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Post by kings hill addick on Jun 14, 2024 9:36:23 GMT
Somebody close to the Huddersfield camp reckons we rejected an 800k bid and they are preparing another to try ans seal the deal. I believe Alfie has a year left on his contract. He's 32. Turning down in excess of 1m for him would be nuts to most Charlton fans but not others. He has a year left and we have the option of a further year. That means that he can’t leave, unless we agree, for two years. That should add to the potential transfer fee, maybe? |
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Post by reamsofverse on Jun 14, 2024 9:51:29 GMT
Somebody close to the Huddersfield camp reckons we rejected an 800k bid and they are preparing another to try ans seal the deal. I believe Alfie has a year left on his contract. He's 32. Turning down in excess of 1m for him would be nuts to most Charlton fans but not others. He has a year left and we have the option of a further year. That means that he can’t leave, unless we agree, for two years. That should add to the potential transfer fee, maybe? That's a very good point mate. |
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Post by delles on Jun 14, 2024 9:56:13 GMT
I think 1million plus is good business. For me it’s about who you bring in as a replacement
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Post by watameires on Jun 14, 2024 9:58:14 GMT
Agree £1-£1.2m with suitable investment in the squad sounds good to me
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Post by bexleyboy on Jun 14, 2024 10:14:47 GMT
Alfie May not been told of any bids for him .. he does not want to leave and up root his family again when there settled in the area .. as far as he concerned he will kicking off the season at Charlton
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Post by reamsofverse on Jun 14, 2024 10:22:07 GMT
Alfie May not been told of any bids for him .. he does not want to leave and up root his family again when there settled in the area .. as far as he concerned he will kicking off the season at Charlton Really! He rents a house in Snodland....what part of that don't you understand. He still has a house near Doncaster that he obviously once lived in. Moving around the country is part and parcel of football. We moved four times. Southend to Wrexham, Wrexham to Chicago, Chicago back to Wrexham, Wrexham to Swansea. It's what footballers have to do to earn a living. How many people will it take to convince you that he's likely to be moving on. Unbelievable that you seem to know more than the pople who live in the same street as him. |
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Post by manikin on Jun 14, 2024 10:22:38 GMT
Alfie May not been told of any bids for him .. he does not want to leave and up root his family again when there settled in the area .. as far as he concerned he will kicking off the season at Charlton Soounds good, but what's the source? |
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Post by brad on Jun 14, 2024 10:36:56 GMT
Alfie May not been told of any bids for him .. he does not want to leave and up root his family again when there settled in the area .. as far as he concerned he will kicking off the season at Charlton His still got his house in Doncaster waiting for him and family. |
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Post by midlandsaddick on Jun 14, 2024 11:21:46 GMT
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Post by reamsofverse on Jun 14, 2024 11:27:11 GMT
As we confirmed on here earlier. 800k turned down, we want 1.5m but I'm sure that is an inflated figure designed to get as much as we can out of a buyer. I believe the new bid is just shy of 1m. |
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Post by addicktedrichard on Jun 14, 2024 11:48:20 GMT
As we confirmed on here earlier. 800k turned down, we want 1.5m but I'm sure that is an inflated figure designed to get as much as we can out of a buyer. I believe the new bid is just shy of 1m. |
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Post by addicktedrichard on Jun 14, 2024 11:50:13 GMT
As we confirmed on here earlier. 800k turned down, we want 1.5m but I'm sure that is an inflated figure designed to get as much as we can out of a buyer. I believe the new bid is just shy of 1m. Reams you mentioned Matt Pearson's previous links to Jones in the other thread. Could he be thrown in as a possible swap? |
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Post by brad on Jun 14, 2024 11:54:42 GMT
