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Michael Smith signed from Charlton for undisclosed fee believed to be around 200k

Who the hell is he?!

Who?

I'd better get googling, I've never heard of him.

Well that came from left field a bit.

Striker - 23. Scored a few on loan this season in League Two, and previously in League Two or Conference.

Interesting.

Didn't he knock Phil Taylor out of the World Champs recently?  Looks like he carries a bit of timber...

Inspiring.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Smith_%28footballer_born_1991%29

A lot of money for a player I've never heard of. But I bet we haven't handed over anywhere near to 200k!

He scored a few goals for afc wimbledon this season but most likely to be a backup for when Ranger goes awol again!

Ah on loan at AFC Wimbledon, seen him get a few on the FL show. Is this right then? Or a wind up?

He's 6ft 4 so a target-man I guess.

@BBCWiltshire: FOOTBALL: #stfc have signed #charlton striker Michael Smith for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £200k #swindon

24 goals in 62 games playing for a variety of donkey outfits.

If we paid anything I'd be surprised

More like a nominal fee plus add ons.

Yep power wont have paid 200k for sure, more like 50k with add ons.

6ft 4, will be converted to a center back, you heard it here 1st

:sherlock:

Oh for another Shaun Taylor

seems a lot of cash given career so far....wait and see as always and judge later

There's some right miserable cunts on here the last couple of weeks. Who the fuck were people expecting us to sign?

This lads record is pretty decent by the looks of things. Seems to know where the net is although that's at a slightly lower level.

Micheal Smith is not a particularly exotic name is it? He sounds more like a brickie than a number 9.

Can we call him something like Smitherio instead?

Womble fans rate him very highly reckon he was best striker in div2

Oi you! Don't ruin some peoples evenings with optimism.

We've had/got a few Smiths recently....Smitinho has a ring to it.

That could work

Ranger's goal scoring record is pitiful as he's a target man and not an out and out goalscorer.

Sounds like this fella is similar.

*insert 'we should sign Lionel Messi' joke, here*

Here's a Charlton thread on him

http://www.charltonlife.com/discussion/57353/michael-smith-ed-sold-to-swindon

After looking on wiki, his last 4 loan spells have all garnered goals in fairness.

I think he'll do well.

Certainly seems the sort of player we need to take a punt on.

Not mutually exclusive.

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/08/01/article-2382194-1B193B5B000005DC-379_634x392.jpg)

So we've got 2 new unproven young strikers in the transfer window.  Lost noone yet.  Really could do with some defensive cover Id say.  Only another week or so.

I had a regen called Michael Smith come through on one of my football manager games as Swindon.

Became the best left back in the world racking him about 180 England Caps and playing near 800 games for the Town.

#pointlessinfo

Give the lad a chance, you never know he might start banging them in! Would like to see us sign a CB as cover for a month or so!

I'm sure I read on the Charlton forum that the fee is around £75k, with Bury offering the same amount.

why does every footballer with the surname Smith have the nickname Smudge?

Looks like he grabbed a few for Wimbledon. Judging him on his time at Darlo seems pretty harsh given that he was 18

Seems he was managed by Mark Cooper at Darlington.

He will be a hit.

Interestingly the club have yet to confirm the signing. Perhaps Power was hoping to take Shrewsbury by surprise when handing the team sheet in on Saturday.

Wonder whether Ranger will go the other way?

Sounds promising. Not quite as fun a name as Ngoo would have been and Ajose, N'Guessan and El Gabas were...even Christian Roberts might manage this.

This could be why.

Chris Powell confirms to the press that @smudga17 is talking to Swindon Town and could join them on a pernanent basis shortly. #cafc


10:02 PM - 21 Jan 2014


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Looks alright. To be honest I'll be disappointed if I can't boo him and he's anything other than total pony.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5SBeBCQA5k

Awful haircut

On loan from Charlton apparently......

If he plays does this mean we'll be trying a few more crosses into the box? He looks like somebody who can head the ball at last.

Welcome Smudger (it's the law that footballers with the name Smith have to be called smudge(r)).

Interesting anyway, hope he does well. Personally think Ranger's day are numbered.


edit: ha, told you. Twitter:  @smudga17

http://youtu.be/T5SBeBCQA5k (http://youtu.be/T5SBeBCQA5k)

His goals from his time at afc Wimbledon are on YouTube. Quite excited by this signing, i counted 8 of his goals coming from crosses on the byline though and that is something we don't really have to offer. Will be interesting, hope he plays Saturday.

"Super, super smudge"

Good signing, looks a good prospect.

Excited to see him play. Will be nice to have some kind of aerial presence. I've got a good feeling about this...

Tall, strong, quick, good in the air, skilful -looks like a good signing

So have we signed him or not?

Mike Smith? Does this mean Sarah Greene will be attending games? If so, lovely stuff.

(http://i2.cdnds.net/09/23/550w_ds_icon_sarah_greene_4.jpg)

This joke was brought to you by the year 1989.

You know the drill..

Of course.. The club shop wasn't open. The next two hours are critical. We need pos (proof of scarf).

Exactly.

