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Ben Hamer - Thanks !

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  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,566
    Thanks, Ben, and good luck. Well done for escaping our basket case football club.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,226
    Always thought Hamer and Morrison had a problem with each other , due to the bad vibes they seemed to give each other during the game but was told they were great mates and got on really well, that surprised me .

    Good luck Ben , you had too much bants for the Belgium bores .
  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,189
    Just seen this on Twitter:
    Goal. The Robins pull one back through Andre Johnson, who taps home after a fumble from Ben Hamer. #lcfclive
    Some things never change...
  • DRAddick
    DRAddick Posts: 3,592
    cafc-west said:

    Just seen this on Twitter:
    Goal. The Robins pull one back through Andre Johnson, who taps home after a fumble from Ben Hamer. #lcfclive
    Some things never change...

    Yep your right. Good keepers make mistakes and people make silly forum comments. Two of life's certainties.
  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,189
    Not a silly comment - in my opinion. We all have our own opinions - and mine is that Hamer had some great games and made some fantastic stops. But, as you say, keepers make mistakes and he made a few too many.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,375
    He didn't make "a few too many", he made no more mistakes than an average keeper would.

    I'd argue that he had to save our bacon one too many times in that case!
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,681
    I wish we still had him.
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,345
    Move on
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,161
    edited July 2014
    We could have been in deep trouble had it not been for Hamer's form towards the end of the season. I think that's easily forgotten sometimes.
  • Fiiiiiish
    Fiiiiiish Posts: 1,671
    Hamer won us far more points than he cost us, all the best to him.

    Better he makes a fumble mistake now in a friendly than the 3rd round of the Captial One Cup.

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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,889
    Fiiiiiish said:

    Hamer won us far more points than he cost us, all the best to him.

    Better he makes a fumble mistake now in a friendly than the 3rd round of the Captial One Cup.

    Unless that 3rd Round tie is against Charlton Athletic ;)
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,917
    Fiiiiiish said:

    Hamer won us far more points than he cost us, all the best to him.

    Better he makes a fumble mistake now in a friendly than the 3rd round of the Captial One Cup.

    i ll second that

    as somone else said our best keeper since deano

  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    paulie8290 said:

    Move on

    Agree, glad he has
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,889
    edited July 2014
    Three saves which stand out in the memory, the last minute point blank worldy save away to Brighton season before last to keep it 0-0 and earn a valuable point. The top corner save away to the Wendies to take us through to the sixth round and the injury time penalty save away at Leeds to secure three priceless points. Still if you only go to home games you wouldn't appreciate them as much I suppose. Very good keeper at this level not forgetting great distribution with his feet which his knockers may come to appreciate now he's gone. He's that average that a premiership club have signed him. :-0
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,924
    That fumble will (and it was a poor one) do no more or less than cement his position at the Club.

    And that is exactly the same as Elliott at Newcastle - warming the bench 'til the Club wants to rest their first choice.

    Such is the disparity in terms of money (and security it comes with) between being 2nd choice at a PL and first choice at a Championship Club, electing not to get a regular spot in the team becomes a "no brainer".

  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,161
    lolwray said:

    Fiiiiiish said:

    Hamer won us far more points than he cost us, all the best to him.

    Better he makes a fumble mistake now in a friendly than the 3rd round of the Captial One Cup.

    i ll second that

    as somone else said our best keeper since deano

    He was good but not our best since Kiely. Surely that's Scott Carson.
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,986
    Alnwick and Randolph were also better than Blamer.
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,889
    edited July 2014
    bolloxbolder said:

    Alnwick and Randolph were also better than Blamer.

    Really? Anyway nice weetabix save by Randolph to give us the three points at Birmingham last season. Alnwick started off ok away at Huddersfield but had a wobble himself after a few games although granted he did have personal issues.
  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    Best keeper since Deano? Maybe the best keeper since Deano that wasn't named Carson, Randolph, Alnwick, Elliot and Myhre. But he was a LAD though so I guess that makes up for it.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,375
    Carson - relegated from Prem
    Alnwick - Played 4-5 really good games max, didn't achieve anything with us
    Randolph - Best game was against a Conference North side, which we still lost
    Elliott - Only one who comes close to Hamer, but didn't have as good distribution and didn't win anything with us
    Thomas Myhre - Erm, ok?

    Ben Hamer - Broke the Charlton clean sheet record, won a league Championship and was part of a solid defence for three years straight.

    But lets not let facts get in the way of putting down a former player who has left us for bigger and better things.

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  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    Carson - POTY so automatically wins surely.

    Not putting him down because he left for better things, I've never rated Hamer. Nothing against the guy I just don't think he was as good as a lot on here make out.
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,889
    colthe3rd said:

    Best keeper since Deano? Maybe the best keeper since Deano that wasn't named Carson, Randolph, Alnwick, Elliot and Myhre. But he was a LAD though so I guess that makes up for it.

    I see you omitted Thuram from that list :-0
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,020
    edited July 2014
    I thought he was alright but replaceable at this level.

    Thought the stick he got in abundance not long ago was OTT and i think some of the praise now he's gone is also a bit OTT.
  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    Let's not get silly. I nearly added Tony Warner though
  • Fiiiiiish
    Fiiiiiish Posts: 1,671
    cafctom said:

    Carson - relegated from Prem

    I agree with you in most Tom, apart from that statement.

    Carson was our player of the year and just because we were relegated that season did not make him a bad keeper at all. He was brilliant that season.

    Relegation certainly hasn't seen David Marshall tarnished.

    Hamer and Elliott are hard to seperate in my opinion, both very good keepers. Especially as Elliott had the Doc, Llera and Fortune infront of him.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,161
    Let's not forget Carson had Traore in front of him and we would have been relegated by Xmas had it not been for Carson.
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,889
    edited July 2014
    colthe3rd said:

    Let's not get silly. I nearly added Tony Warner though

    You started it :-)
  • Fiiiiiish
    Fiiiiiish Posts: 1,671
    No love for Weaver?
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,889
    Fiiiiiish said:

    No love for Weaver?

    Only love I've got for Weaver was when he passed the ball out to John Robinson in the 2000/01 (?) season who then returned the favour by passing the ball back

    Unfortunately Weaver then proved his amazing skills by failing to complete the one.two, instead he hit a beautiful air shot resulting in another goal that afternoon for Charlton
  • Fiiiiiish
    Fiiiiiish Posts: 1,671
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Fiiiiiish said:

    No love for Weaver?

    Only love I've got for Weaver was when he passed the ball out to John Robinson in the 2000/01 (?) season who then returned the favour by passing the ball back

    Unfortunately Weaver then proved his amazing skills by failing to complete the one.two, instead he hit a beautiful air shot resulting in another goal that afternoon for Charlton
    Remember him getting beat by a 30 yard free kick against Coventry at the Valley when we were relegated. It was like a pass into the net.....he was absolute garbage.

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