Alfie May not been told of any bids for him .. he does not want to leave and up root his family again when there settled in the area .. as far as he concerned he will kicking off the season at Charlton Well he knew last Thursday the bid was coming in. |
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Post by aucklandaddick on Jun 14, 2024 11:56:40 GMT
Alfie May not been told of any bids for him .. he does not want to leave and up root his family again when there settled in the area .. as far as he concerned he will kicking off the season at Charlton Well he knew last Thursday the bid was coming in. Sorry Brad but who are we to believe? Alfie May……or BB?…..🤣🤣🤣🤣 |
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Post by cafcjack83 on Jun 14, 2024 11:59:22 GMT
Well he knew last Thursday the bid was coming in. Sorry Brad but who are we to believe? Alfie May……or BB?…..🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'd believe Basil Brush before anything BB says |
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Post by reamsofverse on Jun 14, 2024 12:54:20 GMT
Reams you mentioned Matt Pearson's previous links to Jones in the other thread. Could he be thrown in as a possible swap? Not a swap mate no. Only mentioned Pearson because he and Sonny Bradley were the central defensive pairing for NJ at Luton and I would hope he wants to reunite with at least one if not both given Pearson's contarct ends this summer and Bradley might not find himself first choice at Derby. |
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Post by aucklandaddick on Jun 14, 2024 13:04:44 GMT
Not a swap mate no. Only mentioned Pearson because he and Sonny Bradley were the central defensive pairing for NJ at Luton and I would hope he wants to reunite with at least one if not both given Pearson's contarct ends this summer and Bradley might not find himself first choice at Derby. Interesting that Cawley stated no problems at all with the personal terms for Mitchell yet I think I read from yourself Reams that Hutchinson had been spoken to but allegedly wanted more than we were offering…..I would think we are probably offering pretty decent financial packages for the likes of Berry, Mitchell etc…to come to us….. I personally think Hutchinson is the experienced leader/ captain at the back that we are looking for so it would be a shame to lose a player due to personal terms but understand the club would not want to break a wages structure…..especially after we brought in players previously on allegedly high wages who we might struggle to offload now…. |
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Post by reamsofverse on Jun 14, 2024 13:05:56 GMT
I think 1million plus is good business. For me it’s about who you bring in as a replacement I expect pelters here but if Alfie does leave and w bring in a couple of strikers I would also ad this guy to the ranks even if it were just for one season. www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/24386324.ex-bolton-wanderers-man-le-fondre-free-agent-hibs-exit/First thing you will all think is 'You must be joking he's 37 and finished' and I would blsme you for doing so but I can tell you now despite his age he is still as fit as a fiddle. I say this because I watch and bet on loads of Australian A-League football matches and Le Fondre was as good in it as he ever was. It's a good standard of football and before being released from Sydney FC at the end of their last season he had scored 56 goals in 97 games. His fitness really impressed me and I admire his professionalism. Sydney also have ex-Forest winger Joe Lolley in their side and he's one I would definitely go after. Back to Le Fondre though, there may have been signs that he is starting to slow down a bit having scored 5 goals in 23 games for Hibs last season but definitely worth getting him in to have a look especially when there is nothing to lose. |
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Post by reamsofverse on Jun 14, 2024 13:11:51 GMT
Not a swap mate no. Only mentioned Pearson because he and Sonny Bradley were the central defensive pairing for NJ at Luton and I would hope he wants to reunite with at least one if not both given Pearson's contarct ends this summer and Bradley might not find himself first choice at Derby. Interesting that Cawley stated no problems at all with the personal terms for Mitchell yet I think I read from yourself Reams that Hutchinson had been spoken to but allegedly wanted more than we were offering…..I would think we are probably offering pretty decent financial packages for the likes of Berry, Mitchell etc…to come to us….. I personally think Hutchinson is the experienced leader/ captain at the back that we are looking for so it would be a shame to lose a player due to personal terms but understand the club would not want to break a wages structure…..especially after we brought in players previously on allegedly high wages who we might struggle to offload now…. Hutchinson was on 9k a week at Millwall which I would imagine dwarfed Mitchell's salary at Lincoln even though they would have been subsidised by his parent club. Hutchinson would have to take a bit of a wage drop to come to us while I'm sure Mitchell's wages would have gone up a notch. |
