Alfie May

[uptownfunk]

Jun 13, 2024 19:52:12 GMT 1 arry11 said:

Looks agile enough to cause havoc and can't see it breaking the bank to land him if Charlton will let him go. But he will need feeding lol.

We’ve got one of the best crossers in the championship. With Healey and Rad as we could finally have the firepower to score more than 1 goal in a game. But we must sign a midfielder who can really pass the ball.

[rockwall]

Jun 13, 2024 21:19:10 GMT 1 Next Manager coming soon said:

Jun 13, 2024 19:32:01 GMT 1 dooky82 said:

Some ITK posters on the Charlton forum reckon there's something in it
intothevalley.proboards.com/thread/28137/breaking-news-huddersfield-town-alfie

Hang on hang on. How do we now know who is “ITK” on a Charlton forum? Some knowledge that!! Reading the forum is hilarious. There’s some profile who’s clearly their version of CHT saying shit like “I know who the replacement is but can’t say for the sake of Nathan Jones” 😂. ITK should be banned as a phrase on here.

There's always something in it when O'Rourke states it. Quite a reliable journalist.

[Uddersfield]

Bids been rejected according to their local journo.

[Next Manager coming soon]

Jun 14, 2024 8:30:17 GMT 1 rockwall said:

Jun 13, 2024 21:19:10 GMT 1 Next Manager coming soon said:

Hang on hang on. How do we now know who is “ITK” on a Charlton forum? Some knowledge that!! Reading the forum is hilarious. There’s some profile who’s clearly their version of CHT saying shit like “I know who the replacement is but can’t say for the sake of Nathan Jones” 😂. ITK should be banned as a phrase on here.

There's always something in it when O'Rourke states it. Quite a reliable journalist.

No you have misunderstood what I said. I was referring to the comment above saying some “ITK” people on the Charlton Forum

[rockwall]

Jun 14, 2024 8:48:29 GMT 1 Next Manager coming soon said:

Jun 14, 2024 8:30:17 GMT 1 rockwall said:

There's always something in it when O'Rourke states it. Quite a reliable journalist.

No you have misunderstood what I said. I was referring to the comment above saying some “ITK” people on the Charlton Forum

Apologies, I think I have quoted the wrong comment 😅

[Tiro]

Jun 13, 2024 21:39:19 GMT 1 terriersyndrome said:

Jun 13, 2024 20:57:34 GMT 1 Tiro said:

Just to play devils advocate (why not, DATM hates balance):

31 next month.
Shite rate prior to the last three seasons.
Arguably a poor return when under Duff.

44 goals in two and a half seasons under Duff.

Shocking return 😮

I apologise. Error on behalf.

[Yuta be a terrier]

Bid rejected

[VLP Fan Club]

Rejected, suspect we’ll go back in

[oneneilwarnock]

If we've genuinely offered 800k (and got rejected) for a soon to be 31 year old who's never played above League one before that isn't good business for me.

I'd like to see us utilise the League One route we did before signing players who we can improve and also sell on. Not that I have any confidence Cartwright can source those players. Appreciate May gives us a solid goalscorer at the level and sometimes age is irrelevant but hope the rest of the business is different. 

[Million Dollar Babies]

Jun 14, 2024 9:23:13 GMT 1 oneneilwarnock said:

If we've genuinely offered 800k (and got rejected) for a soon to be 31 year old who's never played above League one before that isn't good business for me.

I'd like to see us utilise the League One route we did before signing players who we can improve and also sell on. Not that I have any confidence Cartwright can source those players. Appreciate May gives us a solid goalscorer at the level and sometimes age is irrelevant but hope the rest of the business is different. 

They're probably holding out for £1 million

[terriersyndrome]

Jun 14, 2024 9:23:13 GMT 1 oneneilwarnock said:

If we've genuinely offered 800k (and got rejected) for a soon to be 31 year old who's never played above League one before that isn't good business for me.

I'd like to see us utilise the League One route we did before signing players who we can improve and also sell on. Not that I have any confidence Cartwright can source those players. Appreciate May gives us a solid goalscorer at the level and sometimes age is irrelevant but hope the rest of the business is different. 

We can get a mixture of both. Bottom line is, we need goals, he's bagged 75 at this level in 3 seasons, Duff knows him well, he respects Duff for getting his career back on track, if his goals get us promotion then £1m is peanuts.

We could pay a similar amount for a young lad that might take a few seasons to shine, but in the here and now we need goals to push for an instant return.

[Maynardblue]

Jun 14, 2024 9:00:56 GMT 1 VLP Fan Club said:

Rejected, suspect we’ll go back in

We already have

[Maynardblue]

Jun 14, 2024 9:23:13 GMT 1 oneneilwarnock said:

If we've genuinely offered 800k (and got rejected) for a soon to be 31 year old who's never played above League one before that isn't good business for me.

I'd like to see us utilise the League One route we did before signing players who we can improve and also sell on. Not that I have any confidence Cartwright can source those players. Appreciate May gives us a solid goalscorer at the level and sometimes age is irrelevant but hope the rest of the business is different. 

Priority one is getting back up

[Terriersmad]

Jun 14, 2024 9:23:13 GMT 1 oneneilwarnock said:

If we've genuinely offered 800k (and got rejected) for a soon to be 31 year old who's never played above League one before that isn't good business for me.

