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  • VanbrughHill
    VanbrughHill Posts: 24
    As mad as this may sound to some, I’d rather not be a Birmingham/Wrexham/Man City type club and splash silly money for the sake of success. There’s nothing “fun” about that at all. The biggest transfer fee we’ve paid for a player dates back 25 years and for some reason I like that fact. Birmingham have just bought a player in January that’s more than we’ve ever paid for a player.

    The club prides itself on it’s academy and has a great track record, the focus should be in part to make it a Cat 1 facility and build players through this as well as some investment into the first-team budget. 

    I know some of you will disagree with me but I’d point you to a) some of the absolute shit that’s played for the club where we have spent a bit of money and b) the owners we have had across our history that have been woeful.
  • arny23394
    arny23394 Posts: 1,339
    Gisappointed said:
    NJ signed two no 10s when we already had Berry and Fullah in the building with Godden capable of playing there.

    He committed to 3-5-2 but signed Apter for big money,, who is only a winger. 

    Three left footed defenders for 2 places was always a gamble and MG was rubbish for 6 months in the division below. Midfield was slow and small in L1 but only Knibbs recruited who didnt pull up trees. 

    Playing hoof ball but only Miles with any chance of being a target man.

    What a shambles!!!
    Godden as a number 10 is laughable. You really do talk out of your arse 
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,467
    daveydanger said:
    If you think we paid “big money” for Apter and Knibbs, you should take a look at some of the other championship signings. Birmingham just signed a winger from Alaves for £7m.

    They’ve got 7 points more than us… as an indication of the level.

    Sheff Utd spent about 15m on two centre backs and they're only 3 points above us.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,939
    Plus Reading had a wealthier owner at the time willing to spend in both the Championship and Premier League. Income is fine, but when you’ve had 5-10 years of it, and been able to spend that year on year, you’re in a position to be established, have players you buy/develop being more saleable, and you can reinvest. 

    Esse doesn’t go for the money Palace spent if Millwall aren’t established over time in the league, and after this year, that will be the model, of selling high, and supplementing the income 


  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 14,842
    VanbrughHill said:
    As mad as this may sound to some, I’d rather not be a Birmingham/Wrexham/Man City type club and splash silly money for the sake of success. There’s nothing “fun” about that at all. The biggest transfer fee we’ve paid for a player dates back 25 years and for some reason I like that fact. Birmingham have just bought a player in January that’s more than we’ve ever paid for a player.

    The club prides itself on it’s academy and has a great track record, the focus should be in part to make it a Cat 1 facility and build players through this as well as some investment into the first-team budget. 

    I know some of you will disagree with me but I’d point you to a) some of the absolute shit that’s played for the club where we have spent a bit of money and b) the owners we have had across our history that have been woeful.
    On top of that fun aspect, if Wrexham/Birmingham suffer the same fate as Wednesday where the owner just stops making any new signings in the hope of selling then they are screwed. If we build sustainably our owners will actually be able to sell when the want as the whole thing won’t be built on sand
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 65,207
    https://www.4-4-2.com/super-league/fcz-fc-zuerich/exklusiv-venezia-sticht-charlton-athletic-bei-fcz-verteidiger-junior-ligue-aus/

    Exclusive: Venezia beat Charlton Athletic to FC Zürich defender Junior Ligue

    Junior Ligue is attracting interest from several clubs, and Charlton Athletic had already submitted two bids for the FC Zürich defender. However, it now appears that the player is heading to Italy, with Venezia close to completing the transfer.

    Junior Ligue will soon be leaving FC Zürich. 4-4-2.ch reported a week ago on Charlton Athletic’s second offer for the versatile defender, with the English second-division side at that time considered to be in pole position. Since then, however, there has been a dramatic twist.

    According to 4-4-2.ch, Venezia have won the race for Ligue, beating Charlton in the negotiations. The move will be a permanent transfer rather than a loan with an option to buy.

    The transfer fee, including bonuses, is expected to reach up to €2.5 million. Ligue has already completed his medical, and the contracts are due to be signed on Wednesday.