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Post by aucklandaddick on Jun 14, 2024 13:18:17 GMT
I think 1million plus is good business. For me it’s about who you bring in as a replacement I expect pelters here but if Alfie does leave and w bring in a couple of strikers I would also ad this guy to the ranks even if it were just for one season. www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/24386324.ex-bolton-wanderers-man-le-fondre-free-agent-hibs-exit/First thing you will all think is 'You must be joking he's 37 and finished' and I would blsme you for doing so but I can tell you now despite his age he is still as fit as a fiddle. I say this because I watch and bet on loads of Australian A-League football matches and Le Fondre was as good in it as he ever was. It's a good standard of football and before being released from Sydney FC at the end of their last season he had scored 56 goals in 97 games. His fitness really impressed me and I admire his professionalism. Sydney also have ex-Forest winger Joe Lolley in their side and he's one I would definitely go after. Back to Le Fondre though, there may have been signs that he is starting to slow down a bit having scored 5 goals in 23 games for Hibs last season but definitely worth getting him in to have a look especially when there is nothing to lose. Reams I met David Ball (ex Rotherham now playing for Wellington Phoenix) in a cafe in Wellington of all places earlier in the year….i was Watching a Charlton game at 8.45 in the morning when I should have been in a client meeting…..🤣🤣… He saw me watching the game on my PC and started a conversation about all things football…Really down to earth decent guy he is…….He said Appleton had previously approached him to see if he would play for us but he is settled in NZ, He said he thought Charlton was a really good club and also said Karl Robinson had previously tried to get him to join us. Interestingly I asked him about the standard of the A league and he said it was pretty much league one standard but a couple of the teams in the league could hold their own in the Championship, I didn’t ask which teams as I don’t follow the A league that much ……I agree with you re Joe Lilley, still a quality player…. |
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Post by reamsofverse on Jun 14, 2024 13:32:32 GMT
Just a quick messge to those who keep banging on about what madness it is to sell Alfie because he's guaranteed to score 20+ goals a season.
I'm sorry there are no guarantees in football and while all of this man love for him here, there, and everywhere else is understandable, it's also misguided.
Something else that is totally inaccuarate and irrational if you ask me, is this other belief fans have that no side who is serious about promotion should be selling their top scorer because without his goals we have no chance of going up!
Really? I find that totally ridiculous.
Let me cast you back to the 2022/23 season.
The three promoted clubs were Plymouth, Ipswich and Sheffield Wednesday.
While Connor Chaplin (26) was the top scorer that season, Freddie Ladapo (remember him) scored (17) that season as did Sheffield Wednesday's Michael Smith. Neither Ladapo or Smith finished the season in the top five L1 top goalscorers list. Ryan Hardie only scored (13) for Plymouth and yet they were champions!!
Alfie scored (20) amd they kept Cheltenham up just like his goals last season kept our heads above water last season but by christ if you read the comments of the Cheltenham fans when he left them compared to some our fans just because he might leave us, it's clear what set of supporters need to get a grip because as Sheffield Wednesday and Plymouth proved two years ago, and Oxford, Mark Harris (15), and Derby, James Collins (15), demonstrated last season, you DON'T need a 20+ goals a season striker to win promotion.
I think quite a few of our fans need a bit of a reality check. I'll be sorry to see him go if that turns out to be the case but there is no guarantee Alfie will hit the same heights as the last three seasons. The potential is there based on his previous but that's all it is.
