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January 2024 Transfer Rumours (D/day starts pg.263)
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I think some of us are hoping for too much too soon. I would guess to sign good players takes time, first we have to agree a fee with his club, other clubs might have a similar agreement then we have to agree a contract with the player who might also be negotiating with other clubs. We all want new good players in asap but it just rarely happens that way, it is different if we are bringing in a player from a lower level but that is not what we or the club want, so patience please.2
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Valley11 said:Anyone else feel totally non plussed by this window?Maybe it’s the last decade and particularly the last three years but I can’t get excited by the prospect of more jobbing footballers passing through SE7. JCH might be vaguely exciting.Perhaps it’s just that generally incremental sapping of enthusiasm for Charlton.What's changed in the last couple of days?1
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Sambcafc said:Richard J said:The calibre of target seems good.
Imho Docherty was one of the main reasons Shrewsbury edged us out in the playoffs a few years ago.
I guess he will be tempted if we offered a decent contract for next season.
Likewise Conor Coventry may want regular football to get his career going.
Would like both of them if possible.
some people do make up some rubbish
I remember being impressed by him and hoping that we would sign him when Bowyer tried to a year or so later.1 -
We need a forward.....will be disappointing if we haven't signed on for Saturday's game.....5
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Callumcafc said:Valley11 said:Anyone else feel totally non plussed by this window?Maybe it’s the last decade and particularly the last three years but I can’t get excited by the prospect of more jobbing footballers passing through SE7. JCH might be vaguely exciting.Perhaps it’s just that generally incremental sapping of enthusiasm for Charlton.What's changed in the last couple of days?What’s changed? Nothing, purely some reflection on the merry go round of middle of the road footballers who have passed through The Valley in the last ten years.0
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Garrymanilow said:NabySarr said:ValleyBen said:I am also not convinced Jones is a significant improvement on Innis currently.
Although like May, Jones even if you do rate him is not a signing by Scott if he gets a free pass for last January.0 -
AmpshireAddick said:J BLOCK said:KingKinsella said:Scoham said:Covered_End_Lad said:I think Jones is more than capable of playing in a promotion winning league one side. The problem is the rest of the defenders around him.I’ve seen nothing from him to suggest he is good going forward, let’s not even start on his defensive qualities which seem non existent.Obviously CBT is probably too important to drop with the assists and goals he provides but maybe with a more balanced winger or one that will defend a little more we may see a better version of Edun.AmpshireAddick said:J BLOCK said:KingKinsella said:Scoham said:Covered_End_Lad said:I think Jones is more than capable of playing in a promotion winning league one side. The problem is the rest of the defenders around him.I’ve seen nothing from him to suggest he is good going forward, let’s not even start on his defensive qualities which seem non existent.Obviously CBT is probably too important to drop with the assists and goals he provides but maybe with a more balanced winger or one that will defend a little more we may see a better version of Edun.1
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Did Dizzy sign a medical?1
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Just had a message from someone who reckons he's itk @ West Ham , that we are in for Coventry, make of that what you will , didn't mention Alfie May though.6
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Valley11 said:Callumcafc said:Valley11 said:Anyone else feel totally non plussed by this window?Maybe it’s the last decade and particularly the last three years but I can’t get excited by the prospect of more jobbing footballers passing through SE7. JCH might be vaguely exciting.Perhaps it’s just that generally incremental sapping of enthusiasm for Charlton.What's changed in the last couple of days?What’s changed? Nothing, purely some reflection on the merry go round of middle of the road footballers who have passed through The Valley in the last ten years.
Agree that we don’t really know if anyone we’re linked with (JCH aside, mainly because of injuries right now) would be a guaranteed upgrade on what we currently have.
That said, I definitely think the likes of Gillesphey, Coventry and Docherty are definitely the right type of names for a club like ours. I have hopes that Coventry and Docherty for instance would both be good enough to keep Dobson out of the team, let alone our other midfielders.That’s not a guarantee that they will be, I hoped the same for Fraser and McGrandles and Taylor and Camara and each has so far struggled for different reasons.5 -
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How many signed today then?2
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Callumcafc said:Valley11 said:Callumcafc said:Valley11 said:Anyone else feel totally non plussed by this window?Maybe it’s the last decade and particularly the last three years but I can’t get excited by the prospect of more jobbing footballers passing through SE7. JCH might be vaguely exciting.Perhaps it’s just that generally incremental sapping of enthusiasm for Charlton.What's changed in the last couple of days?What’s changed? Nothing, purely some reflection on the merry go round of middle of the road footballers who have passed through The Valley in the last ten years.
