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Michael Hector - March 2025: signed for Dagenham and Redbridge til end of season (p31)

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  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,561
    The Prince-e-Paul said:
    Didnt even come back to finish his medical at Hillsborough as he knew he'd fail is what was reported in The Star. 
    Don’t know why that got lol’s.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    LargeAddick said:
    The Prince-e-Paul said:
    Didnt even come back to finish his medical at Hillsborough as he knew he'd fail is what was reported in The Star. 
    Don’t know why that got lol’s.
    Because it's funny?! 
  • Redvalleyeast
    Redvalleyeast Posts: 4,689
    LargeAddick said:
    The Prince-e-Paul said:
    Didnt even come back to finish his medical at Hillsborough as he knew he'd fail is what was reported in The Star. 
    Don’t know why that got lol’s.
    I suppose because its probably true and would be a proper Charlton thing to do?🤷‍♂️
  • The Prince-e-Paul
    The Prince-e-Paul Posts: 6,688
    Maybe he's on a pay per game deal, that's the only way anyone would sanction the deal......isnt it?? 
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,561
    Dazzler21 said:
    LargeAddick said:
    The Prince-e-Paul said:
    Didnt even come back to finish his medical at Hillsborough as he knew he'd fail is what was reported in The Star. 
    Don’t know why that got lol’s.
    Because it's funny?! 
    I thought it was lolled because people didn’t think it true.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,846
    LargeAddick said:
    AFKABartram said:
    It is what it is. Some decent pedigree but so was Harry Arter. If it turns out ok then great, but I won’t be holding my breath 

    22/23 - 0 games
    21/22 - 4 league games
    20/21 - 4 league games

    8 league games in 2 1/2 years 
    Yes but he looks after himself fitness wise !!
    He wasn't injured, for the 2 seasons at Fulham he barely played. 
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,126
    Turd
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    The Prince-e-Paul said:
    Didnt even come back to finish his medical at Hillsborough as he knew he'd fail is what was reported in The Star. 
    Or perhaps because Hector had already been approached by Charlton?

    It was reported that he's already trained for 2 days at Sparrows Lane prior to signing.


  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,001
    The Prince-e-Paul said:
    Didnt even come back to finish his medical at Hillsborough as he knew he'd fail is what was reported in The Star. 
    Ah yes that bastion of truth and integrity the Star. Filing that firmly under "dubious at best."
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,315
    My favourite genre of player - the large, classy ball-playing centre-half. Let's hope he still has the engine cos if so I'll be writing all sorts of filthy prose 
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  • Billy_Mix
    Billy_Mix Posts: 2,707
    Who?
    not surprised he looks delighted 
    I had a missed call from an unfamiliar number earlier Wonder if it was Steve Gallen? I still have a pair of boots that fit so can’t be far off getting a game at centre back
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,734
    thenewbie said:
    The Prince-e-Paul said:
    Didnt even come back to finish his medical at Hillsborough as he knew he'd fail is what was reported in The Star. 
    Ah yes that bastion of truth and integrity the Star. Filing that firmly under "dubious at best."
    It’s the Sheffield Star, not the national daily. Different beast entirely.
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,001
    Airman Brown said:
    thenewbie said:
    The Prince-e-Paul said:
    Didnt even come back to finish his medical at Hillsborough as he knew he'd fail is what was reported in The Star. 
    Ah yes that bastion of truth and integrity the Star. Filing that firmly under "dubious at best."
    It’s the Sheffield Star, not the national daily. Different beast entirely.
    OK that's fair, and my mistake for assuming. 
  • LTKapal
    LTKapal Posts: 1,312
    thenewbie said:
    If he's here in the Diarra/Pearce mold for a bit of experience around the place and a spare body if needed, that's a pretty good signing. If he's here because we're about to have a fire sale on CBs and he's about to become first choice, we're in deep deep shit.

    I'm whelmed.
    Whoops
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,255
    Airman Brown said:
    thenewbie said:
    The Prince-e-Paul said:
    Didnt even come back to finish his medical at Hillsborough as he knew he'd fail is what was reported in The Star. 
    Ah yes that bastion of truth and integrity the Star. Filing that firmly under "dubious at best."
    It’s the Sheffield Star, not the national daily. Different beast entirely.
    Doesn't matter which Star, until it's in the Plymouth Herald I won't believe it.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,915
    Joe Ledley Mk.2
  • Lazy_eye_metaphor
    Lazy_eye_metaphor Posts: 1,959
    AndyG said:
    Anyone want to open a book on how many minutes he plays this season ? I will start and say 23
    157 I reckon. The local nightclubs will see much more of him than the Valley crowd.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Lazy_eye_metaphor said:
    AndyG said:
    Anyone want to open a book on how many minutes he plays this season ? I will start and say 23
    157 I reckon. The local nightclubs will see much more of him than the Valley crowd.

