January Transfer Window - Jan 2023 (Deadline Day starts page 112)

We have a decent base at the moment and I don’t want to add players like Purrington to the squad. We have to be aiming higher. More Sess type signings less Purr pls Charlton

Redhenry said:

We have a decent base at the moment and I don’t want to add players like Purrington to the squad. We have to be aiming higher. More Sess type signings less Purr pls Charlton

Nothing suggests we have the money to sign the likes of Sess going forward though sadly. We might get some prospects on loan like JRS but without decentish money backing us we’ll struggle for stability. 

Richard J said:

I shouldn't really post this because I don't believe it and the source is unreliable.


 Acworth saying that we are in for Danny Rose. Well at least he is an out of contact left back.

What do you mean, the source is unreliable?
If you can't trust royalty, who can you trust?

Redhenry said:

JamesSeed said:

Redhenry said:

Leuth said:

I'm not unhappy Purrington isn't still with us. He offered little going forward (except when he decided to literally play striker) and defensively I felt he stood off his man a bit too much. He, Washington and Gilbey also gave me a certain self-pitying vibe which I can't quite fully explain. He'd have been preferable to Clayden, Clare or Chin in the position, for sure, but then we should never have had to play any of those at left-back

Purrington was league 2 at best!

Equaliser in the playoff final. Legendary status!
I suspect we’d have a few more points on the board if he’d been available this season. But yes, it’d be good to have better for sure. 

Jeez! I used to sigh, every time I saw his name on teamsheet, Sess is miles above his level

Agreed. But Purrington is better than Chin or Clayden. 

JonT_Abs said:

I've not got unrealistic hopes about the playoffs ..I just want to enjoy watching games without clear weaknesses in the lineup that will handicap the performance. 

Jackson stuck with wing banks till the end last season (when he didn't have any) and it wasn't pretty, in my opinion, even when we were playing for nothing.  

Naively I thought a LB was such an urgent priority that there would be at least one (didn't have to be a good one) lined up in the first week of Jan. Alas not, we brought in a right back in mid Jan. 

Injuries happen but it feels like we've got so used to workarounds I can't remember if this is normal or not. 

We know we’ve been after Edun but it’s not completely under our control. Clubs, agents and players want the best deal, clubs decide when they let players go etc. Better to wait for the right player than just sign a player because he’s available on January 1st.

Scoham said:

JonT_Abs said:

I've not got unrealistic hopes about the playoffs ..I just want to enjoy watching games without clear weaknesses in the lineup that will handicap the performance. 

Jackson stuck with wing banks till the end last season (when he didn't have any) and it wasn't pretty, in my opinion, even when we were playing for nothing.  

Naively I thought a LB was such an urgent priority that there would be at least one (didn't have to be a good one) lined up in the first week of Jan. Alas not, we brought in a right back in mid Jan. 

Injuries happen but it feels like we've got so used to workarounds I can't remember if this is normal or not. 

We know we’ve been after Edun but it’s not completely under our control. Clubs, agents and players want the best deal, clubs decide when they let players go etc. Better to wait for the right player than just sign a player because he’s available on January 1st.

It’s why most business is done late - especially in January.  To use a house buying analogy it’s a bit like a chain of buyers when all clubs need to have replacements lined up before players can be let go and chains can be completed.

KingKinsella said:

golfaddick said:

The Red Robin said:

What happens here? Can we cancel the loan? Pointless him being with us if true. 

Wow !

When JFC did his ACL (for the 2nd time) we renewed his contract for A WHOLE YEAR and he was out for 9 months of that.

Double standards methinks.

(This is to all those who disagreed with me when I said we shouldn't have renewed it)

Yes.....JFC was our player whereas Kane isn't blah blah blah.

Same difference in my book. Got injured on our watch. 
 

JFC was injured doing his job, playing for CAFC. By any common standards of decency he had to be offered a new contract , if only for a year to recover. I bet it was a basic salary, just so he keep going financially . If you want to treat people by throwing injured players on the scrapheap it would be going back to Victorian times of wicked mill/mine owners, women dying of fossi jaw making matches and sending children up chimneys. Also hat makers going mad from mercury poisoning.