Agree that we don’t really know if anyone we’re linked with (JCH aside, mainly because of injuries right now) would be a guaranteed upgrade on what we currently have.
That said, I definitely think the likes of Gillesphey, Coventry and Docherty are definitely the right type of names for a club like ours. I have hopes that Coventry and Docherty for instance would both be good enough to keep Dobson out of the team, let alone our other midfielders.That’s not a guarantee that they will be, I hoped the same for Fraser and McGrandles and Taylor and Camara and each has so far struggled for different reasons.As a Charlton fan all you can do is hope for the best and anticipate the worst. :-)2 -
There's a striker at Dundee united who scored a hat trick on his 30th birthday, last week and at long last has got his shit together.
One of the better poster on CL🤔 used to call him Tony magic feet Watt.
Unfortunately the younger Watt was as mad as a box of frogs but this mature version is a clean living dedicated professional.
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Charlton Life’s owners were keen to pounce early in the window following growing criticism that thread titles were not properly resourced. We’re delighted to secure the popular additional letter and fought off Championship interest from nearby rivals Millwall Online, for their thread ‘Wotz you favourite bicuit’51 -
Jed Steer has joined Peterborough0
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lancashire lad said:I think some of us are hoping for too much too soon. I would guess to sign good players takes time, first we have to agree a fee with his club, other clubs might have a similar agreement then we have to agree a contract with the player who might also be negotiating with other clubs. We all want new good players in asap but it just rarely happens that way, it is different if we are bringing in a player from a lower level but that is not what we or the club want, so patience please.6
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Richard J said:Jed Steer has joined Peterborough
You watch he'll go on to keep the most clean sheets in the Division for the rest of the season now
Had we signed him, he'd have been on the treatment table for the rest of the season!!3 -
ct_addick said:We need a forward.....will be disappointing if we haven't signed on for Saturday's game.....
I believe the window shuts 4 weeks today, 11pm on Thursday 1st Feb, so there is still plenty of time to bring in recruits.
However, we currently have no fit senior strikers & if Alfie May doesnt recover in time for Saturday we could see ourselves going into another match with just Kanu as a lone striker (with Casey on the bench). It may be the case that we are all resigned to the fact that the play-offs are out of reach but the bottom 4 places aren't. The more games we play with little or no striking options the more games we wont win.
Signing a striker is really one of the first pieces of transfer business we should be doing. If the club think we can muddle through until Aneke is back then they are seriously deluded.10 -
Using this again. Nothing has changed my opinion, PLEASE change my opinion.
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golfaddick said:ct_addick said:We need a forward.....will be disappointing if we haven't signed on for Saturday's game.....
I believe the window shuts 4 weeks today, 11pm on Thursday 1st Feb, so there is still plenty of time to bring in recruits.
However, we currently have no fit senior strikers & if Alfie May doesnt recover in time for Saturday we could see ourselves going into another match with just Kanu as a lone striker (with Casey on the bench). It may be the case that we are all resigned to the fact that the play-offs are out of reach but the bottom 4 places aren't. The more games we play with little or no striking options the more games we wont win.
Signing a striker is really one of the first pieces of transfer business we should be doing. If the club think we can muddle through until Aneke is back then they are seriously deluded.
We have a budget, and it is not going to be bottomless. We also know there are plenty of areas of squad that need improvement.
With that budget we know we after JCH who I think in my own personal opinion is elite at this level.I am sure currently Darren MacAnthony is wanting people to pay over the odds for him.
Are you risking missing out on JCH for a striker who is not as proven at this level, or paying over the odds for JCH and having less budget to buy your first choice defensive options, and area where we are weaker.
Or do you think ‘they should just spend more money’ - which for me is just always a poor argument - especially if they are spending any - which seems like they will be.0 -
Anyway, Terry Taylor will be like a new signing when he comes back.22
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FishCostaFortune said:golfaddick said:ct_addick said:We need a forward.....will be disappointing if we haven't signed on for Saturday's game.....
I believe the window shuts 4 weeks today, 11pm on Thursday 1st Feb, so there is still plenty of time to bring in recruits.
However, we currently have no fit senior strikers & if Alfie May doesnt recover in time for Saturday we could see ourselves going into another match with just Kanu as a lone striker (with Casey on the bench). It may be the case that we are all resigned to the fact that the play-offs are out of reach but the bottom 4 places aren't. The more games we play with little or no striking options the more games we wont win.
Signing a striker is really one of the first pieces of transfer business we should be doing. If the club think we can muddle through until Aneke is back then they are seriously deluded.
We have a budget, and it is not going to be bottomless. We also know there are plenty of areas of squad that need improvement.
