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This would be an even better signing if there were fans in the ground , imagine the buzz and atmosphere if it were under the floodlights at home to Luton in front of 14/15k for his debut I just hope his experience can rub off on some of the young lads
And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
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Charlie coming home. on 14:48 - Jan 8 with 2638 views
If we have to have an immobile box poacher I'd rather the one that didn't open the nostalgic tribalism can of worms. Every time we play with that stuff it ultimately poisons the well.
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Charlie coming home. on 14:49 - Jan 8 with 2627 views
If we have to have an immobile box poacher I'd rather the one that didn't open the nostalgic tribalism can of worms. Every time we play with that stuff it ultimately poisons the well.
time to give up dry January, mate!
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Charlie coming home. on 15:00 - Jan 8 with 2466 views
Charlie coming home. on 14:47 - Jan 8 by paulparker
This would be an even better signing if there were fans in the ground , imagine the buzz and atmosphere if it were under the floodlights at home to Luton in front of 14/15k for his debut I just hope his experience can rub off on some of the young lads
I think your forgetting that we are away to Luton next week.
Our home game is the last day of the season on Saturday 8th May. Hopefully if Charlie does sign, he would have made his re-appearance before that date!
I certainly understand the sentiment though.
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Charlie coming home. on 15:05 - Jan 8 with 2414 views
On another matter one of his attributes not mentioned so far is he was bloody good at defending corners and free kicks aimed at our penalty box, if he's still good or half decent at this then that alone will be another benefit.
Not sure how much he's played but one downfall was whenever he came back from Injury it always took time for him to get up to speed.
I wonder if he still runs like a chicken?
I do love him though-local boy made good.
My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.
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Charlie coming home. on 15:07 - Jan 8 with 2371 views
Baggies trying to get some of his wages off their books but I can’t see us being able to pay more than £5k towards that a week so approximately £65k short of his weekly wage. I’d love this to happen even though he is nowhere near as mobile as he was, even though he’s still only 31. Can’t see how this adds up financially but I live in hope!
Would love him to play in the Luton game and score the winner!
'Not sure how much he's played but one downfall was whenever he came back from Injury it always took time for him to get up to speed.'
My main worry is he may need a game or two to get up to speed/1/2 speed and we don't have that much time for Charlie to get us those goals we desperately need.
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Charlie coming home. on 15:15 - Jan 8 with 2277 views
Charlie coming home. on 15:05 - Jan 8 by ted_hendrix
I love him.
On another matter one of his attributes not mentioned so far is he was bloody good at defending corners and free kicks aimed at our penalty box, if he's still good or half decent at this then that alone will be another benefit.
Not sure how much he's played but one downfall was whenever he came back from Injury it always took time for him to get up to speed.
I wonder if he still runs like a chicken?
I do love him though-local boy made good.
Great point about his defensive capabilities. Seemed to be always nodding it away with some gusto.
Heart is definitely ruling my head on this one but who cares, football should sometimes be romantic.
He is out of contract in the summer as well so if all works out then this could even be longer term thing
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Charlie coming home. on 15:18 - Jan 8 with 2248 views
I may be wrong but think there is some flex in the budget so we don’t exceed FFP or whatever it is called now.
The old marquee type signing which may enable us to go to approx 10k. He must be on circa £60k p/w at WBA which is astronomical really but as mentioned, out of contract in the summer, turning 32, not the greatest knees so may take something more like £500k-£750k 1/2 year deal
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Charlie coming home. on 15:20 - Jan 8 with 2225 views
I think your forgetting that we are away to Luton next week.
Our home game is the last day of the season on Saturday 8th May. Hopefully if Charlie does sign, he would have made his re-appearance before that date!
I certainly understand the sentiment though.
And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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Charlie coming home. on 15:23 - Jan 8 with 2206 views
He actually doesn't need to score many goals to have a significant impact for us, fine margins at the moment. Four draws in December, even if we'd just won two of those games would have made a huge difference.
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Charlie coming home. on 15:26 - Jan 8 with 2165 views
I may be wrong but think there is some flex in the budget so we don’t exceed FFP or whatever it is called now.
The old marquee type signing which may enable us to go to approx 10k. He must be on circa £60k p/w at WBA which is astronomical really but as mentioned, out of contract in the summer, turning 32, not the greatest knees so may take something more like £500k-£750k 1/2 year deal
I suppose the trouble is, if you raise the wage cap for one, you have to raise it for all, or face the consequences in very disgruntled players.