I'd like to see us utilise the League One route we did before signing players who we can improve and also sell on. Not that I have any confidence Cartwright can source those players. Appreciate May gives us a solid goalscorer at the level and sometimes age is irrelevant but hope the rest of the business is different. 

It's the business we need to do. We need to mix potential with proven talent. May fits into the latter. £800,000 isn't an unreasonable bid for someone with a couple of years left plus his reputation. Rickie Lambert was what, 28 and £1m in 2009? Similar career trajectory, too.

[nicovaesen]

Don’t listen to that Richard he’s a right dick 🤣

[COWSHEDPHIL]

Pretty obvious we’ll be going back in with another bid

UTT

[Deleted]

Jun 14, 2024 9:40:46 GMT 1 Maynardblue said:

Jun 14, 2024 9:00:56 GMT 1 VLP Fan Club said:

Rejected, suspect we’ll go back in

We already have

Reckon this one will be accepted ?

[stinkypete]

Jun 14, 2024 9:23:13 GMT 1 oneneilwarnock said:

If we've genuinely offered 800k (and got rejected) for a soon to be 31 year old who's never played above League one before that isn't good business for me.

I'd like to see us utilise the League One route we did before signing players who we can improve and also sell on. Not that I have any confidence Cartwright can source those players. Appreciate May gives us a solid goalscorer at the level and sometimes age is irrelevant but hope the rest of the business is different. 

No no no, we need to forget “developing players “ we need players that are proven at this level and could potentially make the step up.
We’re not in the position this season of developing players it’s got to be 100% focus on automatic promotion, we haven’t got time to be messing about with potential, look where that’s got us!

[VLP Fan Club]

Jun 14, 2024 10:07:38 GMT 1 @shmivterrier said:

Jun 14, 2024 9:40:46 GMT 1 Maynardblue said:

We already have

Reckon this one will be accepted ?

Doubt it, they’ll dig their heels in but an immediate second aggressive bid highlights our intentions, unless they value him at a stupid price suspect we’ll get him - if he’s a big fan of Duff it’s another tick for us.

[Deleted]

Jun 14, 2024 10:09:35 GMT 1 VLP Fan Club said:

Jun 14, 2024 10:07:38 GMT 1 @shmivterrier said:

Reckon this one will be accepted ?

Doubt it they’ll dig their heels in but an immediate second aggressive bid highlights our intentions, unless they value him at a stupid price suspect we’ll get him - if he’s a big fan of Duff it’s another tick for us.

And we’ll end up turning him into a 5 goal a season striker that’s injury prone 😉

[oneneilwarnock]

Jun 14, 2024 10:07:40 GMT 1 stinkypete said:

Jun 14, 2024 9:23:13 GMT 1 oneneilwarnock said:

If we've genuinely offered 800k (and got rejected) for a soon to be 31 year old who's never played above League one before that isn't good business for me.

I'd like to see us utilise the League One route we did before signing players who we can improve and also sell on. Not that I have any confidence Cartwright can source those players. Appreciate May gives us a solid goalscorer at the level and sometimes age is irrelevant but hope the rest of the business is different. 

No no no, we need to forget “developing players “ we need players that are proven at this level and could potentially make the step up.
We’re not in the position this season of developing players it’s got to be 100% focus on automatic promotion, we haven’t got time to be messing about with potential, look where that’s got us!

I do agree with this however for a club like us we definitely need both largely to avoid significant debts. Think May would be a great signing to start off the summer proven talent at the level (let's just ignore the fee for now until we know). It is also hard to know what the total budget is and how much of this is going on May. Could be a very small amount of it/we're spending money from a player we've already sold i.e JK or Thomas etc. 

[leroy212]

A million quid for a player who scored 20 goals a season in division we in is a bargain. Don't matter he's soon to be 32.

[ram]

Will he be another one whose goals dry up as soon as soon as he pulls a Town shirt on? I remember Keighan Parker!

[dezzly]

Jun 14, 2024 10:36:56 GMT 1 ram said:

Will he be another one whose goals dry up as soon as soon as he pulls a Town shirt on? I remember Keighan Parker!

Hopefully not,duffs teams have scored goals in the past,also he’s played under him before.And you would like to think duff this summer will have the backing to build a better quality side than he’s had in the past(with the exception of Swansea obviously)

[Frankiesleftpeg]

Jun 14, 2024 10:21:23 GMT 1 leroy212 said:

A million quid for a player who scored 20 goals a season in division we in is a bargain. Don't matter he's soon to be 32.

I know its a leap year, but he'll soon by 31

[Waterloo Terrier]

Could be a big part of the jigsaw this. Not only getting a top L1 goalscorer through the door, but letting everyone in the game know we are serious about getting straight back up.

[Million Dollar Babies]

Has anyone seen him play to be able to talk about his game?

Is he just a goalscorer or does he have a bit more to his game? I've visions of Theo Robinson scoring goals at this level but being an absolute clown the rest of the time

[VLP Fan Club]

Every single Charlton fan is either panicking, angry or ready to combust from what im reading.

When was the last time we signed a player when their entire fan base didn’t want them to leave?

[JonsonClarkParis]

Be a terrific signing who works hard and scores all kind of goals

[Dan]

Jun 14, 2024 16:10:11 GMT 1 VLP Fan Club said:

Every single Charlton fan is either panicking, angry or ready to combust from what im reading.

When was the last time we signed a player when their entire fan base didn’t want them to leave?

Off the top of my head, Toffolo, Grant and Wells all had their fan bases fuming when they joined Town