With that budget we know we after JCH who I think in my own personal opinion is elite at this level.I am sure currently Darren MacAnthony is wanting people to pay over the odds for him.
Are you risking missing out on JCH for a striker who is not as proven at this level, or paying over the odds for JCH and having less budget to buy your first choice defensive options, and area where we are weaker.
Or do you think ‘they should just spend more money’ - which for me is just always a poor argument - especially if they are spending any - which seems like they will be.
So......settle on £600k & be done with it.
The £200k might be the difference between League 1 football next season or League 2.
FWIW.....I see Carlisle (bottom of the table) have signed 2 players today - 1 a striker. No idea if the striker is any good (but coming from Ireland I'll very much doubt he is better than JCH) but I also doubt they have the money or clout we do - although just been taken over they might have a few pounds to spend. My point being......they dont want to go down so are doing what they see as their best way of staying up. We have to do the same.6 -
golfaddick said:ct_addick said:We need a forward.....will be disappointing if we haven't signed on for Saturday's game.....
I believe the window shuts 4 weeks today, 11pm on Thursday 1st Feb, so there is still plenty of time to bring in recruits.
However, we currently have no fit senior strikers & if Alfie May doesnt recover in time for Saturday we could see ourselves going into another match with just Kanu as a lone striker (with Casey on the bench). It may be the case that we are all resigned to the fact that the play-offs are out of reach but the bottom 4 places aren't. The more games we play with little or no striking options the more games we wont win.
Signing a striker is really one of the first pieces of transfer business we should be doing. If the club think we can muddle through until Aneke is back then they are seriously deluded.0 -
golfaddick said:FishCostaFortune said:golfaddick said:ct_addick said:We need a forward.....will be disappointing if we haven't signed on for Saturday's game.....
I believe the window shuts 4 weeks today, 11pm on Thursday 1st Feb, so there is still plenty of time to bring in recruits.
However, we currently have no fit senior strikers & if Alfie May doesnt recover in time for Saturday we could see ourselves going into another match with just Kanu as a lone striker (with Casey on the bench). It may be the case that we are all resigned to the fact that the play-offs are out of reach but the bottom 4 places aren't. The more games we play with little or no striking options the more games we wont win.
Signing a striker is really one of the first pieces of transfer business we should be doing. If the club think we can muddle through until Aneke is back then they are seriously deluded.
We have a budget, and it is not going to be bottomless. We also know there are plenty of areas of squad that need improvement.
With that budget we know we after JCH who I think in my own personal opinion is elite at this level.I am sure currently Darren MacAnthony is wanting people to pay over the odds for him.
Are you risking missing out on JCH for a striker who is not as proven at this level, or paying over the odds for JCH and having less budget to buy your first choice defensive options, and area where we are weaker.
Or do you think ‘they should just spend more money’ - which for me is just always a poor argument - especially if they are spending any - which seems like they will be.
So......settle on £600k & be done with it.
The £200k might be the difference between League 1 football next season or League 2.
FWIW.....I see Carlisle (bottom of the table) have signed 2 players today - 1 a striker. No idea if the striker is any good (but coming from Ireland I'll very much doubt he is better than JCH) but I also doubt they have the money or clout we do - although just been taken over they might have a few pounds to spend. My point being......they dont want to go down so are doing what they see as their best way of staying up. We have to do the same.We aren’t going down, signings should be with next season in mind. If Peterborough are taking the piss on JCH (they probably are, at least until after we play them) then wait and get him cheaper later this month6 -
NabySarr said:golfaddick said:FishCostaFortune said:golfaddick said:ct_addick said:We need a forward.....will be disappointing if we haven't signed on for Saturday's game.....
I believe the window shuts 4 weeks today, 11pm on Thursday 1st Feb, so there is still plenty of time to bring in recruits.
However, we currently have no fit senior strikers & if Alfie May doesnt recover in time for Saturday we could see ourselves going into another match with just Kanu as a lone striker (with Casey on the bench). It may be the case that we are all resigned to the fact that the play-offs are out of reach but the bottom 4 places aren't. The more games we play with little or no striking options the more games we wont win.
Signing a striker is really one of the first pieces of transfer business we should be doing. If the club think we can muddle through until Aneke is back then they are seriously deluded.
We have a budget, and it is not going to be bottomless. We also know there are plenty of areas of squad that need improvement.
With that budget we know we after JCH who I think in my own personal opinion is elite at this level.I am sure currently Darren MacAnthony is wanting people to pay over the odds for him.
Are you risking missing out on JCH for a striker who is not as proven at this level, or paying over the odds for JCH and having less budget to buy your first choice defensive options, and area where we are weaker.