    Discussions between Ligue and Venezia have been concrete for some time. The club, recently relegated from Serie A and aiming for a swift return to the top flight, has convinced the player with its project.

    Ligue’s departure from FC Zürich had been on the cards for a while, and the 20-year-old had already been given permission by the club to hold talks with interested teams. He is now set to move to the city of canals: Venezia.


  • paulsturgess
    paulsturgess Posts: 4,115
    stoneroses19 said:
    No offence, but fair few of you need to take a breath and a reality check. 

    We are a low budget Championship side. The constant daily moaning demanding perfection is exhausting to read. 

    I get the frustration has grown ten-fold since Saturday, it was a pathetic and unacceptable display. But moaning about every single thing the club try to do with player recruitment is ridiculous. They bring in young up-and-coming players, you moan we needed experience. They try to bring in experience, you moan they're not fast enough. We are not going to drop millions of pounds this month on the high Championship quality players you want/expect/demand. 
    But equally, does that mean everyone has to express artificial excitement and positivity about signings which don’t appear to be up to the level? This is a forum. We’re in grave relegation danger. There’s no point hiding from reality
  • TheHerminator
    TheHerminator Posts: 915
    addick_for_life said:
    We seem to either go for league one players or mid table championship players that can’t get into their teams and we are surprised that we can’t win games ! 
    So who should we be going for? Lay it out for us
  • PBr
    PBr Posts: 7
    Not convinced by us playing WB’s and 5/3 in defence. We don’t have players who look comfortable at WB and we don’t have pace through the middle so one way or another we get overrun. But I trust Jones to get the best out of the squad we have. Loans / signing so far this window look useful I think. 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 65,207
    Bolton want Apter on loan

    https://the72.co.uk/2026/01/28/bolton-wanderers-enquire-charlton-athletic-rob-apter/

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  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,926
    Callumcafc said:
    Bolton want Apter on loan

    https://the72.co.uk/2026/01/28/bolton-wanderers-enquire-charlton-athletic-rob-apter/
    Would be surprised if this happens as they signed CBT yesterday 
  • gringo
    gringo Posts: 785
    CaptainRobbo said:
    Can't wait until the 
    Overwhelmed 
    Underwhelmed 
    Whelmed
    O-meter 
    Appears and we can work out how the transfer window has gone.
    that thing will be swinging left to right like a metronome, as would the Nathan Jones love him / get rid one.
  • Bolderhumphreyreid
    Bolderhumphreyreid Posts: 2,581
    Addictedoldgit said:
    When we brought in Harry Arter on loan the Forest ? fans warned us his legs had gone - they were spot on.

    Now Wrexham fans are saying the same thing about Cody.

    Hope I'm wrong but  I don't feel positive about this.
    Leicester fans told us Kermogant wasn't very good. He turned out OK.

    Luton fans told us Burke was Prem class. He's average when fit.

    Let's make our own minds up shall we?

    Coady may not be a first class player anymore but we're not a first class team. People saying he's got no pace, he's never had pace and yet managed to play for England 10 times. Jorge Costa never had pace but again he did OK.

    Perhaps he will prove to be an inspired signing...perhaps he won't but let's give him time at least.
  • queensland_addick
    queensland_addick Posts: 7,622
    AFKABartram said:
    stoneroses19 said:
    No offence, but fair few of you need to take a breath and a reality check. 

    We are a low budget Championship side. The constant daily moaning demanding perfection is exhausting to read. 

    I get the frustration has grown ten-fold since Saturday, it was a pathetic and unacceptable display. But moaning about every single thing the club try to do with player recruitment is ridiculous. They bring in young up-and-coming players, you moan we needed experience. They try to bring in experience, you moan they're not fast enough. We are not going to drop millions of pounds this month on the high Championship quality players you want/expect/demand. 
    Not seeking perfection at all, but why are we a low budget Championship club? 

    I get there’s a disparity to clubs with parachute payments, though in many cases they’ll be at full quota budget and aiming to budget reduce not increase. Those are Sheff U, Southampton, Ipswich, Leicester. 

