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Charlton Summer Transfer Rumours 2024

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  • The Prince-e-Paul
    The Prince-e-Paul Posts: 6,688
    BR7_addick said:
    As many have already touched on, we’re all sceptical after the shite we’ve been through as fans and rightly so.  


    To be fair, Man City fans are still sceptical after 4 Prems on the bounce, so I think we are taking a fairly measured approach. 
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 22,580
    The Prince-e-Paul said:
    BR7_addick said:
    As many have already touched on, we’re all sceptical after the shite we’ve been through as fans and rightly so.  


    To be fair, Man City fans are still sceptical after 4 Prems on the bounce, so I think we are taking a fairly measured approach. 

    Agree, must get very boring watching that week in week out...🤮
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,863
    Rotherham are an outlier, but it is very early still.

    Pompey last summer did their business early, but their 1st signings weren't announced until the 14th June. 
    3 summers ago when Ipswich splashed the cash (under Paul Cook) their 1st signing was on the 3rd June.
  • YannTheMann
    YannTheMann Posts: 1,042
    edited May 2024
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  • RoanRedNY
    RoanRedNY Posts: 1,148
    YTS1978 said:
    RC_CAFC said:
    Athletico Charlton said:
    Covered_End_Lad said:
    Sambcafc said:
    TelMc32 said:
    doronron said:
    Rotherham have signed 3 players already 
    Carlisle did the same last season and plenty on here weren’t happy we hadn’t done the same. Didn’t work out too well for them. 
    JCH, Joe Rafferty and Shaun McWilliams are all experienced players who have played to a higher level than our squad last season. Rotherham making good early moves, unsurprisingly with Evans in charge
    All decent league one signings, but none that I'm disappointed we didn't get. 

    Not a dig at you but I read a lot of similar comments last summer about the Pompey business, along the lines of them going so early they were mopping up average players and not waiting for the better ones than apparently appear later in the window.


    This is a good point and in all honestly, last year I was sceptical of Portsmouth’s business. But what it showed was that in league one you need a solid team of committed professionals who you can rely on week in, week out and then add a couple of X factor players to make that difference and win you the games.

    All of those signings would have had us content but equally not going to cry about missing them.

    Would be nice for us to get 1 or 2 in early to help Jones sell the project.



    There is a reason why the top 3 teams in the league all have a 1 by their name for managers used and are all in the top 6 for least players used.

    This is what we must be aspiring to next year, not the basket case stats at the top of this table.
    Jesus, did we really use 42 players last season? That's incredible.
    We used 42 bodies, but “players” is an over generous noun for a lot of those bodies.
  • RonnieMoore
    RonnieMoore Posts: 4,501
    killerandflash said:
    Rotherham are an outlier, but it is very early still.

    Pompey last summer did their business early, but their 1st signings weren't announced until the 14th June. 
    3 summers ago when Ipswich splashed the cash (under Paul Cook) their 1st signing was on the 3rd June.
    Rotherham are doing what they always do, get relegated have a clear out, bring in a load of free transfers who have been redeemed not good enough by other teams or players looking for a last payday.. They go back up but the players are not good enough for the championship so they come straight back down and the circle starts again.…. Personally would build a side that will hold its own in the championship if that takes another season then so be it don't want to be a yo-yo club like Rotherham 

  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 22,580
    edited May 2024
    RonnieMoore said:
    killerandflash said:
    Rotherham are an outlier, but it is very early still.

    Pompey last summer did their business early, but their 1st signings weren't announced until the 14th June. 
    3 summers ago when Ipswich splashed the cash (under Paul Cook) their 1st signing was on the 3rd June.
    Rotherham are doing what they always do, get relegated have a clear out, bring in a load of free transfers who have been redeemed not good enough by other teams or players looking for a last payday.. They go back up but the players are not good enough for the championship so they come straight back down and the circle starts again.…. Personally would build a side that will hold its own in the championship if that takes another season then so be it don't want to be a yo-yo club like Rotherham 


    Oh but for the chance of being a bloody yo yo club.....🙄
  • Yann897
    Yann897 Posts: 1,530

  • ElliotCAFC
    ElliotCAFC Posts: 2,553
    9 games last season and hasn’t played much football in his career.

    Not exactly who I was hoping would come in as number 1
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  • YannTheMann
    YannTheMann Posts: 1,042
    Yann897 said:

    We've gone from Aldi to....pound stretcher???
  • DDOUBLEE
    DDOUBLEE Posts: 1,479
    Really screams in-demand and championship quality. Christ.
  • L0rd_M0ntagu3
    L0rd_M0ntagu3 Posts: 329
    Yann897 said:
    ElliotCAFC said:
    9 games last season and hasn’t played much football in his career.

    Not exactly who I was hoping would come in as number 1
    I read it as bringing in an experienced number 1 but Mannion to push the number 1 and get rid of the other 2. 
    That's how I read it too.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,780
    edited May 2024
    I said a page or two back we have to start looking at players that other, more attractive clubs aren’t.

    It means that any name that comes out (Edwards from Dunfermline and Mannion from Cambridge) is going to feel underwhelming.

