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Summer Window 2026 - Rumours and Discussion
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I think ‘starter’ in this case basically means a player we’d be happy starting. We’ve signed Mesik and Koumetio so far and if everyone was fit I’m not sure either of them would start, but I’m guessing they’d be included in the 7 ‘starter’ signings we are aiming forelbiglad said:I know Cawley said something about five to seven starters, but I’ve also seen Jones say it’s about quality not quantity. Five to seven starters on our budget seems unlikely unless we are incredibly shrewd and lucky. Changing over half the team is also a revolution and not evolution which does not seem to be in line with the ethos Jones et al have set out over and over again in the last year. Introducing this many players into a starting XI is not something I would be in favour of. Perhaps it is the modern wording of ‘starter’ which seems to include subs (or game changers and finishers).
I think expecting that in one summer we can sign five to seven starters and move players like our club captain (and top three performer in the second half of the year) to a reserve role is a bit fantastical. I could be wrong. I’m not that interested in signing Gilbert, but we will have to accept that not all signings are going to be top level players. It is about a steady, incremental improvement.
Would hope at least 1 of the midfielder signings and RWB signings is one that is definitely a starter that raises the level of our starting eleven. That’s probably why they haven’t happened yet as we are shopping for a higher quality level of player than we were when adding depth to the left side of our defence3 -
Yes, that is my understanding of it too. It seems to me that some are interpreting that to mean X number of players who will start most weeks, be top-end Championship quality and raise our ceiling dramatically. I just don't see how that happens.
If we make seven signings, I would expect four or five of those to be in the Mesik and Koumetio mould and hope for two or three players who you'd like to see start every week, ideally one being a centre midfielder. That is probably going to disappoint some people.
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I also think that people often forget about developing players when looking at whether we are improving and upgrading. To get better you can recruit better players, but you can also improve your own. The latter is often forgotten about in modern football as fans demand more and more signings and clubs usually provide them because they are usually almost as short term in their thinking as the fans
In my view, we are probably more likely to get a championship quality attacker with what we have in the building already, than what we’d be able to go out and buy on our budget.Kelman, Leaburn, Campbell and Mbick all have the potential, and a big part of Jones job is coaching and developing our players so they get better. So even if we don’t go out and buy a striker, I think our attack next season will be better because I think Kelman, Leaburn and Campbell will all be much better players next season now that they’ve had a proper championship season under their belts. I also think all 3 will be physically in much better shape - Kelman has this time had a full pre-season, Leaburn has just had a mostly injury free season for the first time in a while so is hopefully a bit more trusting in his body, and Campbell has finally had a well earned rest after looking pretty exhausted in the second half of last season. I expect all 3 will be much better this season than they were last, so our attack will improve anyway, and any signings will add to that improvement14 -
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What are you on about now? Why do none of your posts ever make sense?Cafc451 said:Devine at preston £6m on sky sports.15 -
Alfie Devine looks to be heading to Preston in a £6mill deal.1
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Shouldn’t this be in the non Charlton transfers thread? By posting here it makes it look as we are involved.
https://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/101714/summer-2026-non-charlton-championship-transfers#latest
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Calm down. Take a chill pill. There are more important things in life. Peace and love.LargeAddick said:
What are you on about now? Why do none of your posts ever make sense?Cafc451 said:Devine at preston £6m on sky sports.4 -
MarcusH26 said:
I'm convinced from NJs comments post Dartford that there will be a couple of decent fees spent. Probably more than we paid for Kelman.Redhenry said:I still think we may surprise some with a couple of decent fees for players. Finger crossed, WIOTOS
Frankly i would spend 90% of any funds on two top class (by our standards) CMs. Defensively we are set outside of RB which i would be happy to cover with the likes of Osei-Tutu, Clarke on a free, etc.
Then prem loans to come into play. if we were switching to 4231 I would love to have Rak Sakyi because in that formation he would be perfect.4 -
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Absolutely 100% agree. Spend the bulk of the budget on 2 quality CMs , get an RWB on a free and see what's out there in terms of prem loans for wingers.DamoNorthStand said:MarcusH26 said:
I'm convinced from NJs comments post Dartford that there will be a couple of decent fees spent. Probably more than we paid for Kelman.Redhenry said:I still think we may surprise some with a couple of decent fees for players. Finger crossed, WIOTOS
Frankly i would spend 90% of any funds on two top class (by our standards) CMs. Defensively we are set outside of RB which i would be happy to cover with the likes of Osei-Tutu, Clarke on a free, etc.
Then prem loans to come into play. if we were switching to 4231 I would love to have Rak Sakyi because in that formation he would be perfect.2 -
We was interested in devine.10
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Says who?Cafc451 said:We was interested in devine.0 -
we wasntCafc451 said:We was interested in devine.1 -
I think that’s really downplaying the importance of the RWB signing. We have the same midfield that we had last season, at RWB we are currently weaker than we were last seasonDamoNorthStand said:MarcusH26 said:
I'm convinced from NJs comments post Dartford that there will be a couple of decent fees spent. Probably more than we paid for Kelman.Redhenry said:I still think we may surprise some with a couple of decent fees for players. Finger crossed, WIOTOS
Frankly i would spend 90% of any funds on two top class (by our standards) CMs. Defensively we are set outside of RB which i would be happy to cover with the likes of Osei-Tutu, Clarke on a free, etc.
Then prem loans to come into play. if we were switching to 4231 I would love to have Rak Sakyi because in that formation he would be perfect.
