Charlie Austin

[marshal99]

Go get him , he's a natural goalscorer and will be the next big thing. Won't be that expensive either.

Swindon hot-shot Charlie Austin is a wanted man after his goalscoring form for the League One club.

Championship sides Nottingham Forest, Derby and Ipswich are all interested in the 20-year-old striker who has scored seven goals in as many games.

Ex-Reading trainee Austin is 6ft 2in and has made a big impression at Swindon since joining them in October.



http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/new...sfer-target-Charlie-Austin-article271715.html

 

[Johnny Bravo]

On a town site too mentioning our name...

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

Town, Nottingham Forest and Derby are all being linked with a January move for Swindon Town striker Charlie Austin. The 20-year-old has netted seven goals in his first seven senior starts for the Robins after joining them from non-league in October.

Austin was with Reading’s youth set-up as a schoolboy but dropped out of the professional game, playing with Thatcham Town and hometown side Hungerford Town before joining Wessex League Premier Division club Poole Town last season.

The 6ft 2in tall striker scored a hugely impressive 46 goals in 46 starts and two sub appearances as the Dolphins won their league by 17 points and also picked up the Dorset Senior Cup.

In the summer, Austin spent time training with Bournemouth but was unable to join the League Two side due to their transfer embargo. Instead, he signed for Swindon until the end of the season for an undisclosed fee in early October, having already netted 18 goals in 11 appearances for Poole, who remained in the same division despite winning last season’s championship.

After four games as a sub, Austin, who previously worked in the building trade, has netted in all but one of his seven starts for Swindon, scoring twice in the 3-2 victory over Leyton Orient earlier this month.

I'm not too sure there's much in this one doesn't sound like something we'd be doing at the moment.

 

[marshal99]

We should always keep a lookout for potential players like that rather than turn a blind eye and keep going after premiership rejects or players we can't possibly have.
Austin is a player for the future and i have no doubt that his value will rise up. People keep raving about Beckford , this guy is raw and will no doubt prove the better buy in the long term.

This guy is still a rookie but he pretty much adapted to league one from one-league in like weeks. Will be a mistake if he goes to some team like derby or ipswich and he turned out to be a major success.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Would you rather we used up out scouting resources looking at strikers though? The only area of the team other than Goalkeeper where we don't need anymore strength or depth this season?

 

[Randy Bumgardener]

Another Dickinson ? Who knows eh !

 

[thetfordred]

too soon to say if he's the real deal , maybe just hit a hot streak but could soon tail off .

 

[puds1970]

Im sure we are already catered for up front, unless there are outward goings.

If that means either Earnie or Tyson going then no thanks.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Im sure we are already catered for up front, unless there are outward goings.

If that means either Earnie or Tyson going then no thanks.

Exactly, Garner can't even make the bench at the moment and I wouldn't even want to sell him to make space for someone who's had a seven game run of form for Swindon.

 

[marshal99]

Players of good potential should never be overlooked whatever their position is. Adebola is not getting any younger and one has to look for his replacements sooner or later. Austin is only 20 , i'll buy him and loan him back to swindon. He may not be ready now but a bit of seasoning and a full billy davies pre-season , he might be.
Natural goalscorers do not grow on trees hence why goalscorers will always go for a premium. This lad is a natural goalscorer at every level he played at and if he can adapt to league one so easily from non-league , he probably will be able to adapt to championship and in time , the premiership.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Players of good potential should never be overlooked whatever their position is. Adebola is not getting any younger and one has to look for his replacements sooner or later. Austin is only 20 , i'll buy him and loan him back to swindon. He may not be ready now but a bit of seasoning and a full billy davies pre-season , he might be.
Natural goalscorers do not grow on trees hence why goalscorers will always go for a premium. This lad is a natural goalscorer at every level he played at and if he can adapt to league one so easily from non-league , he probably will be able to adapt to championship and in time , the premiership.

So by that logic we should sign every 20 year old who has seven good games just in case?

We will scout youth but now isn't the time to be looking for players with potential, now is the time to look for players who will push us towards promotion this season and with only a month in which to do it looking at players like this is a waste of time.

I'd rather we missed out on a player who turns out to be decent and got promoted this year by making signings that can make an impact staright away rather than miss out on promotion and have a good player a few years down the line.

 

[Jelly Bean]

Why rule him out? If it was Football Manager i would definately sign him with that record

 

[marshal99]

Short sighted view but then most fans are like that , they only see what's ahead , they only want immediate impact. Austin won't cost much and probably won't really be big signing in the eyes of the forest fan.

Either way , i'll be keeping an eye out on the lad irregardless of whether we will sign him or not.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

Short sighted view but then most fans are like that , they only see what's ahead , they only want immediate impact. Austin won't cost much and probably won't really be big signing in the eyes of the forest fan.

