Best XI Roland Signings

Rudd
Foley | Bauer | Teixeira | Chicksen
Gudmundsson | Buyens | Bulot
Vetokele | Magennis | Holmes

RD signings ordered by debut (therefore doesn't include Anil Koc or others who didn't get any minutes):

1 Yohann Thuram-Ulien
2 Astrit Ajdarevic
3 Reza Ghoochannejhad
4 Loic Nego
5 Piotr Parzyszek
6 Marcus Tudgay
7 Davide Petrucci
8 Stephen Henderson
9 Tal Ben-Haim
10 Andre Bikey-Amougou
11 Johann Berg Gudmundsson
12 Yoni Buyens
13 Igor Vetokele
14 George Tucudean
15 Franck Moussa
16 Frederic Bulot
17 Francis Coquelin
18 Oguchi Onyewu
19 Neil Etheridge
20 Tony Watt
21 Marko Dmitrovic
22 Milos Veljkovic
23 Christophe Lepoint
24 Roger Johnson
25 Chris Eagles
26 Alou Diarra
27 Patrick Bauer
28 Ahmed Kashi
29 El-Hadji Ba
30 Simon Makienok
31 Zakarya Bergdich
32 Cristian Ceballos
33 Naby Sarr
34 Conor McAleny
35 Ricardo Vaz Te
36 Rhys Williams
37 Jorge Teixeira
38 Yaya Sanogo
39 Marco Motta
40 Rod Fanni
41 Yun Suk-Young
42 Declan Rudd
43 Kevin Foley
44 Andrew Crofts
45 Nicky Ajose
46 Ricky Holmes
47 Jason Pearce
48 Lee Novak
49 Josh Magennis
50 Jordan Botaka
51 Adam Chicksen
52 Fredrick Ulvestad
53 Lewis Page
54 Nathan Byrne
55 Jay Desilva
56 Jake Forster-Caskey

Mate, there's only 56 in total. It's only uncountable if there's less than three good players and you can't manage without using your fingers and your toes. Just say numerous, that'd do.

Callumcafc said:

RD signings ordered by debut (therefore doesn't include Anil Koc or others who didn't get any minutes):

1 Yohann Thuram-Ulien
2 Astrit Ajdarevic
3 Reza Ghoochannejhad
4 Loic Nego
5 Piotr Parzyszek
6 Marcus Tudgay
7 Davide Petrucci
8 Stephen Henderson
9 Tal Ben-Haim
10 Andre Bikey-Amougou
11 Johann Berg Gudmundsson
12 Yoni Buyens
13 Igor Vetokele
14 George Tucudean
15 Franck Moussa
16 Frederic Bulot
17 Francis Coquelin
18 Oguchi Onyewu
19 Neil Etheridge
20 Tony Watt
21 Marko Dmitrovic
22 Milos Veljkovic
23 Christophe Lepoint
24 Roger Johnson
25 Chris Eagles
26 Alou Diarra
27 Patrick Bauer
28 Ahmed Kashi
29 El-Hadji Ba
30 Simon Makienok
31 Zakarya Bergdich
32 Cristian Ceballos
33 Naby Sarr
34 Conor McAleny
35 Ricardo Vaz Te
36 Rhys Williams
37 Jorge Teixeira
38 Yaya Sanogo
39 Marco Motta
40 Rod Fanni
41 Yun Suk-Young
42 Declan Rudd
43 Kevin Foley
44 Andrew Crofts
45 Nicky Ajose
46 Ricky Holmes
47 Jason Pearce
48 Lee Novak
49 Josh Magennis
50 Jordan Botaka
51 Adam Chicksen
52 Fredrick Ulvestad
53 Lewis Page
54 Nathan Byrne
55 Jay Desilva
56 Jake Forster-Caskey

Seeing that really does highlight the level of incompetence demonstrated by Katrien Miere/Roly

--------------Rudd
Foley --- Bauer ---- Teixeira --- Chicksen
------Coquelin --- Diarra/Kashi
JBG --------- Holmes --------- Bulot
------------Magennis

The amazing thing about Callum's list is the sheer number of players who I can remember very little about. I was a season ticket holder up until this summer, so I really ought to know about the majority of them. But for many, the fleeting nature of their appearances combined with a keen inbuilt psychological defence mechanism means that all I have is a vague recollection that, 'that name sounds a bit familiar'.

cafc_harry said:

I honestly reckon Fanni was probably the best of the bunch, him or Johann.

