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Charlie Kirk (p68 - released by Barrow)

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  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,032
    Billy_Mix said:
    Weird his best games for us were upfront under Garner.
    The rate he moved at it always looked like he was carrying someone
    People say that about me.
    But at 69 years of age and nearly 18 stone it's probably true 
    😢😢
    All muscle though Rambo B)
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    Could do a j...

    I'll get me coat.
  • cafckev
    cafckev Posts: 2,914
    How often do we call for old players to return and they don’t!? I bet this will be the one we don’t want but he turns up as a new signing to to surprise us!
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    edited May 2024
    With the total lack of effort he puts into playing football I think he has fallen out of love with the game.
    I expect him to have a complete change of career. 
    For his sake I hope he can find something he enjoys. 
    With the total lack of effort he puts into playing football I think he has fallen out of love with the game.
    I expect him to have a complete change of career. 
    For his sake I hope he can find something he enjoys. 
    I remember reading him saying he loves the summer because it means he gets to work with his wife in her shop. Obviously I doubt he will retrain in hair and beauty but if they have a couple of shops, he could manage them
    Anyone who allows him anywhere near their hair needs to take a fucking good look at themself.🫨 
  • CAFCBourne
    CAFCBourne Posts: 3,790
    Yes he was rubbish but he has moved on and so should we hopefully it works out for the lad.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,845
    Released by Crewe 
    Couldn't settle there.
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,126
    I’ve heard he’s been signed by Bromley tip
  • There have been a number of players we signed like Kirk that have come with promise and fail to deliver. We also spent money on him was it 500,000? Losing his dad when he did clearly affected the poor bloke. I wish him all the best but he didn’t work out for us.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    With the total lack of effort he puts into playing football I think he has fallen out of love with the game.
    I expect him to have a complete change of career. 
    For his sake I hope he can find something he enjoys. 
    With the total lack of effort he puts into playing football I think he has fallen out of love with the game.
    I expect him to have a complete change of career. 
    For his sake I hope he can find something he enjoys. 
    I remember reading him saying he loves the summer because it means he gets to work with his wife in her shop. Obviously I doubt he will retrain in hair and beauty but if they have a couple of shops, he could manage them
    Anyone who allows him anywhere near their hair needs to take a fucking good look at themself.🫨 

    Charlie's partner is a hairdresser and I would be surprised if she wasn't behind the kirk cut !
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  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,359
    There have been a number of players we signed like Kirk that have come with promise and fail to deliver. We also spent money on him was it 500,000? Losing his dad when he did clearly affected the poor bloke. I wish him all the best but he didn’t work out for us.
    Promise? Can't believe we signed him, let alone paid a fee...
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,977
    He was a decent signing at the time a he was playing so well.

    Unfortunately the death of his father really affected him I think and to go from being a big fish in a small pond to a squad player with a lot of hype, in an area he was completely unfamiliar with was all just too much.  Throw in the turmoil at the club and you have a perfect storm.

    No idea what happens next in fairness - he won't last 5 minutes in the national league before getting snapped in half by some clogger.  Best bet is somewhere like Notts County in L2 where he'll be surrounded by tip-tap Charlie's.  Failing that somewhere like Gateshead with the way they play

    I think it was too much too young for him coming to us.  Literally a small town boy living in a lonely world
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,048
    Swisdom said:
    He was a decent signing at the time a he was playing so well.

    Unfortunately the death of his father really affected him I think and to go from being a big fish in a small pond to a squad player with a lot of hype, in an area he was completely unfamiliar with was all just too much.  Throw in the turmoil at the club and you have a perfect storm.

    No idea what happens next in fairness - he won't last 5 minutes in the national league before getting snapped in half by some clogger.  Best bet is somewhere like Notts County in L2 where he'll be surrounded by tip-tap Charlie's.  Failing that somewhere like Gateshead with the way they play

    I think it was too much too young for him coming to us.  Literally a small town boy living in a lonely world
    Nothing Special about him and now his Journey has been derailed at Crewe. 
  • UEAAddick
    UEAAddick Posts: 512
    Swisdom said:
    He was a decent signing at the time a he was playing so well.

    Unfortunately the death of his father really affected him I think and to go from being a big fish in a small pond to a squad player with a lot of hype, in an area he was completely unfamiliar with was all just too much.  Throw in the turmoil at the club and you have a perfect storm.

    No idea what happens next in fairness - he won't last 5 minutes in the national league before getting snapped in half by some clogger.  Best bet is somewhere like Notts County in L2 where he'll be surrounded by tip-tap Charlie's.  Failing that somewhere like Gateshead with the way they play

    I think it was too much too young for him coming to us.  Literally a small town boy living in a lonely world
    When he could be having fun.
  • swordfish
    swordfish Posts: 4,234
    Redhenry said:
    There have been a number of players we signed like Kirk that have come with promise and fail to deliver. We also spent money on him was it 500,000? Losing his dad when he did clearly affected the poor bloke. I wish him all the best but he didn’t work out for us.
    Promise? Can't believe we signed him, let alone paid a fee...
    Is that what you thought when we signed him? Can't see you having expressed doubts about him then. It's easy to say that with the benefit of hindsight.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,010
    Swisdom said:
    He was a decent signing at the time a he was playing so well.

