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Post by Sio on Sept 9, 2024 18:16:04 GMT 1
Woah didn't see this one coming...
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Post by oneneilwarnock on Sept 9, 2024 18:22:04 GMT 1
Classic budget Kev, can’t afford to sign the decent expensive option signs the free striker nobody wants instead. Will parade around on twitter like he’s pulled off a master stroke. Laughable.
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Sept 9, 2024 18:25:04 GMT 1
Good signing in the circumstances but it does not reflect well on the club’s attempts at signing a striker. Irrespective of how good the overall player recruitment has been this window (and that’s still too early to say) the lack of any incoming striker is a big black mark against Cartwright I’m afraid. Despite Birmingham and Luton……
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Post by shawsie on Sept 9, 2024 18:27:45 GMT 1
Charlton fans were not impressed with him but he's certainly a better option than the ones we've let out like Harratt, Simpson and Hudlin We would be better with Steve Kindon than them - and hes 74!!!
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Sept 9, 2024 18:29:34 GMT 1
Good signing in the circumstances but it does not reflect well on the club’s attempts at signing a striker. Irrespective of how good the overall player recruitment has been this window (and that’s still too early to say) the lack of any incoming striker is a big black mark against Cartwright I’m afraid. Despite Birmingham and Luton…… We did sign one to be fair but he's just a kid starting out in the game who looks full of effort but maybe not quite with the quality to match just yet
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Post by cuz on Sept 9, 2024 18:31:32 GMT 1
Charlton fans were not impressed with him but he's certainly a better option than the ones we've let out like Harratt, Simpson and Hudlin We would be better with Steve Kindon than them - and hes 74!!! Is he injured yet?
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Post by Yorkie on Sept 9, 2024 18:41:13 GMT 1
He certainly loves getting promoted from League One so just for that he’ll do for the season
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Post by htfcsince70 on Sept 9, 2024 18:43:33 GMT 1
Charlton fans were not impressed with him but he's certainly a better option than the ones we've let out like Harratt, Simpson and Hudlin I know a good number of Rotherham fans and they were equally unimpressed by Ladapo, a lazy player who scored a few, I remember watching him as neutral at Rotherham and thinking he was shocking, only for him to score a couple of great goals with his only two touches in the game! Not a signing that I'm inspired by but if he scores a few all well and good - he's certainly a better option than those we have let go - Ipswich seem to know what they are doing - they did when they sold us Simpson!
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Post by nickhtafc82 on Sept 9, 2024 18:45:53 GMT 1
We needed someone in, January might have been too late. Another option and one who's scored goals at this level.
My gut still tells me Healey will end up having an op, i base that on absolutely nothing and I'm hopefully wrong.
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Post by COWSHEDPHIL on Sept 9, 2024 18:49:34 GMT 1
I’m happy with this siginng
Would have preferred May or Taylor obviously but the guy is fine for this level and better than Ward, Healey and Bojan.
(Healey and Bojan because they’re always flippin injured£
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Post by TTCMatt on Sept 9, 2024 18:56:05 GMT 1
Classic budget Kev, can’t afford to sign the decent expensive option signs the free striker nobody wants instead. Will parade around on twitter like he’s pulled off a master stroke. Laughable. At least it'll keep the nasty tweets at bay (for now).
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Post by itkterrier on Sept 9, 2024 19:04:14 GMT 1
Classic budget Kev, can’t afford to sign the decent expensive option signs the free striker nobody wants instead. Will parade around on twitter like he’s pulled off a master stroke. Laughable. At least it'll keep the nasty tweets at bay (for now). Until he misses a half decent chance, then he’s done for
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Post by bluesandtwos on Sept 9, 2024 19:04:18 GMT 1
Classic budget Kev, can’t afford to sign the decent expensive option signs the free striker nobody wants instead. Will parade around on twitter like he’s pulled off a master stroke. Laughable. Well in the 22/23 season in this league he scored 21 goals with Ipswich, one less than Alfie May did that season. They didn't fancy him in the Championship and he got farmed out to Charlton in January. Kieran McKenna wanted players who were Championship quality and Ladapo didn't get much playing time so they loaned him out. Maybe he was pissed being shunted out when they were hunting promotion after he helped them get up from League 1, he was their second highest scorer in their promotion season. Conor Chaplin was their top scorer and 4 years younger. He is still with them in the Premiership earning, I assume, a small fortune. I am not sure why he hasn't signed for another club. He doesn't, from what I can see, have a bad injury record. Maybe he wants a longer contract than he has been offered or is asking too much money, I don't know. Anyway, at this level he really doesn't seem a bad option.
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Post by bluesandtwos on Sept 9, 2024 19:07:25 GMT 1
By the way he is the same age as Alfie May.
