The day we realised our new owner of four weeks was going to be shite.
This x 100.
I can honestly say it was this night that I realised Douchbag was going to be a disaster.
And I always remember how years later, Rick wrote in VOTV that Kermorgant was forced out because Douchbag wanted to cut his wages. And that Yann could have come back - and wanted to - in January 2016 on a new 2.5 year contract that was agreed with a senior club official before Meire called him to say Charlton couldnt afford his wages after all and the deal was off.
Ledge of a player. Always capable of sticking it top bins from a free kick. To think we got rid of him for the likes of polish pete, reza etc. They weren't fit enough to tie his boots. Remember him being labelled greedy frenchman and yann who very well by our own fans.
Oh how I'd love a player of Yanns ability as a strike partner for Alfie. Can't believe how shoddily he was treated by Meire after all he gave to the club.
Up there with Andy Reid for the most ridiculous deadline day decisions.
I've probably said this before on this thread but I'll say it again. My favourite ever Charlton player and I cannot see that being topped any time soon
He was a wonderful player and a really top bloke too.
I remember reading an article with him where he was just so French...he said "I know I am always going to win the header, every time" and you could almost imagine the arrogant smug frenchness yet he was such a normal unassuming guy. TBF he was pretty much unbeatable in the air
He was a wonderful player and a really top bloke too.
I remember reading an article with him where he was just so French...he said "I know I am always going to win the header, every time" and you could almost imagine the arrogant smug frenchness yet he was such a normal unassuming guy. TBF he was pretty much unbeatable in the air
Born in Vannes, Brittany .. I was doing some research on one of the new French scrum halves who was born in the same town.. Vannes looks like a VERY nice little seaside town, now on my list of places to see in the near future (I hope). Incidentally, the name 'Brittany', I always assumed that Britain was named after that French region, in fact it's the opposite, the name coming from the ancient Britons fleeing the 5thc to 7th c Saxon invasions of England. Do like a lil bit of 'istory as a French scrum 'alf might say.
EDIT .. gleaned from God and Jimmy Wales's gift to modern culture and education, Wikipedia
My wife was pregnant with my first child when he was playing for us and the NCT ladies said I should sing to the bump. So the bump used to get the odd rendition of "we all dream of a team of Kermogants!"
My second favourite ever Charlton player. Second only to Killer, by the way. Met him twice. Lovely bloke.
My two biggest regrets in 58 years supporting Charlton, selling Killer & giving away Yann. At least we got a decent fee for Killer. Not that we spent much of it on the team. ( Dick Tydeman & Hugh McAuley I think)
Relegations & shit football I can take but losing those two
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I can honestly say it was this night that I realised Douchbag was going to be a disaster.
And I always remember how years later, Rick wrote in VOTV that Kermorgant was forced out because Douchbag wanted to cut his wages. And that Yann could have come back - and wanted to - in January 2016 on a new 2.5 year contract that was agreed with a senior club official before Meire called him to say Charlton couldnt afford his wages after all and the deal was off.
What absolute madness from the pair of them.
Yann love ❤️
Up there with Andy Reid for the most ridiculous deadline day decisions.
I remember reading an article with him where he was just so French...he said "I know I am always going to win the header, every time" and you could almost imagine the arrogant smug frenchness yet he was such a normal unassuming guy.
TBF he was pretty much unbeatable in the air
No one else has come close, and the ones who have were all in the same team as him.
It's both a sign of how great he was but also how far we have fallen that no one has come close since.
Incidentally, the name 'Brittany', I always assumed that Britain was named after that French region, in fact it's the opposite, the name coming from the ancient Britons fleeing the 5thc to 7th c Saxon invasions of England. Do like a lil bit of 'istory as a French scrum 'alf might say.
EDIT .. gleaned from God and Jimmy Wales's gift to modern culture and education, Wikipedia
Second only to Killer, by the way. Met him twice. Lovely bloke.
Relegations & shit football I can take but losing those two