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mathew_davey said:For me I don't think we need too much investment to get us to mid table / play off push our strike force is actually very decent for this level. The problem is our supply chain to them. I wouldn't be upset to see just have a strike force of kelman/mbick/leeburn/KANU next season with golden playing a mentor role.
We need 2/3 top quality midfielders. Competition for Edwards. Then on the left get in fevier/ plus top quality left back.
Attacking midfielders we are ok as well. Apart of the problem is we have to play so cautiously and compact the season past that they haven't really been able to express themselves properly.
It would then allow us to play 5/3/2 4/3/3 4/4/2, which unless your Southampton you won't know how we will set up on the day.
Is Golden our new signing? I hope he can provide some sparkle to our attacks, and proves to be worth his weight...1 -
Less than we paid but throwing in The GasmanMrBurns said:Do we know how much we're selling Kelman for?1 -
He doesn’t need to get better. He just needs his team mates to send the football his way along the lines of the one he scored the goal from against Hull. It’s what his teammates at Orient were doing the season before when he was regularly banging in goals for them and Nathan must have thought he’s a good striker, I’ll buy him. We just haven’t been giving him anything like that through ball to chase and only used him all season before that to run around and annoy the opposition defenders.Charlton43 said:If you’re looking to sell Kelman, our top scoring striker last season in his first proper championship season, you need to give your head a wobble. He’s only going to get better.8 -
He's also been playing against Championship, rather than league 1, defences.letthegoodtimesroll said:
He doesn’t need to get better. He just needs his team mates to send the football his way along the lines of the one he scored the goal from against Hull. It’s what his teammates at Orient were doing the season before when he was regularly banging in goals for them and Nathan must have thought he’s a good striker, I’ll buy him. We just haven’t been giving him anything like that through ball to chase and only used him all season before that to run around and annoy the opposition defenders.Charlton43 said:If you’re looking to sell Kelman, our top scoring striker last season in his first proper championship season, you need to give your head a wobble. He’s only going to get better.2 -
Gammon said:How much will the world cup affect the timings of signings, i think it has been a bit of a knock on effect in thing up some of the effective chains in sales
Is Phil Chapple going over on a scouting mission then?
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I think one reason we weren't able to play Kelman in through the middle is his relative lack of pace compared to Championship defenders.letthegoodtimesroll said:
He doesn’t need to get better. He just needs his team mates to send the football his way along the lines of the one he scored the goal from against Hull. It’s what his teammates at Orient were doing the season before when he was regularly banging in goals for them and Nathan must have thought he’s a good striker, I’ll buy him. We just haven’t been giving him anything like that through ball to chase and only used him all season before that to run around and annoy the opposition defenders.Charlton43 said:If you’re looking to sell Kelman, our top scoring striker last season in his first proper championship season, you need to give your head a wobble. He’s only going to get better.2 -
You don't have to be ultra quick, just clever enough to outthink a defender with a break, and of course have the kind of midfield that can find the pass...Kelman could work out fine...SantaClaus said:
I think one reason we weren't able to play Kelman in through the middle is his relative lack of pace compared to Championship defenders.letthegoodtimesroll said:
He doesn’t need to get better. He just needs his team mates to send the football his way along the lines of the one he scored the goal from against Hull. It’s what his teammates at Orient were doing the season before when he was regularly banging in goals for them and Nathan must have thought he’s a good striker, I’ll buy him. We just haven’t been giving him anything like that through ball to chase and only used him all season before that to run around and annoy the opposition defenders.Charlton43 said:If you’re looking to sell Kelman, our top scoring striker last season in his first proper championship season, you need to give your head a wobble. He’s only going to get better.4 -
Over the last 2 years we have consistently played better football and had better results, whenever we’ve had TC in that role drifting out wide and then an attacking wing back on the right hand side. I think we should go back to that, because when we were doing it well we won a load of games to get promoted and then started the season brilliantly well in the championshipSword65pf said:
So we are still crow barring TC in as a forward, have we not learnt that lesson?, he is a winger, don’t care about the it’s not how we play excuse, it should be Kelman and new signing( hopefully) and if that means TC sits on the bench then so be it, he is a winger.NabySarr said:
If TC stays and signs a new contract he will most likely be starting. I’d like to see TC and Kelman again like we started last seasonMarcusH26 said:Think it's Kelman and AN Other to start upfront for the start of the season , whether that's Leaburn or a new signing obviously remains to be seen. Just need to get the service right behind them.
