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  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,635
    edited August 2023
    Sage said:
    NabySarr said:
    Sage said:
    Probably not on our radar, but think that Mo Eisa would be a good option still. Double figures in most seasons including a relegated MK last season. Already 2 in 2 this season. Think he’d be a good alternative to May.

    May, Cosgrove, Leaburn, Eisa, and Aneke is strong. Maybe not realistic as that would be hard to keep everyone happy, but thought I would put it out there as I know it’s been discussed on here in previous windows.
    Not sure about eisa but if we go for a league 2 striker as a back up/squad option, I would offer Kanu for the season as part of the deal
    Not sure many league 2 teams would be happy with Kanu, definitely not MK Dons. If he goes out on loan it will be non-league 

    If Kanu goes out on loan, it has to be a league 2 minimum..🤷‍♂️ we need him to be tested at that level...
    I’m not sure he’s ready. What if he goes to league 2 and doesn’t do particularly well? Not good for his development if he’s sat around for months not playing 
    I agree, I don’t yet think Kanu is good enough for League Two. He needs a solid non-league loan.

    Keep it local, somewhere like Ebbsfleet where he can play alongside Dominic Poleon, learn from hI’m, and have Chris Solly around for good influence too.
    Totally agree with you.......but If he's not good enough for League 2 football then what the f**k is he doing on our bench....and coming on in the 2nd half  !
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,278
    Sage said:
    NabySarr said:
    Sage said:
    Probably not on our radar, but think that Mo Eisa would be a good option still. Double figures in most seasons including a relegated MK last season. Already 2 in 2 this season. Think he’d be a good alternative to May.

    May, Cosgrove, Leaburn, Eisa, and Aneke is strong. Maybe not realistic as that would be hard to keep everyone happy, but thought I would put it out there as I know it’s been discussed on here in previous windows.
    Not sure about eisa but if we go for a league 2 striker as a back up/squad option, I would offer Kanu for the season as part of the deal
    Not sure many league 2 teams would be happy with Kanu, definitely not MK Dons. If he goes out on loan it will be non-league 

    If Kanu goes out on loan, it has to be a league 2 minimum..🤷‍♂️ we need him to be tested at that level...
    I’m not sure he’s ready. What if he goes to league 2 and doesn’t do particularly well? Not good for his development if he’s sat around for months not playing 
    I agree, I don’t yet think Kanu is good enough for League Two. He needs a solid non-league loan.

    Keep it local, somewhere like Ebbsfleet where he can play alongside Dominic Poleon, learn from hI’m, and have Chris Solly around for good influence too.
    Totally agree with you.......but If he's not good enough for League 2 football then what the f**k is he doing on our bench....and coming on in the 2nd half  !
    Because the next available striker in the club is even less ready 
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Sage said:
    NabySarr said:
    Sage said:
    Probably not on our radar, but think that Mo Eisa would be a good option still. Double figures in most seasons including a relegated MK last season. Already 2 in 2 this season. Think he’d be a good alternative to May.

    May, Cosgrove, Leaburn, Eisa, and Aneke is strong. Maybe not realistic as that would be hard to keep everyone happy, but thought I would put it out there as I know it’s been discussed on here in previous windows.
    Not sure about eisa but if we go for a league 2 striker as a back up/squad option, I would offer Kanu for the season as part of the deal
    Not sure many league 2 teams would be happy with Kanu, definitely not MK Dons. If he goes out on loan it will be non-league 

    If Kanu goes out on loan, it has to be a league 2 minimum..🤷‍♂️ we need him to be tested at that level...
    I’m not sure he’s ready. What if he goes to league 2 and doesn’t do particularly well? Not good for his development if he’s sat around for months not playing 
    I agree, I don’t yet think Kanu is good enough for League Two. He needs a solid non-league loan.

