It should come as no surprise that there was a distinct lack of transfer activity at the Valley last night. The state of Charlton's finances, the comments attributed to Michael Slater about blowing the budget on the wages of a few premiership loan players and a virtually fully fit squad meant that this was inevitably going to be a quiet one for us. Thankfully we also managed to hold on to our key players, despite wind ups from Johnny Jackson on Twitter to the contrary (thanks Skip !!).
The arguments about whether Stephens should have gone to Villa or not remain but it was good to see that (on the outside at least) Villa kept a sense of etiquette and did not attempt to disrupt things with another offer.
Although the transfer market has now closed until the summer, the loan market remains open for a little while yet and a predict a few players will join now that clubs have a bit more time to concentrate on loan signings.
I was a little surprised to see Danny Green go out on loan, maybe this was a result of Danny Hollands being injured, so the net financial position remains the same. I like his pace and willingness to take a shot. Greeny is still our player and he gets valuable game time (similar to Scott Wagstaff's time at Leyton Orient and look at him now!). [Update - I understand that the FA have now blocked Swindon from making any player transfers so Mr Green remains at the Valley!]
A trip by fellow Charlton blogger Hungry Ted (http://hungryted.blogspot.co.uk/) to a few craft beer breweries in Denmark has put me in the mood for a bevy and so on Saturday I shall be visiting the Old Brewery in Greenwich, where the Meantime Brewery have an enviable selection of their finest libations on offer. Expect a hazy report sometime on Sunday, the tone of which will very much depend on how we did at Palace the previous day.
COYR!!
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