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Edwards injury

Discussion in 'Charlton' started by Royston Reincarnated, Oct 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM.

  1. Royston Reincarnated

    Royston Reincarnated Well-Known Member

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    He’s had an operation on his ankle and will be out for a period of time.

    That’s a blow, he’s been very solid.

    Our injuries are never straight forward ones.
     
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  2. Dick Plumb1

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    He has been an excellent signing for us. We haven’t really got a like for like replacement.
     
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  3. lardiman

    lardiman We can rebuild him
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    We've taken 1 point from 2 games played without him.
    If that trend continues over the next six games or so, it will only confirm that our squad is too shallow.
    We cannot afford to just let our Championship status slip away.
     
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  4. PuttersCAFC

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    He came off early vs Blackburn, Gillesphey scoring the first goal having replaced Edwards, so you could argue it's 4 points from 3 games.
     
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  5. ElfsborgAddick

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    Win 1 drawn 1 lost 1, THE formula for Ridiculous.
     
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  6. lardiman

    lardiman We can rebuild him
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    Fair point.
    One point from two games where the team had to be selected without Edwards present from the start.

    Hopefully it is not a stat significant of anything (sample too small at present).
    We will know by the end of November.
     
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  7. Royston Reincarnated

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    Amari Bell has returned from Jamaica with a fitness problem - NJ

    International breaks eh <yikes>
     
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    Or put another way - let’s see where we are at the end of November SeriouslyLardy <doh>
     
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  9. Royston Reincarnated

    Royston Reincarnated Well-Known Member

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    or “most of us prefer to wait another 10 games before forming an opinion, but that won’t stop me posting every day anyway”
     
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    Bell didn’t play in Jamaica , NJ is rightly pissed off that he’s returned home “stiff” …smacks of amateurism by the Reggae Boys.

    @lardiman (good morning BTW) , shall we start an “Injuries Thread” given the time of year and what we know is to come <smooch>
     
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    If Bell is injured we don't have a replacement. We'll have to mix and match.
     
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    Reading up on it, it seems playing 10 games in a row had caught up with Bell after his previous injuries, and he arrived in Jamaica stiff (the long flight probably didn’t help).
     
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    I am always stiff when I travel.
     
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    Be careful, Elfs will be getting out his cot soon
     
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    I assume the back 4 tomorrow will be a permutation of

    Bree, Gillesphey, Jones & Ramsay.
     
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  16. PuttersCAFC

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    Or Burke CB with Gillesphey at LB?
     
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  17. ElfsborgAddick

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    Just embrace the journey ffs:emoticon-0136-giggl
     
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