Not persuading Kermorgant to stay is a big mistake. There must have been quite a big difference between the two contract offers to induce him to leave, because there is no guarantee he will be as successful at Bournemouth. I don't think he ever find a better fit than at Charlton, and with all these French-speaking players coming in he should have felt even more at home. It is a strange move. I can see a club taking a chance on a 32 year old if they are in a relegation or promotion fight but you would think Bournemouth have the leisure to build for the further future. I just think that for various reasons Kermit is worth more to us than any other club, whereas the opposite was true with Stephens which is why I was always sure he would go. Until very recently I never seriously thought we would go down. But with first the news about Solly and now Kermit leaving I think we may be doomed. But giving Wiggins a 4-year contract suggests RD believes we have a future at least at Championship level. The signals are very mixed and confusing. The business with Alnwick is just weird, on top of the odd business with Button. They could both be playing in the Championship regularly while we are in Div One.
Exactly my point Eddie. It is a huge and in my opinion reckless gamble to expect this Polish lad and the un-spellable Iranian to replace a proven performer like Kermorgant. Introducing young, inexperienced players into first team squads is a really difficult thing to get right. The degree of difficulty is magnified ten fold when you're attempting to bring a player through at a club that's: A) In a real dog fight at the wrong end of the table. B) In a foreign country where the style of football is potentially alien to the player due to them having never kicked a football there before. Our very own Mr Pigott is all the evidence you need of when a youngsters introduction isn't timed quite right. Big game against our fierce local rivals, awful performance (occasion got the better of the young lad in my opinion) = Confidence absolutely shot to s**t. Hence his loan move to Gillingham in order to rebuild one of the most important qualities for a footballer to possess... C O N F I D E N C E. Sometimes for a young player it's harder to come back from a big dent to your confidence than it is a physical injury. Both our new front man need to be afforded time to adapt to the Championship. Will they get that opportunity...? Like f**k they will.
Simeon Jackson is moving for sure, on Twitter just wished Eintracht Braunschweig all the best for the season... no idea if it's us or Millwall he's going too
No longer a top priority for us. We need a right-back and one (ideally, two) midfielders before another striker, and RD is evidently careful with his money.
Spot on Eddie! All the forwards in the world won't score goals if there are'nt players behind them feeding them quality ball. I don't care where they come from or what languages they speak, but we are still light in the middle and RB, and we need players aged 23+
Now that the window is closed, this is the list of Charlton's transfer dealings this January. Arrivals Permanent Loic Nego - until 2017 Reza Goochie - until 2016 Peter Pan - until 2018 Loan The Asteroid - until June 2014 Yohan Thuram-Ulien - until June 2014 Anil Koc - until June 2014 New Deals Rhoys Wiggins - until 2018 Kadell Daniel - until 2015 Departures Permanent Michael Smith - Swindon Town Ben Alwnick - Leyton Orient Dale Stephens - Brighton & Hove Albion Yann Kermorgant - Bournemouth Loan Joe Pigott - Gillingham (28 day loan) Nick Pope - York City (until the end of the season) Tobi Sho-Silva - Welling United (28 day loan)
You have seriously weakened our playing strength with your confounded "ins" and "outs". I hope you are thoroughly ashamed of yourself! Time to send you on a suicide mission to take a German machine-gun emplacement. You would still have more chance than our lads tomorrow.
WE've got enough brigades already, what with the Powell Out Brigade, The Bovril and Cardigan Brigade, the Sir Chris Powell forever Brigade and now the Alf Garnett Brigade. Maybe at Wigan we'll see the charge of the Light Brigade.
Simeon Jackson ‏@JacksonSimeon 3h Wet London love this place... He can't be going to Charlton though - he can't swim
Spot on Franco, especially after watching that video it hits home how players also want to stay but it isn't their choice. The last thirty seconds summed it all up. Wish Yann all the best.
Captain B, you missed a signing! From the BBC report on the game: "Leon Barnett headed over when well placed for the Addicks"
