Leon Clarke
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against us at Wigan a few seasons back, he had a stinker, eventually collapsed in a big heap and was carried off .. he's made a remarkable recovery
remember his spat with di Canio at Swindon ? .. I suspect that Wilder is the kind of manager, like (e.g.) Warnock who can cajole, mould and mend a player into a formidable force after a few years in the wilderness .. Clarke is about 30 now, a mature, tough and not least skilful striker ... how I wish he was playing for us2 -
At the time we signed him, I thought he was a perfectly decent player but one who would only be backup for us.
Powell didn't want him, BUT if Yann had picked up a serious injury that season, would surely have played him regularly1 -
Clarke was never given a chance at Charlton - he's not the most elegant of players and was written off almost immediately.
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Or he might have gone back to playing Paul Hayes, who was decent at that level.killerandflash said:At the time we signed him, I thought he was a perfectly decent player but one who would only be backup for us.
Powell didn't want him, BUT if Yann had picked up a serious injury that season, would surely have played him regularly2 -
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Some people were writing Doodoo off after one sub appearance.SDAddick said:
If you look at his career prior to joining us he was a 1/4ish journeyman who'd played for 10 clubs in 9 years. I agree a lot of fans are quick to judgement (myself included sometimes) and sometimes that means writing players off too early. I fear we've done that with 20 year old (turned 20 last week) KAG and I can already start to see it seeping in with 21 year old Fosu. But at the time there wasn't anything to indicate that Clarke was particularly special.Exiled_Addick said:If you include loan spells while contracted to us, he's scored 65 in 155 appearances since leaving us, according to Wikipedia at least.
Not bad for a player widely derided as a waste of space by Charlton fans. A lot of amateur football scouts on here being shown up yet again by an ex player.
Also worth noting just how lucky with injuries we were that year. Yann and BWP must have played around 40 games each. apart from Dale Stephens, I can't remember anyone having a sustained period on the sideline.
Having said that, it was funny seeing Clarke chugging after a through ball on his debut. Made Mike Small look very sharp......1 -
Not too many slated him:
http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/comment/1156942#Comment_1156942
More like 'never really got a proper chance and when he did have small chances he failed to shine'.1 -
i never opened this the first time round so when I saw this pop up I thought Palace were signing him to solve their goal scoring problems!
quite disappointed if I'm honest1 -
Better news is that Palace are talking with Carlton Cole.cafcdave123 said:i never opened this the first time round so when I saw this pop up I thought Palace were signing him to solve their goal scoring problems!
quite disappointed if I'm honest3 -
Completely forgot we loaned him out so quickly. In the end N'Guessan came in (and Cook) on loan and did a job up front and out wide.Dazzler21 said:Not too many slated him:
http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/comment/1156942#Comment_1156942
More like 'never really got a proper chance and when he did have small chances he failed to shine'.2 -
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Cole had a gig on one of the BBC 'club night' last week .. he sounds as thick as a dumb brick .. bit like how he plays nowadaysiaitch said:
Better news is that Palace are talking with Carlton Cole.cafcdave123 said:i never opened this the first time round so when I saw this pop up I thought Palace were signing him to solve their goal scoring problems!
quite disappointed if I'm honest0
