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***Sonny Carey signs a three year deal***

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  • Marriott110
    Marriott110 Posts: 1,528
    Going to be very hard to drop him for Knibbs if he continues at this level, was excellent today.
  • sammy391
    sammy391 Posts: 3,782
    Really liked him! 
    Bit of class, lots of hard work and chasing and the odd spark - he looks like bags of potential. Him and Rapter work well together and bounce off each others styles

    He and Coventry have to be starters at the moment, leaving Doc to ‘earn’ his place 
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    Real competition for places in there. Carey played like someone determined to take his chance, but then Knibbs came on and grabbed the winner. Jones will have a decision to make there, unless he feels one of them can play defensively minded enough to take Doc’s position. And that’s without us having seen JRC yet. 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,263
    Exiled_Addick said:
    Real competition for places in there. Carey played like someone determined to take his chance, but then Knibbs came on and grabbed the winner. Jones will have a decision to make there, unless he feels one of them can play defensively minded enough to take Doc’s position. And that’s without us having seen JRC yet. 
    I found it interesting that Knibbs replaced TC, even if only for a few moments, he was the second striker. 
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    The new player I wanted to see the most 
    Had a really good feeling about him when we managed to get him and I was impressed.
    Works his nuts off.
    I think Carey Campbell Apter Knibbs will be the envy of a lot of clubs when it clicks 

  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,824
    sammy391 said:
    Really liked him! 
    Bit of class, lots of hard work and chasing and the odd spark - he looks like bags of potential. Him and Rapter work well together and bounce off each others styles

    He and Coventry have to be starters at the moment, leaving Doc to ‘earn’ his place 
    I think you can play all 3 - Knibbs, Carey and Coventry , but it will require better out balls - having Leaburn and Olaofe as channel running out balls made us look more potent and dangerous - whether that was because they were more fresh and are therefore better as impact subs remains to be seen, but we were better when they were on and that would mean that the lack of real ball players in midfield would hinder us less .  
  • Diebythesword
    Diebythesword Posts: 292
    Looked like he has a touch of class about him. Loved Knibbs’ energy and obviously the goal but all our best play came through Carey in the first half. Hopefully we can find a way to play the both of them. 
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,811
    wmcf123 said:
    sammy391 said:
    Really liked him! 
    Bit of class, lots of hard work and chasing and the odd spark - he looks like bags of potential. Him and Rapter work well together and bounce off each others styles

    He and Coventry have to be starters at the moment, leaving Doc to ‘earn’ his place 
    I think you can play all 3 - Knibbs, Carey and Coventry , but it will require better out balls - having Leaburn and Olaofe as channel running out balls made us look more potent and dangerous - whether that was because they were more fresh and are therefore better as impact subs remains to be seen, but we were better when they were on and that would mean that the lack of real ball players in midfield would hinder us less .  
    100% this
  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 4,284
    I think in the tougher games we might go for Knibbs and Carey behind 1 striker. Can see why Jones signed both of them because they are both very hard working without the ball and also have quality on it 
  • brownbear
    brownbear Posts: 78
    Marriott110 said:
    Going to be very hard to drop him for Knibbs if he continues at this level, was excellent today.
    ...and that is exactly what sucessful teams are built on, competition for places all over the pitch.  Can't remember the last time we had that tbh, and bringing quality players on in the last twenty minutes is such a huge advantage regardless of the division.
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  • FishCostaFortune
    FishCostaFortune Posts: 10,773
    Looks like the embodiment of ‘Jones’ type player.
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,223
    Was the signing i was least excited about, and the signing i was most impressed with yesterday... thought he was faultless
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,934
    Super impressed with him yesterday. Great running with the ball, gets stuck in, and showed lots of quality such as when he took out down on the run seamlessly before his run and shot in the box. Really good debut 
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,038
    Looks like a great example of signing a player who you think fits your system and style of play regardless of pedigree. No big fee, no massive fuss bur he looks like a classic NJ player. There’s a real touch of the Luke Berry’s to how he plays 
  • grumpyaddick
    grumpyaddick Posts: 6,596
    Encouraging debut. Our best midfielder yesterday but Docherty and Coventry both looked very rusty. 
  • paulsturgess
    paulsturgess Posts: 3,802
    Showed a great bit of strength when the defender bounced back off him when bearing down on goal in their box. Looked useful. 
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,650
    Did remind me a bit of Nicky Bailey, in his style of play, hope his penalties are better!
  • YTS1978
    YTS1978 Posts: 1,702
    Thought he was brilliant yesterday and was honestly surprised just how good he was. Him and Apter really linked up well. It's funny was only saying to my old man the other day that i felt a bit sorry for Sonny. The first signing through the door. But most people were thinking knibbs was his replacement before he'd made his debut! Im sure both will see plenty of game time and Nathan will probably switch them between roles. That was a cracking debut COYA
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,521
    Mendonca In Asdas said:
    Did remind me a bit of Nicky Bailey, in his style of play, hope his penalties are better!
    Didn’t dive as much.
  • MartinCAFC
    MartinCAFC Posts: 3,219
    YTS1978 said:
    Thought he was brilliant yesterday and was honestly surprised just how good he was. Him and Apter really linked up well. It's funny was only saying to my old man the other day that i felt a bit sorry for Sonny. The first signing through the door. But most people were thinking knibbs was his replacement before he'd made his debut! Im sure both will see plenty of game time and Nathan will probably switch them between roles. That was a cracking debut COYA
    I think what didn't help Carey was it was rumoured he was 1 of the 4 who were supposedly 'lined up' regardless of what division we were going to be in, I think he said himself he was watching the Play Off Final nervously which suggested he had possibly already agreed to come and so could potentially have been a signing if we were in League One and also at a time when nobody knew what sort of budget we had to spend.