I think we are too easy to defend against in the traditional 3-5-2. The hybrid 3-5-2/4-2-3-1 gets us playing much better football
When TC plays there he presses from the front, and then when we have the ball he is a left winger, not a striker. It works perfectly well and isn’t shoehorning him in at all because he gets the ball in the exact areas we want him too
TC has been a key player and regular starter for the last 2 years. If we can get him on a new contract I don’t see that changing6 -
Similarly Nicky Ajose down a level; 24 goals in 38 L1 games. A proven L1 striker? Nope, that was the only season in his entire career he got more than 8 goals at that level. It was pretty clear even when we signed him that Ajose had had a bit of a one-off seasonthenewbie said:
Also, look at Vipotnik, last seasons high scorer with 23 but the season before he got 7. Did he just suddenly become "proven" between the two seasons, seems improbable.Garrymanilow said:I wonder how many players there are in this division that would qualify as a 'proven Championship striker'. The thing about proven strikers at a level is they generally go on to something better. Viktor Gyokeres was a proven Championship striker. So were Ollie Watkins and Ivan Toney; they're not there anymore. Vipotnik had a good season, you might say he is now or he will be if he has another good season. Oli McBurnie might be one but he'll be playing Premier League next season. Once we've got a list of these proven Championship strikers I wonder how many would be within our reach and not playing at teams way above us paying much more. A team at our level doesn't sign proven Championship strikers, we hope to create them and then either go up with them or move them on for a profit. If people think selling Kanu will contribute to us getting a proven Championship striker they'll need to sell him about 10 times
For that matter, Kelman got 7 for us, is he suddenly going to "prove" and get 20+? Seems unlikely too.
Strikers are always a gamble, we're much better off looking holistically (what else do they bring, what are there strengths in general) rather than just goal records - that will get you a Kermorgant instead of a McCleod.3 -
There will be lots of almost unknown players at the World Cup that will attract interest from English and other clubs. Should they sign a talent spotted at the World Cup it might free up existing players for a move. There will be a knock on effect in the chain but I doubt very much that’ll impact on Charlton. If we’re signing overseas talent like Collins Sichenje then I reckon Phil Chappell will have already done the leg work.ElfsborgAddick said:Gammon said:How much will the world cup affect the timings of signings, i think it has been a bit of a knock on effect in thing up some of the effective chains in sales
Is Phil Chapple going over on a scouting mission then?0 -
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Have another look at the goal we scored against Coventry at home, a team who are now in the Premier League. He's not Kyle Walker fast, but you'll struggle to find a Championship CB who beats him in a sprint.SantaClaus said:
I think one reason we weren't able to play Kelman in through the middle is his relative lack of pace compared to Championship defenders.letthegoodtimesroll said:
He doesn’t need to get better. He just needs his team mates to send the football his way along the lines of the one he scored the goal from against Hull. It’s what his teammates at Orient were doing the season before when he was regularly banging in goals for them and Nathan must have thought he’s a good striker, I’ll buy him. We just haven’t been giving him anything like that through ball to chase and only used him all season before that to run around and annoy the opposition defenders.Charlton43 said:If you’re looking to sell Kelman, our top scoring striker last season in his first proper championship season, you need to give your head a wobble. He’s only going to get better.4 -
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I've been wrong about players before, but I've also been right about my fair share. To my eyes, Kelman has "it". No argument that "it" has only surfaced in flashes, and I do not know for sure if NJ is the right manager to help Kelman unlock his full potential more consistently, but there is just something about him that gives me hope he could be really very good.
The Hull goal was great, but for me it's more his strikes vs Oxford and Birmingham at the Valley that stand out. Proper strikers' goals - tight spaces and limited time to react yet proper pings right into the corner with little backlift and without having to look up to check where the corners were. Great technique in the way he controlled and struck the ball, and great instincts to just know exactly where he needed to aim without looking. Maybe Godden would've taken them too (even for him it's only maybe, especially the Oxford one), but certainly no one else in the current squad. The last Charlton player who scored goals like that was probably Sir Clive.
Yes, he needs to figure out how he impacts the games outside the box more (e.g. how he linked up so well to assist Dykes vs. Bristol City), and get more shooting opportunities more often (more creativity in midfield will help him here too, as noted by many), but, personally, I see a lot of potential and very much have him down as one worth persevering with.