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Post by discocafc on Jun 14, 2024 13:49:18 GMT
Just a quick messge to those who keep banging on about what madness it is to sell Alfie because he's guaranteed to score 20+ goals a season.I'm sorry there are no guarantees in football and while all of this man love for him, here there and everywhere else is understandable, it's also cringeworthy. Something else total inaccuarate and irrational if you like is this other belief that I keep reading about no side who is serious about promotion should be selling their top scorer because without his goals we have no chance of going up!Really? Let me cast you back to the 2022/23 season. Ther three promoted clubs were Plymouth, Ipswich and Sheffield Wednesday. While Connor Chaplin (26) was the top scorer that season, Freddie Ladapo (remember him) scored (17) that season as did Sheffield Wednesday's Michael Smith. Neitehr Ladapo or Smith finished the season in the top five L1 goalscorers list. Ryan Hardie only scored (13) for Plymouth her were champions. Alfie scored (20) amd they kept Cheltenham up just like his goals last season kept our heads above water but by christ the if you read the comments of the Cheltenham fans when he left them compared to some our fans just because he might leave us, it's clear what set of supporters need to get a grip because as Sheffield Wednesday and Plymouth proved two years ago, and Oxford, Mark Harris (15), and Derby, James Collins (15), demonstrated last season, you DON'T need a 20+ goals a season striker to win promotion. I think quite a few of our fans need a bit of a reality check. No guarantee Alfie will hit the same heights as the last three seasons. The potential is there based on his previous but that's all it is. I don’t buy that argument at all. You have to look at our promotion history to see we had top goalscorers help us. Division 1 Playoff winners - Clive Mendonca Division 1 Champions - Andy Hunt League One Champions - Bradley Wright Phillips League One Play off Winners - Lyle Taylor I appreciate what you’re saying but getting rid of May when he’s had a great record previously is too risky. |
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Post by reamsofverse on Jun 14, 2024 13:54:28 GMT
Just a quick messge to those who keep banging on about what madness it is to sell Alfie because he's guaranteed to score 20+ goals a season.I'm sorry there are no guarantees in football and while all of this man love for him, here there and everywhere else is understandable, it's also cringeworthy. Something else total inaccuarate and irrational if you like is this other belief that I keep reading about no side who is serious about promotion should be selling their top scorer because without his goals we have no chance of going up!Really? Let me cast you back to the 2022/23 season. Ther three promoted clubs were Plymouth, Ipswich and Sheffield Wednesday. While Connor Chaplin (26) was the top scorer that season, Freddie Ladapo (remember him) scored (17) that season as did Sheffield Wednesday's Michael Smith. Neitehr Ladapo or Smith finished the season in the top five L1 goalscorers list. Ryan Hardie only scored (13) for Plymouth her were champions. Alfie scored (20) amd they kept Cheltenham up just like his goals last season kept our heads above water but by christ the if you read the comments of the Cheltenham fans when he left them compared to some our fans just because he might leave us, it's clear what set of supporters need to get a grip because as Sheffield Wednesday and Plymouth proved two years ago, and Oxford, Mark Harris (15), and Derby, James Collins (15), demonstrated last season, you DON'T need a 20+ goals a season striker to win promotion. I think quite a few of our fans need a bit of a reality check. No guarantee Alfie will hit the same heights as the last three seasons. The potential is there based on his previous but that's all it is. I don’t buy that argument at all. You have to look at our promotion history to see we had top goalscorers help us. Division 1 Playoff winners - Clive Mendonca Division 1 Champions - Andy Hunt League One Champions - Bradley Wright Phillips League One Play off Winners - Lyle Taylor I appreciate what you’re saying but getting rid of May when he’s had a great record previously is too risky. Wouldn't call it getting rid. We could have up to 1m coming our way for a striker who's shelf life will expire at some point over the next 12 months. It happens with all goalscorers and May is no different. As for the four strikers you have listed, all of them were better players outside the penalty area than Alfie is and all four ran and beat defenders, Alfie just doesn't have that to his game. He's as good a finsiher as they were but that's where the similarities end. |
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Post by clarky on Jun 14, 2024 13:56:51 GMT
I wouldn't mind so much about May leaving if he was going to a championship club but to a probable promotion rival which will strengthen them and weaken us is much harder to swallow.
