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Poor sod. Not the best place to stay as a young lad. The players used to stay at Norton Grange where they could use the gym, pool and saunas etc.
Good luck to him and sorry it didn't work out with us
I think the club have (or had) a deal with the Royal Toby. I remember seeing Hayden Roberts and the left back who came from Arsenal (whose name escapes me) in the restaurant there a few times during the relegation season.
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Luke Charman leaves on 20:45 - Oct 14 with 5777 views
I think the club have (or had) a deal with the Royal Toby. I remember seeing Hayden Roberts and the left back who came from Arsenal (whose name escapes me) in the restaurant there a few times during the relegation season.
Tolaji Bola
When I was your age, I used to enjoy the odd game of tennis. Or was it golf?
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Luke Charman leaves on 20:59 - Oct 14 with 5743 views
For Bentley to come in, not even include him in a match day squad (when he is already pictured in training gear at Fylde so clearly fit) & then sell him to the club that sacked him speaks volumes to me.
I think there will obviously be a football element in the decision, we are well stocked in his position, however I think there is more to this than meets the eye.
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Luke Charman leaves on 07:51 - Oct 15 with 5376 views
I can’t really remember how Charman looked in the preseason friendlies but the thing, to my mind, that really pushed him down the pecking order was the arrival of Ian Henderson. And that’s before the mysterious hamstring scenario. If he wants any consolation he can look at the case of Jack Muldoon who has gone onto forge a reasonable career after leaving Dale in similar circumstances. If anything expectation levels were set too high for Charman. He was touted as Beesley’s replacement, we saw all those goal clips from his time at Darlo and then he scored a well publicised hat trick in a game against Bolton behind closed doors. After that he kicked his heels on the subs bench. I suppose we’ll never know the full truth.
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Luke Charman leaves on 10:47 - Oct 15 with 5185 views
I can’t really remember how Charman looked in the preseason friendlies but the thing, to my mind, that really pushed him down the pecking order was the arrival of Ian Henderson. And that’s before the mysterious hamstring scenario. If he wants any consolation he can look at the case of Jack Muldoon who has gone onto forge a reasonable career after leaving Dale in similar circumstances. If anything expectation levels were set too high for Charman. He was touted as Beesley’s replacement, we saw all those goal clips from his time at Darlo and then he scored a well publicised hat trick in a game against Bolton behind closed doors. After that he kicked his heels on the subs bench. I suppose we’ll never know the full truth.
It's probably just s coincidence?
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Would've loved to have seen him fully fit and doing what he did at the back end of last season over a period of time
If we've got our money back, fair enough and it can only be a non-footballing issue that's resulted in his departure. Maybe he kept doing terrible farts in the changing rooms
How can it only be a non-footballing issue? Unfortunately he wasn’t good enough. He never looked fit and his first touch was Donnelly-esque. For somebody with a decent goal scoring record before arriving, his finishing wasn’t great either.
It’s a shame because his signing created a bit of a buzz, but maybe a lesson for us as fans getting too excited about a striker from National League North.
It sounds like we’ve made our money back on the fee we paid, so it’s good business for a player that wasn’t up to scratch. Donnelly-esque again.
How can it only be a non-footballing issue? Unfortunately he wasn’t good enough. He never looked fit and his first touch was Donnelly-esque. For somebody with a decent goal scoring record before arriving, his finishing wasn’t great either.
It’s a shame because his signing created a bit of a buzz, but maybe a lesson for us as fans getting too excited about a striker from National League North.
It sounds like we’ve made our money back on the fee we paid, so it’s good business for a player that wasn’t up to scratch. Donnelly-esque again.