    Keep it local, somewhere like Ebbsfleet where he can play alongside Dominic Poleon, learn from hI’m, and have Chris Solly around for good influence too.
    Definitely and can still train with us and play a bit of U21s too. Even though I don’t think he’s ready, we can’t afford for him to go anyway at the moment 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    edited August 2023
    Goal scorer can do sweet FA and then score. I would rather keep Kanu on the Bench especially at home and see if he can get a tap in as we try desperately to get an equaliser from 70 minutes or so; or the winner👏
    Kanu has 2 goals already and until we have 3 or 4 better strikers he stays. I refuse to give up on him. 
  • RonnieMoore
    RonnieMoore Posts: 4,501
    I think Cosgrove is a serious option but I’m confident we’ve also other irons in the fire. 
    I can't believe we haven't but we need to pull one of them out of the fire pretty quickly. Apart from lost points, we know what can happen when you are trying to sign a player at the closing point of the window. Well it often happens to us so we should.
    We have three weeks to get the players we want , that may mean waiting until the club in question  sign their target first .. we wait to get the right player not just sign someone to please the fans who won’t play once Leaburn and Aneke come back 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,730
    No premiership club will release any of their u23's with a bright future until the third week in August once they have got all of their squads together. We now need to be pitching hard to bring these players to the club, and we do have some good case studies to present to them, Cullen, JRS, Gallagher. 
    What could be of a disadvantage to us is that can we guarantee the parent club that we would play him every week ? With Leaburn and May surely they would be first choice front two.
    Or if the player is good enough we adapt the formation to play all three. Maybe play Leaburn on the right for instance. We do need cover and the player we bring in has to be potentially more than a reserve.
  • Danny Addick
    Danny Addick Posts: 3,930
    A good influence? How to be a spineless twat and take a turd on your team? Rather he was kept away from Solly. 
    Wow
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,118
    A good influence? How to be a spineless twat and take a turd on your team? Rather he was kept away from Solly. 
    Wow
    Pulled the exact same nonsense as Taylor, deserves just as much respect. 
  • Jac_52
    Jac_52 Posts: 1,460
    On the subject of JCH, it's interesting that I've seen a fair few people say he wouldn't be worth it, my cousin included.

    I thought he was really decent and would have tremendously upgraded us. He kept hold of the ball, had 3 decent chances (one just hitting the post) and he brought their wingers into the game multiple times with his runs. 

    Not saying he is a fantastic player by any stretch but another day he bags a brace, I think it's credit to our defence we nullified him. Most of our issues came from the wings which is expected when our wingbacks are playing attacking football. 

    Also think in general Boros team was full of quality, in particular their centre halves, Archie Collins, Joel Randall and the two wingers. They're gonna hammer a team this season, some of their deliveries from open play were very clean.

    So on that note can we just go and poach Peterboroughs recruitment team? They seem to have a real eye for a player and can't imagine their budget is any better than ours 

    Honestly think we should be doing something like this - would likely be the best money we spend. Their team yesterday were all 20-23 except one of the CBs who was 24 and JCH. They certainly know how to spot a player.
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  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    A good influence? How to be a spineless twat and take a turd on your team? Rather he was kept away from Solly. 
    Wow
    Pulled the exact same nonsense as Taylor, deserves just as much respect. 
    Crap
  • LTKapal
    LTKapal Posts: 1,312
    edited August 2023
    MarcusH26 said:
    Didn't someone mention just before the takeover that there had been an enquiry for Dion Charles but Bolton were wanting millions and Charles has always been northern based? 
    Yes me, for the sake of transparency of my source, it was dion directly. my girlfriend is Dions best mate from school they still talk a lot, that’s where I got the info. Didn’t advance past enquiry and this was pre may signing.

    I’ll get an update but I’m 99% sure wherever this sudden Charles thing has come from there’s nothing in it
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,001
    edited August 2023
    Okay it's that time again.

    Apparently we are trying to sign Dion Charles from Bolton


    Source: me making shit up as I'm bored with the Solly/Taylor chat
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,263
    Sage said:
    Finally it’s nice to see people seeing how far off we are without some being labelled as negative.

    Definitely need another centre back, wing back, winger as CBT won’t last all season, 2 strikers and probably an attacking midfielder.

    Lots of work to do before the window shuts. I’m not currently convinced the new owner’s understand the scale of work needed to get us where we want to be.
    I'm not sure that the new owners will be aware of very much at the moment other than what methven is telling them.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,326
    I've heard we're considering Lyle Taylor. Source: me making shit up as I'm bored of the Dion Charles rumour 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,231
    Talal said:
    I look forward to reading the next couple of pages about whether what Chris Solly did was the same as Taylor. Can't wait. 

    If a poster calls Chris Solly a turd we just let it go.

    Bowyer was sympathetic to Taylor the other night yet throws Solly under the bus.

    If anyone has a rumour just post it.
  • Charwill
    Charwill Posts: 172
    Tariq Fosu Henry still looking for a club?
  • Chris Solly played 301 league games for Charlton over 11 Seasons and at least 6 of those seasons his knee was giving him issues.
    In his last season he only played 14 games and wasn't in Lee Bowyer's plans.

    Chris Solly had his own training plan for many seasons where he would exercise on a stationary bike or in a pool. He took part with the other players but only on a limited amount of days a week.
    Because of COVID it was uncertain when the season would start up again and I was led to believe that Solly was giving his knee a rest and this led to his decision to opt out of the remainder of the season.
    Solly didn't sign for Ebbsfleet until 11 December and found that standard a lot easier.
    36 and 38 league games followed over the next two seasons.

