Attention: Please take a moment to consider our terms and conditions before posting.

The ones that got away.

BDL
BDL Posts: 6,028
edited September 2012 in General Charlton
Watching Ricky Lambert this afternoon has made me wonder what if we had actually signed him?

What of we had bought Tim Cahill when we had the chance or Steve Sidwell before the Chel$ki dollar turned his eye?

Who are the other ones that got away from us? The good, the bad and the downright ugly!
«134

Comments

  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,123
    Dean Ashton - didn't we refuse to pay £3m instead of £2.5m, then spent that on Marcus Bent instead?

    Could have had Dean Ashton and Darren Bent.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,719
    Darren Purse, Julian Gray...
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Flamini

  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Danny graham
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,089
    edited September 2012
    We could have bought fuller ages ago. And am I confused or were we close to signing adrian mutu and matheu flamini?
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,719
    Kezman
  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 5,019
    Emile Heskey.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,089
    Kezman! Maybe I'm thinking of him and not mutu. Cheers Len
  • Stebo
    Stebo Posts: 790
    Anthony Stokes - had the pen in his hand ready to sign when his agent got a phone call from Sunderland. in the end it was a lucky escape cause he turned out to be rubbish for them.
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,807
    Ryan Nelson

  • Sponsored links:



  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 29,017
    Pele
  • CAFCOlly
    CAFCOlly Posts: 531
    Sure i remember us being linked with Clint Dempsey before he went to Fulham
  • coltsgoalie
    coltsgoalie Posts: 723
    Drogba, Van Bommel
  • PeakieRocket
    PeakieRocket Posts: 2,428
    Ronaldo before he went to Man Utd
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Rivaldo
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,737
    Lawrie Wilson, Danny Haynes and Danny Green.
  • Stebo
    Stebo Posts: 790
    LenGlover said:

    Kezman

    yeah all set for a reunion with rommedahl before Chelsea swooped in and snatched him from us. Personally I think this had a negative effect on forest gump and maybe one of the reasons he never lived up to his reputation.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,123
    CAFCOlly said:

    Sure i remember us being linked with Clint Dempsey before he went to Fulham

    I remember that, think the MLS blocked it for some reason?

  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 29,017
    Lionel Messi

    (or do I mean Lionel Blair? Always getting them two mixed up)
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    I remember reading we were once after Stanley Matthews.

  • Sponsored links:



  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    edited September 2012
    happyvalley said:

    I remember reading we were once after Stanley Matthews.

    Yes. Jimmy Seed was keen on signing him and knew that the Stoke manager would be agreeable. This was in 1938 and he'd have cost around £13,000, almost the record fee at that time. In the end both chairmen turned the idea down, much to Seed's regret.
  • C_A_F_C
    C_A_F_C Posts: 3,878
    Stebo said:

    Anthony Stokes - had the pen in his hand ready to sign when his agent got a phone call from Sunderland. in the end it was a lucky escape cause he turned out to be rubbish for them.

    The same with Jon Stead, word for word.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,333
    John Hartson - read his autobiography which siad taht he ahd a medical with us and was about to sign but the medical showed problems with his knee & our insurerers wouldn't go ahead............then went & played for Wet Spam & Rangers with no problems
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,750
    Steve Portway
  • PeakieRocket
    PeakieRocket Posts: 2,428
    C_A_F_C said:

    Stebo said:

    Anthony Stokes - had the pen in his hand ready to sign when his agent got a phone call from Sunderland. in the end it was a lucky escape cause he turned out to be rubbish for them.

    The same with Jon Stead, word for word.
    Didn't the same thing also happen with John Aloisi
  • collegeparkaddick
    collegeparkaddick Posts: 442
    North Lower Neil said:

    CAFCOlly said:

    Sure i remember us being linked with Clint Dempsey before he went to Fulham

    I remember that, think the MLS blocked it for some reason?

    MLS holds players contracts here, not the clubs. The fee offered by CAFC was rejected as too low and the league held out until Fulham made an offer that was nearly twice as high.

    MLS uses the story now as justification for refusing to sell players, as with Geoff Cameron until Stoke upped its offer, while ignoring all the times they have overplayed their hand, precluding Americans in their prime from trying their luck in Europe (e.g., Taylor Twellman).
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,799
    DaveMehmet said:

    Steve Portway

    Welcome back Ackworth. ;-)
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Oliver Bierhoff
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,147
    Richard Gough
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    gudjohnsen

Categories

“Marketplace”