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Going to be better than Cox?

The only thing i can see stopping this lad from playing at a much higher level is his lack of pace apart from that i seriously think in most other departments he has the potential to be better than cox.

Thoughts?

Not in the same class as Cox. But a bloody good find none the less. Bournemouth's loss is our gain.

I think you're getting a bit overexcited.

he's better than pele

Initial thoughts would be behave yourself.

Long way to go yet... strikes me of more of a Parkin than a Cox, right place right time, he's got 4 tap ins really. I'm not trying to do him down, just saying...

edit - no idea what i was dribbling about

Austin is a better finisher. Cox was more than capable of the brilliant. Cox has scored goals Austin couldn't.

I think Austin will at least be as good as Cox was/is

Thats what i'm saying Si. No way am i saying he is anywhere near that level yet but i will say this he has a better first touch is better in the air and his workrate is just as good.

Obviously Cox has obviously added to his game since leaving and is no doubt the better player i just think potential wise Austin has it to be just as good for us as Cox was.

I just hope he stays here on a longer contract. Don't want teams to try and poach him in the summer. I know a lot has been said by fitton about us needing to sell players to the income coming in and pay the bills etc but I honestly think that we should try and keep this guy if we have any serious aspirations of getting into The Championship. We're building a good team and Austin is becoming a key figure in that.

Not a criticism, but Austin appears very right footed. When making passes which would be easier to use his left peg he uses his right

Austin has a long way to go before he equals Coxs goalscoring record.

Even though Cox scored 32 last season and is currently top scorer with WBA after limited earlier performances this season he is not a natural goalscorer imo, Cox misses as many as he scores but makes his chances with his pace and movement.

Austin is completely the opposite he isn't slow but will never score that many taking on opponents, Austin just has the knack to stand in the right place at the right time, a natural goalscorer who will score goals in any level.

You just cant compare the two players they are so different.

Yep I was thinking the same thing yesterday DRS, particularly the points about in the air/first touch.

I think we have a real gem here, as STFC Dave said to me yesterday, I was expecting him to not be so skillful and just be one of those players with a knack for being in the right place. Gladly, I think he's got all of the attributes.

The other similarity between him and Cox is that they are both desperate to do the best that they can. I hope it continues in Austin's case and he doesn't become a big time Charlie. I'm not even sure this lad knows how good he can be yet.

As we're on the subject of Strikers, anyone noticed how much more direct Paynter appears to be recently? He's running at players and causing them problems. We have two confident strikers who are partnering each other well. After the striking crisis I'm ecstatic.

Worth remembering that Cox had already started 20 games when he came here. I don't recall him being as good over his first 6 games for us as Austin has been.

Who was it who said something along the lines of "if you're going to talk the talk you have to walk the walk"

Egg -> Face

That was Fred.

Not really. If you have a very average first game then demand to be played next game you deserve the criticism.

Thankfully he got better :)

Charlie Austin is more like Steve White than Simon Cox, and that is a massive compliment.

I do agree though that he scores the same kind of goals that Parkin did.

:)

Wayne Rooney is a million times better than Emile Heskey, yet they are different types of player. But fuck it, why can't we compare.

It would be different if we were comparing a defender with a striker.

Didn't Wilson say originally that it would be the New Year before Austin was ready for the first team, to build upp his fitness and get him used to the League One level? I wonder if that still holds true, in that Wilson thinks he needs a month or so to really be 100%?

I reckon there has been a massive improvement already. He's lasting 90 minutes now, doesn't seem to be getting pushed around by defenders and his movement is getting better.

Anyone know if he used to score any from distance for Poole Town? I think he's had one shot from outside the area, the aim was ok but by 6 year old nephew could have hit it harder. Again, maybe he just needs building up a bit.

I know its early days but its difficult to not get excited by Austin, he seems to have the potential to be better than Cox. I'm already getting concerned that we might not be able to hold on to him in the summer.