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Post by reamsofverse on Jun 14, 2024 14:03:04 GMT
I expect pelters here but if Alfie does leave and w bring in a couple of strikers I would also ad this guy to the ranks even if it were just for one season. www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/24386324.ex-bolton-wanderers-man-le-fondre-free-agent-hibs-exit/First thing you will all think is 'You must be joking he's 37 and finished' and I would blsme you for doing so but I can tell you now despite his age he is still as fit as a fiddle. I say this because I watch and bet on loads of Australian A-League football matches and Le Fondre was as good in it as he ever was. It's a good standard of football and before being released from Sydney FC at the end of their last season he had scored 56 goals in 97 games. His fitness really impressed me and I admire his professionalism. Sydney also have ex-Forest winger Joe Lolley in their side and he's one I would definitely go after. Back to Le Fondre though, there may have been signs that he is starting to slow down a bit having scored 5 goals in 23 games for Hibs last season but definitely worth getting him in to have a look especially when there is nothing to lose. Reams I met David Ball (ex Rotherham now playing for Wellington Phoenix) in a cafe in Wellington of all places earlier in the year….i was Watching a Charlton game at 8.45 in the morning when I should have been in a client meeting…..🤣🤣… He saw me watching the game on my PC and started a conversation about all things football…Really down to earth decent guy he is…….He said Appleton had previously approached him to see if he would play for us but he is settled in NZ, He said he thought Charlton was a really good club and also said Karl Robinson had previously tried to get him to join us. Interestingly I asked him about the standard of the A league and he said it was pretty much league one standard but a couple of the teams in the league could hold their own in the Championship, I didn’t ask which teams as I don’t follow the A league that much ……I agree with you re Joe Lilley, still a quality player…. Great story mate. The standard is exactly how you have described it but the majority of the games are very exciting. Choosing a team to win and both teams to score is almost nailed on in most games. |
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Post by reamsofverse on Jun 14, 2024 14:04:30 GMT
I wouldn't mind so much about May leaving if he was going to a championship club but to a probable promotion rival which will strengthen them and weaken us is much harder to swallow. Only weakens us if he isn't replaced and he will be with somebody younger and knows how to score goals. |
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Post by yorkshireaddick on Jun 14, 2024 14:06:07 GMT
How many goals did May score in Jones' system? Not many. If he doesn't fit the tactic then he's not going to be a 20 goal striker for us anymore unfortunately.
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Post by reamsofverse on Jun 14, 2024 14:29:30 GMT
How many goals did May score in Jones' system? Not many. If he doesn't fit the tactic then he's not going to be a 20 goal striker for us anymore unfortunately. Post of the day. Nailed it. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2024 14:46:54 GMT
Just a quick messge to those who keep banging on about what madness it is to sell Alfie because he's guaranteed to score 20+ goals a season.I'm sorry there are no guarantees in football and while all of this man love for him, here there and everywhere else is understandable, it's also cringeworthy. Something else total inaccuarate and irrational if you like is this other belief that I keep reading about no side who is serious about promotion should be selling their top scorer because without his goals we have no chance of going up!Really? Let me cast you back to the 2022/23 season. Ther three promoted clubs were Plymouth, Ipswich and Sheffield Wednesday. While Connor Chaplin (26) was the top scorer that season, Freddie Ladapo (remember him) scored (17) that season as did Sheffield Wednesday's Michael Smith. Neitehr Ladapo or Smith finished the season in the top five L1 goalscorers list. Ryan Hardie only scored (13) for Plymouth her were champions. Alfie scored (20) amd they kept Cheltenham up just like his goals last season kept our heads above water but by christ the if you read the comments of the Cheltenham fans when he left them compared to some our fans just because he might leave us, it's clear what set of supporters need to get a grip because as Sheffield Wednesday and Plymouth proved two years ago, and Oxford, Mark Harris (15), and Derby, James Collins (15), demonstrated last season, you DON'T need a 20+ goals a season striker to win promotion. I think quite a few of our fans need a bit of a reality check. No guarantee Alfie will hit the same heights as the last three seasons. The potential is there based on his previous but that's all it is. I don’t buy that argument at all. You have to look at our promotion history to see we had top goalscorers help us. Division 1 Playoff winners - Clive Mendonca Division 1 Champions - Andy Hunt League One Champions - Bradley Wright Phillips League One Play off Winners - Lyle Taylor I appreciate what you’re saying but getting rid of May when he’s had a great record previously is too risky. Couldn’t agree more. |
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Post by garrynelson on Jun 14, 2024 14:49:32 GMT
How many goals did May score in Jones' system? Not many. If he doesn't fit the tactic then he's not going to be a 20 goal striker for us anymore unfortunately. If you’ve got a player who can score 20+ goals in a very poor team with limited creativity and defensive weaknesses, yet you can’t fit him in to the tactics you’re implementing, then perhaps the tactics are the problem |
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