    But I think it helped he was first through the door and with the team for pre season from the start which I think helped his case to start the game yesterday but as others have said he was very impressive in his own right and probably the sort of performance we'd all like to see from Knibbs when he's ready to start games so it makes it very hard to drop Carey if he keeps performing like that. I was a bit doubtful to how impactful he'd be but certainly surprised me in a good way.

    Feels like we've now finally moved on from the likes of Fraser, Morgan etc to have Carey, Knibbs and even Berry to all be options in that part of the team.
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  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,914
    edited August 10
    sam3110 said:
    Exiled_Addick said:
    Real competition for places in there. Carey played like someone determined to take his chance, but then Knibbs came on and grabbed the winner. Jones will have a decision to make there, unless he feels one of them can play defensively minded enough to take Doc’s position. And that’s without us having seen JRC yet. 
    I found it interesting that Knibbs replaced TC, even if only for a few moments, he was the second striker. 
    Carey moved to up front and Knibbs the 10.

    Edit. Re-reading this you already knew that and im just repeating what said. Ignore and move on. Or give me a sympathy lol ;)
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,220
    Great debut and exciting stats too. 

    Successful dribbles 2/2 (100%)
    Accurate passes 13/19 (68%)
    Accurate passes in final third 9/12 (75%)
    Accurate long passes 2/2 (100%)
    Ground duels won 5/7 (71%)

  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,454
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OdcL8yS7ro
    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/carey-ive-settled-really-well
  • dicktracey
    dicktracey Posts: 318
    Really impressed with this guy ... seems to be everywhere ... superb engine.
  • SteveACS
    SteveACS Posts: 375
    dicktracey said:
    Really impressed with this guy ... seems to be everywhere ... superb engine.
    Absolutely an NJ player. Relentless. We need to press from the front, and Carey does that brilliantly.

    Add to that his power, skill, and excellent rapport he has with the raptor, and you're on to a winner.
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,485
    Must admit I wasn't very excited about this signing. For some reason thought he'd be a bit 'meh' and on the fringes but he's very much part of it. Nice to not have to rush Knibbs. 
  • Ferryman
    Ferryman Posts: 2,921
    dicktracey said:
    Really impressed with this guy ... seems to be everywhere ... superb engine.
    A workmate followed Kings Lynn home and away a few seasons back and Carey was mustard for them. 
  • Diebythesword
    Diebythesword Posts: 292
    dicktracey said:
    Really impressed with this guy ... seems to be everywhere ... superb engine.
    Has a touch of class on the ball too. Feel like when him and Kelman get in sync we’ll get goals.
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    Was quite excited when we got him but can't say I'm overly impressed so far. Runs around a lot but makes some shocking decisions on the ball.
    Needs to really up his game if this attacking line is going to fire.
  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 4,284
    carly burn said:
    Was quite excited when we got him but can't say I'm overly impressed so far. Runs around a lot but makes some shocking decisions on the ball.
    Needs to really up his game if this attacking line is going to fire.
    Wasn’t great today but been pretty good across the other 3 games. Thinks that’s harsh 

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