I don't think there's much more to come from him just yet - he's just adapted much more quickly than anybody expected. Over time I'm sure he'll benefit from the coaching and being in the professional environment, and he's bound to improve over time what with still being very young, but I think we've seen exactly what he has to offer already.

On reflection, my post may seem mildly racist. I apologise, it was ok 20 years ago.

 Errrm. Which post exactly ? Or do you have a low guilt-complex threshold ?

I said I could compare Heskey to Rooney even though they were different types of players. Of course, I was not making any racial reference but my subsequent post was tongue in cheek.

Omlette head

We were discussing this on Saturday & I agree.

He has that fantastic habit of being in the right place when the ball is in the box.

A Charlie Austen goal feels better than one scored by somebody else. Already. I like to think it's because he's young, he's Swindon and he cares, but it could equally be the fact that he specialises in scoring winners! It's getting increasingly difficult to keep my hopes in check...

Austin is 100% Swindon which is fucking excellent.  :D

When Charlie scores, we should all do some to celebrate  :nod:

I think part of the reason we enjoy Charlie Austin goals more is the celebrations.

Nothing cocky, nothing arrogant, nothing planned - just a young lad running around like a loon jumping up and down and punching the air!

It's only a matter of time before this spontaneity is coached out of him.

(Optimism + Austin) + reg = Meh

The odd few outside the 18 yd box, but most of his stuff is done inside the area, but then that is exactly what Swindon needed
He's just a natural finisher basically

If anyone is interested there is an interview with Charlie's father on this link from a couple of days ago.  Interesting read in that Reading didn't take him on as a 15 year old, that he'd been on trial at Swindon when Iffy was there but got an injury & that he'd been scouted by Swindon previously when Sturrock & Malpas were the managers. Seems like we finally got our man.

The link http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/hungerfordtownfc/?section=clubnews&news_id=87616

this is an awsome interview.

"What happened is Maurice Malpas (Swindon Manager at the time) had been keen on both Jamie Gosling and Charlie Austin whilst they were playing at Hungerford. Andrew Fitton had left Hungerford and taken over at Swindon Town and had appointed Maurice Malpas as Manager, However in November 2008 Andrew Fitton had sacked Malpas after a poor run of results and a shock exit in the FA Cup to Histon and the interest ended in both Jamie and Charlie."

 :D

"Swindon put a down payment of £5k in and I think they will pay a further £10k at Christmas, but this could rise to £50k depending on certain clauses."

this is a nice touch

What’s your proudest moment?

"It would have to be his appearance at Norwich, Charlie made his debut away to Exeter but only had 2 minutes, but at Norwich in front of 25000 fans he came on with 20 minutes to go. Whilst he was warming up the Robins fans started singing his name, it brought a tear to his Grandfathers eye."

I've just read that on the Charlie Austin song thread

he does say other teams are sniffing around him...

Always the optimist eh Reg?

Why bother with coaching? A half hour pint and a chat with Reg will knock any form of hope or joy out of him
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The lads with me during last nights pub activity seemed happy enough.

Samaritans' night out?

I'm sorry the phones weren't manned for you last night...

We had best get him signed up longer then

Which is pretty much what we assumed, up to £50k in total. In hindsight it maybe feels a bit tight to get him so cheap, but bearing in mind the level he was playing at I still reckon it was a good and fair deal for both sides.

No mention of any sell on clause though, wonder if there is one?

Yep - I'm sure Fitton and Wilson will be sitting down with him in January with a view to getting him tied down for another few years

I would willingly sell my house and all its contents to keep Charlie Austin at the County Ground.

So would I.

Your house and all its contents that is. Oh and sell your pets to the local Chinese take away.

I hope you're not suggesting that the Chinese use people's pets in their cuisine, and then sell it back to them as a delicous meal?!

Is there no end to your racist tomfoolery?!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat)

http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19981207 (http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19981207)

I thought he was suggesting SONN kept pet chickens.

Yeah, I was just joking. Thanks for linking me some opinions though, I'll be sure to read them later.