    Will wait to see how they perform in a Charlton shirt before passing any judgements.
  • YannTheMann
    YannTheMann Posts: 1,042
    Callumcafc said:
    I said a page or two back we have to start looking at players that other, more attractive clubs aren’t.

    It means that any name that comes out (Edwards from Dunfermline and Mannion from Cambridge) is going to feel underwhelming.

    Will wait to see how they perform in a Charlton shirt before passing any judgements.
    I hear your angle but as we're not operating under a moneyball system (as far as we aware) there is likely a reason other clubs aren't looking at serial #2 Mannion or Edwards who has never played higher than the Scottish championship. They could both become Charlton legends in their own right but they're hardly the kind of names that are going to make people rush to the ticket office chequebook out. Personally am hoping we are chasing stronger targets but keeping it all under wraps 🤞
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,780
    edited May 2024
    YannTheMann said:
    Callumcafc said:
    I said a page or two back we have to start looking at players that other, more attractive clubs aren’t.

    It means that any name that comes out (Edwards from Dunfermline and Mannion from Cambridge) is going to feel underwhelming.

    Will wait to see how they perform in a Charlton shirt before passing any judgements.
    I hear your angle but as we're not operating under a moneyball system (as far as we aware) there is likely a reason other clubs aren't looking at serial #2 Mannion or Edwards who has never played higher than the Scottish championship. They could both become Charlton legends in their own right but they're hardly the kind of names that are going to make people rush to the ticket office chequebook out. Personally am hoping we are chasing stronger targets but keeping it all under wraps 🤞
    Theo Bair is/was a stronger target and looks like he’s going to the Championship. There’s numerous other “stronger” targets we’ve missed out on over recent years too. It gets boring hearing about all the players we wanted but they didn’t want to come here, for justified reasons.

    I doubt we’re throwing money around (I do think some will be spent but not Ipswich levels) so we’ve got to be somewhat clever with the signings we make.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,230
    Yann897 said:
    ElliotCAFC said:
    9 games last season and hasn’t played much football in his career.

    Not exactly who I was hoping would come in as number 1
    I read it as bringing in an experienced number 1 but Mannion to push the number 1 and get rid of the other 2. 
    Agree that that is how it reads to me.

    Moving on Isted and AMB won't be simple as the likes of McGrandlles and Kirk has shown.

    And if another more experienced keeper is to also join that isn't a big incentive for Mannion to join unless he's happy as the 2nd keeper or confident as to his ability to challenge the older guy.

    We shall see.
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  • ButtleJR
    ButtleJR Posts: 1,587
    In Jones we trust. 
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    So we could be saying a big hello to Will Mannion 
  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 4,290
    The experienced number 1 is the important signing, not sure why anyone is that bothered who the backup is. He seems a solid enough number 2 for this level 

    Isted will hopefully be sold, which will free up some wages. AMB will follow but perhaps on loan if the club think he still has a long term future here 
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,001
    edited May 2024
    Yann897 said:
    ElliotCAFC said:
    9 games last season and hasn’t played much football in his career.

    Not exactly who I was hoping would come in as number 1
    I read it as bringing in an experienced number 1 but Mannion to push the number 1 and get rid of the other 2. 
    Agreed. Quite apart from which it's quite tricky to see how any new keeper can be much worse than our current options, though Walker showed vs Cray that it is actually possible, if unlikely.
  • YTS1978
    YTS1978 Posts: 1,705
    Well keeper was certainly an area we needed to address. Never heard of the fella, but good luck to him if he signs
  • ButtleJR
    ButtleJR Posts: 1,587
    Cambridge fan on Mannion

    https://x.com/jsabjsabjsab/status/1793689098466873500?t=PhyeeULpnrWSI8nPArflhQ&s=19

    "you’d be lucky to get him, i just can’t see him picking charlton since the number 1 spot wouldn’t be guaranteed, best thing for his career is probably to stay at cambridge for another year and the move on to the championship"
  • RonnieMoore
    RonnieMoore Posts: 4,501
    ButtleJR said:
    Cambridge fan on Mannion

    https://x.com/jsabjsabjsab/status/1793689098466873500?t=PhyeeULpnrWSI8nPArflhQ&s=19

    "you’d be lucky to get him, i just can’t see him picking charlton since the number 1 spot wouldn’t be guaranteed, best thing for his career is probably to stay at cambridge for another year and the move on to the championship"
    Sure when he sees his wages treble weekly he will be happy to be number 2 at Charlton 
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,173
    Isted was given his chance and didn't impress, but he was still an improvement on AMB. The fact we're looking at Mannion AND an experienced number one should actually fill people with confidence as it sounds like both our keepers are being judged as needing an upgrade rather than Isted just dropping to number 2.
    Incidentally, Mannion played 14 league games this season, conceded 16 and kept 4 clean sheets, which is more than Isted's 3 in 21 with 24 conceded or AMB's horrendous 2 in 25 with 41 conceded. He kept one less clean sheet overall this season than our two keepers did but played 32 fewer games. He'd be a decent backup and ended the season with the gloves for Cambridge
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,358
    He's not being touted as number 1 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,780
    If he’s this season’s John Sullivan that’ll do.
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