Summer Window 2026 - Rumours and Discussion

worth it just for "Joe, Joe, Super Jo, Super Jo Aribo....." IMHO.

lordromford said:

Starinnaddick said:

Leaburn Forever said:

wmcf123 said:

AddicksAddict said:

Henry Irving said:

I believe great teams have great keepers.*

If we can find and afford a much better keeper we should do it.



* Brazil 1970 are the exception to this rule.

We don’t know how good he could have been, he never had anything to do. 

Good Charlton teams have good goalkeepers too.  The 98 promotion side being the exception to the modern era rule .  Kaminski and Mannion do have that feel of Petterson/Salmon to me .  

Andy Petterson was hilarious. I asked him to talk me through his sending off at Villa Park.  He looked me straight in the eye, smiled, and said I got the ball!

I can't forget when in the play off at the Valley against Swindon, Fiertoft hit the woodwork and the ball rebounded from Pettersons back into the goal. 

This reminds me that Richard Wright has an unfortunate claim to fame in that he scored an own goal on his Wembley debut (playing for Ipswich) and another on his England debut. Both goals being very similar to the one you describe from Petterson (although I think they rebounded off the back of his head rather than his back).

He also scored a different, but equally hilarious own goal for us when playing for Arsenal. Great day that. 😎

Richard had an unfortunate game against us at Highbury, another own goal. What a day that was. One of the greatest away games I have ever been to.  We should have been at least 5 or 6 down at half time.

Leaburn Forever said:

lordromford said:

Starinnaddick said:

Leaburn Forever said:

wmcf123 said:

AddicksAddict said:

Henry Irving said:

I believe great teams have great keepers.*

If we can find and afford a much better keeper we should do it.



* Brazil 1970 are the exception to this rule.

We don’t know how good he could have been, he never had anything to do. 

Good Charlton teams have good goalkeepers too.  The 98 promotion side being the exception to the modern era rule .  Kaminski and Mannion do have that feel of Petterson/Salmon to me .  

Andy Petterson was hilarious. I asked him to talk me through his sending off at Villa Park.  He looked me straight in the eye, smiled, and said I got the ball!

I can't forget when in the play off at the Valley against Swindon, Fiertoft hit the woodwork and the ball rebounded from Pettersons back into the goal. 

This reminds me that Richard Wright has an unfortunate claim to fame in that he scored an own goal on his Wembley debut (playing for Ipswich) and another on his England debut. Both goals being very similar to the one you describe from Petterson (although I think they rebounded off the back of his head rather than his back).

He also scored a different, but equally hilarious own goal for us when playing for Arsenal. Great day that. 😎

Richard had an unfortunate game against us at Highbury, another own goal. What a day that was. One of the greatest away games I have ever been to.  We should have been at least 5 or 6 down at half time.

I met up with an Arsenal supporting friend that evening. He was furious. Went on a rant about how they had 70% possession, 35 shots to our 3, dominated territorially etc etc.
I just responded that we got 67% of the goals.
😎
He was absolutely apoplectic and the other 3 of us (Charlton, West Ham and Man U) ripped the piss out of him all night. 😂

I heard Elon Musk is going to be a key investor in Charlton from here in and has just been waiting for some cash flow liquidity to open up.

Now Space X has floated I expect us to have a very busy summer in the transfer market. Very busy.

Aribo needs either a kick up his (seemingly ever growing) arse or a loving arm around his shoulder and assurances that he's still a phenomenal footballer on his day. 

He'll end up in Turkey, Scotland or barely featuring for a championship club higher up than we currently are, IMO, I can see him at Sheffield United or Burnley, for instance 

DamoNorthStand said:

RodneyCharltonTrotta said:

I heard Elon Musk is going to be a key investor in Charlton from here in and has just been waiting for some cash flow liquidity to open up.

Now Space X has floated I expect us to have a very busy summer in the transfer market. Very busy.

Should strengthen us on the right wing 

Help us find space n'all

Money probably dominates every conversation regarding transfers.
As I have said before, I think we have to sort out the position of Ahadme, Apter, Tanto and possibly a couple of others who are unlikely to play for us next season in order to know what we might have to spend for next season.
Now Nathan Jones has talked about being ruthless, but that is an ambiguous term, it might even be about upsetting the fans as much as the players.
Nathan Jones also talks of 'evolution' which to my mind is what he has been doing pretty much since his appointment. Now quite reasonably the fans want a 'better' style of football to begin to emerge, but could that be at the expense of not evolution but necessary consolidation?
I don't believe we have yet got a platform to believe we have made it in this division, but we could get there if we avoid playing silly buggers. To the disappointment of many I think we ought to (for next season at least) double down on our style, reputation and approach. At least that way we have an identity for good or (hopefully not) ill.
It is unrealistic to think we ought to go from a dark Samuel Beckett play to an all singing and dancing Lloyd Webber musical just like that.

MarcusH26 said:

Sword65pf said:

MarcusH26 said:

Wages would be my main concern with Aribo , also didn't do a lot in that very poor Leicester side. 

Could see him going back to Rangers 

What are his wages?, how much can we afford? 

I’d ask this question when anyone mentions someone is too much for us, because nobody actually knows.🤷🏻‍♂️

Was on £65k a week at Southampton. I can't see him taking a 70% paycut to fit into our structure if Kaminski is the highest earner ATM at £20k. 

Kaminski and Coady were out highest earners on 14k 

Crispy said:

Aribo released by Southampton. I'd be happy to have him back, still only 29

At last a sensible proposition 

North Lower Neil said:

Sword65pf said:

MarcusH26 said:

Wages would be my main concern with Aribo , also didn't do a lot in that very poor Leicester side. 

Could see him going back to Rangers 

What are his wages?, how much can we afford? 

I’d ask this question when anyone mentions someone is too much for us, because nobody actually knows.🤷🏻‍♂️

Well his wages will be £0 per week in a month as it stands.

Offer him £50 a week, he'll snap yer hand orf...😉

TelMc32 said:

DamoNorthStand said:

RodneyCharltonTrotta said:

I heard Elon Musk is going to be a key investor in Charlton from here in and has just been waiting for some cash flow liquidity to open up.

Now Space X has floated I expect us to have a very busy summer in the transfer market. Very busy.

Should strengthen us on the right wing 

Not sure our pitch is wide enough for Elon!! 😏

Yeah. Can't see this one getting off the ground. 

2121 said:

Bree has signed up at saints

Thanks Colin

2121 said:

Bree has signed up at saints

Tbf it was news to me