Either way , i'll be keeping an eye out on the lad irregardless of whether we will sign him or not.

I think it's less short sighted and more looking at the bigger picture. Can we afford to have our scouts spending their time watching players like this when there are more pressing matters?

If he was as good as what you're making him out to be then better teams than Derby and Ipswich would be tracking him.

 

[thetfordred]

Players of good potential should never be overlooked whatever their position is. Adebola is not getting any younger and one has to look for his replacements sooner or later. Austin is only 20 , i'll buy him and loan him back to swindon. He may not be ready now but a bit of seasoning and a full billy davies pre-season , he might be.
Natural goalscorers do not grow on trees hence why goalscorers will always go for a premium. This lad is a natural goalscorer at every level he played at and if he can adapt to league one so easily from non-league , he probably will be able to adapt to championship and in time , the premiership.

to be honest most of the goals he's got for swindon have been either very easy or fortunate (scuffed ,through peoples legs etc) so to think he's worth buying after such a short time is ridiculous , he may well carry on scoring and end up playing a higher level but the chances are he'll level out and they'll be no more hype over him , like has been mentioned if a player of garners (proven) quality can't get a game why dive in on a lad who has played a handful of games so far and got lucky .

 

[Jelly Bean]

I think it's less short sighted and more looking at the bigger picture. Can we afford to have our scouts spending their time watching players like this when there are more pressing matters?

If he was as good as what you're making him out to be then better teams than Derby and Ipswich would be tracking him.

not how football works, look at Pearce, Wright, Woany and loads more examples. If he could improve our team in the futurethen why is that wasting time?

 

[andyred]

Never heard of him but if he is good enough we should sign him.

When your chasing bargin lower league players that can cut it at the top levels it dosn't matter what position they play. If we've identifed a player who can perform at this level for a bargain price we should sign them. They don't come along very often and all the clubs are chasing the same thing.

 

[marshal99]

I'm saying that he's cheap , his contract ends in the summer. Won't cost much and he knows where the net is (irregardless of how he scores them - look at earnie , he takes it whatever he can , scuffed , mishit , hit on his a*s etc , you think he cares ? ). Adebola is aging and we will need someone with a bit of height to replace him.

 

[thetfordred]

I'm saying that he's cheap , his contract ends in the summer. Won't cost much and he knows where the net is (irregardless of how he scores them - look at earnie , he takes it whatever he can , scuffed , mis**t , hit on his a*s etc , you think he cares ? ). Adebola is aging and we will need someone with a bit of height to replace him.

all i'm saying is he's been lucky so far , will it continue ? who knows ? and how cheap do you think he'd be anyway ? surely if he's so "good" then swindon wouldn't want him to go for peanuts , what would you consider an acceptable figure for both buying & selling club for arguments sake ?

 

[Johnny Bravo]

not how football works, look at Pearce, Wright, Woany and loads more examples. If he could improve our team in the futurethen why is that wasting time?

I haven't said it's wasting time, I just think the time could be better used looking at players such as left back and a left winger not a 7th striker who won't get a game until probably next year at the earliest in a season when we are right in the hunt for an automatic promotion spot.

 

[marshal99]

all i'm saying is he's been lucky so far , will it continue ? who knows ? and how cheap do you think he'd be anyway ? surely if he's so "good" then swindon wouldn't want him to go for peanuts , what would you consider an acceptable figure for both buying & selling club for arguments sake ?

Doesn't matter anyway. It's all speculation and like i said , i'll be keeping my eye out on this lad. Think he has that striker's instinct to be at the right place at the right time and that's something that can't be coached. Either you have it or you don't.

Swindon fans thoughts on him
http://thetownend.com/index.php/topic,36978.0.html

 

[thetfordred]

Doesn't matter anyway. It's all speculation and like i said , i'll be keeping my eye out on this lad. Think he has that striker's instinct to be at the right place at the right time and that's something that can't be coached.

so how much would you like forest to risk spending on the lad ? just out of curiosity .

 

[marshal99]

so how much would you like forest to risk spending on the lad ? just out of curiosity .

Swindon bought him for only 50k , i imagine something like 200k-250k should be enough if his contract isn't extended ?

 

[Jelly Bean]

so how much would you like forest to risk spending on the lad ? just out of curiosity .

How much would you have risked on Collymore?

 

[thetfordred]

Swindon bought him for only 50k , i imagine something like 200k-250k should be enough ?

you see i'd say that was too much , someone like mccleary was virtually risk free as we paid £10k i believe to bromley but £ 200-250k on someone who has played so little league football is a lot of money. likewise i'll keep an eye on him and i hope he has a good career but i'd be amazed to see forest spend quarter of a million on a whim.

 

[thetfordred]

How much would you have risked on Collymore?

collymore had played 50 league games for palace & southend when we bought him so where's the comparison?