BBC Wiltshire reporting this morning that he was in talks with Lee Power last night and is EXPECTED to sign later today . . . . not exactly the same as was being quoted by them last night.  Expect Bournemouth come in now and gazump us!!

How are we going to get that with Sam banned ?

It is a nickname from job of working in a smithy as a blacksmith who used to get sooty marks/smudges on their clothes...hence smudge.

Dull fact.

Ha, was gonna say I fully expect to see him in a Brentford shirt later today!

Banned?  Keep up!

Or that!

Excellent. About time we had someone who could challenge in the air for Pritchard's wonderful set piece deliveries, especially corners.

As of Monday he was a free man. Freeeeeeee.

Those goals were very well taken and the reaction of the Charlton fans is very positive for us. Hope this gets finalised now!

I saw Smith play for AFC Wimbledon in late November at Bristol Rovers. He was terrible, they were all terrible.

League Two isn't fun.

Looking at the Videos, seems like a Alex Revell type of player.

Old fashioned lower league centre forward, hopefully he can work with Pritchard.

This one come out of nowhere, don't we have anyone in the know anymore?

Do we have a scarf over head pic yet...as it's my understanding Oxford are interested in him, perhaps after seeing the massive potential of their 2700 home fans last night we've been Uddersfield.

Deal done, 100k with add-ons up to 200k. Charlton with a sell-on-clause too.

If so, 10/15 goals by the end of the season for 100k will be a good return. Hopefully there's not a clause on that...

Always thought we made a mistake with Revell - And hasn't he made us pay since!

Not quite with you there, he's only scored 19 in 106 games for Rotherham, admittedly 10 have probably been against us!

Just thought he was a good hard working foil for a goalscorer - More Billy Painter than Charlie Austin

Speaking of Charlie Austin, I wonder if he's an outside chance to make the WC squad in the summer. We're not exactly stocked with strikers...should he manage to keep scoring for QPR, then he must come into the list, then there's always injuries.

It's a short list....Rooney, Sturridge, Wellbeck, Defoe, Lambert, poss Carroll, then outside bets....poss Berahino, I'd have Austin in there. Any others?

Jay Rodriguez will go over Defoe I hope.
In fact there's about 4 Southampton players i'd happily stick on that plane above others regulars.

Smith has signed by the way

No chance.

Steve Bull went to the World Cup in 1990 as a second tier player.

Don't think Charlie will go this time but if he makes the step up to the Prem and keeps banging them in (as he has at every level he's played at) he will be hard to ignore, if that Hull move had gone ahead and he'd had a good season, there would be a clamour for him I think.

So with two signings in for around  £600,000 if the Smith fee is to be believed and Luongo...where does that leave us in respect of paying our debts as seen on the audit.?
I mean if i was Rooney i would be more than a bit pissed off that the club cant honor his contract but can spend this kind of money on two players.
Surely dont look good f it does go to court?

Not sure about Smith to be honest but only time will tell....oh and just to say we have now probably spent more on two players than PDC did in his whole time here :D...not accounting for wages i grant you and the odd tribunal.
To be fair it is all panning out a bit strange to me

It's not that we owe Rooney money, it's that we are disputing we owe him anything as we do not think the agreement / contract / whatever was valid. I don't see what the problem is seeing as Rooney has a new club and has been with them since July, so it's not like he's low on cash. I guess he just wanted the massive wage he was promised by PDC / Spencer / Wray / Insert Name.

An outside chance admittedly, but I'd say he must be about 7th or 8th in line...we'll take 4 strikers, if fit Rooney, Sturridge, Wellbeck, and then a place up for grabs on form and fitness...

I had never seen this before and there is some great stats on it.

http://thewashbag.com/2013/03/05/paolo-di-canios-vital-statistics/

However the one pertinent to your comment Leefer is -

10 players that Di Canio signed had their contracts paid up early – Atiku, Chibbochi, Comazzi, Connell, Esajas, Kerrouche, Lanzano, Magera, Risser and J Smith which I presume cost a pretty penny. Collins cost 200k and Troy about 150k I think so I think we are far from what Di Canio frittered away.

There's a significant difference between being unable to pay somebody and being unwilling to. I don't think the club have ever claimed they are unable to pay Rooney.

We also paid 150k ish for Connell

So i got it wrong fair enough...i thought he had a contract and was taking the club to court.

Forgot about that as well and I am sure there are others. Apparently he brought in 38 players in total so guessing that tots up well above 500k.

Well he has. It's just the club claim it's not valid.

Tails because a player is quote....not low on cash....will not wash in court if indeed it ends up going there.
My feeling is the club will have to pay a reduced amount to :D ALL parties mentioned in this audit.

Flasheart we will never agree and we have done it to death :)

You'll never agree because you are wrong.

4th will be Lambert, as he's already been part of the squad and the other players there could use someone who actually gives a shit.

Form and fitness, usually means that there's always a few changes to what looks like the squad...

Think Nugent would be above Austin if they felt the need to take a Championship striker

Nugent scores mostly from pens though....he's also tainted by already having a cap provided by the Wally with the Brolly. When I say mostly this season it's 8 pens from 17 goals.

I thought that we wanted to sign him, but couldn't afford the fee.


