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Gassan Ahadme - Aug 2025 gone on a season long loan to Stevenage

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  • YannTheMann
    YannTheMann Posts: 1,043
    Can I be the first to suggest the nickname of 'Gassman' 
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,785
    cfgs said:
    23!?! He looks a tad older than that in the photo.
    That's what I thought. Time to roll out the "tough paper round" joke.......... 
  • Braziliance
    Braziliance Posts: 8,368
    edited July 2024
    https://x.com/sammorsy08/status/1808843757183254814?t=vOLs3f1Dcc_lqPaCvIcXfw&s=19

    Good to see some kind words shared by his former colleague & Ipswich captain. Get the feeling these players we are bringing in are good characters from the little snippets we have seen and heard. 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,206
    Braziliance said:
    https://x.com/sammorsy08/status/1808843757183254814?t=vOLs3f1Dcc_lqPaCvIcXfw&s=19

    Good to see some kind words shared by his former colleague & Ipswich captain. Get the feeling these players we are bringing in are good characters from the little snippets we have seen and heard. 
    Think this is really important. What Cawley said about him being a good trainer pleased me too
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,794
    edited July 2024
    Cambridge view of Ahadme. Like the sound of a lot of this.



    https://youtu.be/wHwo8_h7OBo?si=YED-6L0aPwemxYkp
  • Huskaris
    Huskaris Posts: 9,854
    Really hoping I am wrong on this, but I am hugely underwhelmed.

    If he was a released/free transfer, or even £100k or something, sure. 

    But using the yardstick of how much we have sold players for in the past (and yes I am aware of the fact he is young etc etc), I think the fee being paid here seems over the odds...

    But that might be why I am not employed in football!

    Good luck Gassan, with friends like us!....
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,388
    Huskaris said:
    Really hoping I am wrong on this, but I am hugely underwhelmed.

    If he was a released/free transfer, or even £100k or something, sure. 

    But using the yardstick of how much we have sold players for in the past (and yes I am aware of the fact he is young etc etc), I think the fee being paid here seems over the odds...

    But that might be why I am not employed in football!

    Good luck Gassan, with friends like us!....
    I can’t really get my head around why half a million or so (likely closer to that up front) is seen as too much when if he has a good season in the Championship he could easily be worth ten times that. It’s not the 90s or 2000s, good young players move for these sort of fees at this level.

    A year after we sold Grant for £1-2m or so he moved to WBA for a reported £15m.

    We sold Konsa to Brentford for about £2.5m, a season later he went to Villa for around £12m.

    Yes it’s a gamble paying that much considering he’s only really had one full season of impressing at this level, but a big part of improving as a club is finding good players early when they’re affordable.

    There will always be some players available for a small fee, May because of his age, Mitchell because Millwall didn’t need him, Edwards because he was in the Scottish 2nd tier, but sometimes you have to pay that bit more. The selling club might be in a stronger position (as Ipswich are) or the player might have a lot of interest.

    It’ll be interesting to see how quickly he settles. Even if he doesn’t have an instant impact it sounds like the potential is there, and he’s a real worker in terms of trying to improve his game and his fitness.
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,478
    edited July 2024
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  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,649
    edited July 2024
    Redmidland said:
    Welcome Gassan, looking forward to seeing you alongside Godden.
    The big question for me is will @golfaddick be happy for once! 
    Reasonably so. Happy we now have 5 strikers to choose from & don't know how Jones is going to keep them all happy. BUT.....we all know there will be injuries & suspensions through the season and at least it's better than last season when we went into it with just May & Kanu as our striking options. 

    Just hope we can now sign players to create chances for them. As it stands only Berry had joined to improve the midfield & creativity was not one of our strong points last season. 
  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,827
    golfaddick said:
    Redmidland said:
    Welcome Gassan, looking forward to seeing you alongside Godden.
    The big question for me is will @golfaddick be happy for once! 
    Reasonably so. Happy we now have 5 strikers to choose from & don't know how Jones is going to keep them all happy. BUT.....we all know there will be injuries & suspensions through the season and at least it's better than last season when we went into it with just May & Kanu as our striking options. 

    Just hope we can now sign players to create chances for them. As it stands only Berry had joined to improve the midfield & creativity was not one of our strong points last season. 
    I assume that we are going to be a team that is all energy and presses high, which we now have the strikers and wing backs to do, rather than a midfield that tries to pass its way through teams.  We do still need 2 mobile midfielders though.  Will be tricky to find.