Well don't leave it too long, they might sell out.

There is a clause in Charlie's contract that says once he plays x games it will trigger another year's extension - he's probably close to that figure now

10? I guess you're using Roman Numerals

Would that mean you have to move away from the area SONN?  :)

I think there probably is. We also have the friendly, which unfortunately won't be at our new ground now as the planning got turfed out. Still maybe we can sort another one when the time is right

I love you. Your comments make me chuckle a fair bit.
 
however, if PtP was using roman numerals surely he/she (sorry:)) would use 'X' not 'x'.

I'm sure it's just a typo Santa.

Courtesy of a guy on the Poole forum, really interesting reading.

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/hungerfordtownfc/?section=clubnews&news_id=87616

Nice one, i'm a Bournemouth resident so very keen that the young lad does well. He's doing magnificently.

Austin is scoring over 1 goal a game at present (a goal every 83 minutes to be precise).

In the 7 games Austin has played (started) with Paynter, they've scored 12 between them.

You keep thinking the run has to stop but there is no sign of it yet. He'll be gone in January at this rate.

shut up

He's not going anywhere.

Was a bit disappointed with his slightly nonchalant celebration today. I much prefer the excited jumping, running about and punching the air of his previous goals.

Danny Ward's the new Charlie Austin.  Charlie's so 2009.

The thing is, his all round play is pretty damn good too, hes a real gem! Thank God Bournemouth got that transfer embargo!!!!!

Just saw the second goal on points west...real quality move with a great finish.

Ferry's backheeled assist was gert lush

Craig Levin should come down and have a gander some time.

I reckon Ferry, Cuthbert and JPM could do a job for Scotland!!

Cuthbert certainly.

JPM's probably a little old now for a first cap. Saying that he might be worth a shot as i reckon he's probably one of the most consistently good midfilelders this season in this league.

Most assists in the league as well and lets be honest, scotland are fucking awful.

If Levein and his staff have got any sense he will certainly have them on his radar, they need as many options as possible and the standard isn't that bad especially when comparing it to the SPL. I imagine Scott Cuthbert already is - Fans get sniffy when players are selected beyond the top flight - you have to be Steve Bull good :)

On topic - I didn't expect Austin's contribution to be so significant so soon - long may that continue.

713 fans in the charlie austin appreciation society and counting...

if you arent a member, you suck cock - lots of cock.

714. I have just joined. I didn't fancy sucking lots of cock.

good lad.

I only thought i'd get about 30 tefers join when I started it!

Charlie, Charlie Austin!

#716

He really does need a new song. That "charlie da da da da" or whatever it is is awful!

Trouble is nobody on this forum seems brave enough to actually start singing any new songs we take time to compose! :deadhorse:

He is our Charlie, our super Charlie
He makes us happy when skies are grey (and red and white)
He' not a Metro, or an Allegro
He is our Austin, our super, Charlie!

agreed....charlie charlie austin does the job for me....or alternatively the magic hat song....

Oh, Charlie Austin's magic,
He wears a magic hat.
He plays for the Swindon
He such a lovely chap.

He scores with his left foot,
He scores with his right.
And when we play at Oxford,
He scores all f***ing night...

Think I was around the 400 mark

I was number 8!

I was number 1

Cant beat that

I had a quick wank after I joined

 :notworthy:

See you've also sneaked into the PTFC group

damn right, i treat the group as an extension to my penis.

Dave's got a serious hard-on for Charlie Austin.

#737

http://tinyurl.com/yecxtzw

And more speculation.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Championship-trio-in-race-for-Swindon-transfer-target-Charlie-Austin-article271715.html

Why would anybody want to sign for Derby or Ipswich at the moment?!

http://www.twtd.co.uk/news.php?storyid=15777

Ipswich fans being realistic about it.  I like the 4th comment which says

'As for Charlie, it will take alot to take him away from Swindon.
1 Swindon is his boyhood team and he is still living a dream.
2 Swindon do not need to sale they are finances are good
3 He has it in his contract that Swindon can extend his contract at the end of the season if they wish to do so, which they probably will.'