This is not directed at anyone just stating that CAFC needed to take care of employees

The worst thing it would have done, IMO, is prove Lyle Taylor right.

supaclive said:

No. Most business is not done late by an organised club, with clearly identified targets, a budget to work with and a strategy 

We've sadly had none of this since 2018.

We've also not had our own, proper left back since May!  

I can't remember the last time we owned a proper, really good left back.  Page was good but always injured.  Possibly as far back as Wiggins, although I have probably forgotten someone.

Before we signed Purrington in 18/19 we were losing/not winning games because we didn't have a left back.  Once we signed him we had a much more balanced back four.  He got a reputation as a solid 7/10 every game he played. 

You don't need a world beating 1-11 to do well.  You need an average of about 7.5 in every position with some 9s, hopefully a 10, and no one under a 6.  A Purrington is exactly what we need.  Unless we can find the mext Ashley Cole.

LargeAddick said:

JamesSeed said:

LargeAddick said:

have to admit I'm not really that bothered about this transfer window. Relegation very unlikely as is promotion. Just want to hang on to Leaburn, Ness, Fraser & Dobbo and if we can bring in a couple like Todd (point to prove, out of contract in the summer, take a good look at them now) then great. The summer will be a big rebuilding exercise.

Of greater importance now is who will be owning us and what their ambition is.

Might need to give the first two a pay rise, as Fraser is paid 15x what they are. 

I’ll bite. So if Miles is on £500 a week Fraser is on £7,500 a week? If Miles is on less than that we have no chance if a big club comes calling.

True according to this. Apologies if already posted on here but I haven’t come across it. 

https://salarysport.com/football/sky-bet-league-one/charlton-athletic/

Though I reckon it is not fully up to date. 

Weegie Addick said:

LargeAddick said:

JamesSeed said:

LargeAddick said:

have to admit I'm not really that bothered about this transfer window. Relegation very unlikely as is promotion. Just want to hang on to Leaburn, Ness, Fraser & Dobbo and if we can bring in a couple like Todd (point to prove, out of contract in the summer, take a good look at them now) then great. The summer will be a big rebuilding exercise.

Of greater importance now is who will be owning us and what their ambition is.

Might need to give the first two a pay rise, as Fraser is paid 15x what they are. 

I’ll bite. So if Miles is on £500 a week Fraser is on £7,500 a week? If Miles is on less than that we have no chance if a big club comes calling.

True according to this. Apologies if already posted on here but I haven’t come across it. 

https://salarysport.com/football/sky-bet-league-one/charlton-athletic/

Though I reckon it is not fully up to date. 

Imagine the issues that could cause in a dressing room if it’s anything remotely close to being accurate. 

Bet Ryan Inniss ain’t happy either

supaclive said:

No. Most business is not done late by an organised club, with clearly identified targets, a budget to work with and a strategy 

We've sadly had none of this since 2018.

We've also not had our own, proper left back since May!  

May? My memory's going. Where did we get him from?

Major said:

supaclive said:

No. Most business is not done late by an organised club, with clearly identified targets, a budget to work with and a strategy 

We've sadly had none of this since 2018.

We've also not had our own, proper left back since May!  

May? My memory's going. Where did we get him from?

Came in after April, just before June if you remember...

supaclive said:

No. Most business is not done late by an organised club, with clearly identified targets, a budget to work with and a strategy 

We've sadly had none of this since 2018.

We've also not had our own, proper left back since May!  

Even the most organised club can’t control what other clubs, players and agents are doing. Some signings have to wait even if you’ve got plenty of money to spend. We made late signings under Powell and Bowyer when we were doing well, Cort, Cullen etc. The top 6 will make some late signings in this window, that doesn’t mean they aren’t organised.

I haven’t been impressed by the way Sandgaard is running the club but the problem isn’t not having a strategy and targets, it’s who’s coming up with the strategy and how they identify our targets.