Johann was without the best... How we got him on a Free Transfer I'll never know

Callumcafc said:

RD signings ordered by debut (therefore doesn't include Anil Koc or others who didn't get any minutes):

1 Yohann Thuram-Ulien
2 Astrit Ajdarevic
3 Reza Ghoochannejhad
4 Loic Nego
5 Piotr Parzyszek
6 Marcus Tudgay
7 Davide Petrucci
8 Stephen Henderson
9 Tal Ben-Haim
10 Andre Bikey-Amougou
11 Johann Berg Gudmundsson
12 Yoni Buyens
13 Igor Vetokele
14 George Tucudean
15 Franck Moussa
16 Frederic Bulot
17 Francis Coquelin
18 Oguchi Onyewu
19 Neil Etheridge
20 Tony Watt
21 Marko Dmitrovic
22 Milos Veljkovic
23 Christophe Lepoint
24 Roger Johnson
25 Chris Eagles
26 Alou Diarra
27 Patrick Bauer
28 Ahmed Kashi
29 El-Hadji Ba
30 Simon Makienok
31 Zakarya Bergdich
32 Cristian Ceballos
33 Naby Sarr
34 Conor McAleny
35 Ricardo Vaz Te
36 Rhys Williams
37 Jorge Teixeira
38 Yaya Sanogo
39 Marco Motta
40 Rod Fanni
41 Yun Suk-Young
42 Declan Rudd
43 Kevin Foley
44 Andrew Crofts
45 Nicky Ajose
46 Ricky Holmes
47 Jason Pearce
48 Lee Novak
49 Josh Magennis
50 Jordan Botaka
51 Adam Chicksen
52 Fredrick Ulvestad
53 Lewis Page
54 Nathan Byrne
55 Jay Desilva
56 Jake Forster-Caskey

An expensive catalogue of cack.

killerandflash said:

Rudd
Fanni Teixeira TBH Chicksen
JBG Buyens Kashi Bulot
Igor Magennis

A decent team that, though a bit misleading as with the massive turnover of players we've gone through 2 squads worth in 3 years...

I'd put Diarra in the team ahead of TBH but otherwise that is a decent championship side that could challenge for promotion.

cabbles said:

Callumcafc said:

RD signings ordered by debut (therefore doesn't include Anil Koc or others who didn't get any minutes):

1 Yohann Thuram-Ulien - no
2 Astrit Ajdarevic - yes
3 Reza - no
4 Loic Nego - no
5 Piotr Parzyszek - no
6 Marcus Tudgay - no
7 Davide Petrucci - no
8 Stephen Henderson - yes
9 Tal Ben-Haim - yes
10 Andre Bikey-Amougu - no
11 Johann Berg Gudmundson - yes
12 Yoni Buyens - yes
13 Igor Vetokele - no
14 George Tucudean - no
15 Franck Moussa - no
16 Frederic Bulot - yes
17 Francis Coquelin - yes
18 Oguchi Onyewu - no
19 Neil Etheridge - yes
20 Tony Watt - no
21 Marko Dmitrovic - no
22 Milos Veljokic - no
23 Christophe Lepoint - no
24 Roger Johnson - no
25 Chris Eagles - no
26 Alou Diarra - yes
27 Patrick Bauer - yes
28 Ahmed Kashi - no
29 El-Hadji Ba - no
30 Simon Makienok - no
31 Zakarya Bergdich - no
32 Cristian Ceballos - no
33 Naby Sarr - no
34 Conor McAleny - no
35 Ricardo Vaz Te - no
36 Rhys Williams - no
37 Jorge Teixeira - yes
38 Yaya Sanogo - no
39 Marco Motta - yes
40 Rod Fanni - yes
41 Yun Suk-Young - yes
42 Declan Rudd - yes
43 Kevin Foley - no
44 Andrew Crofts - yes
45 Nicky Ajose - no
46 Ricky Holmes - yes
47 Jason Pearce - yes
48 Lee Novak - no
49 Josh Magennis - yes
50 Jordan Botaka - no
51 Adam Chicksen - yes
52 Fredrick Ulvestad - no
53 Lewis Page
54 Nathan Byrne
55 Jay Desilva
56 Jake Forster-Caskey

I've basically gone through it and highlighted who I think had/has been good, taking into account length of time they've been here/played. I left out the last 4 as they are new arrivals.

