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Post by westfieldgas on Jul 3, 2024 12:51:20 GMT
Charlton spending £1m on a new striker - blimey. L1 gets tougher and tougher every season.
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Post by pirate on Jul 3, 2024 13:06:43 GMT
Charlton spending £1m on a new striker - blimey. L1 gets tougher and tougher every season. I can remember that being spent on a striker at this level nearly 30 years ago. |
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Post by lastminutewinner on Jul 3, 2024 13:09:44 GMT
Charlton spending £1m on a new striker - blimey. L1 gets tougher and tougher every season. Yep, I guess the best we can hope for is midtable. You wonder if its better to be challenging each season in L2 |
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Post by pirate on Jul 3, 2024 13:30:05 GMT
Reading have rejected Millwall’s approach for forward Femi Azeez as the Royals hope to keep hold of the 23-year-old this summer, according to reports from the Reading Chronicle. The paper received confirmation that Millwall’s bid was formally rejected. Azeez has a year left on his contract.
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Post by eric on Jul 3, 2024 13:48:25 GMT
Charlton spending £1m on a new striker - blimey. L1 gets tougher and tougher every season. I can remember that being spent on a striker at this level nearly 30 years ago. I remember City spending about £1m on both Akinbiyi and Thorpe as well as a Danish striker (Anderson?) for about £1/2m in the same window and that would have been mid 90’s? Our record is still little more than £300k over 30 years ago. Embarrassing. |
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Post by percy on Jul 3, 2024 13:58:37 GMT
I dont find it embarrassing.
Would rather return to being a club that regular finds and sells on striking talent for millions then one that sp**nks millions on strikers and still stays in the same division!
Now we just need to get good at unearthing gems again
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Post by gasify on Jul 3, 2024 14:14:45 GMT
I dont find it embarrassing. Would rather return to being a club that regular finds and sells on striking talent for millions then one that sp**nks millions on strikers and still stays in the same division! Now we just need to get good at unearthing gems again I agree. You just have to look at the additional interest in TV games we saw Lambert in the top flight and wearing an England shirt. Quansah or Anderson are now adding a little more interest in the top flight for some. |
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Post by eric on Jul 3, 2024 14:14:51 GMT
I dont find it embarrassing. Would rather return to being a club that regular finds and sells on striking talent for millions then one that sp**nks millions on strikers and still stays in the same division! Now we just need to get good at unearthing gems again We unearthed a non-league gem in Barry Hayles and had to pay about £1/4m to sign him 25+ years ago. What would a modern day Barry Hayles cost us? Probably more than we’d be prepared to pay judging by our reluctance to not break what we were willing to pay for a centre back 30+ years ago. I doubt anyone wants us to frivolously spunk millions on strikers on a regular basis but to have not taken a gamble on even reaching £500k once over the course of 30+ years is imo embarrassing. Is there another club in the top 4 or 5 divisions with a longer standing transfer record than us? I don’t think it’s anything to be proud of. Just because a big fee gets paid for a player doesn’t mean you can’t still make a profit on that player. |
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Post by TAGas on Jul 3, 2024 14:19:26 GMT
Charlton spending £1m on a new striker - blimey. L1 gets tougher and tougher every season. I can remember that being spent on a striker at this level nearly 30 years ago. I mean, Sunderland paid £3million for Will Grigg (League One) in 2019 and look how that turned out 🤣 |
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Post by kentgas on Jul 3, 2024 15:23:35 GMT
Charlton spending £1m on a new striker - blimey. L1 gets tougher and tougher every season. And also signed Matty Godden from Cov |
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Post by Gaswood on Jul 3, 2024 15:39:02 GMT
Charlton spending £1m on a new striker - blimey. L1 gets tougher and tougher every season. They’ve just received c£750k from Brum for Alfie May (who only cost them c£250k a year earlier) meaning they had 3/4 of that ready to spend, so not all that surprising if they’re looking to go up this year. |
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Post by gastric on Jul 3, 2024 15:48:00 GMT
Gastric did mention earlier about some rumours surrounding a stoke player so that would work in well together I don't know the how's and the whys but 600k and its on It's happening |
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Post by daniel300380 on Jul 3, 2024 15:53:34 GMT
I don't know the how's and the whys but 600k and its on It's happening Ennis? Transfer record, if true. I'm not sure if he's worth that amount. He's had injury problems in the past and spent some of last season injured. So I didn't think he would for the criteria of players playing the majority of games for a number of years. If he regains his fitness he will be good at this level, but it would be a risk for that amount. |
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Post by BS9gas on Jul 3, 2024 15:55:51 GMT
Charlton spending £1m on a new striker - blimey. L1 gets tougher and tougher every season. all the money that is coming in to football is probably taking its toll on the lower leagues |
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Post by DrFaustus on Jul 3, 2024 16:02:36 GMT
Ennis? Transfer record, if true. I'm not sure if he's worth that amount. He's had injury problems in the past and spent some of last season injured. So I didn't think he would for the criteria of players playing the majority of games for a number of years. If he regains his fitness he will be good at this level, but it would be a risk for that amount. His scoring record isn't exactly much to write home about either. |
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Post by kentgas on Jul 3, 2024 16:33:23 GMT
But better than JCH when we signed him
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Post by alanrg on Jul 3, 2024 18:27:15 GMT
Pete orourke reporting tonight that Michael Forbes centre back is joining us on loan from West Ham
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Post by bidefordgas on Jul 3, 2024 19:32:33 GMT
Ennis? Transfer record, if true. I'm not sure if he's worth that amount. He's had injury problems in the past and spent some of last season injured. So I didn't think he would for the criteria of players playing the majority of games for a number of years. If he regains his fitness he will be good at this level, but it would be a risk for that amount. Ennis only joined Stoke at the end of January and signed a 2.5 year contract for his former manager at Plymouth. Why on earth would they want to get rid so soon and how on earth could we afford the fee and his championship wages? |
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Post by westfieldgas on Jul 3, 2024 19:35:50 GMT
Ennis? Transfer record, if true. I'm not sure if he's worth that amount. He's had injury problems in the past and spent some of last season injured. So I didn't think he would for the criteria of players playing the majority of games for a number of years. If he regains his fitness he will be good at this level, but it would be a risk for that amount. Ennis only joined Stoke at the end of January and signed a 2.5 year contract for his former manager at Plymouth. Why on earth would they want to get rid so soon and how on earth could we afford the fee and his championship wages? Completely agree - no way Ennis signs for Rovers. |
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Post by nortongas1 on Jul 3, 2024 19:38:05 GMT
Ennis only joined Stoke at the end of January and signed a 2.5 year contract for his former manager at Plymouth. Why on earth would they want to get rid so soon and how on earth could we afford the fee and his championship wages? Completely agree - no way Ennis signs for Rovers. When's Kite Joining? It's been 2 months since you said it was done |
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