If there is an interested buyer, I can't see them offering more than we paid, or enough for us to buy a more established and proven Championship goal scorer. In that case, I don't see the point of selling - there will already be a decent amount of squad turnover this year and we need to have a bit of an eye on some consolidation and maintaining culture (Charlie seems a good lad too).14 -
For anyone who's interested, go to 1m 28s:ElliotCAFC said:
Have another look at the goal we scored against Coventry at home, a team who are now in the Premier League. He's not Kyle Walker fast, but you'll struggle to find a Championship CB who beats him in a sprint.SantaClaus said:
I think one reason we weren't able to play Kelman in through the middle is his relative lack of pace compared to Championship defenders.letthegoodtimesroll said:
He doesn’t need to get better. He just needs his team mates to send the football his way along the lines of the one he scored the goal from against Hull. It’s what his teammates at Orient were doing the season before when he was regularly banging in goals for them and Nathan must have thought he’s a good striker, I’ll buy him. We just haven’t been giving him anything like that through ball to chase and only used him all season before that to run around and annoy the opposition defenders.Charlton43 said:If you’re looking to sell Kelman, our top scoring striker last season in his first proper championship season, you need to give your head a wobble. He’s only going to get better.
https://youtu.be/WiklqZdGIBw?si=5uQghPHq4nU3K6LX&t=88 2 -
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Cheeky bid for the kid on the right,heard hes shit anywayFAVADDICK said:11 -
Love these completely random European rumours! They're the really fun ones.5
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ElliotCAFC said:
Have another look at the goal we scored against Coventry at home, a team who are now in the Premier League. He's not Kyle Walker fast, but you'll struggle to find a Championship CB who beats him in a sprint.SantaClaus said:
I think one reason we weren't able to play Kelman in through the middle is his relative lack of pace compared to Championship defenders.letthegoodtimesroll said:
He doesn’t need to get better. He just needs his team mates to send the football his way along the lines of the one he scored the goal from against Hull. It’s what his teammates at Orient were doing the season before when he was regularly banging in goals for them and Nathan must have thought he’s a good striker, I’ll buy him. We just haven’t been giving him anything like that through ball to chase and only used him all season before that to run around and annoy the opposition defenders.Charlton43 said:If you’re looking to sell Kelman, our top scoring striker last season in his first proper championship season, you need to give your head a wobble. He’s only going to get better.From memory that was more the exception than the rule across the whole season. Also Leaburn beat the same defender for pace earlier in the game and got a shot away — which suggests the centre back wasn't exactly rapid.Anyway I wasn't arguing Kelman can't cut it at this level. I was putting forward one reason why he hasn't immediately replicated his Orient form. His fitness, the step up in quality from Championship defenders and keepers, and the chronic weakness of our midfield are all clearly factors too.2 -
We have 2 options as a club and always have done. Sell your better players, or sell those with potential. Mbick will be in the squad next season and Kanu will be loaned to league 1 hoping he progresses.CharltonManor1966 said:
So if Jones is going to be ruthless to keep us in the division, he could possibly sell Kanu, Leaburn and TC to help with the PSR and maybe go for broke with championship quality and experience............ just saying.....?shine166 said:
Literally this, we wasted millions last year and almost everyone will have to be loaned out until contracts expire. We dont have too many saleable assest and something has to give.Redhenry said:Don't know if it's been mentioned, but selling Kanu is pure profit for PSR rules.
If we are spending more than last year I would be selling Kanu, if we can get close to a mill.
The standard in League 2 is miles away from Champ, we need at least 4/5 upgrades on last seasons starting eleven...
If the plan is to get mbick fit and sold, then yeah we may well keep Kanu for longer term.
Its just being realistic.0 -
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FAVADDICK said:
European players with really cool names are gonna be fucking excellent.
I should know. When I signed Patric Antonen in Champ Manager, he was European player of the year in our march to champions league glory in 2003/04.1 -
Why would he come here if he can get a gig in the top flight of Spain?0
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Championship wages are probably comparable if not better than the bottom end of La LigaCallumcafc said:Why would he come here if he can get a gig in the top flight of Spain?4 -
Who was the “authority”? Greenwich Council?cafc_se7 said:
I have it on good authority that we have already signed Jordan Clark. Sorry to say.AberystwythAddick said:We should not be looking at Luton players or reallly any player in league 1.We need to think bigger
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Probably RonnieVanbrughHill said:
Who was the “authority”? Greenwich Council?cafc_se7 said:
I have it on good authority that we have already signed Jordan Clark. Sorry to say.AberystwythAddick said:We should not be looking at Luton players or reallly any player in league 1.We need to think bigger2 -
Wasn’t there a Hungarian chappie we were interested in at the time of the Dobson fiasco?0
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AndyG said:I hate the summer transfer window ! The lack of transfer gossip always brings the lunatics out lol
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Still fuming we didn't sign Fukada despite having literally no clue if he's any good or not8
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Bods64 said:Wasn’t there a Hungarian chappie we were interested in at the time of the Dobson fiasco?
That probably originated from the sussy poster on here at the time.
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