He's not going anywhere.

I like the comment that there are more prolific division 3 strikers out there?!

Really, anyone else in the division scoring a goal a game?!

morrison at millwall has scored 7 in the last 7

That's nothing Mex. I heard there was one bloke in non-league who averaged a goal a game over the whole season last year. Poole Town I think it was?

Revell is far better. I'm worried we won't be able to keep him.

I am convinced Charlie will be here until the end of this season and at least next season.

I know there is no loyalty in football but its his first shot at playing the full time professional game, hes getting regular football and scoring and at a club who are financially sound in times where a lot of other clubs aren't - including those in leagues higher than us.

I don't think he'd be in a rush to go anywhere until he at least establishes himself and proves he can cut it at this level first. 

Yeah he'll stay 100% convinced of that.

Cheeky avatar Luci.

Its a dream start. He'll have a run of games where things dont run for him, or he might get injured.

Unlike Cox, I think Charlie Austin can stay at Swindon long term. We need good players to be staying 3 or 4 years, like Sam Parkin did. Only then can they have a proper impact.

For some reason i could of swore i seen or heard that Fitton is good mates or close to the family.I would hope that would come into it at the end of the season.

When Fitton was at Hungerford, either Austins dad or Austin himself were playing for Hungerford at the time.

Twas Charlie, although his dad did play for Hungerford also. Only just realised he's related to the Angells, who i'm sure Fred would have played against most of them?

Austin played at Hungerford whilst Fitton was chairman. The first pre season friendly we had at Hungerford (a couple of years ago) both Fitton and Austin were there in the bar afterwards chatting to Town fans.

I know Fitton doesnt like contracts more than 2 years. But this is a good group of players now and Austin is young, I think a 3 year contract would be great for everyone.

He's got the making of the most loved Swindon player since Steve White I think - in terms of longevity.  He's going to get away with a hell of a lot of shit performances just because we all know he actually cares and enjoys the game - it helps he's then scored 7 in 7 of course.  I swear people actually got a tad dissapointed when Paynter knicked that one off his toes a few games back.

I like this post.

All his goals so far have shown "instinct" ala Chalkie. it will be interesting to see what he does if he has time on the ball. This was Chalkie's weakness. I loved the goal against Yeovil because he really had to dig it out from under his feet under pressure.

However that finish against Milwall when he controlled the ball with his arse showed great composure.

According to todays mirror Charlie is being tracked by Forest, Derby & Ipswich!

I think if you go back just 1 page on here you will see that story.

bonjour swindon fans.
i watched charlie austin for a year at poole town and it was obvious he was special, he trained with bournemouth for 3 months and came back slim and fast, im gutted bmouth didn't sign him (football league hate us and won't let us sign anyone) but i am delighted he is doing well for you boys.
At Poole town he was known as "big time charlie" austin, you should use it its good and soon he will be proper big time. Have a good season

Do I sense jelousy?

persecution complex? try getting relegated 2 divisions.

Or try winning a major trophy to qualify for Europe, but being denied that place because you're outside the top flight.

We have played in Europe though - Italy, good old Anglo-Italian Cup

That was the reason it got organised if I remember (reading/hearing about it) correctly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Italian_Cup

Interesting.

http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Achievements/Reports/Report19700905_03.asp

And this sort of backs up what Sie was saying.

Can vaguely remember seeing Sampdoria play at the CG in the Anglo Italian Cup, think I was around seven at the time. The start of my Swindon supporting days. RIP grandad

I remember the home games in this tournament.  The first was against Juventus at the County Ground & they put out a pretty strong side although I think that some of their first team players were already called up for the Italian World Cup squad. I remember that standing just adjacent to me in the old 'Shrivvy Road stand' were a couple of Italians, a young lad in his teens and an older man who I presumed was his father. The young lad started giving it some, telling me how Juve would score a lot of goals against this Swindon team because they were the best team in Italy.  There was no denying the Juve's teams ability on the ball but they didn't have Arthur Horsfield, Peter Noble up front or Stan Harland, Frank Burrows, Thomas & Trollope at the back. But most of all we had the Don of Dons - Don Rogers.  If I remember correctly we won 4-0 with all the above playing some great stuff.  Funny but I don't remember the young Italian lad staying for the second half - shame because he missed all the good bits.

