We didn’t move fast enough as a club – Charlton boss Lee Bowyer frustrated after Addicks fail to sign player in time for Peterborough clash
BY LOUIS MENDEZ
Charlton boss Lee Bowyer has expressed his frustration after the club were unable to get a new signing over the line in time for Tuesday’s defeat at Peterborough United.
The Addicks manager was hoping to add another body to his squad before the trip to London Road – that the South Londoners lost 2-1.
Bowyer was hoping to start a new signing for the top six clash but says the Addicks didn’t move quickly enough to make it happen.
Speaking afterwards, Bowyer explained: “He would have started. It disappoints me because it would have made us stronger. Like I’ve said before, the players we’re looking to bring in are going to improve us. We’ve brought Ronnie (Schwartz) in and Liam (Millar) and I think everyone will agree they’ve improved us as a squad.
“The player we were hoping to get through the door would have made us better. That’s frustrating for me, but again, the hand that I’m dealt. This is what I have to do, keep trying to get the best out of the hand I’m dealt. That’s what I’m doing. Me and my team behind the scenes, we work extremely hard to drag everything out of every player. I will continue to do that.
“I don’t want to go into too much detail but the reason why we couldn’t get the lad through is because we didn’t really move quick enough on it. The player is still available now but we could have got it done before now because the player was ready to leave to come down. Obviously, us as a football club we didn’t move quick enough.”
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