Couldn't disagree more
There was nothing wrong with his first touch - it was as good as any forward we now have, Hendo apart
The truth is, we (and that includes you) have no idea if he's good enough - he didn't have enough game time to be fully up to speed. When he did get somewhere near, he put away two good goals. Using the old "Donnelly" trope doesn't wash (and it's boring now). We had more than enough time to take stock of Donnelly. Charman's problems stretch back to when he was castigated on the touchline for wanting to get on the pitch by Stockdale's assistant (can barely be arsed to remember his name now... oh... Shan i.e. nobody) when he was publicly humiliated. Whatever it was that went on behind the scenes lingered into the new season
I don't blame EBJ for taking the money when offered for Charman, make's good sense when he's rejuvenating team spirit. But i'll repeat, you've no idea whether he was good enough. Ultimately, neither have i, because he didn't get the extended run of games needed to bring what he had to the party except for one brief moment
There was nothing wrong with his first touch - it was as good as any forward we now have, Hendo apart
The truth is, we (and that includes you) have no idea if he's good enough - he didn't have enough game time to be fully up to speed. When he did get somewhere near, he put away two good goals. Using the old "Donnelly" trope doesn't wash (and it's boring now). We had more than enough time to take stock of Donnelly. Charman's problems stretch back to when he was castigated on the touchline for wanting to get on the pitch by Stockdale's assistant (can barely be arsed to remember his name now... oh... Shan i.e. nobody) when he was publicly humiliated. Whatever it was that went on behind the scenes lingered into the new season
I don't blame EBJ for taking the money when offered for Charman, make's good sense when he's rejuvenating team spirit. But i'll repeat, you've no idea whether he was good enough. Ultimately, neither have i, because he didn't get the extended run of games needed to bring what he had to the party except for one brief moment
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Although, to be fair, Charman started the final nine games of last season, but didn't find the net until the eighth!
When I was your age, I used to enjoy the odd game of tennis. Or was it golf?
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Luke Charman leaves on 22:13 - Oct 16 with 4376 views
From the amount of times I was told yesterday the same rumours, it sounds like it might be a case of Chatman’s lifestyle choices not matching up with those of a full-time professional footballer.
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Luke Charman leaves on 22:28 - Oct 16 with 4332 views
Although, to be fair, Charman started the final nine games of last season, but didn't find the net until the eighth!
That's been noted, and that's a decent period of adjustment for a player coming from non-league into a side that wasn't exactly ripping up trees. Then he delivered. Then the new season started. Remains inconclusive, and always will do now
That's been noted, and that's a decent period of adjustment for a player coming from non-league into a side that wasn't exactly ripping up trees. Then he delivered. Then the new season started. Remains inconclusive, and always will do now
Aye.
I must admit, though, after watching every pre-season game, he never looked like scoring then either!
Like you (and Toyah) say, it's a mystery.
When I was your age, I used to enjoy the odd game of tennis. Or was it golf?
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Luke Charman leaves on 07:31 - Oct 19 by seasidedale
Thing is Charman didn’t do anything much in Stockdale’s formation, would he have been better in EBJ’s we will never know
There will no doubt be reasons why JB didn't fancy playing him either, judging by the turn around on the pitch I'd trust the manager to make that call as the right one.
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Luke Charman leaves on 10:31 - Oct 19 by dingdangblue
Possibly some sort of record for a centre forward for Dale? - Charman scored his first goal on his 18th appearance. Even Donnelly only took 13 games!
As said previously, comparisons with Donnelly are now pretty tedious and lazy
Those stats are meaningless too, in terms of time spent on the pitch, the overall confidence of the team at the time and very probably the number of decent chances created as a result
He is a decent non league forward hence folk being pleased that we signed him in the hope he could make the step up. He didn't fit in with EBJ's plans whether that be fitness, ability, attitude, fitting in with the style of play. Perhaps one day he will have another crack in the EFL and make a go of it. I say good luck to the chap and thank him for his contribution to ensuring we stayed up last season however minimal it may have been.
'Only happy when you've got it often makes you miss the journey'
Am I right in thinking that EBJ alluded to Charman’s departure in the post match interview yesterday and said that it had been a board decision? Was he rueing this in the light of Quigley’s injury?
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