Swindon Town quashed any hope of Scott Lindsay potentially joining Ben Garner at the Valley by appointing him Head Coach. I will assume from this that Scott Marshall will stay with him in Wiltshire.
There was clearly something in the possibility of the pair joining us with Garner but for whatever reason that hasn't worked out - perhaps the pair were leveraging us to secure better positions at Swindon? Whatever, as long as it's not a disappointment for Garner, then I guess we are no worse off.
Breaking news this evening is that Eoghan O'Connell has been signed from from League Two Rochdale. The former Celtic centre-half (7 appearances) captained Rochdale last season and obviously has leadership qualities. At 26, he has time on his side although I suspect there will be questions asked about his pedigree. I am always prepared to wait and see for myself, as Harry Arter proved last season.
I was pleased to see that Sandguard confirmed the pre-season training camp will go ahead, when he spoke to the Fans Forum on Thursday evening. There had been scurrilous rumours on Twitter by Charlton fans that the tour had been called off because we don't have enough players. That's incorrect, of course, although I think it's fair to say we would have to play players out-of-position as things stand.
Perhaps we will see a couple more announced this week to freshen things up in Spain?
Pleased to see that the supporter response to O'Connell's signing has been overwhelmingly positive. More signings in this vein please...
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