Owen Moxon
Not a rumour, not even a whisper, but just a little 2 + 2 cogitation.
Owen Moxon has won promotion in each of the past two seasons, but has struggled to hold down a first team berth in The Championship this season with Portsmouth.
Word is, Pompey are interested in a loan, but Nathan Jones wants a permanent. Moxon signed for a fee of approx. £450,000 a year ago but does have two and half years left on his contract.
The 26-year old has come to this point in his footballing career the hard way. The Cumbrian came through Carlisle’s youth team but moved north of the border to be semi-pro with firstly Queen of the South and then Annan United, both in Dumfries, and geographically not far from his home in Carlisle.
He was patently too good for that level, and gave up driving a delivery van and moved back to Carlisle in 2022. That promotion season Moxon was the driving force behind their promotion and was named in the EFL L2 team of the season and won the Carlisle United POTY.
Then he was a goalscoring, assist machine known for his set-pieces, but at Portsmouth as they have beefed up their squad with midfield signings, Moxon has featured mostly from the bench in more defensive midfield role’s under John Mousinho.
It is unknown where Nathan Jones would see him fit, or even if he will become our first signing of this window. We have to sign someone, don’t we?
Noticed Jones due to a previous commitment je was unavailable for post-match interview and yes letting players leave without making sure of replacements AGAIN!!Yes, with Snidy Scott and Methvern and Rothway in charge what possibly could go wrong???I have stated this and posted before apart from the same 3 midfielders there is only one capable replacement and we are buggered if no incoming.Also, we need a goalscoring striker not that totally useless Ahadme and money down the drain AGAIN.We shall soon find out the ambition and aims of this current Ownership and alas can not see them being active but be pleased to be proved wrong.Also, the 3 out of contract players and that will always be difficult as money talks unfortunately and have the Board got any money as most was used on that totally useless striker we have and yes at last using the width of the pitch.We shall see in due course.
With regard to Moxon, where is the Luton connection? However tenuous surely there has to be a Luton connection?
Secondly, in letting Tayo Edun and Terry Taylor leave we now do not have cover for Conor Coventry? Perhaps there is someone in the U21’s but it seems a strange situation to leave ourselves in?
Oh. In that case I give you Harry Cornick.
Maybe he drove a Luton van on his delivery rounds?
Very good, SP.
Chill boys the Messsiah knows what he’s doing …………………. 🙂 🙁
let’s get one thing straight he s not the messiah he s just a naughty boy
The only difference between this ownership and those that we recently had before is that the SMT PR machine is a little bit better. The club is continuing to make the same mistakes over and over by selling player’s before replacements have been secured. Money is clearly in short supply. It doesn’t help matters when Andy Scott gives out a 5 yr contract to a Manager. Contracts should be performance related. If there is no investment in players then the League position will stagnate and that runs the risk of relegation. Relegation, or an uncompetitive squad in L1, would be the inevitable outcome. That would incur lower attendances and even less money! You need to speculate in order to accumulate.
No contact from Preston for Thierry Small. And the rumours about a #cafc move for Portsmouth’s Owen Moxon are completely false. Says Rich Cawley who is reliable. It never ceases to depress me how negative many of our fans are!
He is the most reliable of sources. Thanks.
To be fair, over the last 10 years and the last 4 or 5 ‘regimes’, us Addicks haven’t had much to be positive about, and the current one doesn’t inspire too much confidence either so far. But some of us remain optimistic.
I have mentioned previously I follow Carlisle because of family links. I saw Moxon playing for Carlisle in the Div.2 playoffs 2 years ago and he was impressive , a man of the match performance. When he went to Portsmouth I thought they had made a good buy but it does not seem to have worked out.
I think he would be be a good loan signing on loan with option to buy. The existing midfield options are very limited and lack quality in terms of creating chances. As Taylor has gone and A. Campbell has not impressed a creative midfielder is a priority.