    Unfortunately the death of his father really affected him I think and to go from being a big fish in a small pond to a squad player with a lot of hype, in an area he was completely unfamiliar with was all just too much.  Throw in the turmoil at the club and you have a perfect storm.

    No idea what happens next in fairness - he won't last 5 minutes in the national league before getting snapped in half by some clogger.  Best bet is somewhere like Notts County in L2 where he'll be surrounded by tip-tap Charlie's.  Failing that somewhere like Gateshead with the way they play

    I think it was too much too young for him coming to us.  Literally a small town boy living in a lonely world
    These are all valid points but don't explain why he was terrible when he went back to Crewe?

    Back in familiar surroundings at a club he knew well, probably has a lot of mates on and off the pitch, you'd expect him to be more comfortable and perform well. Yet he was actually probably even worse for them than he was for us.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    edited May 2024
    Swisdom said:
    He was a decent signing at the time a he was playing so well.

    Unfortunately the death of his father really affected him I think and to go from being a big fish in a small pond to a squad player with a lot of hype, in an area he was completely unfamiliar with was all just too much.  Throw in the turmoil at the club and you have a perfect storm.

    No idea what happens next in fairness - he won't last 5 minutes in the national league before getting snapped in half by some clogger.  Best bet is somewhere like Notts County in L2 where he'll be surrounded by tip-tap Charlie's.  Failing that somewhere like Gateshead with the way they play

    I think it was too much too young for him coming to us.  Literally a small town boy living in a lonely world
    These are all valid points but don't explain why he was terrible when he went back to Crewe?

    Back in familiar surroundings at a club he knew well, probably has a lot of mates on and off the pitch, you'd expect him to be more comfortable and perform well. Yet he was actually probably even worse for them than he was for us.
    Because he wasn't the same player they'd sold anymore, like Poyet coming back to us.

    Form, motivation, confidence, muscle memory if you've not been playing much....
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,032
    Swisdom said:
    He was a decent signing at the time a he was playing so well.

    Unfortunately the death of his father really affected him I think and to go from being a big fish in a small pond to a squad player with a lot of hype, in an area he was completely unfamiliar with was all just too much.  Throw in the turmoil at the club and you have a perfect storm.

    No idea what happens next in fairness - he won't last 5 minutes in the national league before getting snapped in half by some clogger.  Best bet is somewhere like Notts County in L2 where he'll be surrounded by tip-tap Charlie's.  Failing that somewhere like Gateshead with the way they play

    I think it was too much too young for him coming to us.  Literally a small town boy living in a lonely world
    These are all valid points but don't explain why he was terrible when he went back to Crewe?

    Back in familiar surroundings at a club he knew well, probably has a lot of mates on and off the pitch, you'd expect him to be more comfortable and perform well. Yet he was actually probably even worse for them than he was for us.
    If the rest of his career is not a success it poo poos the comments about his outside problems affecting things on the pitch at Charlton.
    Perhaps he thought he made it by signing a much improved contract and his attitude changed.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376
    Surprisingly he’s signed for an EFL club - L2 Barrow.

    https://x.com/barrowafc/status/1848778847610880110?s=46&t=A-w3Eq0EWWpjMxring904Q
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  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,347
    Scoham said:
    Surprisingly he’s signed for an EFL club - L2 Barrow.

    https://x.com/barrowafc/status/1848778847610880110?s=46&t=A-w3Eq0EWWpjMxring904Q
    Found a club before Hector 
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,048
    edited October 2024
    Scoham said:
    Surprisingly he’s signed for an EFL club - L2 Barrow.

    https://x.com/barrowafc/status/1848778847610880110?s=46&t=A-w3Eq0EWWpjMxring904Q
    After his performances for us he should have ended up in a barrow!! 😏
  • Hopefully it works out for him.
  • Sage
    Sage Posts: 7,278
    Screams of last chance in the EFL before he inevitably ends up as a non-league player
  • We will get them in a cup and he will score against us.

    Guarenteed.
  • We will get them in a cup and he will score against us.

    Guarenteed.
    Got to go on a cup run and beat Southend first😉
  • Now released by Barrow.

    https://www.barrowafc.com/news/2025/may/07/retained-and-released-list/

    Surely that's the end for him now as a professional.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    Could see him getting a professional contract in the National League still - will be seen as a recent L1/L2 player, still only 27 etc.
  • NabySarr
    NabySarr Posts: 4,284
    Could see him getting a professional contract in the National League still - will be seen as a recent L1/L2 player, still only 27 etc.
    Could do with dropping to a level or team where he’s the best player, get some confidence back in his game 
  • mattwils
    mattwils Posts: 212
    Really sad to see, I hope he finds a way back but his career continues to decline 
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