    But I don’t get what was the purpose of billionaires buying a high loss making L1 club if the goal wasn’t to at base be established at mid-Champ level.

    Upgrading a no thrills L1 squad to be that was always going to need decent budget, not be bottom of the rung. 

    With projected income in the same district as your Millwall, Pompey, Stoke, Oxford, Hull, Watford, Swansea, Norwich, Blackburn, Sheff W, we should have been competitive in that market. 

    Easy to say when it’s not my money. But I’m not one of the billionaires who bought it. At least with Birmingham’s billionaires and Wrexham’s millionaires I can understand their strategy. 
    It's absolutely not too much to ask, or too much to expect from owners reputedly worth in excess of a billion dollars, perhaps even 2 billion or more.

    A £7 million fee would equate to less than 1% of their assets, even if "only" one billion dollars.

    A drop in the ocean to such wealthy individuals.

    That is nothing for a new business venture where a level of speculation is required for accumulation.

    We should be fishing in the same waters as the average Championship team, and all this talk of growing sustainably is ridiculous when considering how difficult it was to finally escape League 1 and how long it took us to do so.

    Risking relegation in order to save a few million this week, is false economy and will end up costing them many times more.

  • TheHerminator
    TheHerminator Posts: 915
    edited 9:11AM
    queensland_addick said:
    AFKABartram said:
    stoneroses19 said:
    No offence, but fair few of you need to take a breath and a reality check. 

    We are a low budget Championship side. The constant daily moaning demanding perfection is exhausting to read. 

    I get the frustration has grown ten-fold since Saturday, it was a pathetic and unacceptable display. But moaning about every single thing the club try to do with player recruitment is ridiculous. They bring in young up-and-coming players, you moan we needed experience. They try to bring in experience, you moan they're not fast enough. We are not going to drop millions of pounds this month on the high Championship quality players you want/expect/demand. 
    Not seeking perfection at all, but why are we a low budget Championship club? 

    I get there’s a disparity to clubs with parachute payments, though in many cases they’ll be at full quota budget and aiming to budget reduce not increase. Those are Sheff U, Southampton, Ipswich, Leicester. 

    But I don’t get what was the purpose of billionaires buying a high loss making L1 club if the goal wasn’t to at base be established at mid-Champ level.

    Upgrading a no thrills L1 squad to be that was always going to need decent budget, not be bottom of the rung. 

    With projected income in the same district as your Millwall, Pompey, Stoke, Oxford, Hull, Watford, Swansea, Norwich, Blackburn, Sheff W, we should have been competitive in that market. 

    Easy to say when it’s not my money. But I’m not one of the billionaires who bought it. At least with Birmingham’s billionaires and Wrexham’s millionaires I can understand their strategy. 
    It's absolutely not too much to ask, or too much to expect from owners reputedly worth in excess of a billion dollars, perhaps even 2 billion or more.

    A £7 million fee would equate to less than 1% of their assets, even if "only" one billion dollars.

    A drop in the ocean to such wealthy individuals.

    That is nothing for a new business venture where a level of speculation is required for accumulation.

    We should be fishing in the same waters as the average Championship team, and all this talk of growing sustainably is ridiculous when considering how difficult it was to finally escape League 1 and how long it took us to do so.

    Risking relegation in order to save a few million this week, is false economy and will end up costing them many times more.

    You make a fair point, but I'm not sure you've considered the fact that they might risk that £7m and still get relegated, compounding the issue.

    There has to be a balanced approach, as spending another £10m doesn't guarantee survival, then you're in real trouble 
  • daveydanger
    daveydanger Posts: 1,354
    AFKABartram said:
    Rothko said:
    With projected income in the same district as your Millwall, Pompey, Stoke, Oxford, Hull, Watford, Swansea, Norwich, Blackburn, Sheff W, we should have been competitive in that market. 
    With the exception of Oxford and Portsmouth, who are struggling badly and Wednesday who are a basket case, the rest are established clubs at this level, with years of Championship TV revenue and the ability to build the squad. Millwall struggle for a couple of years before getting to where they are 
    But projected income for the year ahead, which is basically all every club can plan and budget against, will be similar. 

