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Charlie Kirk (p67 - released by Crewe)

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  • Sure, I know what you mean. You can get an assist for playing a square ball inside your own half to someone who then goes on a ridiculous run, beats four players and chips the keeper while you watch. The good thing about assists though is you can look into them to see whether they were worthy. That season Kirk got assists against Plymouth, Wycombe, Oxford and Pompey. 
    Kirk was very good against Plymouth. He wanted the ball from the start, he pressed and he worked. His assist is a generous one by any definition; he played the ball across to Clare to smash his wondergoal past their keeper, but he did pop up at the back post to score himself and it's worth noting that he had another chance earlier on at the back post which was going in until their player handballed it on the line. Plymouth got a red for that and we scored the resulting penalty which put the game completely in our control so I think he's earned an assist for that game.
    Against Wycombe he beat his man(!) and put the ball across the box for JRS to score. Against Oxford he got the ball in the box and put it back for one of our players to shoot. The shot was blocked out but it came back to Kirk again and he sent a delicate cross over for Stockley to head in from 2 yards, which was the safest way to supply Stockley at the time. For Pompey, he played a brilliant through ball on a break for CBT for slam in for 2-0. Also when Pack put in his second yellow tackle Kirk was straight over moaning to remind the ref Pack was already on a yellow, which I always find hilarious.
    All in all, I think they're decent assists. Watching them was a reminder that Kirk is capable of moments of calm where he actually looks like he's a composed, creative player who knows what to do when he receives the ball in tight areas and he's very good at finding space at the back post. He wasn't brilliant then but he was 10 times the player we saw the other day.
    Not if you play for Charlton 
  • shirty5 said:
    I noticed that account a while ago and I think you’d be right.
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  • edited November 2023
    Dobson didn’t waste it. He had the ball, a few yards from goal, he had the momentum. if he can see a postage stamp gap then he is the one that HAS TO go for it in those circumstances, no question of that in my book and you don’t criticise any player for having a go. Same if it was Kirk or any other player. The likelihood of it being Kirk, however, is I suspect probably very low atm
  • edited November 2023
    The club really need to try and terminate Kirk contract by mutual consent.  Obviously financially there would be  a hit but he clearly has no future at the club and we will struggle to off load him even on loan in the January window. Keeping a player not wanted and probably not wanting to be at the club does no one any favours.

  • The club really need to try and terminate Kirk contract by mutual consent.  Obviously financially there would be  a hit but he clearly has no future at the club and we will struggle to off load him even on loan in the January window. Keeping a player not wanted and probably not wanting to be at the club does no one any favours.

    I agree it'd be best for the club but he's not going to be inundated with offers and it'd be unlikely he's going to command the same wage he earns at Charlton anywhere else. Unless we just give him the money we owe him for the rest of his contract here, there's no reason for him to accept a mutual termination
  • I agree it'd be best for the club but he's not going to be inundated with offers and it'd be unlikely he's going to command the same wage he earns at Charlton anywhere else. Unless we just give him the money we owe him for the rest of his contract here, there's no reason for him to accept a mutual termination
    He could be tempted by a mutual termination with a decent leaving fee. Even if he goes out on loan he knows he's going to have to come back here and I think he feels the same as the fans. A fee for leaving gives him the opportunity to cut ties and he can take a smaller salary elsewhere without it affecting him financially. 
  • Or we end up sending him on loan, pay his wages with the hope to claim a fee in Summer. 

    Some great options here :/
  • He could be tempted by a mutual termination with a decent leaving fee. Even if he goes out on loan he knows he's going to have to come back here and I think he feels the same as the fans. A fee for leaving gives him the opportunity to cut ties and he can take a smaller salary elsewhere without it affecting him financially. 
    Big risk for him for no gain, other than not playing for Charlton again. Say if he is set to collect 200k from us until the end of his contract, he'd be silly to take anything less than that if we wanted to cancel his contract. There's little to no incentive for him to do that. Footballers careers are short and at this level the money they make is still very, very good but it's not like a Premier League or even higher end Championship money

  • Stands to reason that a player who gives as much to the team as Dobbo does, gets a bit of a squeeze when they make a mistake. As opposed to players who constantly go missing, even when they're on the pitch

    It's a bit of a mute point imo.
  • edited November 2023
    I was speaking to an ardent Crewe fan yesterday who was aware of our fan base’s anti Kirk vibes. I explained the reasoning behind it and he said that Kirk had always been a non event defensively and it was like playing with 10 men when they were up against it. Nothing new there then.

    He did praise him though for his attacking contributions mainly due to the partnership he’d formed with fullback Pickering who went to Blackburn? They and a number of Crewe’s other starlets had played together through the academy and knew one another’s games inside out.

    Unfortunately for him with the loss of his father, 200 miles from family support and no decent naturally left footed full back for him to form a partnership with, it’s been a disastrous move career wise albeit not financially for him. 

    The sooner we part company the better for both parties but I’m not holding my breath.
  • mendonca said:
    Or we end up sending him on loan, pay his wages with the hope to claim a fee in Summer. 

    Some great options here :/
    Gotta find someone desperate enough to want him, did anyone come in for him in the summer ? Wages will be the problem I expect.
  • Gotta find someone desperate enough to want him, did anyone come in for him in the summer ? Wages will be the problem I expect.
    If everybody keeps slagging him off on social media its not going to endear him to another club either on loan or permanent.
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  • Kirk is understandably not going to want to give up the high wage we pay him but does mean I have no sympathy for him being unhappy at our club and needing a fresh start.

    As I am sure we would delighted at this stage to release him from his contract if he wished to escape. 
  • Solidgone said:
    If everybody keeps slagging him off on social media its not going to endear him to another club either on loan or permanent.
    I'm just glad he's the best player to ever pull on a Charlton shirt
  • Nowhere near the first team please, MA
  • Solidgone said:
    If everybody keeps slagging him off on social media its not going to endear him to another club either on loan or permanent.
    Hahaha you seriously think that football supporters slating a player on social media would put professional recruitment staff off of signing a player ?  :D:D:D
  • edited November 2023
    Hahaha you seriously think that football supporters slating a player on social media would put professional recruitment staff off of signing a player ?  :D:D:D
    I was thinking about what Curbs has talked about  his recruitment strategy on players. He has said that he would also find out as much about the player’s personality/attitude etc to ensure the player would fit in with the make up of his team. I don’t think social media then is what it is now but why wouldn’t you add it now?  Recruitment agencies use FB, Linkin etc for background information on people?

    PS: Kirk is shyte. 
  • Solidgone said:
    I was thinking about what Curbs has talked about  his recruitment strategy on players. He has said that he would also find out as much about the player’s personality/attitude etc to ensure the player would fit in with the make up of his team. I don’t think social media then is what it is now but why wouldn’t you add it now?  Recruitment agencies use FB, Linkin etc for background information on people?

    PS: Kirk is shyte. 
    Powell did the same with the title winning team.

    Went after players with the right personalities, and weren't overly tied down with families so didnt have to worry about changing schools for their kids if I remember rightly.
  • Same with Holden, he had his 'no dickheads' rule and...oh.
  • It makes sense for Kirk to leave in the Jan transfer window but paying him off could impinge on our transfer or wages budget in the short term. I recall our Israeli centre back, Talal Ben Haim, was still receiving wages from Portsmouth, three years and three clubs after he had left him. If we came to a deal with Kirk like this thereby we would not be committing a lump sum, or keep him on as a potential training ground disruption or be responsible for medical costs in the event of injury on the training ground.
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