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Best 5 Charlton Centrebacks

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  • Starinnaddick
    Starinnaddick Posts: 4,396
    Gordon Jago missing from everyones lists. Top player.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,963
    1. Rufus
    2. Shirtliff
    3. Costa
    4. Webster
    5. Perry
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,174
    Jim Giles
    The Tank
    Roof
    Les Berry
    Paul Elliot
  • rikofold
    rikofold Posts: 4,051
    1. Rufus
    2. Costa
    3. Elliott
    4. Fish
    5. Perry
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,040
    Simonsen said:

    Boysie said:

    Geoff Scott

    Geoff Scott is a funny one. He played his two games in 1982 and quite a few people thought he was really good (I didn't see either game). It was often said that his absence was one of the reasons we were near the bottom of the table but I've since watched the highlights of the game he played at Stamford Bridge (it's on YouTube) and he didn't look too clever and neither did Paul Elliott. I guess we supporters were a lot more tolerant in those days.

    Ps; take a look at the youtube footage and see Colin Pates smash home a real screamer (for Chelsea).

    It's funny how players improve the longer they have retired .I wish we had reactions from Charlton Life in the different eras. By far the best Charlton team I witnessed was 03/04 , but my favourite memories are scattered across my 40 years watching the Addicks .

    Some players are memorable as characters others not so much as good players . An example in my view would be Steve Thompson . I notice he has made a few top 5's , whilst I wouldn't claim he was a bad player I do not think he was as good as to make the top 5. We also need to factor in the level that they played in . In my view Les Berry and Peter Shaw were a very effective pairing in Mike Bailey's 80/81 promotion team , but not when we moved up to the second tier.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,420
    Shirtliff
    Rufus
    Elliott
    Costa
    Perry
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,209
    Joe, Joe, Super Joe, Super Joe Mclaughlin
    Rufus
    Pates
    Shirtliff
    Balmer (just for the own goals really)
  • Isawlearyplay
    Isawlearyplay Posts: 277
    Costa.....anticipating those tackles alone, was worth the entrance fee - deceptive though, because he was a wonderful reader of what was going on, and for all of his stockiness he was remarkably agile.

    Ufton.....another excellent reader of the game -possessed silky skills, and would always excite. Gaining but a single cap for England was an injustice, but Charlton then as now was not fashionable.

    Rufus.....athletic,cultured, and again although it has become cliched -had he played for a more fashionable club he would have been frequently capped.

    Final two have Spurs connections. Both underrated, perhaps because they lacked a certain elan. If they failed to satisfy the eye, they compensated with wonderful tackling skills, always fearless, with a total disregard for reputations....so Paul Miller and Chris Perry
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    The best ones?

    Rufus
    Costa
    Elliott
    Shirtliff
    Caton.

    extra favourite would deffo include the wonderful Webbo, and Steve Brown, and of course Les Berry.
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,556
    edited June 2014
    Isawlearyplay said:

    Costa.....anticipating those tackles alone, was worth the entrance fee - deceptive though, because he was a wonderful reader of what was going on, and for all of his stockiness he was remarkably agile.

    Ufton.....another excellent reader of the game -possessed silky skills, and would always excite. Gaining but a single cap for England was an injustice, but Charlton then as now was not fashionable.

    Rufus.....athletic,cultured, and again although it has become cliched -had he played for a more fashionable club he would have been frequently capped.

    Final two have Spurs connections. Both underrated, perhaps because they lacked a certain elan. If they failed to satisfy the eye, they compensated with wonderful tackling skills, always fearless, with a total disregard for reputations....so Paul Miller and Chris Perry

    Miller was another weird one. He was incredibly weak in the air for a centre-back (he didn't get very high off the ground) but could tackle and covered well. He also brought leadership and wasn't scared by any situation or by any opponent. He was an ideal partner for Shirtliff and an immensely shrewd signing by Lawrence.

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  • alan dugdale
    alan dugdale Posts: 3,095
    Costa
    Shirtliff
    Rufus
    Alan McDonald (if loanee's count ?)
    Thompson
  • shootershill2tropics
    shootershill2tropics Posts: 662
    alan mc donald, wow,completely forgotten him, what a sight when he was in full flight...
  • banckzy
    banckzy Posts: 81
    Christian Dailly
    Miguel Llera
    Greg Halford
    Gary Rowett
    Carl Tiler
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Can't believe so many people ignoring Fish.
  • harveys_gardener
    harveys_gardener Posts: 7,038
    edited June 2014
    Good shouts for the Rash, Thommo and Brown but I stick to my original selections. LOL for Bobby Goldthorpe, one of my favourites for trying to dribble out of 18 yard box.
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,494
    edited June 2014
    5 Shirtliff
    4 Elliott
    3 Costa
    2 Rufus
    1 Thommo

    Man love for Thommo to this day.
  • shootershill2tropics
    shootershill2tropics Posts: 662
    bobby goldthorpe dribbling out the box - classsic!!!!! thommo - great shout, northern grit with a touch of class!
  • waldo
    waldo Posts: 495
    vancouverbcaddick said:

    Derek Ufton

    Good call!
  • No.1 in South London
    No.1 in South London Posts: 3,978
    1. Costa
    2. Rufus
    3. Shirtliff
    4. Fish
    5. Horsfield
  • shootershill2tropics
    shootershill2tropics Posts: 662
    wow, yes, king arthur could/did play centre forward and centre half, tho tbh, much more assured as a swaggering forward...fond memories...

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  • Jensenwasclass
    Jensenwasclass Posts: 835
    1. Richard Rufus
    2. Marvin Hinton
    3. Paul Elliott
    4. Jorge Costa
    5. Gordon Jago
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,443
    Bougherra, trust me if he had stayed longer
    Shirtliff for '87 play-offs
    Fortune for............do I need to say why
    The other two I'll think about
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,156
    Not one shout for Frank Haydock?
  • Starinnaddick
    Starinnaddick Posts: 4,396
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

    Not one shout for Frank Haydock?

    What about Herman.

  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,156
    Starinnaddick said:

    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:

    Not one shout for Frank Haydock?

    What about Herman.

    Hmm, yeh. Well he did play most of his career in the Prem.
    Not in my top five though - preferred him at left back

  • illichassavedit
    illichassavedit Posts: 254
    Shippereley for the own goal scored from the halfway line against Orient. Probably the most comical moment I have experienced in my 47 years as an addick......
  • SteviesDivingHeaders
    SteviesDivingHeaders Posts: 51
    1. Steve Brown
    2. Steve Brown
    3. Richard Rufus
    4. Steve Brown
    5. Steven Byron Brown
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,952
    superdulvertonred said:

    1. Rufus
    2. Elliott
    3.Fish
    4.Costa
    5.Pates.

    Are my top 5 in order for ability. But for commitment and enjoying seeing them play must mention Went, Reeves, Brown, Shirtliff, Youds, Thompson and Maxie Miller!

    For commitment, surely it has to be Steve Brown then everyone else, no? He has to be the epitome of someone who played above himself by force of will.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,952
    illichassavedit said:

    Shippereley for the own goal scored from the halfway line against Orient. Probably the most comical moment I have experienced in my 47 years as an addick......

    I was there! A truly awesome own goal.
  • Blucher
    Blucher Posts: 4,184
    In date order, rather than any ranking:

    Went - an absolute beast, with thighs like tree trunks.. A pity he missed a chunk of the 68/69 season with injury

    Elliot - heartbreaking to lose him to Luton for 95K

    Shirtliff - one of Lennie's greatest signings

    Pates - a very cultured and under-rated central defender

    Rufus - our best defender in the last 25 years

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