The most inevitable of loan moves in the history of Charlton Athletic finally came about today as Chris Dickson joined Gillingham for his second spell, this time for three months. The hullabaloo and name-calling from earlier in the season over his failed move and Phil Parkinson's insistence that Chris had "can play a big part for us until the end of the season" has been forgotten as Charlton trim their wage bill.
Gillingham are in dire straights and a relegation dogfight looms now that the goals from Simeon Jackson have dried up. Ordinarily, you would think we have seen the last of Dicko, but I am not so sure. If he doesn't get the goals for Gillingham and their season peters out (or they go down) they might not find his wages affordable and if his scoring ratio gets anywhere near where it was last he was there, we might want a fee for him that the Gills couldn't match.
I feel sorry for Chris Dickson that he hasn't made more of his opportunity at the Valley, especially at a time when we have a crop of very average strikers at the club. Maybe that's the problem because Chris can't seem to hack it amongst what we've got and has certainly done too little to earn himself a regular spot. Lest we forget, this is the former Dulwich Hamlet striker who told Darren Bent on his first day at training that he was after his shirt!
It's ironic of course, that Dickson should move today when he could be on the bench all fired-up to come on and exact some retribution from Britsol Rovers for failing to offer him an extension to his spell there before New Year. Rovers thought they had better options but have failed to score in six of their last eight games.
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