As for Austin, I read in the paper the other day that he had scored half of QPR's goals this season

Think Charlie has his fair share of pens this season too. If it was a straight choice between the two though I'd take Charlie every day of the week though Reg.

Not sure about all comp's but not too far off in the league. 13 from their 31 goals this season. I only know this as I had a little wager on him being top scorer in the league this year.

I think we decided against signing him for some other reason.

I remember it was a very acrimonious affair because the chairman of his parent club (Southend?) basically said something along the lines that he was glad to get rid of Revell, thinking at the time we would be signing him permanently. Then, of course, we change our minds about signing him leaving revell to go back knowing what his Chairman had said. We did nowt wrong really but Southend right royally fucked him about.

Never forget that fucking thunderbolt at Brentford....have that!!

We didn't sign Alex Revell because we didn't want him because he was shite for us...

Yeah I don't think I would have Revell'd in that particular signing. You never knew what you were gonna get with Revell!

Its Dangerous

Wrong thread Bewster  ;)

What kind of world do we live in where someone can't put a harmless MJ pun in any thread they wish, regardless of relevance?!

You do what you want Bewster!

We did, when he was clean through at Carlisle and wellied it into the north sea, I think that may have put people off.

Beat it Mr Tails !

I really feel like I am losing the plot this week. FFS !!

Phill King Bottom Brackets, posting to the wrong thread, forgetting things.  :doh:

and whats more I feel that They Don't Care About Us  ;D

I think it's more complicated than that. As far as I can see there cannot have been any "contract" with Rooney, other than the loan deal, at the time of his signing, because he was still contracted to Birmingham. League rules make it kind of illegal to sign a contract with a player while their registration is held by another club. There couldn't even have been one of those "pre-contract agreement" things, because we signed him in the summer, nearly a year before the contract was due to lapse, and you can't sign one of those until the last six months of your contract.

There might have been a clause in the loan agreement expressing the intention to offer a contract when AR was in a position to sign one, but it's debatable what the legal status of such a clause might be. I guess that's the line that the club are taking, and I can't blame them.

Had to giggle at some nob called London Red on ThisIs

'TAH has only played 9 games for us so that leaves another 8 before he reaches 15'

Same fella who thinks we have to pay Shrewsbury if TAH reaches the magic 15. Still you wouldn't read the comments appended to Morshead's stuff, for any reason other than a giggle....would you?

No announcement yet. I'm wondering if there will be a double one tomorrow maybe?

I really liked the self righteous indignation from the early posters that a newspaper should ever print a transfer rumour before the deal was signed and details sent to the FA.

Jesus there's an entire industry based on little else. The BBC run a transfer rumours column throughout the season, even when the window is closed.

The fellah who claimed it was all a smokescreen from the board to keep the fans on side hasn't been back since the player himself tweeted his goodbyes to his Charlton mates at lunchtime I see.

Sam tweeted the deal was done but no official announcement today. You could be right about a double deal Sutton.

Seems a bit odd the club still haven't confirmed it even though the player has.

Unless of course as sutton said we get a double deal at some point!

"michael smith @smudga17
All the best for the future! Looking forward to the next few years with Swindon, cant wait to get started #cafc #stfc"

Apparently Rooney might be off to Aberdeen, maybe Oldham can't afford his contract either.

Jones signing too?

Juan Mata. Said he loved playing against us in the cup so much he's coming to stay.

We are close to the wage cap. Probably awaiting FL approval.

So its confirmed on the site then.  Man with shirt picture an all.

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/news/article/smithijumpedatthechance-1312426.aspx

So what do we reckon, straight into the team on Saturday due to Rangers 'Illness'?

Is Michael Smith a load of shit

 :popcorn:

I dont know if hes a load of shit.  I dont claim to ave knowledge of every player in the lower leagues.  Time will tellI guess.

I agree. Let's give the lad a chance.

Is holding the shirt at gunpoint?

Sorted it for you.

does not rime like mine.

Rhyme, it's rhyme

 :doh:

pedantic for a football forum?

Nah, it may seem that way but its tradition rather than serious.

RIP Nev (who started it all).

Typos are fine, youth/text/idiot/gangsta not so

Smith and shit don't even rhyme.

(though 'rime' is a wonderful spelling, in the tradition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge).

He's probably rhyming it in a German translation of Smith.

I think sarge is going to be a cross between doss and crispy. He may explode.

Smit and Scheiße?

Ok, just the first half of the sentence  ::)

Must be coming up to a year since he passed, I know it was close to my Birthday in February, RIP Nev.

Your first post doesn't even 'rime' you complete bellend.

I wonder how Nevs sister (?) is, she posted to say thanks after.  Perhaps we should do a collection for some flowers for the anniversary, either for his sis, or the grave etc.

Is he cup tied for the JPT?

Played against brentford for afc wimbledon

As I said in the match day thread, I get the feeling this fella could have the potential of a Sam Parkin, he certainly finished the second like a Parkin at his best.

Very early days but I think he could be a decent addition to the squad.  Optimistic.

A yes would of done...fucking show off  :clap:

 :bye:

they lost 5-3 but he didnt score.