Alex Mitchell - gone on a season long loan to Plymouth Argyle (p11)

Move him on in the summer..he did a decent job for us ..I liked his attitude on the pitch and he ll have a decent career in the lower divisions ...

lolwray said:

Move him on in the summer..he did a decent job for us ..I liked his attitude on the pitch and he ll have a decent career in the lower divisions ...

He’s better than Gillesphey and Burke .  

fenaddick said:

FishCostaFortune said:

Callumcafc said:

Sounds like he’s done well for Plymouth by all accounts.

But I’m seeing far too many people suggesting he has a future here. Maybe he does and I’m the one who’s wrong but he’s just a worse version of Lloyd Jones. Yeah he’s younger but we can’t hang on to him just in case.

He seems like a top bloke but I do wonder if that’s tainting some opinions of him, people hoping he gets a chance and takes it against the odds because he’d be a good laugh over a pint, rather than looking at the relative situations of our club and his career ambitions objectively.

He left Millwall because they kept loaning him out. There’s no realistic chance he gets first team football here next year so we should also do the decent thing and let him go on a permanent to a team who will give him minutes.

I guess Lloyd Jones was a worse version of Lloyd Jones at that age as well. 

True but we can’t hold on to Mitchell until he’s 28 

I’m not saying we should. 

FishCostaFortune said:

Callumcafc said:

Sounds like he’s done well for Plymouth by all accounts.

But I’m seeing far too many people suggesting he has a future here. Maybe he does and I’m the one who’s wrong but he’s just a worse version of Lloyd Jones. Yeah he’s younger but we can’t hang on to him just in case.

He seems like a top bloke but I do wonder if that’s tainting some opinions of him, people hoping he gets a chance and takes it against the odds because he’d be a good laugh over a pint, rather than looking at the relative situations of our club and his career ambitions objectively.

He left Millwall because they kept loaning him out. There’s no realistic chance he gets first team football here next year so we should also do the decent thing and let him go on a permanent to a team who will give him minutes.

I guess Lloyd Jones was a worse version of Lloyd Jones at that age as well. 

I don't think we keep him, but we do need back up to Lloyd Jones and I would prefer him to Burke who would be injured when needed.

I see it as either of the Mitchells will leave this summer. 

Skipping past the fact he won’t want to stay, I think he’d be ok in the championship for a team defending deep and not having much of the ball. We have been that team a lot this season but that’s not our long term plan so Mitchell shouldn’t be part of it 

Fortune 82nd Minute said:

As I posted elsewhere, there was a big bit in last Sunday's Football League Paper in which the Plymouth manager said that he wants to sign him permanently. 

Interestingly he also says there is going to be a lot of interest in Mitchell from other clubs and he doesn't know what Charlton's plans for him are.

Sounds like a small potential profit here?

Considering we signed him when the market was less inflated, and since then he has an extra 2 years of experience, a L1 promotion on his CV and a 2nd Place POTY at Plymouth I’d very surprised if we don’t make a profit.

think 500k would be a fair price all round

Perfect in L1 with 90% of teams playing direct and putting long balls and crosses in the sky for him to head it but stand him 1 on 1 with the ball at feet or go at him with pace at championship level and I’d worry 

wmcf123 said:

lolwray said:

Move him on in the summer..he did a decent job for us ..I liked his attitude on the pitch and he ll have a decent career in the lower divisions ...

He’s better than Gillesphey and Burke .  

Fitter than Burke, yes, but better?! If he was, we wouldn't have shipped him out.

Also plays a different side to Gillesphey so can't compare them really 

se9addick said:

If he wasn’t already our player I’m not sure we’d really want to sign him, therefore moving him on (and sounds like there will be a market for him) is the best thing. 

Funnily enough Mitchell would be exactly the kind of player we signed last season. Decent character, good bloke coming off a decent season in L1 and would be open to stepping up to the Championship... but probably not good enough to make it long term.

Keenan Gough barely put a foot wrong when called upon this season and is still only 20.

Radostanradical said:

In reality if we let A Mitchell go we would need to sign 3/4 CB if we insist on 3 at back -

Jones (obviously stays)
Macca (will more than likely not be here)
Burke (Good cant be relied upon in terms of fitness)
A Mitchell (Proven at L1 level and still young)
Z Mitchell (decent youth pedigree but barring a 3 month spell at St Johnstone has flated to deceive at senior level. Certainly not seen enough to show he can be relied on next year at Championship level)
Ramsey (Good option but probably better RWB in championship)
Gough (solid prospect, definetly agead of our other young defenders)
Collins (Jury is out looks decent but struggled with injuries since being here)
Bell (See Burke)

From my counting thats on 2 CBs who can actually be relied upon to be fit.

RCB we will have Ramsay and Sichenje

CB we will have Jones and Burke 

LCB we will have Bell 

If we move Gillesphey on we still have 5 senior options next season (plus Gough might be kept around). We’d need to sign a LCB to replace Gillesphey that hopefully would also be comfortable playing in the middle as extra cover. Sichenje has also already played in the middle. Burke can’t be relied on but he’s going nowhere unfortunately 

Those 5 plus 1 extra are absolutely fine, and already a good upgrade on what we’ve had this season with Sichenje and a new signing being added. And our back 3 was the least of our problems this season 

Ramsay is definitely more of a RCB in a back 3 than he is a wing back. That’s become very obvious over the last 2 years and if we want to be a better attacking side, moving Ramsay to wing back is not the way to go about it 

thenewbie said:

wmcf123 said:

lolwray said:

Move him on in the summer..he did a decent job for us ..I liked his attitude on the pitch and he ll have a decent career in the lower divisions ...

He’s better than Gillesphey and Burke .  

But not as good as Jones, Bell or Sichenje. Ideally we're looking for players who could realistically break into the first eleven and stay there, and Mitchell is not that.

Not as talented as Sichenje but we’ve seen a very small number of minutes ; times where he’s looked brilliant and others where he hasn’t .  Let’s see how he goes next season.  I’m bit saying I think Mitchell should be in our first team but I’d be certainly moving Gillesphey and Burke on this summer