    We actually had the advantage as we we would have have huge budget headroom off a base of most of the squad still on contracts with a L1 wages profile. 

    It’s similar to when we were 3-4 years in the Prem and Curbs would say we were struggling to compete in the market with clubs like Reading being promoted as they then had promotion windfall + budget headroom to play with. 

    IMO the difference is that we need that same income and spend to take a very League 1 squad up to the level, in one summer. It’s a really difficult standing start while Millwall etc are simply topping up their quality. It’s made even more difficult because our co-promoted teams are anomalies with cheat code owners, so we’re relying on being better than 3 established Championship teams. 

    Given ~£10m that we are saying is comparable… how would people overhaul our entire squad? I’d probably do what Jones has done - try to get the best from the league below and place a few bets on players that have slipped through the net in other squads due to injury or circumstance. Seems like they are trying to compete for a £2.5m fullback (rumour above)

    If we’re saying the players should be significantly better than what we’ve got, and those prospects and bets need to be turned into surefire performers at this level - I’d say we’re starting to talk about £20/30m spend or more. You may believe that’s reasonable but I’d suggest it’s a stretch.

  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 4,993
    queensland_addick said:
    AFKABartram said:
    stoneroses19 said:
    No offence, but fair few of you need to take a breath and a reality check. 

    We are a low budget Championship side. The constant daily moaning demanding perfection is exhausting to read. 

    I get the frustration has grown ten-fold since Saturday, it was a pathetic and unacceptable display. But moaning about every single thing the club try to do with player recruitment is ridiculous. They bring in young up-and-coming players, you moan we needed experience. They try to bring in experience, you moan they're not fast enough. We are not going to drop millions of pounds this month on the high Championship quality players you want/expect/demand. 
    Not seeking perfection at all, but why are we a low budget Championship club? 

    I get there’s a disparity to clubs with parachute payments, though in many cases they’ll be at full quota budget and aiming to budget reduce not increase. Those are Sheff U, Southampton, Ipswich, Leicester. 

    But I don’t get what was the purpose of billionaires buying a high loss making L1 club if the goal wasn’t to at base be established at mid-Champ level.

    Upgrading a no thrills L1 squad to be that was always going to need decent budget, not be bottom of the rung. 

    With projected income in the same district as your Millwall, Pompey, Stoke, Oxford, Hull, Watford, Swansea, Norwich, Blackburn, Sheff W, we should have been competitive in that market. 

    Easy to say when it’s not my money. But I’m not one of the billionaires who bought it. At least with Birmingham’s billionaires and Wrexham’s millionaires I can understand their strategy. 
    It's absolutely not too much to ask, or too much to expect from owners reputedly worth in excess of a billion dollars, perhaps even 2 billion or more.

    A £7 million fee would equate to less than 1% of their assets, even if "only" one billion dollars.

    A drop in the ocean to such wealthy individuals.

    That is nothing for a new business venture where a level of speculation is required for accumulation.

    We should be fishing in the same waters as the average Championship team, and all this talk of growing sustainably is ridiculous when considering how difficult it was to finally escape League 1 and how long it took us to do so.

    Risking relegation in order to save a few million this week, is false economy and will end up costing them many times more.

    There are stricter financial rules in the championship though. Spending that kind of money when our revenue isn’t high enough could be very damaging long term with embargoes and points deductions. You’re only allowed to lose an average of £13m a year. Even with what we’ve spent so far I think we will probably be near that figure anyway 
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 1,275
    Bolderhumphreyreid said:
    Addictedoldgit said:
    When we brought in Harry Arter on loan the Forest ? fans warned us his legs had gone - they were spot on.

    Now Wrexham fans are saying the same thing about Cody.

    Hope I'm wrong but  I don't feel positive about this.
    Leicester fans told us Kermogant wasn't very good. He turned out OK.

    Luton fans told us Burke was Prem class. He's average when fit.

    Let's make our own minds up shall we?

    Coady may not be a first class player anymore but we're not a first class team. People saying he's got no pace, he's never had pace and yet managed to play for England 10 times. Jorge Costa never had pace but again he did OK.

