Peterborough have signed Edun on a 'permanent' deal, but only given him a contract until the end of June? A sorry state of affairs for a player with 34 England youth caps. A backwater journeyman at 26.
Guaranteed that the new carthorses will be brought in on the last day. It will then be trotted out with other targets they "could not get over the line".
You can also be fairly sure none of them will have kicked a ball in anger for months. "match fitness" will be an unknown concept to them. By the end of February a couple might have made it onto the bench. When was the last time we bought a player, started him 48 hours later and he changed the course of a match? Granted that's a fairly rare happening at many Clubs. But here it never happens.
It’s exactly one year now since the SMT spoke in public about their risible 8-8-8 strategy. I know that, because I’ve still got the text from another Charlton fan congratulating me for skewering James Rodwell on Charlton TV that same night. Remember the reaction of Seriously Red & Mundell to 8-8-8, how Mundell purred & stroked his chin and assured the Intellectual Lower Classes that this was all so very reassuring, and sensible. We don’t hear much about 8-8-8 these days ?? How many Academy players have improved in the past 12 months ? They were already gifted Leaburn on a plate. How many of the promised 8 elite players have they signed ? To the contrary, they’ve allowed our best three players to leave, and struggled even to replace them. Im starting to think that 8-8-8 in reality meant £0-£0-£0, as in how much these charlatans would actually be investing in a team capable of promotion.
A sop to the Asian investors, who are culturally captivated by the number 8. Nothing more, nothing less.
That 8-8-8 comment must have been some PR rubbish from Methven, never heard so much b******* in all my life........apart from what the apologists put up.
Alan Nixon (lol) reporting that Lloyd Jones is set to renew his contract: footballleagueworld.co.uk/charlton-athletic-defender-set-to-snub-wycombe-wanderers-and-oxford-united-to-sign-new-addicks-contract/ This is Alan Nixon. He didn’t play yesterday like he wanted to stay. In fact Mitchell and Gillesphey were just as bad.
Alan Nixon is used by player’s agents to plant stories. It happens every transfer window. That said, Lloyd Jones had a rare bad game yesterday & he’s the best of a poor bunch.
This is our quietest January transfer window in eleven years according to CAFC Facts on Twitter. Methven plummeting to levels not even reached by Southall (Peanut Head) and HRH Primark Sheik Nimer.
Terry Taylor has joined Northampton Town on loan for the remainder of the 2024/25 season Good luck, @terrytay10r New midfielder coming in.
