A rollercoaster week for Charlton

It's been a rollercoaster week for Charlton Athletic.

The first metaphorical mountain-top climb was defeating the financial might of West Ham United. Most Addicks fans weren't expecting a triumph at the London Stadium.

We followed that with the announcement of a new four-year contract for TC – Tyreece Campbell. In many ways, even more important than any summer signing.

Riding high in the Championship after two wins, Charlton fans headed to the all-singing, all-dancing Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the Carabao Cup.

My first reaction? It looked as though a giant spaceship had landed on Tottenham High Road. A real thrill to visit.

Then, as so often in life, things began to unravel.

We learned of an innocuous injury to defender Reece Burke, who was due to feature among the 11 changes manager Nathan Jones had planned. First-choice Billy Koumetio was drafted in, only to be injured alongside another central defender on the night, Collins Sichenje, who will now be out for some considerable time.

We were beginning to feel demoralised, compounded by the thrashing we received in north London. At least Lloyd Jones continued his prolific scoring form.

Then came another hammer blow: the breakdown of the Jesurun Rak-Sakyi deal, which would have fulfilled our aspirations on the right.

But after going from good to bad, we secured Kayne Ramsay on a four-year contract. And along with Jones and Campbell, that gives us three key players locked in for the foreseeable future.

It was also helpful, with no disrespect intended, to offload high-earning goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski on loan to Omonia Nicosia for the season.

To round off the week, we climbed our second mountain – to the summit of the Championship table – with a well-deserved 1-0 win against bogey side Preston North End.

Get in there!

And it gets better. Following our midweek rearguard injuries, we've now signed centre-back Tyler Bindon on loan from Nottingham Forest – a player I really rate.

Possibly more ins and outs by 23:00 on Tuesday.

Life is never dull in SE7!

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