    Perhaps he will prove to be an inspired signing...perhaps he won't but let's give him time at least.
    We've not even officially signed the bloke yet 😆
  • SouthLincsAddick
    SouthLincsAddick Posts: 605
    paulsturgess said:
    stoneroses19 said:
    No offence, but fair few of you need to take a breath and a reality check. 

    We are a low budget Championship side. The constant daily moaning demanding perfection is exhausting to read. 

    I get the frustration has grown ten-fold since Saturday, it was a pathetic and unacceptable display. But moaning about every single thing the club try to do with player recruitment is ridiculous. They bring in young up-and-coming players, you moan we needed experience. They try to bring in experience, you moan they're not fast enough. We are not going to drop millions of pounds this month on the high Championship quality players you want/expect/demand. 
    But equally, does that mean everyone has to express artificial excitement and positivity about signings which don’t appear to be up to the level? This is a forum. We’re in grave relegation danger. There’s no point hiding from reality
    I agree it’s depressing being in a relegation scrap but having a bottom three budget and expecting to stay up will need a miracle, and we have a chance. But that is the situation, endless moaning about the our budget isn’t going to change it, can we at least move on from that. We ain’t got the money, please stop insisting we spend money, it’s not going to happen, please move on. 
  • Danny Addick
    Danny Addick Posts: 4,008
    Genuine question, and I may be grasping at straws, but did Coady play for Wrexham in a back three or a back four?

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  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,926
    Danny Addick said:
    Genuine question, and I may be grasping at straws, but did Coady play for Wrexham in a back three or a back four?
    3
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,567
    NabySarr said:
    queensland_addick said:
    AFKABartram said:
    stoneroses19 said:
    No offence, but fair few of you need to take a breath and a reality check. 

    We are a low budget Championship side. The constant daily moaning demanding perfection is exhausting to read. 

    I get the frustration has grown ten-fold since Saturday, it was a pathetic and unacceptable display. But moaning about every single thing the club try to do with player recruitment is ridiculous. They bring in young up-and-coming players, you moan we needed experience. They try to bring in experience, you moan they're not fast enough. We are not going to drop millions of pounds this month on the high Championship quality players you want/expect/demand. 
    Not seeking perfection at all, but why are we a low budget Championship club? 

    I get there’s a disparity to clubs with parachute payments, though in many cases they’ll be at full quota budget and aiming to budget reduce not increase. Those are Sheff U, Southampton, Ipswich, Leicester. 

    But I don’t get what was the purpose of billionaires buying a high loss making L1 club if the goal wasn’t to at base be established at mid-Champ level.

    Upgrading a no thrills L1 squad to be that was always going to need decent budget, not be bottom of the rung. 

    With projected income in the same district as your Millwall, Pompey, Stoke, Oxford, Hull, Watford, Swansea, Norwich, Blackburn, Sheff W, we should have been competitive in that market. 

    Easy to say when it’s not my money. But I’m not one of the billionaires who bought it. At least with Birmingham’s billionaires and Wrexham’s millionaires I can understand their strategy. 
    It's absolutely not too much to ask, or too much to expect from owners reputedly worth in excess of a billion dollars, perhaps even 2 billion or more.

    A £7 million fee would equate to less than 1% of their assets, even if "only" one billion dollars.

    A drop in the ocean to such wealthy individuals.

    That is nothing for a new business venture where a level of speculation is required for accumulation.

    We should be fishing in the same waters as the average Championship team, and all this talk of growing sustainably is ridiculous when considering how difficult it was to finally escape League 1 and how long it took us to do so.

    Risking relegation in order to save a few million this week, is false economy and will end up costing them many times more.

    There are stricter financial rules in the championship though. Spending that kind of money when our revenue isn’t high enough could be very damaging long term with embargoes and points deductions. You’re only allowed to lose an average of £13m a year. Even with what we’ve spent so far I think we will probably be near that figure anyway 
    Is that total loss.  Or do certain things (academy, infrastructure etc) get ignored on the calculation.
    If total loss we would be close I would expect, if you can strip items out we likely have a fair amount of headroom.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 14,842
    Athletico Charlton said:
    NabySarr said:
    queensland_addick said:
    AFKABartram said:
    stoneroses19 said:
    No offence, but fair few of you need to take a breath and a reality check. 

