When I heard the news today I was very disappointed, I do not blame Curbishley, I do not blame the chairman and the board, unfortunatly there is only two people to blame, one being Chelsea for buying anything which will mean there club is better than the rest of the Premiership, and the other is Scott Parker. Here is a good question...How will Parker bennefit from being a sub on the Chelsea bench? because he may start the odd game but i cant see him replacing the current Chelsea midfield. He will need to compete against Joe Cole, Frank Lampard and Claude Makelele to name a few. Will he get to Euro 2004? with Charlton he had a great chance, I cant see it happening now. Unless he gets first team football each week.
Im a big Parker fan, in fact i got his name and number on my shirt for christmas (doh!) and every game this season Parker puts in a man of the match display for us. But Parker signed a 5 yeah contract in the summer, only to leave 6 months later. Maybe something should be done about players contracts. Some situations i can understand, a good example was Duff to Chelsea, he had a clause saying if someone bidded so much he can go, and he did, but if someone signs a long term deal you would expect them to stay for at least 50% of that contract.
But what does this mean for Charlton, well not much. We should get around £10m for him but we probably cant spend it with the deadline on saturday. As for our european bid, I think we can still perform but losing Parker is a big blow. I do think it helps one player for us - Paul Konchesky. I think Paul will now take Parkers place in the team, with Jensen moving into central midfield.
I dont know about the rest of the Charlton fans but I wont be cheering Parker when he returns to the Valley. He is a great talent but i wish he gave alittle more respect to his 5 year contract.
What do you think? Email me at Davidcafc@aol.com
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David
Your article regarding Scott Parker smacks of sour grapes!!!!!
If a player wants to leave then he should be afforded that opportunity.
I am sure even you will agree that it's best to have players that want to
play for you not players who are dreaming of playing elsewhere.
You are right about one thing with the deal being done so late - Charlton
won't get the opportunity to enter the transfer window - but who's fault is
that. The deal should have happened 7-10 days ago but the powers to be at
Charlton wouldn't budge - only to budge with 72 hours to go before the
transfer deadline.
Charlton have performed well this year based on their heart and keeping
Scott Parker would have severely undermined this.
Finally with regards to Chelsea buying anything that would make their club
better - well mate that¹s the whole idea - to keep improving the club until
it is the best.
It will be interesting to see what Charlton do with the 10 million quid for
Parker - any chance of investing it into a player that will make Charlton a
better club - I think so what do you think?
Maybe the next time a player at Charlton signs a contract you shouldn't
promise him that if a bigger club makes an offer he can go.
Anyway best of luck for the rest of the year and I mean it - in my opinion
the transfer of Scott Parker will make both clubs stronger.
Richard Hasler
The No 1 Chelski Supporter
From Down Under!!!