    I want to remember Chris Solly for his 301 games for Cafc not when he had already fallen out with Lee Bowyer. A top championship RB at his best who had to overcome many fitness issues to reach that milestone.

    I would like to remember that as well but he refused to make himself available after covid just like Taylor.

    they should both be tarred with the same brush. We can't and shouldn't forgive one because he played 300 games and not forgive Taylor for the exact same thing
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,042
    LTKapal said:
    MarcusH26 said:
    Didn't someone mention just before the takeover that there had been an enquiry for Dion Charles but Bolton were wanting millions and Charles has always been northern based? 
    Yes me, for the sake of transparency of my source, it was dion directly. my girlfriend is Dions best mate from school they still talk a lot, that’s where I got the info. Didn’t advance past enquiry and this was pre may signing.

    I’ll get an update but I’m 99% sure wherever this sudden Charles thing has come from there’s nothing in it
    Thanks! 
    Yeah I'm 99% sure it's just people throwing around alternative names to Nombe/JCH 
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  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,263
    redbuttle said:
    Signing one striker isn’t the answer we need at least two. A permanent and maybe a prem loan. 
    One at a time.
    Problem with Prem loans is the parent club will expect them to play if fit. Fine if they're good enough but it doesn't always work out that way(I know Jacko didn't play the tottenham kid so presume he never wanted him & somebody else signed him)
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,001
    Leuth said:
    I've heard we're considering Lyle Taylor. Source: me making shit up as I'm bored of the Dion Charles rumour 
    Rude. Fair. But rude.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,781
    edited August 2023
    Get Cosgrove in - will be happy with that personally. Knows the league, physical presence we desperately need.

    He doesn’t have to be a 20 goal man himself if he can help May and Leaburn on their way to 15-20 each.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,865
    Get Cosgrove in - will be happy with that personally. Knows the league, physical presence we desperately need.

    He doesn’t have to be a 20 goal man himself if he can help May and Leaburn on their way to 15-20 each.
    That's what people forget about strikers, it's not just about their goal scoring stats, it's also about how many they directly or indirectly create for another players. 

    Hence Carl Leaburn playing over 300 games for us
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,169
    thenewbie said:
    Okay it's that time again.

    Apparently we are trying to sign Dion Charles from Bolton


    Source: me making shit up as I'm bored with the Solly/Taylor chat
    Scandalous, how very dare you;)
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Get Cosgrove in - will be happy with that personally. Knows the league, physical presence we desperately need.

    He doesn’t have to be a 20 goal man himself if he can help May and Leaburn on their way to 15-20 each.
    Absolutely this. I’m surprised with the amount of people turning their nose up. He’s not going to get 20+ goals but that’s the job of the man next to him. 

    Top league 1 strikers go to the next level. Pretty much everyone is a bit of a gamble. At least with someone like Cosgrove you’re getting something other than just goals. 
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    Just to add to my above comment, Alfie May, the man who was going to score all our goals, scored a goal every 168 minutes last season. Cosgrove scored one every 164 minutes…
  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 4,290
    Just to add to my above comment, Alfie May, the man who was going to score all our goals, scored a goal every 168 minutes last season. Cosgrove scored one every 164 minutes…
    May also repeated that the year before and was playing in a poor side. Cosgrove had 2 absolutely terrible loans at poor league 1 teams the year before. He also hasn’t scored since February, so it could easily just have been a purple patch coming off the bench for one of the best teams in the league 1. 

    It’s a decent signing, nothing special, but considering we just need a body in at the moment to play that role then we need to get it done asap this week 
  • TeeC
    TeeC Posts: 311
    Are we assuming Cosgrove would be a permanent signing or a loan? Sounds ideal to me… just someone who can clearly operate at this level to go with May will make a huge difference I think 
  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,118
    Chris Solly played 301 league games for Charlton over 11 Seasons and at least 6 of those seasons his knee was giving him issues.
    In his last season he only played 14 games and wasn't in Lee Bowyer's plans.

    Chris Solly had his own training plan for many seasons where he would exercise on a stationary bike or in a pool. He took part with the other players but only on a limited amount of days a week.
    Because of COVID it was uncertain when the season would start up again and I was led to believe that Solly was giving his knee a rest and this led to his decision to opt out of the remainder of the season.
    Solly didn't sign for Ebbsfleet until 11 December and found that standard a lot easier.
    36 and 38 league games followed over the next two seasons.

    I want to remember Chris Solly for his 301 games for Cafc not when he had already fallen out with Lee Bowyer. A top championship RB at his best who had to overcome many fitness issues to reach that milestone.

    That’s all great and admirable, refusing to play whilst under contract is not, it undid everything prior to that in my eyes.