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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,362
    Callumcafc said:
    Cambridge view of Ahadme. Like the sound of a lot of this.



    https://youtu.be/wHwo8_h7OBo?si=YED-6L0aPwemxYkp
    foot  injury ??????? .... f f s NOOOOOOO  :'(
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,632
    Nicholas said:
    Looks a good signing, however we need wingers that can cross the ball none of our wingbacks barring maybe Edwards as never seen him play can cross the ball. Hopefully some proper wingers are on the shopping list.
    Don’t think Jones is a winger fan. Any width will come from the wing backs.
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,808
    For some reason I like the look of Ahadme. A big unit which we need. Young. Looks like he can play a bit as well. 
    Starting to take shape. Pre season starts on Saturday.
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,231
    edited July 2024
    Leaburn isn't injury prone and has just had 2 freak injuries in one season. Kanu was scoring every time he touched the ball for our youth teams and is another year older and wiser. Godden is proven goalscorer in this league and Adhame is young, looks to be a unit and have a bit of swagger about him and chuks (whenever he is fit) is one of the best in the league. We looked stacked up front now. Get dobbo back, a proper creative midfielder in and a couple of wingers to be able to change it up when it isn't going well and I think we could be in for a very good season
  • mendonca
    mendonca Posts: 9,408
    edited July 2024
    Having some decent forwards can only help our defenders in training. 

    I like him a lot but please stop with the 'Chuks is the best in the league'. You need to prove yourself to be able to compete physically and mentally over 40 games to earn that tag. Not extrapolate a short sample (of minutes and games).
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,253
    Good signing, assuming he is fit, stays fit etc he is a handful 
  • pettgra
    pettgra Posts: 1,573
    Watched the lads goals from last year on YouTube.
    He looks decent and he looks great in the air.
    All we need now is players that can cross a ball, because he will be on the end of the most of them.
    I think we have done really well with this bit of business.
  • MintoHumbugs
    MintoHumbugs Posts: 753
    Again I am delighted with the ownership.
    Big money statement signing.
  • Addicktion_to_red
    Addicktion_to_red Posts: 152
    If anything, we won’t be a soft touch next season. Recall last season Kirk falling to the ground (and staying on the ground) against an eighth tier club while the opposition were attacking. It was embarrassing.  Jones won’t stand for that and it won’t happen with the units he’s bringing in. 
  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,057
    carly burn said:
    https://youtu.be/GogzjOWDocU?feature=shared

    Unit with presence I'd describe him.
     I like the look of him. Will give us the bit off steel up top we've so desperately needed
    Knows where the goal is. Scores from set pieces and can take a penalty.
    Looks like plan A will be banging crosses into the box for this guy to convert. 

    Expect signings who can cross the ball well 

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  • KiwiValley
    KiwiValley Posts: 3,380
    Overlooked question of mine earlier… who was the last non uk/Ireland player who played for Charlton … Naby Sarr?

    NB AMB aside Australian feels local to me.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,388
    KiwiValley said:
    Overlooked question of mine earlier… who was the last non uk/Ireland player who played for Charlton … Naby Sarr?

    NB AMB aside Australian feels local to me.
    Kazenga LuaLua
    Panutche Camara
    Slobodan Tedic

    Had to check Wikipedia but we had a few last season, and there have been others since Sarr left such as Pape Souare and Juan Castillo.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Comes from Vic in Catalunya. Amazing place.
  • KiwiValley
    KiwiValley Posts: 3,380
    Scoham said:
    KiwiValley said:
    Overlooked question of mine earlier… who was the last non uk/Ireland player who played for Charlton … Naby Sarr?

    NB AMB aside Australian feels local to me.
    Kazenga LuaLua
    Panutche Camara
    Slobodan Tedic

    Had to check Wikipedia but we had a few last season, and there have been others since Sarr left such as Pape Souare and Juan Castillo.
    I was excluding loans. Lualua doesn’t really count on account of his almost complete absence from gametime. 
  • KiwiValley
    KiwiValley Posts: 3,380
    It sort of feels like big school football when we recruit foreigners … getting a bit of a tingle 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,388
    edited July 2024
    KiwiValley said:
    Scoham said:
    KiwiValley said:
    Overlooked question of mine earlier… who was the last non uk/Ireland player who played for Charlton … Naby Sarr?

    NB AMB aside Australian feels local to me.
    Kazenga LuaLua
    Panutche Camara
    Slobodan Tedic

    Had to check Wikipedia but we had a few last season, and there have been others since Sarr left such as Pape Souare and Juan Castillo.
    I was excluding loans. Lualua doesn’t really count on account of his almost complete absence from gametime. 
    Fair enough. Ronnie Schwartz is another the season before Souare and Castillo.

    Dijksteel and Hemed played in Sarr’s last season too. Though Dijksteel left right at the start after the odd appearance.
  • KiwiValley
    KiwiValley Posts: 3,380
    KiwiValley said:
    It sort of feels like big school football when we recruit foreigners … getting a bit of a tingle 
    Le Point being a counter point
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,098
    Siv_in_Norfolk said:
    carly burn said:
    https://youtu.be/GogzjOWDocU?feature=shared

    Unit with presence I'd describe him.
     I like the look of him. Will give us the bit off steel up top we've so desperately needed
    Knows where the goal is. Scores from set pieces and can take a penalty.
    Looks like plan A will be banging crosses into the box for this guy to convert. 

    Expect signings who can cross the ball well 
    Can Sir John Humphrey do 90 minutes?
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,098
    KiwiValley said:
    It sort of feels like big school football when we recruit foreigners … getting a bit of a tingle 
    I thought that when Dushitelet was in charge.
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,964
    Wearing strapping on his knee in training today.

    Charltonised.

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