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Category: Charlton
Addicks striker makes Welling move
Written by Chris Thompson
Tuesday, 09 September 2014 21:30
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The Charlton Under-21 team gained a creditable 0-0 draw against Brighton in the friendly fixture at the Seagulls state-of-the-art Lancing training complex on Tuesday afternoon.

The Under-18 side did not fare as well, slumping to a 5-0 defeat on the south coast.

The Under-21 team was:

Mitov; Pyke, Obileye, Thomas, Edwards; Gabsi, Cumberbatch, Gerard, Browne; Pigott, Ansah.

Subs: Beeney, Osborne, Holmes-Dennis, Dowa, Muldoon, Charles-Cook, Daniel, Ahearne-Grant.

Young striker, Tobi Sho-Silva, has joined Welling on an initial one month youth loan. Sho-Silva will still be able to represent the Addicks at Under-21 level during his stay at Park View Road.

Sho-Siva made 17 appearances for the Wings during a loan spell last season.

Charlton are keen to add at least one striker to their squad during the loan window but they may also be looking to loan some of the fringe players out.

Nick Pope had a successful loan stint at York last season and Bob Peeters will have to balance up the need to have Pope on the bench, with getting him valuable game time away from The Valley.

Another player Peeters will have to make a decision about is highly talented young defender, Joe Gomez.

Gomez has made first team appearances at right-back this season but Peeters may consider loaning the England Under-19 international out to get him a run of games, possibly in his preferred central defensive position.

Possibly the prime candidate for a loan move away from The Valley is Joe Pigott.

Pigott will be 21 in November and now needs regular first team football. He scored his first senior goal for the Addicks from the penalty spot against Oxford in a Capital One Cup match at The Valley last season.

Pigott made 11 league appearances for Charlton last season – mainly as a substitute – but failed to score.

The Maidstone born striker did open his league account, when he scored for Gillingham at Oldham, during a 7 match loan spell last season.

Pigott was an unused substitute against Brentford at Griffin Park on the opening day of the season. He was again on the bench for the Capital One Cup game against Colchester but was not used.

Since then, Pigott has failed to even make the bench in any of the Addicks’ five league and cup games.

A loan move to the right club would seem to be in the interest of both parties.

 
Academy sides in action
Written by Chris Thompson
Tuesday, 09 September 2014 06:30
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The Championship match drought continues until Saturday when high flying Watford visit The Valley.

Bob Peeters will be hoping his players on international duty will return to the club unscathed.

Amongst those involved with their national team is new signing, Frederic Bulot, who is on duty with Gabon. Gabon secured a 1-0 win over Igor Vetokele’s Angola on Saturday.

Two of the club’s junior sides will be in friendly action on Tuesday when the U-18 and U-21 sides travel to Brighton to face the Seagulls.

Jason Euell’s side may include some first team fringe players that Peeters wants to give a run out to.

 
Riga to leave Blackpool?
Written by Chris Thompson
Sunday, 07 September 2014 10:00
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Jose Riga and Karl Oyston never seemed like a match made in heaven. Blackpool’s disorganised pre-season has unsurprisingly spilled over into the season proper and the Tangerines are bottom of the table.

Earlier in the week Riga’s assistant, Bart de Roover, quit the club, claiming he had never been paid.

Stories were circulating at the end of the week that suggested Riga had not returned to Bloomfield Road after a break in Belgium. He was reportedly unhappy with Oyston’s failure to land any of the players he wanted before the transfer window closed.

Owen Coyle seems to be Riga’s likely replacement.

If Michael Morrison does leave Charlton, the Addicks would clearly need to bring in a replacement. It could be a loan signing or a free agent and there area number of British based players who may be considered.

One is Fitz Hall, who is vastly experienced and a free agent. A Londoner, Hall is 33-years-old but Roland Duchatelet’s preference for young players does not seem to extend to central defenders.

Hall has been at Watford for the last two seasons and was at Queens Park Rangers before that. There were rumours of Hall possibly joining the Addicks last season.

The ’emergency’ loan window opens on Monday and clubs will be able bring players in under the scheme until Thursday 27 November. The maximum duration of a loan under this system is 93 days.

Clubs who envisage converting such loans to permanent deals, or standard loans, in January will have to wait until 30 September to ensure continuity.

 
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