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Andy Reid or Peter Garland

AFKABartram
AFKABartram Posts: 58,119
edited August 2006 in General Charlton
Who would win the hot dog contest ????

I just saw Reid on Sky Sports News. Possible the biggest player i've ever in a CAFC shirt (barring vets games).

Can anyone remember historically a player carrying more pies that Reid ?

Was the decision to come to us due to us having a baggy kit and not the skintight one that Spurs and others use ?
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  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,924
    Maybe it was a catering decision? Increased revenues... A deal with Wimpy's perhaps.
  • Nanoo Nanoo
    Nanoo Nanoo Posts: 24
    edited August 2006
    Inspector Sands has a great headline for his story on Reid, Blimey! Reid lends weight to midfield.

    As he says, it's over to Harbin now. But I think he's just stocky *cough*

    Nonetheless, welcome Andy.
  • Foreverred
    Foreverred Posts: 73
    Steve Thompson built like the proverbial poo brick house.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,119
    My wife sang to me this morning 'your just a fat Andy Reid'

    Ever there was motivation to diet, that was it !
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,774
    [cite]Posted By: AFKA Bartram[/cite]My wife sang to me this morning 'your just a fat Andy Reid'

    Ever there was motivation to diet, that was it !

    lol...you could play the pumpkin in the next bit of the cinderella story...
  • ns_eb_rj_s?
    ns_eb_rj_s? Posts: 682
    I think rooney is fatter
  • Southendaddick
    Southendaddick Posts: 5,349
    AFKA,

    Sing to her your just a fat Claire Balding :)

    But then ive seen your wife and she isnt.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,263
    Surely Johnny Barnes was bigger than Reid when he played for us
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 29,045
    Looks like he has read this thread.

  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,510
    Will he be the same player without his lard?

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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,033
    Class act of a player... Great goal and nice respectable celebration against us when we played them last October
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,857
    And.........breathe out
  • Vincenzo
    Vincenzo Posts: 2,911
    ForeverAddickted said:

    Class act of a player... Great goal and nice respectable celebration against us when we played them last October

    This.
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,510
    Obviously "Psycho" can still intimidate a few people.
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 12,030
    Seems to be an intelligent, decent bloke. Shame he's not with us now.
  • Amos on the wing
    Amos on the wing Posts: 1,804
    Ability wise probably one of the most naturally gifted players I have seen play for Charlton in recent years. However, for me he should have done so must more with his career considering how much ability he has. Carrying as must timber as he did for the majority of his career cost him. Good to see him looking in good shape but how long will it last before the weight goes back on. Would have loved to have seen Reidy back at Charlton.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,033
    Valley11 said:

    Seems to be an intelligent, decent bloke. Shame he's not with us now.

    Was thinking it would be great if we could get him back at the Valley (He must like the place after refusing to celebrate) but then realised that him being @ Forest means he's back with the club where it all began for him so we wouldnt stand a chance
  • newyorkaddick
    newyorkaddick Posts: 3,057
    When I played at The Valley for Football Aid I was substituted due to cramp, and as I came off Peter Garland (who was a 'guest manager' for the day) suggested I maybe didn't have enough salt on my fry-up.

    Surprising he didn't manage at a higher level in many ways.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
    No contest

    BFP was a pie man and Andy Reid is an athlete.
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,510
    Thing is Andy Reid has had a decent career due to his undoubted quality with the ball, his extra weight hasn't held him back as he doesn't need to run to terrorise teams. Big Fat Pete lacked his quality and could have done with making up for it with a bit of athleticism.

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  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 29,045
    edited August 2014
    calydon_road said:

    No contest

    BFP was a pie man and Andy Reid is an athlete a Guinness man.

  • HandG
    HandG Posts: 2,138
    One ended up at Forest, the other ended up at Fisher athletic. No contest really!

    Was gutted when we got rid of Reidy and can still remember fondly his celebrations at Selhurst when we won there. Great player, and will always get a good reception from me when he plays against us......
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,979
    My favourite player in a cafc shirt. Magical player and great bloke too
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,385
    Big Fat Pete was a central midfielder of the sort which need to be box to box and full of energy, thus that extra weight wasn't very helpful...
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,040
    The best description of Andy Reid when he joined us was what a Spurs supporting friend told me . He had the touch of a Champions League player but the body of a Sunday League player. Clearly he is in better shape now.
  • Amos on the wing
    Amos on the wing Posts: 1,804
    Richard J said:

    The best description of Andy Reid when he joined us was what a Spurs supporting friend told me . He had the touch of a Champions League player but the body of a Sunday League player. Clearly he is in better shape now.

    This
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,413
    For the last couple of seasons he's made the effort to lose weight, but appears to regain it as the season progresses.
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,818
    Wonderful player, probably one of the best footballers we have had in our modern history alongside Claus Jensen and Robert Lee with an honorable mention to John '18-stone' Barnes.

    If he had stayed in 2007/08 (he left on January deadline day) then we might have sneaked into the Play-Offs but without him we were lost and he went on to do well at Sunderland.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    I'm convinced he would've dragged us into the playoffs if Murray hadn't have bottled it and sold him on deadline day. Whether we had gone up is another question.
  • ColinTat
    ColinTat Posts: 2,794
    Great to watch. Might have carried a bit of extra weight, but still managed to run more, challenge more, and last longer than Ambrose, Thomas, Zhi and Racon. Shame everyone else in that midfield thought it was up to someone else to work for the team. He left and frankly it was pathetic the lack of urgency in that midfield.

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