Crusty54
    Crusty54 Posts: 3,232
    Good investment from TS.
  • thickandthin63
    thickandthin63 Posts: 2,957
    I had a quick chat with Tracy before the game on saturday,she was very positive about the coming season,and was extremely happy that Miles and some of the other lads are getting invaluable experience being around the senior players.Personally thought that Miles looked a class act,ball control and awareness of what was going on around him was a bit special for a youngster.
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 22,587
    edited July 2022
    Great to see the academy youngsters seeing their immediate future with us and signing their pro contracts, now let's see some progress onto eventual first team involvement, and not moved onto yet another prem clubs sub bench...
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,355
    More of this please. Well done all involved, especially the lads who have put the graft in.
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,885
    Miles is a couple of inches taller than Carl. Miles seems to be more mobile and good on the ball, If he is as good in the air as his dad, he could be some player.

    not sure why Afinfenwa was invited to the photo shoot though 😂
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,875
    RedRobin said:
    Great news and very much like what the club are doing at the moment. TS clearly sees the value in the academy and glad Adigun has been signed up. 
    Good news yes, but it's a bit of a stretch to praise TS for us signing up some talented youngsters, as it's what we've always done. Especially with 4 players only getting 1 year deals, which is the standard "not sure" type of contract
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,623
    Jeez - when I met Carlo last year, he towered over me, albeit I am short - Miles is taller than his Dad 👀, and is probably still growing !!
  • Pavoren007
    Pavoren007 Posts: 2,525
    Absolutely smashing, what a lovely start to the week and hope that we can keep them a while, thriving in our first team. 
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  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    Valley11 said:
    What a great story. 
    Miles taller than his dad too. 
    I wouldn't say he's miles taller...
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,885
    Chizz said:
    Valley11 said:
    What a great story. 
    Miles taller than his dad too. 
    I wouldn't say he's miles taller...
    😂, what's the opposite of a promote
  • Miles looks to be 6’5” 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,357
    let's hope they all make the giant step to become EFL/Premier players
  • Addictedoldgit
    Addictedoldgit Posts: 1,827
    Good caring family.
     Miles is a real unit, so impressive on the ball v Dartford.
    Great to see the next generation.

    Early days & I’d want to see him in action v div 1 or 2 teams, but I’m not ruling him out being our 4th striker - instead of Davison.
    Also he doesn’t take up a squad place.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Please allow for an ebb and flow of form for Miles for a while.

    Great news regarding the signings.
    I know a lot can happen, and it may not work out for all of our young guys, but to me in terms of the sheer number of decent prospects we’re in a bit of a golden era.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,384
    Great news and yes that’s all we offered deals to signed up. Williams and Harvey were already pro so they were confirmed in another article. Here’s the original announcement:

    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/view/6286075ee9cf5/academy-update-retained-and-released-players

    It feels like it’s been a while since anyone broke through and become a regular starter. I won’t be surprised if one or two make an real impact this season.

    Having a pathway may look like a lack of investment from TS but there’s no point spending millions on the academy every season (and more with cat 1) if the opportunity isn’t there.

    We have a manager who is a proper coach, plays a style academy players will fit into and we’re in the third tier - in fact I’ll be disappointed if we don’t see some become genuine first team players.

    Won’t guess who as I haven’t seen enough but it makes a real change to have a few really promising strikers.
  • Jonniesta
    Jonniesta Posts: 1,153
    RedRobin said:
    Great news and very much like what the club are doing at the moment. TS clearly sees the value in the academy and glad Adigun has been signed up. 
    Good news yes, but it's a bit of a stretch to praise TS for us signing up some talented youngsters, as it's what we've always done. Especially with 4 players only getting 1 year deals, which is the standard "not sure" type of contract
    Too right. Please save the TS linkage for on-field issues like Nige's desire to keep our attacking 3 40 yards apart from each other at all times, or loss of form for good-on-paper players like  Elliott Lee, Charlie Kirk, Alex Gilbey and Akin Famewo, resulting in our league position, rather than anything about the long-term strategy of the club like signing 8 promising youngsters on pro contracts.