Simon Francis?
Been mentioned that he has been linked to Bournemouth. ... just after your thoughts. He was pretty decent at Southend and I always looked out for him when you played Bournemouth but never seemed to start. If I can remember from my Southend days he good the air, decent at getting forward for a big man and had a decent cross. I'm guessing he's not been upto much ar your club? It would make sense for us as a) we have no defenders (thanks 
) and the defenders we do have are a bit on the short side, plus the old Bradbury and old Southend players. Cheers
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I don't rate him at all, but some on here do, to be honesy would be glad too see him leave, good luck to you for this season by the way, hope you don't do a swindon, cos I liked bournemouth as a club 0
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I found it hard to dislike him although he attracted the ire of many of our fans. It's fair to say that he struggled, going forward he looked ok and is a good passer, but too often was caught out of position or didn't anticipate a through ball that well. He grew in confidence as the season wore on, but if he never graced the first team again he wouldn't be missed. To be fair he never hid and worked hard, I'd say L1 is his level.0
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where is he linked db?theres going to be alot of negative comments but he's never really done it for charlton, seen glimpses but nothing other than 1 or two matches.0
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I think theres another thread on here , something about us all chipping in £20 to offload him?He'd be a great signing for you , but he's worth at least a million.0
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It is fair to say he did not make a great impression last season, defensively he struggled and had some real stinkers, he'd struggle with very basic positioniing whilst his final ball would often let him down. However he did also have some good games and there is certainly the makings of a very good League 1 fullback there. At times he could be a real asset going forward, got a couple of assists whilst there were times when he was solid and sound. Not sure how much his lack of pre season last year affected his season as a whole but he was playing catch up August/September.
Maybe a move would be good for him, fresh start etc but I do think he deserves a second chance here and he could be a real asset this season. Many will be pleased to see him go but he could certainly prove his Charlton doubters wrong.
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be ok in a struggling side coz he kind of plays his own game - if you want him to integrate into a good footballing side then he's not your man.0
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Good cross but that is it.0
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one cross in ten are good0
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I have yet to see him cross a ball properly0
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Very poor imo, had a bad season dont rate him at all0
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He's been poor, never forget the back pass vs Tranmere. Wasn't too bad at the end of the season when we had nothing to play for though.
He'll probably do a job for someone in L1
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He's been poor, never forget the back pass vs Tranmere. Wasn't too bad at the end of the season when we had nothing to play for though.
Do a job for someone?
He'll probably do a job for someone in L1you mean cleaning windows?0 -
He's been poor, never forget the back pass vs Tranmere. Wasn't too bad at the end of the season when we had nothing to play for though.
So where do you think we are, the premiership???????
He'll probably do a job for someone in L1
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I found it hard to dislike him although he attracted the ire of many of our fans. It's fair to say that he struggled, going forward he looked ok and is a good passer, but too often was caught out of position or didn't anticipate a through ball that well. He grew in confidence as the season wore on, but if he never graced the first team again he wouldn't be missed. To be fair he never hid and worked hard, I'd say L1 is his level.
That's the only bit i don't agree with. He just hoofed the ball forward aimlessly, meaning we lost possession 9 times out of 10.
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I found it hard to dislike him although he attracted the ire of many of our fans. It's fair to say that he struggled, going forward he looked ok and is a good passer, but too often was caught out of position or didn't anticipate a through ball that well. He grew in confidence as the season wore on, but if he never graced the first team again he wouldn't be missed. To be fair he never hid and worked hard, I'd say L1 is his level.
That is a joke right ? He couldn't pass 10 yards to a red shirt.Somebody mentioned that we aren't a premier club & what do we expect. Well I expect a professional footballer to at least master the basics like trap, pass, concentrate. None of which francis seems capable of.................& if we're having a twenty quid whip for his train fare out of here i'll give 40.Our worst RB in recent history & we have had some bad ones over the last few years!0 -
Linked to Bournemouth. I have read it a few places and one of your fans posted on our forum too. It's sounds like overall you don't rate him but we could do with the bodies. Can't see the long balls losing possession part going down well in these parts.0
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He is toilet wouldn't be surprised if we paid bournemouth to take him.
Worst player I have seen absolute shite0 -
As a defender he is ok. As an attacking defender who put's in a cross , he's even better but his disribution in midfield is appalling. He became a Charlton whipping boy last season , rightly ot wrongly , yet to me he seems to me a perfect centre half , yet he had not played there. I wouldnt write him off quite yet.0
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He is toilet wouldn't be surprised if we paid bournemouth to take him.
Worst player I have seen absolute shite
North , dont exaggerate. He had a very poor season ( he wasn't the worst) but If he's the worst player you have ever seen i question how long you have been a fan. Did you not see Dowie's signings?0 -
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I've always thought Simon Francis looks a lot like Joshua Jackson (a.k.a. Peter from Fringe.)
Hopefully Francis will only be on the Fringe of our squad this year.
If I didn't say it someone else would.
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Whilst on the subject of Southend favourites not doing so well at Charlton... what happened to Alan McCormack? If I remember correctly the opening game of last season against you I thought he played quite well agaisnt us on his debut but can't remember him playing loads of games for you?0
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Whilst on the subject of Southend favourites not doing so well at Charlon... what happened to Alan McCormack? If I remember correctly the opening game of last season against you I thought he played quite well agaisnt us on his debut but can't remember him playing loads of games for you?
Now there's a can of worms!0 -
If Bounmouth want Francis and McCormack I'm quite sure a deal can be arranged. What time would you like them driven down tomorrow morning? And how much should we pay you guys to takem off our hands?
I can believe that there's a footballer in Francis somewhere, McCormack has few redeeming qualities, the odd good pass, cross and a couple of assists apart he contributed little.
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I know he liked his beers!0
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i think the fact that we have invested so heavily in our midfield as a matter of priority this summer tells you all you need to know about the quality of it last year and Mcormack had the least to offer of the lot and became a bit of a figure of fun.0
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I know he liked his beers!
He also seems to have liked the Oxo Tower...0 -
asking about mccormack's a dangerous thing on here dragback!0
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Whilst on the subject of Southend favourites not doing so well at Charlton... what happened to Alan McCormack? If I remember correctly the opening game of last season against you I thought he played quite well agaisnt us on his debut but can't remember him playing loads of games for you?
How about BOGOF. You buy Francis & you can have McCormack for free !0 -
Bouremouth can have him if they want
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