Nathan Jones has come to the defence of Oliver Skipp who has
been criticised by Charlton fans. “We
haven’t lost many games since he has come in,” Jones told South London Sport:
Charlton Athletic Edition. [That may
have something to do with other players, a correlation is not causation, WG]
“He is a really energetic defensive midfield player that progresses the ball."
“He hasn’t played a lot of football. He is doing fine for
us. I’ve got no problem with Skippy. There
will be more to come from him when he gets rhythm but he was brought here for
us to have more possession - and we are having that. So he is doing a big chunk
of his work for us. One, he wins the
ball back for us. Two, we are keeping the ball better now than we have. That
shows that people are doing their job and he has been a part of that.
Jones neither confirmed nor denied there was an issue with
Timothy Ouma after his absence last weekend.
There had been suggestions the Kenyan midfielder had not returned on
time from international duty.
“It would be wrong of me because it is quite a complex
situation,” said Jones, asked today if there was any clarification on the
22-year-old, signed on loan from Slavia Prague in August. “Rather than me
coming out and saying something direct - it’s a work in process. There are a lot of things going on around
that, that we have to be sure about, before we release any statement. We are
not trying to hide anything.”
WG: The problem is that Ouma has previous for this type of
unsatisfactory conduct. Surely by now
the club must know something?
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