With players like Vetokele being a no, it doesn't mean I don't think they're a good player, it's more have we had good value over the life of that player's contract. One half a season is nowhere enough. I know he got injured, but if it had been handled the right way then he would be an option for us this season. These are simply my metrics, but in total that's 32 no's and 20 yes'

Perhaps some might disagree with one or two but that's not the point. What becomes strikingly obvious from the list in this format, is the all the "no"s from 28-36 inclusive.

And then all of the "yes"s from 37 on.

What changed?

Quite simply Riga returned and his initial comments featured this understatement "we need to make less mistakes when signing players"

Between Riga and Slade they stabilised things and we now have Robinson making a few changes.

The last six games are unbeaten and we are on two points a game with Magennis back soon. Let's not kid ourselves about how this season might end but it does appear that we have followed Riga's advice. And that's before we assess the final four on the list, three of whom have great promise.

Let's see what the squad looks like in August.

seriously_red said:

cabbles said:

Callumcafc said:

RD signings ordered by debut (therefore doesn't include Anil Koc or others who didn't get any minutes):

1 Yohann Thuram-Ulien - no
2 Astrit Ajdarevic - yes
3 Reza - no
4 Loic Nego - no
5 Piotr Parzyszek - no
6 Marcus Tudgay - no
7 Davide Petrucci - no
8 Stephen Henderson - yes
9 Tal Ben-Haim - yes
10 Andre Bikey-Amougu - no
11 Johann Berg Gudmundson - yes
12 Yoni Buyens - yes
13 Igor Vetokele - no
14 George Tucudean - no
15 Franck Moussa - no
16 Frederic Bulot - yes
17 Francis Coquelin - yes
18 Oguchi Onyewu - no
19 Neil Etheridge - yes
20 Tony Watt - no
21 Marko Dmitrovic - no
22 Milos Veljokic - no
23 Christophe Lepoint - no
24 Roger Johnson - no
25 Chris Eagles - no
26 Alou Diarra - yes
27 Patrick Bauer - yes
28 Ahmed Kashi - no
29 El-Hadji Ba - no
30 Simon Makienok - no
31 Zakarya Bergdich - no
32 Cristian Ceballos - no
33 Naby Sarr - no
34 Conor McAleny - no
35 Ricardo Vaz Te - no
36 Rhys Williams - no
37 Jorge Teixeira - yes
38 Yaya Sanogo - no
39 Marco Motta - yes
40 Rod Fanni - yes
41 Yun Suk-Young - yes
42 Declan Rudd - yes
43 Kevin Foley - no
44 Andrew Crofts - yes
45 Nicky Ajose - no
46 Ricky Holmes - yes
47 Jason Pearce - yes
48 Lee Novak - no
49 Josh Magennis - yes
50 Jordan Botaka - no
51 Adam Chicksen - yes
52 Fredrick Ulvestad - no
53 Lewis Page
54 Nathan Byrne
55 Jay Desilva
56 Jake Forster-Caskey

I've basically gone through it and highlighted who I think had/has been good, taking into account length of time they've been here/played. I left out the last 4 as they are new arrivals.

With players like Vetokele being a no, it doesn't mean I don't think they're a good player, it's more have we had good value over the life of that player's contract. One half a season is nowhere enough. I know he got injured, but if it had been handled the right way then he would be an option for us this season. These are simply my metrics, but in total that's 32 no's and 20 yes'

Perhaps some might disagree with one or two but that's not the point. What becomes strikingly obvious from the list in this format, is the all the "no"s from 28-36 inclusive.

And then all of the "yes"s from 37 on.

What changed?

Quite simply Riga returned and his initial comments featured this understatement "we need to make less mistakes when signing players"

Between Riga and Slade they stabilised things and we now have Robinson making a few changes.