Later in the tournament Swindon beat Juve away 1-0, a result that was almost unrecorded in the British press but was much commented on in Italy apparently. Some years later I wrote to the 'Grauniad's David Lacey when he claimed Arsenal, having won in Turin were the first British club to defeat Juventus post War on their own ground & I pointed out his error.  Never got a reply but just felt I ought to correct inaccuracies in the scribblers hasty jottings.  I still feel that the Swindon Town team of that era were never given the recognition they deserved for their exploits in Italy & winning the trophy.

Anyway, back on topic - have to say Charlie Austin is making a mockery of the gap between League One & Wessex League.  I confess to being somewhat sceptical of his being able to make the transition so successfully or so quickly but he looks so assured on the ball.  His movement and control are already there but mostly it is his ability to read situations & know where the goal is that has shown to me that he is that rare and precious commodity, a natural goal scorer. Of course other clubs are going to take a look, anyone scoring as prolifically as Charlie is doing at the moment is bound to attract attention but I hope he stays for at least two or three more seasons and enjoys success with Swindon Town FC

I spoke to Joe Butler a couple of years ago about the game in Napoli, he said he was scared shitless when the trouble kicked off and the players given an armed guard back to the dressing room guarded by Police with machine guns.

Happy days.

had a similar conversation with arthur horsefield about that game myself jj.
was a bit scarey to say the least from the stuff i heard.i wonder if anyone knows somebody who was in the crowd that night supporting us?

I'll bet Reg was there.

Sadly not..think I may have been in the middle of A levels at the time.

Did you pass reg?

Probably, but I bet he was expecting to fail.

On a Forest forum they're debating whether Austin is worth £250k or not;

http://www.forestforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=40195.0

he's been lucky apparently.

was it Ian Rush who once said the harder I work the luckier I am.

someone must have told that to jpm this season

Surely clubs aren't serious looking at Austin YET, he's only started played 7 league games FFS. 250k would be some risk. 

I'd say its somewhat academic as Fitton would never let him go in January for £250k - I doubt he'd even bother returning phone calls unless they were talking 7 figures, which of course is not going to happen.

If Austin keeps scoring and keeps improving he'll end up going for more than we got for Cox.

That thread links to this one too. Weird.

What's weird is someone thinking they might get some sense on the TEF.

Yes academic in that we wouldn't sell him right now, but can you really see a club bidding £250k for an unproven risk anyway. I can see these clubs tracking him, but not bidding.

Anyway, I'm sure Austin himself will realise he needs a season or two to adapt to league 1 before moving up, or risk doing a Fleetwood.


All roads lead to Austin.

Fully agree on that. It's funny reading their comments about Charlie's goals. This kid is  natural goalscorer, and he wins his fair share of headers despite the central defenders being taller than him.

As we know there are players who are with Premier sides that don't have that knack (Odabeyi, Hutchinson), who cannot even score that regular in League 1.

Any talk of him being more valuable than Cox or even potentially more valuable than Cox is just stupid.

Sorry but i think you're wrong, Austin's all round play is better than Cox's and i can really see Austin being better than Cox even if that sounds stupid i do think he will be a great player.

No fucking chance.

He could be as good for us as Sam Parkin, but on ability he isnt going to come close to Simon Cox.

Different type of player - different type of ability.

And he's scored more than Cox did in his first 7 games for us. What more do you want from a striker?

This is what I think.  Charlie is playing well, and scoring goals which will obviously make him very valuable to teams, but compared to Cox right now he's nowhere near the same level, and wouldn't attract bids of anywhere near the £1m that Cox was getting.