The RWB position is incredibly important position to our shape and how we play also. I think the signing there is just as important as the midfield upgrades, maybe even more so. For me it’s on par with the midfield signings as being the most important ones we make this summer2 -
I feel like some people never consider managers when they think of signings. Rak-Sayki is the last player we should be going for when you take into account Nathan jones is the manager.DamoNorthStand said:MarcusH26 said:
I'm convinced from NJs comments post Dartford that there will be a couple of decent fees spent. Probably more than we paid for Kelman.Redhenry said:I still think we may surprise some with a couple of decent fees for players. Finger crossed, WIOTOS
Frankly i would spend 90% of any funds on two top class (by our standards) CMs. Defensively we are set outside of RB which i would be happy to cover with the likes of Osei-Tutu, Clarke on a free, etc.
Then prem loans to come into play. if we were switching to 4231 I would love to have Rak Sakyi because in that formation he would be perfect.5 -
A Devine interventionEugenesAxe said:
we wasntCafc451 said:We was interested in devine.9 -
If we play 433 or 4231 next season, then Rak-Sakyi isn't an outlandish suggestion. As a right sided attacker, while he would be expected to track back, he wouldn't be there to tackle, especially if we have as solid RB behind him (e.g. Ramsay).Crispywood said:
I feel like some people never consider managers when they think of signings. Rak-Sayki is the last player we should be going for when you take into account Nathan jones is the manager.DamoNorthStand said:MarcusH26 said:
I'm convinced from NJs comments post Dartford that there will be a couple of decent fees spent. Probably more than we paid for Kelman.Redhenry said:I still think we may surprise some with a couple of decent fees for players. Finger crossed, WIOTOS
Frankly i would spend 90% of any funds on two top class (by our standards) CMs. Defensively we are set outside of RB which i would be happy to cover with the likes of Osei-Tutu, Clarke on a free, etc.
Then prem loans to come into play. if we were switching to 4231 I would love to have Rak Sakyi because in that formation he would be perfect.
We can't have a team with nothing but workhorses.3 -
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There's different profiles of wingers though. There's a reason Tuchel prefers Gordon over Rashford and the main one is that Gordon is far more diligent with his tracking efforts and is more focused on the team than himself as an individual. Both are still very attacking, skilful players but some wingers are more suited to certain styles. Not to say Rak-Sakyi wouldn't be willing to put in the effort if asked but we don't know if he'd suit Joneskillerandflash said:
If we play 433 or 4231 next season, then Rak-Sakyi isn't an outlandish suggestion. As a right sided attacker, while he would be expected to track back, he wouldn't be there to tackle, especially if we have as solid RB behind him (e.g. Ramsay).Crispywood said:
I feel like some people never consider managers when they think of signings. Rak-Sayki is the last player we should be going for when you take into account Nathan jones is the manager.DamoNorthStand said:MarcusH26 said:
I'm convinced from NJs comments post Dartford that there will be a couple of decent fees spent. Probably more than we paid for Kelman.Redhenry said:I still think we may surprise some with a couple of decent fees for players. Finger crossed, WIOTOS
Frankly i would spend 90% of any funds on two top class (by our standards) CMs. Defensively we are set outside of RB which i would be happy to cover with the likes of Osei-Tutu, Clarke on a free, etc.
Then prem loans to come into play. if we were switching to 4231 I would love to have Rak Sakyi because in that formation he would be perfect.
We can't have a team with nothing but workhorses.1 -
I think all of our midfielders are good enough for a relegation struggle, as they showed last season, but even that depended on Coady being brought in.
I don,'t think any of our current midfield, individually or collectively, are good enough to be regulars in a successful Champ side. That for me is the dilemma facing NJ. Where are the quality players coming from?5 -
We will be aiming for workhorses that are a little bit better at football than our current workhorses. There are non-negotiables that Jones demands that won’t change even if we want to play better football when we have the ballkillerandflash said:
If we play 433 or 4231 next season, then Rak-Sakyi isn't an outlandish suggestion. As a right sided attacker, while he would be expected to track back, he wouldn't be there to tackle, especially if we have as solid RB behind him (e.g. Ramsay).Crispywood said:
I feel like some people never consider managers when they think of signings. Rak-Sayki is the last player we should be going for when you take into account Nathan jones is the manager.DamoNorthStand said:MarcusH26 said:
I'm convinced from NJs comments post Dartford that there will be a couple of decent fees spent. Probably more than we paid for Kelman.Redhenry said:I still think we may surprise some with a couple of decent fees for players. Finger crossed, WIOTOS
Frankly i would spend 90% of any funds on two top class (by our standards) CMs. Defensively we are set outside of RB which i would be happy to cover with the likes of Osei-Tutu, Clarke on a free, etc.
Then prem loans to come into play. if we were switching to 4231 I would love to have Rak Sakyi because in that formation he would be perfect.
We can't have a team with nothing but workhorses.We also won’t be changing formation to a back 4 as our primary setup so it’s pretty irrelevant discussing Rak-Sakyi anyway2 -
Think it's obvious, Devine going to PNE for six mil.LargeAddick said:
What are you on about now? Why do none of your posts ever make sense?Cafc451 said:Devine at preston £6m on sky sports.0 -
Would ya...😉lordromford said:1 -
CAFC 451 has just signed from ITTV.
Posts as CAFC Forever over there.0 -
Cafc steve thats not correct get a life.10
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Cafc451 said:Cafc steve thats not correct get a Charlton life.
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Who are you then cafc steve on ITTV?.1