Or do you think ‘they should just spend more money’ - which for me is just always a poor argument - especially if they are spending any - which seems like they will be.
So......settle on £600k & be done with it.
The £200k might be the difference between League 1 football next season or League 2.
FWIW.....I see Carlisle (bottom of the table) have signed 2 players today - 1 a striker. No idea if the striker is any good (but coming from Ireland I'll very much doubt he is better than JCH) but I also doubt they have the money or clout we do - although just been taken over they might have a few pounds to spend. My point being......they dont want to go down so are doing what they see as their best way of staying up. We have to do the same.We aren’t going down, signings should be with next season in mind. If Peterborough are taking the piss on JCH (they probably are, at least until after we play them) then wait and get him cheaper later this month
Might also be a reason why we've not had many strong rumours of other players joining. Would YOU want to join Charlton atm ? Maybe in the summer when you can see where the club finished......but now ?3 -
I have just remembered that at the end of the summer window I said "we might lack quality but we do have depth in most positions" turns out I know nothing about football. No quality and no depth.6
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golfaddick said:NabySarr said:golfaddick said:FishCostaFortune said:golfaddick said:ct_addick said:We need a forward.....will be disappointing if we haven't signed on for Saturday's game.....
I believe the window shuts 4 weeks today, 11pm on Thursday 1st Feb, so there is still plenty of time to bring in recruits.
However, we currently have no fit senior strikers & if Alfie May doesnt recover in time for Saturday we could see ourselves going into another match with just Kanu as a lone striker (with Casey on the bench). It may be the case that we are all resigned to the fact that the play-offs are out of reach but the bottom 4 places aren't. The more games we play with little or no striking options the more games we wont win.
Signing a striker is really one of the first pieces of transfer business we should be doing. If the club think we can muddle through until Aneke is back then they are seriously deluded.
We have a budget, and it is not going to be bottomless. We also know there are plenty of areas of squad that need improvement.
With that budget we know we after JCH who I think in my own personal opinion is elite at this level.I am sure currently Darren MacAnthony is wanting people to pay over the odds for him.
Are you risking missing out on JCH for a striker who is not as proven at this level, or paying over the odds for JCH and having less budget to buy your first choice defensive options, and area where we are weaker.
Or do you think ‘they should just spend more money’ - which for me is just always a poor argument - especially if they are spending any - which seems like they will be.
So......settle on £600k & be done with it.
The £200k might be the difference between League 1 football next season or League 2.
FWIW.....I see Carlisle (bottom of the table) have signed 2 players today - 1 a striker. No idea if the striker is any good (but coming from Ireland I'll very much doubt he is better than JCH) but I also doubt they have the money or clout we do - although just been taken over they might have a few pounds to spend. My point being......they dont want to go down so are doing what they see as their best way of staying up. We have to do the same.We aren’t going down, signings should be with next season in mind. If Peterborough are taking the piss on JCH (they probably are, at least until after we play them) then wait and get him cheaper later this month
Might also be a reason why we've not had many strong rumours of other players joining. Would YOU want to join Charlton atm ? Maybe in the summer when you can see where the club finished......but now ?
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cantersaddick said:I have just remembered that at the end of the summer window I said "we might lack quality but we do have depth in most positions" turns out I know nothing about football. No quality and no depth.6
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None of the links so far have impressed me bar JCH who I suspect we won't shell out for and Docherty could be a coup but again I don't see it. JCH could be formidable with May and Docherty is your very box-to-box type. Would make a great partner with Dobbo assuming the captain stays.
Coventry I really am not sure about, don't know enough/haven't watched him enough. I've seen a lot of people mention his MK Dons performance, but we are pants and I've seen loads of players do well against us and not light the pitch up in other games. Especially towards the end of Jackos tenure where we genuinely looked useless.
One signing I definitely don't like the sound of is Gillesphey which is probably the one who is a goer out of the lot. We have made the mistake too many times of taking other clubs bit part players who are struggling with injuries in particular. This screams of that. I've seen Plymouth fans annoyed when he allegedly failed the medical and saying 'more bad luck' and seen some pretty in-depth reports on him.
Basically sounds like he has no pace (which we struggle with as is) isn't particularly strong or an aerial threat but his main strength is he can ping a ball and in a back 3 he is dependable. We don't play a back 3 and as much as I give him grief, we already have Hector who can ping a ball to all of our non-physical forwards.
Just sounds like an on the cheap window again, especially if we can't get JCH who is proven and does what he says on the tin and we now know is realistic.
There are quality players in this league and below, why are we going for the ones who are out of favour at their current clubs or coming back from injuries? Same old Charlton for me5