Simon Cox scored unbelievable goals.

I love Austin, hes everything a league 1 striker should be.

If he keeps on as he has been he might be worth £600k to someone one day. But hes not going to score any miracle goals like Cox did vs Walsall, or all those other sublime chips from outside the box.

Cox was scoring the same sort of goals in League 1 that Jermaine Defoe was scoring for Bournemouth 8 years ago. I think he'll get an England call up one day.

Defoe was 19 then. Cox should settle for the ROI instead. He's good, but he's no Defoe.

Austin, on the other hand, hasn't played nearly enough to be written off as just a league one striker... I don't care where the goals are scored from - his current record is better than Cox's was for us.

He wont score many outside the 6 yard box. Theres nothing wrong with that. But you look over the years there have been lots of league 1 players who have scored 30 goals in a season and then dissapeared from league football 3 years later.

Englands strength is depth is very weak, especially up front. If Cox scores a few next season for WBA in the Premiership then Capello will be watching. Cox scored better goals for Swindon than Defoe did at this level.

i reckon parkin was better than cox for us.was the most complete striker we've had since shearer.
austin is more like chalkie.

Thats why I think Austin could be a great player for Swindon, because he wont be as attractive to other teams as Cox.

Cox had far too much ability to be at Swindon and we were never going to able to keep on to him for more than a year. Austin could stay for 3 or 4 years and be a legend.

not in todays game he wont be.if he scores goals regularly he'll be gone.(unless we gain promotion)

we kept Parkin for 3 years, no reason why Austin wont be here that long.

Its far too early to be making long term predictions as to the player Austin will become.

Austin has been playing part time for the last 2 or 3 seasons and has played the equivalent of under 7 full games.

Cox had already played in 31 games (18 starts, 13 sub) when he came here and had been full time since turning 16.

Sure there are some question marks over parts of Austin's game; lack of pace, lack of strength, questionable movement, shooting from distance. But these are things that can be worked on and possibly sorted out, some will come naturally with more games and fitness work.

On the plus side he obviously has a lot of the right natural skills which can't be taught - a knack of being in the right place, excellent ball control and passing and very strong challenging for headers.

Bottom line is that Austin is scoring far more goals and playing far better than he should be given his background.

This may sound silly but he has a knack of striking the ball early...he dosnt Dally..Defoe is a master at suprising defenders and keepers by striking almost instantly....Shearer was the best example.
Charlies first goal at Carlisle is an example..and the goal v Yeovil was in before the defenders and keeper could react.

I generally agree with what Jonny said but I dont think you can question Austins movement - I think its top notch.

His movement in and around the box is excellent, hence why he's always in the right place to score.

From further out it looks dodgy to me, hence why he isn't being played through very often with long balls.

He didn't to badly scoring against Uddersfield from a JFL long through ball...

Can't believe this all started from me watching Swindon v Sampdoria at the CG. Anyhow hands up anyone who wants to flog Charlie for 250k?

Not many takers I would think, he is different class. He's proved what he can do by making the step up, some of you thought too big of a step up, he has proved you totally wrong.
Hopefully Fitton and Wilson will now offer him some decent cash and tie him down to a long term deal. Oh and I do do hope that is the case as being a long distance supporter it has reignited my interest in the cause

One massive bonus of the way Charlie Austin has come into the team is that is has shown our players they are not a million miles apart from the best non league players playing for free.

I honestly dont think Macca could hack it. Bet he thought Swindon were so small time signing a striker from non league. Desperate to get back to the comfort zone of a big club/big squad like Norwich where he can hide away in the reserves and collect his money.

Charlie was not playing for free as he was on a two year contract at Poole, but yep I know what you mean a lot of it was because he enjoys it and he was having fun. Certain players would do well to remember that. Most of us would love to be in that position

Blimey Reg, you made me laugh!!

Macca's on £4,000 a week. Thats probably twice the amount of the regional director in my company who is responsible for 250 people.