    We are a low budget Championship side. The constant daily moaning demanding perfection is exhausting to read. 

    I get the frustration has grown ten-fold since Saturday, it was a pathetic and unacceptable display. But moaning about every single thing the club try to do with player recruitment is ridiculous. They bring in young up-and-coming players, you moan we needed experience. They try to bring in experience, you moan they're not fast enough. We are not going to drop millions of pounds this month on the high Championship quality players you want/expect/demand. 
    Not seeking perfection at all, but why are we a low budget Championship club? 

    I get there’s a disparity to clubs with parachute payments, though in many cases they’ll be at full quota budget and aiming to budget reduce not increase. Those are Sheff U, Southampton, Ipswich, Leicester. 

    But I don’t get what was the purpose of billionaires buying a high loss making L1 club if the goal wasn’t to at base be established at mid-Champ level.

    Upgrading a no thrills L1 squad to be that was always going to need decent budget, not be bottom of the rung. 

    With projected income in the same district as your Millwall, Pompey, Stoke, Oxford, Hull, Watford, Swansea, Norwich, Blackburn, Sheff W, we should have been competitive in that market. 

    Easy to say when it’s not my money. But I’m not one of the billionaires who bought it. At least with Birmingham’s billionaires and Wrexham’s millionaires I can understand their strategy. 
    It's absolutely not too much to ask, or too much to expect from owners reputedly worth in excess of a billion dollars, perhaps even 2 billion or more.

    A £7 million fee would equate to less than 1% of their assets, even if "only" one billion dollars.

    A drop in the ocean to such wealthy individuals.

    That is nothing for a new business venture where a level of speculation is required for accumulation.

    We should be fishing in the same waters as the average Championship team, and all this talk of growing sustainably is ridiculous when considering how difficult it was to finally escape League 1 and how long it took us to do so.

    Risking relegation in order to save a few million this week, is false economy and will end up costing them many times more.

    There are stricter financial rules in the championship though. Spending that kind of money when our revenue isn’t high enough could be very damaging long term with embargoes and points deductions. You’re only allowed to lose an average of £13m a year. Even with what we’ve spent so far I think we will probably be near that figure anyway 
    Is that total loss.  Or do certain things (academy, infrastructure etc) get ignored on the calculation.
    If total loss we would be close I would expect, if you can strip items out we likely have a fair amount of headroom.
    Academy etc. are separate I believe. I think we probably do have some headroom but that we're also paying more wages than any of us actually think. We can ammortise any fees spent of course but with none coming in we can't increase our headroom. A reminder that in the last set of accounts we lost £13.9m. Obviously that includes academy costs etc. but we were already losing a huge amount in L1
  • SouthLincsAddick
    SouthLincsAddick Posts: 605
    There’s a reason Rodwell dropped the fact we have the third worst budget in the league now. To manage expectations in this window. We ain’t going to get better quality than we already have. NJ will have to pull off a miracle to get this team playing well enough to scrape together the required points. It’s going to be messy but every season we survive the economics mean our budget grows, in a sustainable way.
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 24,035
    fenaddick said:
    VanbrughHill said:
    As mad as this may sound to some, I’d rather not be a Birmingham/Wrexham/Man City type club and splash silly money for the sake of success. There’s nothing “fun” about that at all. The biggest transfer fee we’ve paid for a player dates back 25 years and for some reason I like that fact. Birmingham have just bought a player in January that’s more than we’ve ever paid for a player.

    The club prides itself on it’s academy and has a great track record, the focus should be in part to make it a Cat 1 facility and build players through this as well as some investment into the first-team budget. 

