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Most underrated player for Charlton
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George Shipley
Andy Peake
John Pearson
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Peter Shaw was marmite in the 70's, personally I thought he was good.0
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wmcf123 said:Chunes said:hoof_it_up_to_benty said:The most underrated player for me was Diawara - thought he was a real quality player who many of our fans never rated. One of the best tacklers I've seen.
Top quality he was. Gutted when he went.
I'll echo support for Graham Stuart. He could do everything. But he had an uncanny knack for being able to drive the team 25-yards up the pitch just by running with the ball seemingly into a dead end, then turning and passing it back to everyone who had moved up behind him.
We weren't the best at moving the ball around back then and it helped us get a foothold in games.
I also thought Greg Shields and Garry Rowett looked brilliant. Shame injuries cut their Charlton careers short.0 -
Shout out for Stephen Henderson. I know he isn't/ wasn't exactly disliked but I thought he was a terrific keeper, better than Hamer who seems very highly rated on here.4
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Last year thought he was a journeyman
This year up there with Player of the Year for me ...Darren Pratley
Talal El Karkouri - not for THAT goal - thought he was immense 👍
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Lee Bowyer, I wonder where he is now?0
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Steve Thompson.4
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Chippycafc said:Steve Thompson.0
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Going back a bit to the 80's, but Mark Reid was a wonderful full back for us, for about 5-6 seasons.
Such an understated but consistent player, who also took a very good penalty kick. Think we picked him up for around $50K from Celtic before our 85/86 promotion season.
The only winger that I ever saw give him genuine trouble was Franz Carr, who always did well against us, but was generally lacklustre against everyone else5 -
hoof_it_up_to_benty said:wmcf123 said:Chunes said:hoof_it_up_to_benty said:The most underrated player for me was Diawara - thought he was a real quality player who many of our fans never rated. One of the best tacklers I've seen.
Top quality he was. Gutted when he went.
I'll echo support for Graham Stuart. He could do everything. But he had an uncanny knack for being able to drive the team 25-yards up the pitch just by running with the ball seemingly into a dead end, then turning and passing it back to everyone who had moved up behind him.
We weren't the best at moving the ball around back then and it helped us get a foothold in games.
I also thought Greg Shields and Garry Rowett looked brilliant. Shame injuries cut their Charlton careers short.
I also remember Carson being great at letting in goals hit diagonally across him. For me Carson was totally over rated. Great at close in reaction saves, but great at letting long shots in. Could never understand why Mhyre had to be replaced when he'd been so good in an average team the previous season. Both Mhyre and Perry were criminally under rated by Dowie and Les Reed. Massive mistake to discard them.0 - Sponsored links:
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Matt Svensson. Made 70 appearances between 2000 and 2003. Wasn’t the flashiest but always did a job.2
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Not sure if he’s already been mentioned, but I’ll nominate Mark Fish.
Over 100 games for us, all in the top flight and during one of the club’s most successful periods, but, these days, he pretty much only gets mentioned for falling through a coffee table or being part of a back 4 whose names could be arranged into a mildly amusing sentence.2 -
Jon fortune is a definite option for this2
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Bradley Pritchard0
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I am surprised by a few on here. Bryan Hughes was supposed to replace Claus Jensen. Haaa! Couldn't lace his boots. He was a waste man and the start of our demise. Total lightweight off the ball and not much cop on it.
Kishishev does belong on this thread because plenty didn't rate him. I didn't and still don't. Never seen a player so revered for just... Running! But the Kish topic has been done to death over the years.
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A player that hardly ever rates a mention now is Jim Melrose.1
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killerandflash said:Davo55 said:Mark Hudson - not one of our greats but a very good centre back. Never understood why he got so much stick.0
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Thought Paddy Mc was decent for us even though he was only here for one season, was disappointed when Palarse snatched him from us.1
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SouthLondonisRed said:Thought Paddy Mc was decent for us even though he was only here for one season, was disappointed when Palarse snatched him from us.
Hudson was by far the superior defender IMO2 -
McCarthy was a real carthorse.4
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hoof_it_up_to_benty said:McCarthy was a real carthorse.0
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I won’t say he was THE most underrated player but Dion Burton was a lot better player than he was given credit for.4
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Wagstaff- Always put in 100% and loved the club. Really nice guy aswell.
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UEAAddick said:hoof_it_up_to_benty said:McCarthy was a real carthorse.0
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Callumcafc said:Matt Svensson. Made 70 appearances between 2000 and 2003. Wasn’t the flashiest but always did a job.1
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Callumcafc said:Matt Svensson. Made 70 appearances between 2000 and 2003. Wasn’t the flashiest but always did a job.0
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Not underrated at all by Charlton fans but definitely underrated by other football fans - Colin Walsh.
At his peak, he could've got into most top league side on the left hand side of midfield. Easily as good as say, Tony Galvin at Spurs or Brian Marwood at Arsenal.
Must admit, I knew little about him when we signed him (with Andy Peake) but once I'd seen him a few times, I couldn't believe we'd got him! Great shot, knew how to make space and barely wasted a cross.1 -
Colin Walsh = December 5th 1992.
He had class that's for sure both on and off the pitch. He also came back from a couple of awful injuries especially the one sustained at Newcastle.0 -
Diawara arrived for £3.7m, highly rated and played 20 odd games. Maybe a few of you mean you enjoyed watching him play, rather than giving him the most underrated player award!0