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Best left back we’ve ever had?

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  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,939
    Jonathan spector?
  • Powell, closely followed by Reid and Minto. Big Herman a very good player 
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,658
    SCP followed by Bowen for me.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,526
    Interesting to see if Toby Bower makes it onto this list in future. 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,857
    No one going for our hat trick scoring left back ? 
  • Without a doubt Mark Reid - and to have John Humphrey on the other side - WOW ...
    First match at the Valley for me was 69 years ago so i saw a bit of Hewie and you cannot compare him to modern full backs, hardly crossed the halfway line - but will say this about him great emergency goalkeeper on a par with Stevie Brown ...

    Cannot believe Phil Warman got a mention but its all about opinions.

    Honorary mention to Chris Powell and Lurch.


  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Powell.
    Reid.
    Minto.

    All very good, hard to separate.
  • Mark Reid for me.
  • Davo53
    Davo53 Posts: 159
    Brian Kinsey for me but I’m probably biased,having been coached by him ,and played along side him for a Sunday club Eltham hill with his younger brother Peter managed by middle brother bill kinsey.
  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,824
    edited April 2023
    Minto was classy but SCP was a better defender 
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  • Starinnaddick
    Starinnaddick Posts: 4,345
    Davo53 said:
    Brian Kinsey for me but I’m probably biased,having been coached by him ,and played along side him for a Sunday club Eltham hill with his younger brother Peter managed by middle brother bill kinsey.
    I mentiond in an earlier post that I had seen Kins brother play at the Rectory Field it was for Eltham Hill against Borough. Thanks Davo. 
  • seth plum said:
    Powell.
    Reid.
    Minto.

    All very good, hard to separate.
    I'd have them in that exact order.
  • IanJRO
    IanJRO Posts: 691
    Toss up between SCP and Jamie Stuart
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,863
    edited April 2023
    IanJRO said:
    Toss up between SCP and Jamie Stuart

    Jamie Stuart not a name I thought I'd see in a list of best left backs...Are you Jamie Stuart?
  • Kips
    Kips Posts: 689
    Hard to argue the case against Powelly but I really did enjoy watching Mark Bowen in 97/98 season.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Konchesky? Was terrible at left back, like him as a left midfielder.

    my favorite will always be SCP but I really liked Rhoys Wiggins in the 11/12 season. 
    I wish we had some terrible players like him now.

    Controversial but I preferred HH to SCP as a left back.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Richard J said:
    I can only presume that some of our supporters feel it terribly unjust that Kinsey, Warman, Konchesky, Wiggins, Barness, Thatcher, Jackson and Young didn't play for England as they were better than Chris Powell  :D

    Mind you I don't recall anyone calling for any of them to be capped at the time.
    Konchesky did get capped as a Charlton player.
    So did Young and two of the others are Welsh 🤣🤣🤣
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,225
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Richard J said:
    I can only presume that some of our supporters feel it terribly unjust that Kinsey, Warman, Konchesky, Wiggins, Barness, Thatcher, Jackson and Young didn't play for England as they were better than Chris Powell  :D

    Mind you I don't recall anyone calling for any of them to be capped at the time.
    Konchesky did get capped as a Charlton player.
    So did Young and two of the others are Welsh 🤣🤣🤣
    And I'm not sure how good Young would be at Left Back either 😅
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,885
    SCP for me as well, closely followed by Mark Reid.
  • iamdan
    iamdan Posts: 2,421
    Kelly Youga 
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  • Sir Chris   Absolutely 
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,071
    A toss up between Powell and Konchesky in my lifetime.
    Grant Basey behind them......
  • Melrose
    Melrose Posts: 836
    1:Mark Reid, without a shadow of a doubt
    2: SCP
    3: Scott Minto
    4: Paul Konchesky
  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,596
    SCP
    Minto
    Reid
  • Basey??? Was terrible and slow. Watch the millwall 4-4 game in 2009. 
  • Heart says Powell, head says Minto.

  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,481
    pettgra said:
    Chris Powell. Brian Kinsey was a superb full back as well. It would have been interesting to see how good he would have been in the top flight. I think he would have been fine.
    He was never sold as Gliksten always managed to move someone else on, i.e Bailey, Bonds, Glover and Campbell.
    Brian Kinsey never wanted to move on Having been born local and living on The Woolwich Rd. Also he was 3rd or 4th generation Charlton . His grandfather having helped dig the ground out. Also Brian was a very good outside left as well. For me he is Mr Charlton Athletic and can still be seen at the ground.
    I first saw Kins play outside left for us against Chelsea when he was still an amateur at Bromley. I've got an idea his brother used to play for Borough at the Rectory Field. 

    Pretty sure his brothers name was Peter.
  • SCP
    Scott Minto
    Mark Reid
    Brian Kinsey
    Lawrie Madden 
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,251
    Chris Powell 
    Scott Minto - didn't seem like he was with us for long but loved him
    If the conversation was who THOUGHT they were the best left back Paul Konchesky would walk it. I personally thought he was crap at left back but class in midfield 
  • Rob7Lee
    Rob7Lee Posts: 9,596
    Carter said:
    Chris Powell 
    Scott Minto - didn't seem like he was with us for long but loved him
    If the conversation was who THOUGHT they were the best left back Paul Konchesky would walk it. I personally thought he was crap at left back but class in midfield 
    almost half his career appearances were for Charlton (180) over 6 years