Summer Transfer Rumours - Deadline Day p446

Remember the games Peterborough played about Marcus Maddison. In the end they let him go on loan with Hull only needing to cover his wages. A fee was only payable if they wanted to sign him permanently if they stayed up.

Might JCH be cheaper on deadline day if there are not many suiters?

Hope we are not in for JCH. He has proven himself to be a bit sh*t above League One and if we have serious aspirations on getting out of this crap league, we need to be signing players who a) may be able to cut it in the division above and b) if not, are easily saleable. As appealing as it may initially sound, I do not see JCH as a marquee signing (unless we are going to remain in League One for years to come..!).

He scored 12 goals in a poor Peterborough team in the championship in 21/22 , that’s not bad 

The Peterborough owner is only saying we can’t afford him cause he doesn’t want to sell to a league rival

It’s not that deep really. We’re still restricted by FFP and the Peterborough owner knows the fee they’ll accept and wage demands of JCH. They’ll also have a good idea of our turnover and what we can / can’t pay.

It’s nothing to do with our owners wealth. All the while Kirk, DJ and others who we want to ship out are here, it makes it harder to do the business we want. I doubt we’ll see big fees until we move the people we want on.

Pavoren007 said:

ShootersHillGuru said:

Pavoren007 said:

Hope we are not in for JCH. He has proven himself to be a bit sh*t above League One and if we have serious aspirations on getting out of this crap league, we need to be signing players who a) may be able to cut it in the division above and b) if not, are easily saleable. As appealing as it may initially sound, I do not see JCH as a marquee signing (unless we are going to remain in League One for years to come..!).

All true but I’m pretty certain that he’d go a long way to getting us out of league one. Him and May with Leaburn and maybe a loan would look very strong.

Very fair point or in other words let’s worry about strengthening as and when we get promoted. 360 incoming… Go get him Deano! 🤣

I’m pretty certain that the new owners only want to pay a fee if there is a decent resale value. JCH doesn’t fit that bill so as I’ve already said I think it’s unlikely. You could put Alfie May in that category but the fee for his goals compared to what both Peterborough and Exeter are wanting for JCH and Nombe respectively is chalk and cheese. The injury to Miles might also have necessitated a change in that policy with May readily available and wanting to come. Personally I don’t think we’ll see either JCH or Nombe in a Charlton shirt but we’ve not closed the door on either even if we are looking elsewhere.

SOTF said:

It’s not that deep really. We’re still restricted by FFP and the Peterborough owner knows the fee they’ll accept and wage demands of JCH. They’ll also have a good idea of our turnover and what we can / can’t pay.

It’s nothing to do with our owners wealth. All the while Kirk, DJ and others who we want to ship out are here, it makes it harder to do the business we want. I doubt we’ll see big fees until we move the people we want on.

FFP really isn’t going to be an issue for us to sign JCH. We’re not going to be throwing money round like Chelsea. 

mendonca said:

Signings have slowed a tad.

if we are looking at JCH they are looking much slower 

Let's get Chris Iwelumo back - unfinished business 

Red_Chester said:

I see stoke are signing an ex academy player for 1million. 

who?

PopIcon said:

Pavoren007 said:

Hope we are not in for JCH. He has proven himself to be a bit sh*t above League One and if we have serious aspirations on getting out of this crap league, we need to be signing players who a) may be able to cut it in the division above and b) if not, are easily saleable. As appealing as it may initially sound, I do not see JCH as a marquee signing (unless we are going to remain in League One for years to come..!).

No chance in a zillion years we could afford a proven Championship 20+ goal scorer.

JCH scored 12 for Posh when they were in the Championship(one more than Yann did for us) and was top scorer in L1 last season. In the unlikely event he did come to us, i'd expect him to start ahead of either May or Leaburn.

I'm interested, who would be your suggestion?

A really difficult one to answer, but I would probably be looking at Ligue 2 and Serie B etc for 23-25 year old strikers. Josh Maja did ok in Ligue 2 last season, Lewisham born and now with a fair bit of experience under his belt. Could be riskier but has more potential to maximise.

As I said above though fair point on JCH, if we can afford him. 

ShootersHillGuru said:

Addick_8 said:

Scoham said:

https://twitter.com/njemms/status/1683445532352475137?s=46&t=A-w3Eq0EWWpjMxring904Q

Pleasing to see we even contemplated asking the question, even though we were outpriced. Posh will be asking for an inflated fee but I must say, I respect their transfer policy.

Mind games. We’re obviously interested otherwise why the comment. Posh need to get some funds in so don’t rule out JCH just yet. It’s unlikely because JCH won’t have a resale value given we’d be paying a hefty fee bit don’t rule it out.

Posh would also be selling to a direct competitor which might inflate it. Given their excellent scouting and recruitment maybe we should look at their proposed replacement.

Cafc43v3r said:

Pavoren007 said:

PopIcon said:

Pavoren007 said:

Hope we are not in for JCH. He has proven himself to be a bit sh*t above League One and if we have serious aspirations on getting out of this crap league, we need to be signing players who a) may be able to cut it in the division above and b) if not, are easily saleable. As appealing as it may initially sound, I do not see JCH as a marquee signing (unless we are going to remain in League One for years to come..!).

No chance in a zillion years we could afford a proven Championship 20+ goal scorer.

JCH scored 12 for Posh when they were in the Championship(one more than Yann did for us) and was top scorer in L1 last season. In the unlikely event he did come to us, i'd expect him to start ahead of either May or Leaburn.

I'm interested, who would be your suggestion?

A really difficult one to answer, but I would probably be looking at Ligue 2 and Serie B etc for 23-25 year old strikers. Josh Maja did ok in Ligue 2 last season, Lewisham born and now with a fair bit of experience under his belt. Could be riskier but has more potential to maximise.

As I said above though fair point on JCH, if we can afford him. 

Obviously not an issue with Maja but wouldn't most European 2nd tier players have work permit "issues"?

New rule from the FA that they've loosened the work permit criteria, think you're now allowed 2 players that wouldn't have normally qualified 

https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/new-rules-allow-english-clubs-sign-players-who-do-not-meet-work-permit-2023-06-14/

Pavoren007 said:

PopIcon said:

Pavoren007 said:

Hope we are not in for JCH. He has proven himself to be a bit sh*t above League One and if we have serious aspirations on getting out of this crap league, we need to be signing players who a) may be able to cut it in the division above and b) if not, are easily saleable. As appealing as it may initially sound, I do not see JCH as a marquee signing (unless we are going to remain in League One for years to come..!).

No chance in a zillion years we could afford a proven Championship 20+ goal scorer.

JCH scored 12 for Posh when they were in the Championship(one more than Yann did for us) and was top scorer in L1 last season. In the unlikely event he did come to us, i'd expect him to start ahead of either May or Leaburn.

I'm interested, who would be your suggestion?

A really difficult one to answer, but I would probably be looking at Ligue 2 and Serie B etc for 23-25 year old strikers. Josh Maja did ok in Ligue 2 last season, Lewisham born and now with a fair bit of experience under his belt. Could be riskier but has more potential to maximise.

As I said above though fair point on JCH, if we can afford him. 

Absolutely zero chance of us signing Josh Maja - way too good (expensive) for us