    Sounds more of a Razor Ruddock MK2.


  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,001
    LTKapal said:
    thenewbie said:
    If he's here in the Diarra/Pearce mold for a bit of experience around the place and a spare body if needed, that's a pretty good signing. If he's here because we're about to have a fire sale on CBs and he's about to become first choice, we're in deep deep shit.

    I'm whelmed.
    Whoops
    Well, quite. Sorry everyone!!
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,752
    LargeAddick said:
    Dazzler21 said:
    LargeAddick said:
    The Prince-e-Paul said:
    Didnt even come back to finish his medical at Hillsborough as he knew he'd fail is what was reported in The Star. 
    Don’t know why that got lol’s.
    Because it's funny?! 
    I thought it was lolled because people didn’t think it true.

    Another example of why we should have 3 buttons: like, dislike and lol
    Or agree, disagree and lol
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  • CL_Phantom
    CL_Phantom Posts: 5,513
    Prem experience?  ✔️
    "Too good for league one" tag line? ✔️
    Twilight years of career? ✔️
    Moving back to London? ✔️





    Welcome Michael WatsonArter Hector 


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  • Lazy_eye_metaphor
    Lazy_eye_metaphor Posts: 1,959
    If Hector turns out to be at least half decent then I reckon Holden is a football genius.

    I smell a rat though. I'm convinced that what Holden said about Hector, he doesn't truly believe.

    A desperation signing of the highest order.
  • BrentfordAddick
    BrentfordAddick Posts: 1,460
    If he's been training with us since November then hopefully he is halfway fit. 
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,487
    BrentfordAddick said:
    If he's been training with us since November then hopefully he is halfway fit. 
    Thought I read he'd been training with Dagenham but yeah hopefully. 
  • YTS1978
    YTS1978 Posts: 1,703
    Plus points - big and experienced
    Minus points - bit too big, bit too experienced
  • Jonniesta
    Jonniesta Posts: 1,152
    Inniss hasn't been up to it in terms of filling the sick-note position he usually has alongside Aneke. We got Kane in to cover sick-note full back, doing a great job already, and I have hopes for Kilkenny too, but aside from Wollacott we're looking thin in the medical bay. Hector comes in and I think can provide real cover in that area. Last 3 seasons he has a great record of not playing and I think will be looking to prove himself in the 'near-comebacks' that Chuks specialises in. I really think we can get some consistency there now. A+ for another 4 months of "our first team on paper".
  • mendonca
    mendonca Posts: 9,405
    I'm sure a fan would have spotted and mentioned Hector, if he had been training with us for the past 3 months. 
  • Billy_Mix
    Billy_Mix Posts: 2,707
    mendonca said:
    I'm sure a fan would have spotted and mentioned Hector, if he had been training with us for the past 3 months. 
    If he's been training anywhere for the last 3 months and is actually competent on any level, he'd have been playing & earning somewhere, National League even
    His total inactivity tells us all we need to know
    If Holden's still with us after Monday 6th, he's definitely in on the ruse, cos he's been critically undermined with this squad dismantling

  • mendonca
    mendonca Posts: 9,405
    Many fit, £50m players struggle to adjust to the PL when signed in the January window. It's the nature of the game.

    I'm going to apply the same concept here for somebody transitioning from 3 years of training into a competitive game, in L1.
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,032
    I have followed Hector's career since his loan spell at Barnet as a youngster. At his best he would at least be Championship level. I think that this is a risk worth taking.

    On the free agent thread I raised his name frequently and have noticed that he has trialled at Reading, Luton and now the massives since the summer. I did wonder about him when Adkins was here because Nigel worked with him twice at Reading and Hull.

    I am disappointed about O Connell, but find Holden's comments interesting. Didn't Dean work with Eoghan before at Walsall? If so he might not have rated him as highly as some of us and he could be being honest in his appraisal.Sometimes previous connections are not always positive. I think most people would have preferred Hector in the summer to EOC.

    I am also conscious that football has changed and players can be not so useful in different systems. Wasn't Eoghan signed as a ball playing centre back to play Garnerball?

    I am pleased  Terrell Thomas is the centre back to stay as cover rather than Lavelle. I see MH and TT as effectively auditioning for next season and maybe EOC's departure may allow a left footed central defender to be recruited in the summer.

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