He was a pro at Poole. But the numbers dont compare.

But what was he earning at Poole Town, a couple of hundred a week tops I'd have thought. He wasn't playing just for fun, he was playing in the hope of being spotted by a League club to get his career going again.

Don't people play for fun anymore, how disappointing

I do.

Tell you what, for the calender year 2008 we looked like we had a football team who hated their jobs and hated playing football.

Thats because the photo was done...IN THE MALPASS YEARS.

@leefer, no Brock or Poole games today, all off

He is only getting 300 a week at Swindon so I can not imagine he was getting more than £50 a game at Poole

i'd bet he aint being paid 300 a week.that aint enough to quit your day job and turn pro.

It is if your grandfather is a millionaire, spoke with a relative of his and he is getting £300 a week plus appearance and goal bonuses although a new deal is being negotiated the lad is just glad to be given a chance and he has certainly taken it.

I think Fitton described said goal bonuses as "considerable" on the Radio though, so I doubt he's going hungry.

I believe Cox had a similar deal where he wasn't one of out top earners on basic salary but once he'd scored a hatful of goals he came out on top.

Behave, if he was a bit-part builder/labourer I doubt he'd be getting much more, if any.

i heard he was on £200 a week with £500 per goal so he aint doing too bad at the mo

they get about £100 a day.add that to his part time football wages and he'd have be on a fair wedge of money a week.

I'm sure his dad didn't leave him skint

More than what I get!

well if you're a pro footballer like austin is i'd ask for a pay rise

Given the chance to play pro football how many of us would do it for free!

Talking about a new deal.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swindon_town/8439410.stm

You do realise that footballers still have to pay the bills right?

Good feature in the League Paper today regarding this kid.

Seperately, theTop 10 stars to watch in 2010 feature is also interestering....

1 - Jordan Rhodes
2 - Victor Moses
3 - Jonjo Shelvey
4 - Adam Matthews
5 - Adam Lallana
6 - Connor Wickham
7 - Charlie Austin
8 - Joe Allen
9 - Brett Pitman
10 - Jamie Jones

Only Charlie and Joe are real football names

Have just seen this on the SKY Sports Transfer Centre

"09.26 Swindon hot-shot Charlie Austin admits he is flattered to be linked with moves higher up the football pyramid, but admits he is focused on doing his best for the Robins."

Yeah they elaborate in the League One section.

I think SKY as a company elaborate things. I found it weird that this has come out today when we have already heard this. Thursdays are renowned for slow news days

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11719_5858821,00.html

austin hasnt trained all week? bit strange, anyone know if he is injured? rest of the squad has been training at cirencester arena.

Yes he's injured.

What now? Or last week??

Heard he picked up  a knock in the Stockport game, either that or him and his agent are visiting clubs from higher divisions this week. :D

I thought he was sick (tonsilitis), not injuired.

The said on the highlights he had a neck injury from the Gillingham game.

Tonsils are in the neck.

But as you said, tonsillitis is a sickness and not an injury. They said neck injury, not neck sickness.

TBF Charlie did apparently have tonsilitus and got a knock on the infected area round his neck which is why he had to go off against Jills according to DW.

If you remember he went up for a header and came crashing down over the back of the defender. He was wnded for a bit played on and was eventually substituted.

I thought it was whiplash?

Miss ?

No, Madame.

Just found this:

http://www.footballfancast.com/football-blogs/league-league-rapid-rise-charlie-austin

Dunno if anyone's posted it yet, apologies if they have :)

Apologies from me too. Interview with Charlie

http://tinyurl.com/yjjqhcx

i dont like the duh duh duh duh chant for him and it must end it's cheesy and shit.
charlie charlie austin is far better and should be sang pronto!

I agree.

I also don't like how the walking in a Paynter wonderland song has been semi-ditched in favour of the one. Although they're not my preferred songs at least they pump the atmosphere up a bit so I won't grumble too much :)

ooh aah Pericard  I said ooh aah Pericard

Like it, Ron.