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Andy Reid

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  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    Loved him. That is all.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,633
    The boy loves the black stuff.
  • paulsturgess
    paulsturgess Posts: 3,802
    Loved Reidy. Incredible technique, incredible brain, incredible vision. Saw and made passes nobody else could have envisaged.

    And he got it - this passion at Shithurst. Top man. (how was that 11 bloody years ago?)
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    Still have those shorts.
  • paulsturgess
    paulsturgess Posts: 3,802
    Dazzler21 said:

    Still have those shorts.

    likewise. play footy in them most weeks!
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,338
    Appointed coach of the Ireland U18s 
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,622
    I was gutted when Andy left Charlton.
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,450
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    I was gutted when Andy left Charlton.
    Best passer of the ball I've seen at Charlton - sadly a lot of our players weren't always on the same wavelength.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,622
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    ShootersHillGuru said:
    I was gutted when Andy left Charlton.
    Best passer of the ball I've seen at Charlton - sadly a lot of our players weren't always on the same wavelength.
    Claus Jensen could make a pass too
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,633
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  • thewolfboy
    thewolfboy Posts: 2,927
    Pretty girl. Doting dad. What's not to like?
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    Without being an actual leprechaun, I'm not sure it's possible to look more Irish than Andy Reid does in that pic.
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,194
    Still don’t get the love for him. I’ve tried to understand it. I just don’t get it. 
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    JiMMy 85 said:
    Still don’t get the love for him. I’ve tried to understand it. I just don’t get it. 
    Because he went absolutely mental when todorov scored vs palace, and also he was the only person holding pardew’s system together.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,856
    Proper team player and not just on the pitch. 


  • stop_shouting
    stop_shouting Posts: 3,680
    Just showed my missus that as we’re having a girl pretty soon and that’s want I want to call her. Cue, “I’m not having a child called say-orse-ee”!
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,372
    Scoham said:
    JiMMy 85 said:
    Still don’t get the love for him. I’ve tried to understand it. I just don’t get it. 
    Because he was a very good player, one a few genuine playmakers we've had in the last 20 years. Great left foot, close control, could pick a pass, put in a good cross and scored a few goals.

    Often written off as a talented player wasting his career, but when you watched him regularly you realise he also had the work rate to go with his ability on the ball.

    And as they say, he had a touch like a Champions League player and a body like a Sunday league player.
    Great summary. In terms of his play, I actually see quite a lot of similarities with Jonny Williams - including the fact that Jonny doesn’t look like your typical silky footballer! 
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,338
    stop shouting said:
    Just showed my missus that as we’re having a girl pretty soon and that’s want I want to call her. 
    "Andy"?  Or "Reid"? 
  • valleyfan
    valleyfan Posts: 151
    I believe Saoirse is pronounced “Sorsha”. 
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  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    edited July 2019
    Scoham said:
    JiMMy 85 said:
    Still don’t get the love for him. I’ve tried to understand it. I just don’t get it. 
    Because he was a very good player, one a few genuine playmakers we've had in the last 20 years. Great left foot, close control, could pick a pass, put in a good cross and scored a few goals.

    Often written off as a talented player wasting his career, but when you watched him regularly you realise he also had the work rate to go with his ability on the ball.

    And as they say, he had a touch like a Champions League player and a body like a Sunday league player.
    This. One of the hardest working flair players we've ever had. Constantly on the move, always wanted the ball but never hogged it. A really talented player let down by his fitness, but very likeable.

    And I guess he's a bit like a musician who dies young. The fact he burned bright but but fast kind of makes him a bit cooler.
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,655
    Reid had a wand of a left foot and was our best player by a mile when we went down. It's a shame we couldn't pair hm with a top defensive midfielder, history might have been different.
  • No.1 in South London
    No.1 in South London Posts: 3,961
    valleyfan said:
    I believe Saoirse is pronounced “Sorsha”. 

    Sirsha is closer
  • stop_shouting
    stop_shouting Posts: 3,680
    valleyfan said:
    I believe Saoirse is pronounced “Sorsha”. 
    Correct or seersha
  • Charlton and on
    Charlton and on Posts: 964
    Amazed it took so long to stay guessing the name.

    That's a top Irish one
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,856
    stop shouting said:
    Just showed my missus that as we’re having a girl pretty soon and that’s want I want to call her. Cue, “I’m not having a child called say-orse-ee”!
    Unless you are Irish why give her a name she will constantly have to explain how to pronounce? 
  • stop_shouting
    stop_shouting Posts: 3,680
    MrOneLung said:
    stop shouting said:
    Just showed my missus that as we’re having a girl pretty soon and that’s want I want to call her. Cue, “I’m not having a child called say-orse-ee”!
    Unless you are Irish why give her a name she will constantly have to explain how to pronounce? 
    That’s what my wife says 😕
  • Addictedoldgit
    Addictedoldgit Posts: 1,826
    Yep a super guy on and off the pitch, we haven't seen a player of his ability since he left.

    Very unusual body shape, reminds me of a Charlton player of the 1960's called Cliff Durant who was also a play maker, just not so good.   
  • Sage
    Sage Posts: 7,278
    Andy Reid was a phenomenal player, he had so much talent but unfortunately he didn’t have the physical attributes to go and play regularly for a top, top side.

    I even remember thinking when we played Forest in the Championship at the end of his career how I’d love for us to have him back, he had so much class and control, dictating each game.

    Real shame and gutting when he left, would be great to have him back one day, coaching our future young players how to really look after the ball, find the pockets of space, and pick out a pass no one else would have seen or tried. 
  • EastTerrace
    EastTerrace Posts: 3,961
    Wonderful player

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