The last six games are unbeaten and we are on two points a game with Magennis back soon. Let's not kid ourselves about how this season might end but it does appear that we have followed Riga's advice. And that's before we assess the final four on the list, three of whom have great promise.

Let's see what the squad looks like in August.

I truly believe it will be lop sided and mal nourished

I think RD's will to put anything substantial in this summer will be minimal

I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY said:

Rudd, Fanni, Tex, Bauer, TBH, JBG, Buyens, Coq, Bulot, Ajdarevic, Vetokele

I'd buy this - and the subs would be: Henderson, Suk-Young, Pearce, Ajdareic, Diarra, Ghoochannejhad and Watt

That list reads like Headstones in the cementary that is Charlton Athletic football club.

So depressing, bad results are no problem, but this complete lack of respect from some fucking scum bag just makes my blood boil, how much more can we suffer?

seriously_red said:

cabbles said:

Callumcafc said:

RD signings ordered by debut (therefore doesn't include Anil Koc or others who didn't get any minutes):

1 Yohann Thuram-Ulien - no
2 Astrit Ajdarevic - yes
3 Reza - no
4 Loic Nego - no
5 Piotr Parzyszek - no
6 Marcus Tudgay - no
7 Davide Petrucci - no
8 Stephen Henderson - yes
9 Tal Ben-Haim - yes
10 Andre Bikey-Amougu - no
11 Johann Berg Gudmundson - yes
12 Yoni Buyens - yes
13 Igor Vetokele - no
14 George Tucudean - no
15 Franck Moussa - no
16 Frederic Bulot - yes
17 Francis Coquelin - yes
18 Oguchi Onyewu - no
19 Neil Etheridge - yes
20 Tony Watt - no
21 Marko Dmitrovic - no
22 Milos Veljokic - no
23 Christophe Lepoint - no
24 Roger Johnson - no
25 Chris Eagles - no
26 Alou Diarra - yes
27 Patrick Bauer - yes
28 Ahmed Kashi - no
29 El-Hadji Ba - no
30 Simon Makienok - no
31 Zakarya Bergdich - no
32 Cristian Ceballos - no
33 Naby Sarr - no
34 Conor McAleny - no
35 Ricardo Vaz Te - no
36 Rhys Williams - no
37 Jorge Teixeira - yes
38 Yaya Sanogo - no
39 Marco Motta - yes
40 Rod Fanni - yes
41 Yun Suk-Young - yes
42 Declan Rudd - yes
43 Kevin Foley - no
44 Andrew Crofts - yes
45 Nicky Ajose - no
46 Ricky Holmes - yes
47 Jason Pearce - yes
48 Lee Novak - no
49 Josh Magennis - yes
50 Jordan Botaka - no
51 Adam Chicksen - yes
52 Fredrick Ulvestad - no
53 Lewis Page
54 Nathan Byrne
55 Jay Desilva
56 Jake Forster-Caskey

I've basically gone through it and highlighted who I think had/has been good, taking into account length of time they've been here/played. I left out the last 4 as they are new arrivals.

With players like Vetokele being a no, it doesn't mean I don't think they're a good player, it's more have we had good value over the life of that player's contract. One half a season is nowhere enough. I know he got injured, but if it had been handled the right way then he would be an option for us this season. These are simply my metrics, but in total that's 32 no's and 20 yes'

Perhaps some might disagree with one or two but that's not the point. What becomes strikingly obvious from the list in this format, is the all the "no"s from 28-36 inclusive.

And then all of the "yes"s from 37 on.

What changed?

Quite simply Riga returned and his initial comments featured this understatement "we need to make less mistakes when signing players"

Between Riga and Slade they stabilised things and we now have Robinson making a few changes.

The last six games are unbeaten and we are on two points a game with Magennis back soon. Let's not kid ourselves about how this season might end but it does appear that we have followed Riga's advice. And that's before we assess the final four on the list, three of whom have great promise.

Let's see what the squad looks like in August.

What are you hoping/expecting to be different? Under RD it has always been the same - some good individuals, 1 or 2 players short and a feeling that there are too many young and inexperienced players.

It's always about hope rather than expectation that it'll all come together.