Oatway out for rest of the season

[Herr Tubthumper]

Might as well pay up his contract and get someone half decent in for the longer term. Personally I would not offer him the one year extension which the club have put to him.

 

[Yorkie]

I'm glad the club is giving him a new contract. His winner against Hull was a great goal. He has been playing really well lately. Even some of the Oatway detractors were saying how well he was playing.

Get well soon Chas. We need you mate.

 

[London Irish]

Rusco saw him hobbling round Tesco's at Holmbush and Charlie said the same thing to him.

I hope that was not the last we have seen of him in a blue and white shirt

He will get a new contract - he has been a key player under McGhee.

 

[Simster]

All the more reason not to go running after Barry Hayles and instead go after a decent midfielder. It is no coincidence we've lost every game since Charlie Oatway got injured - it sounds like he was in great form.

 

[Yorkie]

He will get a new contract - he has been a key player under McGhee.

Official site says he will.

 

[London Irish]

Will miss him. But lets hope hes still in the dressing room.

I have a feeling that we wouldnt have lost the Millwall game with him playing.

Absolutely, with Dodd also out, the team has a shortage of leaders at the moment.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Gutted for him he is one of the few players you can say has Blue + white in his bloody but not sure if even Charlie can make a comeback from this.




wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see him playing again.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Shame, but he is not a very good footballer. A blessing in discuise.

 

[TSB]

Shame, but he is not a very good footballer. A blessing in discuise.

take it you haven't watched too many games lately then

 

[Jam The Man]

This will increase the chance of Wise signing til the end of the season...

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Please provide me with a list of his qualities on the pitch then. I agree, he might have been playing a bit better recently but it is all relative and he had a very easy baseline to rise above.

 

[Yorkie]

Please provide me with a list of his qualities on the pitch then. I agree, he might have been playing a bit better recently but it is all relative and he had a very easy baseline to rise above.

Poor response.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Not at all. I simply want someone to go beyond the usual 'bleeds blue and white', 'great in the dressing room' guff.

 

[only1robbiereinalt]

Oatway misses remainder of season
Brighton have been rocked by news that skipper Charlie Oatway will miss the rest of the season because of injury.

The midfielder was stretchered off against QPR on Boxing Day and has had metal pins inserted in his ankle.

Seagulls manager Mark McGhee told BBC Southern Counties: "It's a huge blow. You can tell from the games we've played since he got injured.

"He has such an influence both on the pitch and in the dressing room. Charlie will be a big miss for us."

 

[Yorkie]

Not at all. I simply want someone to go beyond the usual 'bleeds blue and white', 'great in the dressing room' guff.

Ok you list all his bad qualities before you want someone to list all his good qualities.

I, for one, like his tackling (that's tackling not tackle )

 

[Silent Bob]

Not at all. I simply want someone to go beyond the usual 'bleeds blue and white', 'great in the dressing room' guff.

He's a ballwinner.

I'm not his biggest fan but he is a valuable member of the squad.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

1) Passing ability is very poor
2) Moves seem to break down when he is involved (mainly as he has a tendency to play the ball back to the person who just played it to him.)
3) Positional sense ins't great.
4) His ball control is diabolical at times (Reading's first goal).

 

[Yorkie]

1 and 2 could be classed as the same criticism and at least we keep possession which is sometimes invaluable in midfield particularly when the opposition midfield are trying to dispossess you.
Positional sense I will give you.
Anybody can be unfortunate enough to slip when trying to stop an own goal. If he had managed to clear it, he would have been a hero. It did look comical though (poor Charlie)

I love the way he is like a little terrier being a nuisance in midfield. His man to man marking can be good too. He sat on Merson when we last played Pompey at Withdean and kept him right out of the game.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

Get well soon Charlie, bloody bad news. Good news about Hinsh returning.

 

[clapham_gull]

Not at all. I simply want someone to go beyond the usual 'bleeds blue and white', 'great in the dressing room' guff.

I probably agree with you if not hearing from players and coaches at fans club meetings what a major influence he has been in especially helping bring the younger players through - Kazim Richards being the last to sing his praises.

His pyschological influence off the pitch cannot be understated and has been identified and utilised by Adams, Coppell and Mcghee, even if he has not been an ever present name on the first team squad for all managers.