Charlton Summer Transfer Rumours 2024

SoundAsa£ said:

SoundAsa£ said:

Evidently we are considering making a move for Bishop of Lincoln….Stephen Conway.

I thought this was worth a good few LOL’s but didn’t get a single one……..Conway being The actual Bishop of Lincoln…..not the one who plays for Lincoln. Ya miserable bunch of bastards.

Taxi for SoundAs.🙂

@SoundAsa£ Sorry mate, I should have got that joke. My favourite non fiction read is the CoE’s National Register of Clergy. 

up_the_valley said:

For what it's worth... I think Alfies worth no more than 800k. If he's worth 3mil, I must be worth at least a McDs triple cheeseburger.

Don't put yourself down....at least a big mac! 

RonnieMoore said:

TheAddicks4Ever said:

Alfie may less than £1 million are we serious? Jesus Christ I thought he’d be going for at least 3 million.

3 mill for 31 year old who has one year left on contract and not played at a higher then league one mid table ….. 1 mill excellent price 

He’s effectively got two years as we have an option for an extra year.

thenewbie said:

I've tried to remain mostly impartial, mostly because I genuinely do see that both arguments have merit but honestly both "sides" of this whole May argument don't come off particularly well any more.

May leaving DOES mean that we're going to need to make up a fair amount of goals. That's just a fact. The reason for his apparent departure doesn't come into that part of it - he goes and we need to do very good business or the team will be objectively weaker.

However it is possible that we COULD end up with a team that scores more overall and with better spread rather than relying almost entirely on one player and setting up a team that pretty much needs that one player to even work.

We could also end up with a team that doesn't work and now doesn't even have that "ace up the sleeve" of one proven goal scorer.

We could get promoted with May. We could fail to get promoted with May. We could get promoted without May, or we could fail to get promoted without him. All are possible.

But that doesn't mean that all this "realist" vs "SMT spokesperson"/"optimism" vs "bedwetter" tribal shit isn't deeply unedifying and slightly embarrassing for a bunch of adults.

The best part of these forum debates, is that it has bugger all effect on outcomes, but at least you can have a good whinge. I think if we go back to old Ian Maatsen threads, he would have been rated as pretty average, and many wouldn't have wanted to have another loan or buy him.

Whether May stays or goes, a striker is needed. What concerns is we haven't got the 1 needed (or the 2 needed, should May go). I still believe this squad is too light on quality and needs much better quality across the team to be competitive at top end of the table.

If signings in the key areas of goalkeeper, defence and midfield are not addressed, keeping or selling May will be irrelevant and we will all waste another year of our lives waiting for the train that never comes!

The jury is still out on the owners and Jones too. 

Let's not fight amongst ourselves, as we have all proved our fealty to the Order of the Charltonites, through the years of following this often crap team, play at slightly more or less, crap teams around the country, reading the Greenwich Mercury to find out Curbs post-match views. Ringing ClubCall, paying £1 towards Ronnie Moore, watching us lose a Simod Cup Final, and finishing 16th in League One.

We put so much in to supporting that sometimes we forget that everyone counts. Keep the comments coming guys. It's gone 1am here and I've been reading all the posts enthusiastically for over an hour, whilst my wife went to sleep.

Fan = Fanatic, why else would anyone read or post this ****? 

Goodnight, and don't have nightmares! 

up_the_valley said:

For what it's worth... I think Alfies worth no more than 800k. If he's worth 3mil, I must be worth at least a McDs triple cheeseburger.

Surely a guy who regularly scores 20+ goals in this division is worth more than 800k, should be at least 1.2m i think. Forget his age as well, he's 32 not 39, so hardly past it.

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

up_the_valley said:

For what it's worth... I think Alfies worth no more than 800k. If he's worth 3mil, I must be worth at least a McDs triple cheeseburger.

Surely a guy who regularly scores 20+ goals in this division is worth more than 800k, should be at least 1.2m i think. Forget his age as well, he's 32 not 39, so hardly past it.

its exactly the same as last year, why could we buy him for 250k, why do champ clubs not want him, maybe he has attitude problem not jones.

sillav nitram said:

So, once the dust has settled and May is plying his trade elsewhere and scoring the winner against us and condemning us to another campaign in L1. Will we ever get the truth behind his leaving?

Will Jones or the SMT be asked to explain their reasoning, tell the truth? Or will it be the party line?

People will believe what suits their own narrative with the opposing view being happy clapper/ negative/ not proper Charlton/ paid for pr 

drawnablank said:

its exactly the same as last year, why could we buy him for 250k, why do champ clubs not want him, maybe he has attitude problem not jones.

I was beginning to wonder whether Alfie is a bit troublesome in the dressing room and doesn't get on with the other players.

I think we’re over complicating it all with May. 

He’s a goal scorer and a personality - that’s it! He is limited in his ability in every other part of his game, physically, technically and tactically lacking.

NJ wants a more complete profile of player for whatever his vision of our system & style will be. 

Don’t get me wrong, his goals have been important for us, I’d prefer if he stayed but not overly fussed if he doesn’t.

Looking forward to it all unfolding!

I think technically lacking is harsh, when he dropped back into the 10 role he sprayed some wonderful passes and through balls last year, also has a cracking touch. Physically is probably the only one you can fairly hold against him he does get bullied by big centre backs and we had no plan b when chuks was injured.