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Post by bluesandtwos on Sept 9, 2024 19:11:42 GMT 1
And he is taller
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Post by rougeboy31 on Sept 9, 2024 19:16:19 GMT 1
Nice. Hopefully he’ll want to prove some people wrong. Although I think some fans would prefer him to fail just to prove a point
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Post by bluesandtwos on Sept 9, 2024 19:18:16 GMT 1
Everytime I've seen him he's absolutely failed the eye test. Utter dross. Hopefully bollocks. What does that even mean?
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Post by bells ringing :) on Sept 9, 2024 19:20:55 GMT 1
But Kev said we had all the cf's we needed . Can't be true that a week or so later, that we bring a cf in. I am glad Cartwright is in charge not Kev lol.
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Post by duncfost01 on Sept 9, 2024 19:29:01 GMT 1
Reeks of desperation to me.
However, like with any new player we have to see how they perform.
Kev, like me, needs to be more careful what he says on social media.
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Post by JonsonClarkParis on Sept 9, 2024 19:29:24 GMT 1
Silly signing Reaks of panic Ladapo is not a great striker and shows how naive the recruitment team is at the club
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Post by JonsonClarkParis on Sept 9, 2024 19:32:03 GMT 1
Classic budget Kev, can’t afford to sign the decent expensive option signs the free striker nobody wants instead. Will parade around on twitter like he’s pulled off a master stroke. Laughable. At least it'll keep the nasty tweets at bay (for now). Until they see him play Awful striker
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Post by bells ringing :) on Sept 9, 2024 19:33:37 GMT 1
How fucking dare you speak ill or Cartwright and his recuritment staff. I am so glad Nagle brought Edwards and Cartwright to the club, where would this club be without those two incredible blokes ..... Silly signing Reaks of panic Ladapo is not a great striker and shows how naive the recruitment team is at the club
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Post by terriersyndrome on Sept 9, 2024 19:34:10 GMT 1
Just over a 1 in 2 strike rate in league 1.
Not the player we were hoping for but we're down to the bare bones up front and Duff says he likes to rotate his strikers during games, so it'll give him an extra option. How long it'll get him up to match fitness a month into the season I have no idea, but it's the issue you have when you don't get the players you need during the window.
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Post by rougeboy31 on Sept 9, 2024 19:37:00 GMT 1
At least it'll keep the nasty tweets at bay (for now). Until they see him play Awful striker You’ve watched a load of Ipswich and Rotherham games it seems. 4 promotions and an efl trophy in the last 5 or 6 years.
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Post by Hazza on Sept 9, 2024 19:37:51 GMT 1
What this last page DOES prove is… Nagle can’t win.
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Post by Terriersmad on Sept 9, 2024 19:40:03 GMT 1
Released on 30th August, so only been available a couple of weeks. Should be match fit, having been training at Ipswich up to then. His last 4 full seasons at this level have produced 19, 17, 21, and 15 goals respectively (with 9 in the Championship chucked in for good measure). Unimpressive at Charlton for 14 games, but at the same time Alfie May's goals dried up - so perhaps an issue with supply lines rather than the firepower.
Outside the window, scouring the free transfer market, we weren't going to bring in Erling Haaland as some seem to expect. We're crying out for a finisher, and his record suggests he may be just that despite deficiencies in his all-round game. There's no such thing as guaranteed goals, but in this division, with the supply he ought to get, he should get his fair share of goals. If we're bringing him in, we're not knowingly leaving ourselves short.
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Post by rougeboy31 on Sept 9, 2024 19:40:46 GMT 1
What this last page DOES prove is… Nagle can’t win. Exactly. People want a striker. But this one’s not the right one. There’s no guarantees either way, Ladapo might score 15 goals.
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Post by Terriersmad on Sept 9, 2024 19:41:05 GMT 1
Just over a 1 in 2 strike rate in league 1. Not the player we were hoping for but we're down to the bare bones up front and Duff says he likes to rotate his strikers during games, so it'll give him an extra option. How long it'll get him up to match fitness a month into the season I have no idea, but it's the issue you have when you don't get the players you need during the window. Was at Ipswich until late August, so should be straight into the squad without the need for long fitness regimes.
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Post by bluesandtwos on Sept 9, 2024 19:48:43 GMT 1
Silly signing Reaks of panic Ladapo is not a great striker and shows how naive the recruitment team is at the club And you know better than the professionals then? If he had still been at Ipswich, and not on a free, and we had landed him in the window people would be really pleased. A proven striker at this level. Any excuse to have a pop. Try supporting the club for a change.
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Post by bluesandtwos on Sept 9, 2024 19:50:50 GMT 1
Just over a 1 in 2 strike rate in league 1. Not the player we were hoping for but we're down to the bare bones up front and Duff says he likes to rotate his strikers during games, so it'll give him an extra option. How long it'll get him up to match fitness a month into the season I have no idea, but it's the issue you have when you don't get the players you need during the window. Was at Ipswich until late August, so should be straight into the squad without the need for long fitness regimes. I think he left by mutual agreement. Obviously wasn’t going to get any minutes in the Prem. Let’s hope he can make a difference.
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