++Charlie Kelman signs on a 4 year deal++

Scoham said:

crookester said:

Lots saying we need a partner for him but I actually think him and Leaburn are showing real signs of promise.

Leaburn’s still young enough and new enough to the Championship that we shouldn’t write him off.

There are some over the top views on both sides, one side very defensive of our youngsters, the other extreme who write off all youngsters that aren’t immediately Lookman/Shelvey/Gomez level.

I want to see more consistency from him in terms of his hold up play, do that and we’ll improve going forward and he’ll create more for others.

After the Oxford match, in which Leaburn was excellent, Nathan Jones was keen to point out that Miles is being asked to play as an old fashioned No.9 target man in a way he not really been asked to before, and that NJ felt he was starting to grow i to that role. He’s being asked to adapt to that, the Championship, and still re-finding himself after a long injury, while still only just turned 22. Lots for him to learn still, but absolutely he shouldn't be written off yet. NJ certainly seems to be happy with his progress and has shown faith in him recently. 

Poetry in motion. 

https://x.com/i/status/2006841678897017211

Kelman deffo been hitting the weights. 

CL_Phantom said:

drawnablank said:

Kelman = 619 mins, 6 shots, 4 on target, 0 goals & 0 assists
Olaofe = 209 mins, 5 shots, 3 on target, 1 goal & 1 assist
Leaburn = 524 mins, 15 shots, 6 on target, 1 goal & 0 assists
Campbell = 878 mins, 23 shots, 3 on target, 0 goals & 2 assist
(Championship stats)
Make of that what you will…

That Kelman and Olaofe are our most accurate strikers and that if they were given the same amount of chances to shoot as TC and Leaburn they'd likely convert more into goals. 

Player	Total Shots	On Target	%     On Target
Kelman	6	4	66.7%
Olaofe	5	3	60.0%
Leaburn	15	6	40.0%
Campbell	23	3	13.0%

Updating on behalf of the original poster and moi


Kelman = 913 mins, 16 shots, 10 on target, 2 goals & 0 assists
Olaofe = 659 mins, 11 shots, 5 on target, 1 goal & 1 assist
Leaburn = 1,386 mins, 25 shots, 8 on target, 1 goal & 1 assists
Campbell = 1,722 mins, 35 shots, 5 on target, 1 goals & 2 assist
(Championship stats)

crookester said:

Steven81 said:

Crispywood said:

Think he’s a great option to throw on last 20 when you may want to play more direct because he does cause carnage and wins a lot of headers but need someone with a bit better all round play 

Yep he's young and growing with every game but for what we need now in the championship is someone who's got that bit extra and more polished,I don't really care about opposition players or learn there names but one of there strikers today was controlling balls fired into him and spinning soo well laying the ball off etc that's the kind of striker we need with kelman.

That was Ellis Simms, one of the best championship strikers. If we can upgrade to somebody like him then we obviously should but they don't give cheap.

Not sure on how much they paid for Simms in 2023 but I would be surprised if it was under £6m. Then again they banked £18m for Gyorkeres in the same window so that was smart business. 

NabySarr said:

paulsturgess said:

Do Not underestimate the job Leaburn is doing at the minute. Norwich aside, he’s been excellent the past few games and I suspect if you asked opposing defences in a lot of those games they would say he was a nightmare to play against.

it seems like it might also be lost on many of those heralding Kelman’s upturn in form since returning that he is now playing with a new partner as opposed to all season pre injury when he was struggling. That might not be a mere coincidence. 

Even though he was poor against Norwich, the team were even worse after he was subbed. Playing a key role at the moment 

The battling and work rate is great to see, but I don’t want him forgetting he’s a striker and needs to shoot to score, I thought he should have done better with that chance yesterday, we don’t get enough chances to be squandering them. Same with berry when he got through what happened there?

Heard the explanation of the "Mendonca Guns" celebration on Cawley's substack.  Anybody on here mock up the image of his face on Super Clive that led to it?

crookester said:

4 goals in his last 6 games now, really starting to look sharp. And the promising signs of his partnership with Leaburn continue.

4 in his last 4 starts. He went on a great scoring run for Orient in the second half of last season, so hopefully he can do the same for us.

No surprise that Kelman has started scoring .. but also the partnership with Leaburn … is starting to look good . Entering the business side of the season good to have a striker hitting form at the right time and with Godden back in a couple of weeks … problem still is the service to the front players 

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

crookester said:

4 goals in his last 6 games now, really starting to look sharp. And the promising signs of his partnership with Leaburn continue.

4 in his last 4 starts. He went on a great scoring run for Orient in the second half of last season, so hopefully he can do the same for us.

It would be fantastic if Kelman could get another 6 or 7 goals(or more), this could be a big factor in us staying up.

Callumcafc said:

Seems Orient have found their Kelman replacement in Dom Ballard. 15 goals in 20 appearances.

Was a signing I was quite intrigued to see how it panned out , scored buckets at age group level but had got injuries on the couple of loans he's had. 

Would imagine Saints have a buyback on him 

fenaddick said:

Callumcafc said:

Seems Orient have found their Kelman replacement in Dom Ballard. 15 goals in 20 appearances.

Perfect hat trick yday too

Could've had 6! Two ruled out and hit the post late on.