{"id":569754,"date":"2020-10-16T13:29:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T17:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=569754"},"modified":"2020-12-21T20:02:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T01:02:49","slug":"charlton-confirm-paul-smyth-loan-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/16\/charlton-confirm-paul-smyth-loan-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlton Athletic Confirm Paul Smyth Loan Signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/squads\/7a8db6d4\/Charlton-Athletic-Stats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charlton Athletic<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/16\/charlton-athletic-sign-andrew-shinnie-on-season-long-loan\/\" target=\"_self\">another<\/a> forward in their bid to get out of League One. The young striker <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/0747000e\/Paul-Smyth\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Smyth<\/a> has signed on loan from <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/squads\/a757999c\/Queens-Park-Rangers-Stats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Queens Park Rangers<\/a> until the end of the season, where he will look to continue his positive League One form.<\/p>\n<h2>Charlton Confirm Smyth Signing<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udc4b Welcome aboard <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paul_ps17?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@paul_ps17<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/cafc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#cafc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g9IWJdpOfz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/g9IWJdpOfz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlton Athletic FC (@CAFCofficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAFCofficial\/status\/1317132913587138562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>League One Pedigree<\/h3>\n<p>Smyth had been at QPR for a few years already, but last year he went on loan to <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/squads\/43c2583e\/Wycombe-Wanderers-Stats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wycombe Wanderers<\/a>, who were also in League One at the time. Linking up with established lower-league players such as <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/dcb17ca5\/Adebayo-Akinfenwa\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adebayo Ankinfewa<\/a>, a man known for his imperious strength, he was able to have a very successful season at Wycombe.<\/p>\n<p>He was not a starter, and he did not play in the Championship playoffs, but he was a solid bench player who contributed to the squad and did his part when it mattered. He is blessed with impressive pace, so he can play anywhere along the front line. This includes the wings, where he played much of that season, running in behind the veteran Akinfenwa.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old may have only scored one goal in the league, but his influence was much more than that. His sheer pace helped to stretch teams and worry the opposing backline, so he could run at defenders whenever he needed to and play his part in the run-in.<\/p>\n<p>His role wasn&#8217;t to be the man to get the winning goal to send them up to the Championship, it was that of a role player, and he performed very well in that role.<\/p>\n<h3>On Brand With Charlton&#8217;s Play Style<\/h3>\n<p>With manager Lee Bowyer at the helm, he has been very clear about how he wants to play: fast-paced, attacking football. While that may seem a bit out of place in League One, it is usually those sides who wind up having the most success in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>He has a pacey, skillful striker, who can certainly have a big impact on a game, so he&#8217;ll fit right in at Charlton. It remains to be seen whether he&#8217;ll be a starter or an impact player like in his time at Wycombe, but whatever the case he&#8217;ll be an important member of the squad, and it&#8217;s a smart move by the Addicks to pick him up.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"qIbRrhC2T55CatT9QUNtsw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1267696617\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'qIbRrhC2T55CatT9QUNtsw',sig:'CHYzDVknIlFzFzlheCjQnZgCZ4mD22U15c_39xgnfIc=',w:'594px',h:'393px',items:'1267696617',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlton Athletic have another forward in their bid to get out of League One. The young striker Paul Smyth has signed on loan from Queens Park Rangers until the end of the season, where he will look to continue his positive League One form. Charlton Confirm Smyth Signing \ud83d\udc4b Welcome aboard @paul_ps17! #cafc pic.twitter.com\/g9IWJdpOfz \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3607,"featured_media":569790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,30,28],"tags":[5903,779,1297,1552,6883,510,136,1761],"class_list":["post-569754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-championship","category-news","category-transfers","tag-adebayo-akinfenwa","tag-charlton-athletic","tag-football-transfer-news","tag-lee-bowyer","tag-paul-smyth","tag-queens-park-rangers","tag-world-football","tag-wycombe-wanderers"],"modified_by":"Tom Cunningham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3607"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}