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Charlie coming home. on 15:33 - Jan 8 with 2094 views
I may be wrong but think there is some flex in the budget so we don’t exceed FFP or whatever it is called now.
The old marquee type signing which may enable us to go to approx 10k. He must be on circa £60k p/w at WBA which is astronomical really but as mentioned, out of contract in the summer, turning 32, not the greatest knees so may take something more like £500k-£750k 1/2 year deal
It harks back to different days but I do see Charlie being able to develop the players who will supply him the ball so although his cost overall will potentially look to be too much on his actual return as an over 30 striker if he adds extra value to Chair, Willock etc then that £500/750k is recouped. I've no doubt Dykes and Bonne should learn too but if Charlie's presence teaches the suppliers when to feed the ball then we'll see a great improvement. It's on the training ground I would expect Dykes and Bonne to pick up from CA but I would definitely hope to see Dykes starting with him as could be a great partnership if Dykes can get his touch working again, he's willing to run unselfishly and Charlie will need that I think
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Charlie coming home. on 15:36 - Jan 8 with 2065 views
Baggies trying to get some of his wages off their books but I can’t see us being able to pay more than £5k towards that a week so approximately £65k short of his weekly wage. I’d love this to happen even though he is nowhere near as mobile as he was, even though he’s still only 31. Can’t see how this adds up financially but I live in hope!
Would love him to play in the Luton game and score the winner!
I wouldn’t be so sure about that £5k per week. I have it on good authority that some of our squad players (not first team) are on £15k per week.
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Charlie coming home. on 15:39 - Jan 8 with 2038 views
- We need a lift. The team, the club, the fans. It is a desperately dull, boring, chore watching QPR this season - exacerbated by only being able to do it on streams, but the Stoke and Reading games were miserable in the ground as well. Bringing Austin back would at least inject some fun and excitement and interest back into it, albeit highly likely for just a game or two.
- The blocking the pathways thing, worthy, completely subscribe to that, I'm always the one cracking on about how another signing isn't the answer and we're always after more blood and it never makes us much better, but I think that basically has to go on the back burner for the next six months. Pandemic, no crowds, it was always going to be difficult anyway. Weakest Championship for years and years, Sheff Wed points deduction, we've tried to get away with it and we still might, but at the moment this team looks like it's been sent in woefully short in key areas, and it stands a good chance of going down if something isn't done, even if that is short term sticking plaster stuff, which this undoubtedly is.
- Austin is a long way off the Austin we had. Overweight, injury prone, not arsd, bit of a waste of space at West Brom. We fantacise and fettishise former players like few other clubs, and bringing him back in this state risks ruining his legacy here while also doing the team no good. If he were to come back fired up, point to prove, and stick ten goals in between now and May that keeps us up, fck me what a way to go out. Legend. But you could (more likely in my view) end up blocking the pathway of the strikers we have signed, ruining Austin's legacy and how he's remembered here, spending valuable money loaning an old pro we can't keep and probably wouldn't want to, and going down anyway because he's a bit fat and crap now.
- I don't think missing chances is the problem. Unlike Hugill last year, where you could point to a good dozen really brilliant chances he missed, are Dykes and Bonne actually missing much? Bonne a couple at Bournemouth, Dykes one late v Watford. I haven't really been struck by the strikers missing a boat load of chances, more that us trying to create chances this year is like watching somebody try to sht out a snooker table. Austin never had a back to goal game and mobility even when he was good, isn't he just going to go and stand up there isolated like Dykes does now? Central midfield and full back are bigger problem zones for me, as I said when we signed Willock six months ago. If we try and go through the next half of the season with just Dykes, Bonne and Kelman we might be ok, if we try and go through it with Cameron, Ball and LTC we absolutely won't be.
- We reek of desperation. Glenn Murray, Charlie Austin, one other I've heard about but sworn to secrecy atm. These are not the signings of a club that has planned well and adequately for this season. Preston, not going up or down, straight out in the first week of the window for Jayson Molumby, brilliant player in a position we're weak in on loan from a club where the bloke in charge of the loans is best mates with our manager. Where the fck are we on that one? We've got two massive games next week. Meanwhile we're baulking at the price for a lad from Doncaster Rovers who is the right age, in a position we're pathetic in, and would be a trmendous signing - might also end up at Preston. Some very serious questions need to be asked in the summer.
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Charlie coming home. on 15:44 - Jan 8 with 1981 views
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