Charlie Oatway

[3gulls]

He is the weakest link - goodbye!

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Harsh I dont think he should ne in starting 11 but is sill a good option for the bench.

 

[craigo]

i think charlie has had his time at the albion.

 

[Scotty Mac]

he can still do a job for us against teams where a particualr player needs to be marked out the game - he did it last year when he was right back at forest, and andy reid did not get a sniff all night

 

[Biscuit]

Harsh I dont think he should ne in starting 11 but is sill a good option for the bench.

True.

We won't always be fielding an attacking line up. We need solid hard working defensive midfields too. Charlie gives us depth.

 

[Northstander]

Harsh I dont think he should ne in starting 11 but is sill a good option for the bench.

"what he said!"

 

[Drips]

Charlie is part of THE SQUAD.
Hes still got a job to do.

 

[Kaney]

I have been waiting for Oatway to be dropped for over a year now, and look what happens when he goes, we win by more than one for the first time since May 2004 at Wrexham

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

charlie ids still good as cover... but if McGhee now brings him back and reverts to our old style when we now have so many more options it would be a real dissappointment.

 

[Rusthall Seagull]

Charlie is part of THE SQUAD.
Hes still got a job to do.

Exactly! He may not be good enough to play week in, week out now but you simply can't underestimate his influence on our squad. Charlie is an Albion Legend!

 

[Brighton Boy]

I have been waiting for Oatway to be dropped for over a year now, and look what happens when he goes, we win by more than one for the first time since May 2004 at Wrexham

we didnt win cos charlie didnt play..........with the strikers and wingers playing like that im sure we would of won if he was playing

 

[Bigtomfu]

we didnt win cos charlie didnt play..........with the strikers and wingers playing like that im sure we would of won if he was playing

I doubt it, to me its no coincidence that two things occured yesterday:

1) Chippie scored- Without the shackle of Oatway this leaves chippie free to advance up the pitch and be well placed to shoot/score.

2) We had a lot of creativity through the centre of the pitch with Hammond nearly scoring and play being spread accross the pitch- something we never seem able to do with the Chippie/Oatway combination.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

If we can afford his wages, keep him on as a bench player, but do not start with him. His distribution, apart from anything else, is very erratic at the mo and I do think he's past his best. But he's still a good motivator and should be kept on board if we can afford him.