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Yann Kermorgant - Saint or Sinner ?

ShootersHillGuru
ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,676
edited February 2012 in General Charlton
I think it can safely be said that since his arrival at The Valley Yann has proved to be a resounding success on the pitch with some fine goals along with hardworking and courageous performances firmly cementing him as a fans favourite. It does seem though that Yann has a darker side that we catch glimpses of but seems to be kept solely for opposition players. We have seen Yann have a kick out and yesterday there have been suggestions of a head but although I certainly didn't see it. Surely it can't be any coincidence that there is now a list of players from our opponents that have felt the need to take Kermit by the throat but allcomers seem to have come of worse at least in the disciplinary sense. Is he a wind up ? A toe treader, an elbow digger a sledger ? Or just a misunderstood hardworking centre forward. Not had anyone in this mould at Charlton before to my knowledge at least not at this standard.
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  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,707
    edited February 2012
    Saint, love him to bits.
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    Sinner but we love it
  • cafcdan18
    cafcdan18 Posts: 3,664
    Great player to have on our side, would not be a fan at all if he was an opposition player. Therefore atm at Saint.

    Does worry me sometimes that he may do something stupid and get a silly red card but so far so good this season.
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,705
    He's French.
  • Fiiiiiish
    Fiiiiiish Posts: 1,671
    Saint.

    Glad for once we have someone who winds the opposition up but can also show the class.
  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    edited February 2012
    .
  • RodneyCharltonTrotta
    RodneyCharltonTrotta Posts: 14,856
    edited February 2012
    Is he a wind up ? A toe treader, an elbow digger a sledger ?.
    He's just a professional footballer. A saint compared to footballing legends like Norman Hunter and Chopper Harris and more recently the likes of Alan "elbows" Shearer.

    As long as he doesn't deliberately injure anyone there's nothing wrong with mixing it up with the oppo a bit as I see it. Had enough of players in Charlton shirts flinching at their own shadows over the past few years and good to see someone with a pair of bollox getting stuck in for the cause and if he winds them up whilst doing it all the better.

    Tough French bastard and wind up merchant extraordinaire. Viva la Kermit.

  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    Kerm and Haymer are two players that if you were the opposition or the opposition fans you would hate.
  • Saint and sinner, as so many of the best players are.

    Complete bastard if you're watching from the Jimmy Seed stand. The warrior king if you're watching from the other end!
  • Saint.

    A real 100%er

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  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,475
    Most of the time that I have been following and supporting Charlton, we have been a 'nice team'. Whilst not advocating a 'get your retaliation in first' policy, to have someone in the team with a bit of arrogance and hard headedness (to put in mildly) like Kermorgant shows that we are not prepared to be bullied and kicked about and just take it lying down. The Curbishley side that I knew and loved the most had a few tough nuts: Mills, Youds, Bowen, Bright, Kinsella, none were averse to putting it about a bit. It would be nice to think that football is all about passing, hand shakes and 'well done old chaps' but it isn't and someone like Kermorgant is essential for any team that has designs on success. If the opposition know that they will not get away with kicking their way to a win they will be less likely to start. The USA & USSR back in the good old days of the 70s and 80s called it mutually assured destruction .. IF you get my drift
  • kodfish
    kodfish Posts: 631
    He's one of ours, so therefore a Saint. Centre Halves like to dominate Centre Forwards and they can't do that to Big Yann as he tends to win most things in the air. I would suspect he is more sinned against than Sinner.
  • bloodnut
    bloodnut Posts: 2,146
    its his garlic breath that gets 'em rattled!
  • addick16
    addick16 Posts: 1,018
    is there any video up yet from the dons game or even just the kermorgant/mackenzie red card incident?
  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,534
    Love the man, my modern favourite.
  • I'm liking his style. Saint!
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,416
    Adore the man but he's definitely got the unpleasant side of his game down. Remember Powell saying that when he spoke to Kerms he told him if he was going to sign him he'd have to change his attitude around others. I wonder if he did, or is he regularly getting nutted by Michael Morrison in training? Either way the class he has on the ball combined with his tendancy to inspire bloodlust in other players makes him extremely entertaining
  • One of my top three in the current team.
  • incorruptible addick
    incorruptible addick Posts: 2,125
    edited February 2012
    its his garlic breath that gets 'em rattled!
    Allegedly he doesn't like being called Kermit. So perhaps there's a new nickname in there!
  • its his garlic breath that gets 'em rattled!
    Allegedly he doesn't like being called Kermit. So perhaps there's a new nickname in there!
    Don't like em rattled ! No ring to it


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  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 27,147
    No saint, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,291
    its his garlic breath that gets 'em rattled!
    Allegedly he doesn't like being called Kermit. So perhaps there's a new nickname in there!
    I'm sure he'd like nothing more than to be called Garlic Breath ;-)
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,990
    He's French.
    He'll quite possibly tell you he's not.
  • SAINT......
  • He is a saintly sinner and I think he is an immense signing
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 11,092
    He's a sinner. But he's OUR sinner!
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,990
    As long as he's a winner, I don't care!
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,341
    He's French.
    He'll quite possibly tell you he's not.
    Are you saying that he'd lie ? That definately makes him a sinner.

  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 12,019
    No question. He's a saint for us. Opponents probably don't think so but so what.
  • If any one has any doubt .Check out kermy;s goals in the french lge on You Tube.CLASS.....