    I know some of you will disagree with me but I’d point you to a) some of the absolute shit that’s played for the club where we have spent a bit of money and b) the owners we have had across our history that have been woeful.
    On top of that fun aspect, if Wrexham/Birmingham suffer the same fate as Wednesday where the owner just stops making any new signings in the hope of selling then they are screwed. If we build sustainably our owners will actually be able to sell when the want as the whole thing won’t be built on sand
    It's built on sand until we get the valley back from Roland
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,467
    addick_for_life said:
    We seem to either go for league one players or mid table championship players that can’t get into their teams and we are surprised that we can’t win games ! 
    So from this i assume you think we should be signing players who can get into their teams then?

    Which leads to two other questions, if they are currently playing in the team at their club then why would they want to come to us and why would their club sell them to us?
  • robroy
    robroy Posts: 4,520
    edited 9:38AM
    Some rumours on the other forum. 

    West Ham have offered us a CM playmaker on loan. 
    Then 21yr old striker from Fulham and a defender from Chelsea. 

    Also a perm. 


  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,467
    queensland_addick said:
    AFKABartram said:
    stoneroses19 said:
    No offence, but fair few of you need to take a breath and a reality check. 

    We are a low budget Championship side. The constant daily moaning demanding perfection is exhausting to read. 

    I get the frustration has grown ten-fold since Saturday, it was a pathetic and unacceptable display. But moaning about every single thing the club try to do with player recruitment is ridiculous. They bring in young up-and-coming players, you moan we needed experience. They try to bring in experience, you moan they're not fast enough. We are not going to drop millions of pounds this month on the high Championship quality players you want/expect/demand. 
    Not seeking perfection at all, but why are we a low budget Championship club? 

    I get there’s a disparity to clubs with parachute payments, though in many cases they’ll be at full quota budget and aiming to budget reduce not increase. Those are Sheff U, Southampton, Ipswich, Leicester. 

    But I don’t get what was the purpose of billionaires buying a high loss making L1 club if the goal wasn’t to at base be established at mid-Champ level.

    Upgrading a no thrills L1 squad to be that was always going to need decent budget, not be bottom of the rung. 

    With projected income in the same district as your Millwall, Pompey, Stoke, Oxford, Hull, Watford, Swansea, Norwich, Blackburn, Sheff W, we should have been competitive in that market. 

    Easy to say when it’s not my money. But I’m not one of the billionaires who bought it. At least with Birmingham’s billionaires and Wrexham’s millionaires I can understand their strategy. 
    It's absolutely not too much to ask, or too much to expect from owners reputedly worth in excess of a billion dollars, perhaps even 2 billion or more.

    A £7 million fee would equate to less than 1% of their assets, even if "only" one billion dollars.

    A drop in the ocean to such wealthy individuals.

    That is nothing for a new business venture where a level of speculation is required for accumulation.

    We should be fishing in the same waters as the average Championship team, and all this talk of growing sustainably is ridiculous when considering how difficult it was to finally escape League 1 and how long it took us to do so.

    Risking relegation in order to save a few million this week, is false economy and will end up costing them many times more.

    Have you heard of PSR?

    We simply don't have the income to be dropping 7m on one player. The clubs in this division that spend big are either still getting PL parachute payments or have big sponsorship deals.

    Millwall have been in this division for almost a decade and their record signing is 5m.
  • J BLOCK
    J BLOCK Posts: 8,388
    VanbrughHill said:
    As mad as this may sound to some, I’d rather not be a Birmingham/Wrexham/Man City type club and splash silly money for the sake of success. There’s nothing “fun” about that at all. The biggest transfer fee we’ve paid for a player dates back 25 years and for some reason I like that fact. Birmingham have just bought a player in January that’s more than we’ve ever paid for a player.

    The club prides itself on it’s academy and has a great track record, the focus should be in part to make it a Cat 1 facility and build players through this as well as some investment into the first-team budget. 

    I know some of you will disagree with me but I’d point you to a) some of the absolute shit that’s played for the club where we have spent a bit of money and b) the owners we have had across our history that have been woeful.
    I'm the total opposite of this. 
  • mendonca
    mendonca Posts: 9,513
    For me, our transfer activity reflects a club run by a pooled consortium, not by wealthy owners bankrolling Charlton.

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