QuoteDyin to see our first squad of this new regime. Wonder if there’s someone on the cards that’s not even on our Radar. I remember Paul Green came out of nowhere for his fist squad call up. Hopefully there’s something like that due.
I've been watching some Willem II games in the last month to keep an eye on him. He's not a superstar or anything (yetOriginally Posted by liamoo11
) but it doesn't take long to see that here's a player with a footballing brain, technique and awareness. We just don't have players like that right now and he should be involved with the squad asap imo.
For anyone interested (and with Kodi) - Willem II play FC Utrecht at 1:30pm on Sunday.
Dyin to see our first squad of this new regime. Wonder if there’s someone on the cards that’s not even on our Radar. I remember Paul Green came out of nowhere for his fist squad call up. Hopefully there’s something like that due.
Hopefully a bit better though....
Ryan Johansson has declared for Ireland according to the Independent: https://www.independent.ie/sport/soc...-37752002.html
Thats great. Who knows he might be a diamond
god get keville must be in the same whatsapp group as Johansson and Tom Mohan! Good on the young man
Awesome stuff. Great to hear. I thought his mother was born here.
Kenny must have known something when he referred to a lad in Germany and Italy. That will be nice to have a player with Bayern and Inter in one of our underage squads. Real Betis too if Garcia McNulty pushes on!
That's a dangerous way of putting it, Tets. It carries low credibility. Maybe say "according to his mother" or are.you worried the quotes have been fabricated? Plausible given their recent record.
'His heart is with Ireland' - Bayern Munich teenager Johansson commits international future https://the42.ie/4461181
The 42 have a very nice quote here: "But his heart is very much really with Ireland, and I'm a very happy Irish mother."
Wow, that's really good news about Johansson - let's hope he lives up to his reputation. So now that's Robinson, Crowley, Johansson and Obafemi who have all committed to us in the past year... it's OK Declan, you can go now (seriously, please don't go Declan)
Yes what an uplifting quote that's what identity is all about
Aherne Grant of Charlton off to Huddersfield. I believe he is eligible
Didn't he recently drop the Ahearne from his name? Didn't know he was eligible but that's a bad start!
That's interesting news he has been around for quite a while can't believe he is only 21. Good age to get him if he is eligible
Goal for Crowley.
Willem II leading 1-0.
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Maybe he's just distancing himself from Bertie before he declares.
Connor Wickham, anybody? Would be a useful big man option...
"We lost because we didn't win"- Ronaldo
They won it's been a good startback for them. Can't understand how no journalist is asking if his paperwork is been processed
not for me. How have the north not bought him on board?
There was a call to make this place busier, so, possibly unneccessary but here's a Charlton fan's view of Grant, taken from a Terriers forum
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Thought I'd come on here and give you my opinion of Grant as it looks fairly likely he'll be joining you.
I'll start from when he was first given a go in the first team back when he was 17. Roland Duchâtelet had not long bought us and decided he wanted most of our team made up of youth team players. As a result Karlan was given a go in the first team, it became apparent pretty quickly that he was no where near ready for the Championship along with a lot of our other young players that Roland wanted to be playing. The only one that was ready was Joe Gomez who everyone knew would go on to be a top top player.
After our relegation to league 1 Karlan still didn't feature much under either Russell Slade. Slade was then sacked and Karl Robinson brought in. Again Karlan didn't really get a chance. Robinson played a 4-2-3-1 (never ever anything else). When he did come on from the bench he would play out wide in the 4-2-3-1 and was pretty poor. This time last year I'm sure 90% of Charlton fans would have said he'd end up as no more than a decent league 1 player at best. However he had never been given a real run in the team. I'm sure that being brought into the first team at such a young and failing to make an impact a couple of season before had dented his confidence.
Towards the end of Robinsons reign as manager Karlan finally started to have more of an impact off the bench. We then decided to loan him out to Crawley where Harry Kewell was in change. Bowyer was our assistant at the time and is still mates with Kewell. Karlan played well at Crawley and looked like he had found his level possibly. While he was out on loan Robinson was sacked and Bowyer got the job full time.
During the summer there were some allegations made about him along with one of our other players. As far as I know this is ongoing but very little has been said about it in all honesty. At the start of this season we went into the first game (Sunderland away) with a tiny squad and couldn't even fill the bench. We played well though eventually losing the game 2-1. Karlan won us a penalty by Sprinting into the box and getting taken down. Taylor and Grant were very good together and never really looked back.
Karlans best attribute is his pace for sure and he's a decent finisher. However he can certainly improve and has a habit of missing one on ones. His first touch is also not the best and he needs to hold the ball up better than he does. Although he's had a good half season for us a huge amount of this is down to Lyle Taylor who's been our best player by a mile this year and is easily the best striker in the league. Most of Karlans goals have been set up by Taylor and if we're going to lose one of them I'd much rather it be Grant.
He's got potential for sure but currently he is a top league 1 / lower Championship player. If he goes straight into your team please don't expect too much of him. I think he will end up being a decent championship striker but I would be surprised if he was your main man next season, I'm sure you'll look to get someone better in and have Karlan as a back up/future prospect.
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