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Slowest Charlton Player You've Seen

LenGlover
LenGlover Posts: 31,723
edited July 2009 in General Charlton
BFR mentioning John Pearson on another thread made me think of this as JP could never be described as a greyhound.

Players that I have thought noticeably slow other than him are Grant Basey and going way back Frank Haydock.

There must be more!
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  • ThreadKiller
    ThreadKiller Posts: 8,640
    john barnes
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,233
    El Khalej, Chris White & Butterfield.

    Matty Holland is pretty pedestrian these days too - his legs go round like a steam train but he doesn't actually seem to move anywhere!
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Dave "The Ship" Shipperley...
  • 1905
    1905 Posts: 2,766
    Hasslebaink
  • Leroy Ambrose
    Leroy Ambrose Posts: 14,494
    edited July 2009
    Dave Mehmet. Dirty ginger spanner tub of guts.
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    ralph milne

    harry boy crippes (still a legend tho)
  • mart77
    mart77 Posts: 5,662
    [cite]Posted By: ThreadKiller[/cite]john barnes

    Me too. Did he ever leave the centre circle??
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 29,096
    [cite]Posted By: mart77[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: ThreadKiller[/cite]john barnes

    Me too. Did he ever leave the centre circle??

    Only when he breathed out.
  • PeakieRocket
    PeakieRocket Posts: 2,428
    Bradley Allen was particularly slow.

    When Martyn Waghorn came on loan he reminded me of Bradley, so I guess I have to include him in here as well.

    Both had a great touch but whenever they tried to knock the ball past a defender they were too slow to get on the end of it. Defenders had time to turn before starting to chase after them, yet they'd still get to the ball first.
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,148
    Gotta be Phil Chapple...He always looked like he was running on the spot

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  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,368
    Hudson!
  • WhenIwasLittleBoy
    WhenIwasLittleBoy Posts: 5,430
    Ralph Milne or Steve Thompson
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,759
    Funny Waghorn was mentioned, I remember after the Derby game Parkinson said how we used his pace.

    Don't remember much of John Barnes now but I can imagine.

    I'd agree with the more recent ones, JFH, Holland and Basey lacked that bit of pace that they could have done with. Andy Gray isn't much better either.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,465
    Dick Tydeman comes to mind - great on the ball but slow as a boat.
  • blackheathaddick
    blackheathaddick Posts: 1,405
    [cite]Posted By: Valley McMoist[/cite]Gotta be Phil Chapple...He always looked like he was running on the spot

    Beat me to it! His shadow was faster than him!
  • ColinTat
    ColinTat Posts: 2,794
    Me in my Charlton shirt down greenwich park.
  • Riscardo
    Riscardo Posts: 2,338
    John Robinson ....
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,990
    It's a bit unfair to name players in their mid-30's when they were about to be given last rites as footballers - Barnes and
    JF Piggybank were sharp and pacy enough in their prime.

    Although admittedly both you and I could walk faster than they could run, by the time they signed for Charlton,
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Hudson how many players ghosted in behind him hurry up and sign him cardif
  • RalphMilnesgut
    RalphMilnesgut Posts: 1,753
    Ralph Milne in his own words

    ""You can teach someone a bit of skill and how to pass a ball but it is impossible to teach pace. That's what I had and it terrified the best defenders in the land."

    I will post link

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  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Dear old Phil Chapple, his legs moved like a cheetah, yet he covered the ground like a snail.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,754
    [cite]Posted By: Leroy Ambrose[/cite]Dave Mehmet. Dirty ginger spanner tub of guts.

    Bollox to you too!
  • CHG
    CHG Posts: 4,534
    Mark Bright, used to look like he was running in quick sand.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,688
    Jorge Costa- but he was awesome otherwise!
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,678
    There is not even the possibility of my being wrong on this one. Harry Cripps. Made Sailor Browns (RIP) "nautical gait" look like Linford Christie.
  • pilchard
    pilchard Posts: 3,763
    The one and only Ralph'Get down the pub and give up slower'Milne.
  • pilchard
    pilchard Posts: 3,763
    [cite]Posted By: nth london addick[/cite]Hudson how many players ghosted in behind him hurry up and sign him cardif

    And this guy too! (Seconded NLA)
  • paulbaconsarnie
    paulbaconsarnie Posts: 9,436
    [cite]Posted By: Valley McMoist[/cite]Gotta be Phil Chapple...He always looked like he was running on the spot
    [cite]Posted By: seth plum[/cite]Dear old Phil Chapple, his legs moved like a cheetah, yet he covered the ground like a snail.

    phil chapple chasing a striker = bob willis coming into bowl (probably as he would do now)
  • Chaz Hill
    Chaz Hill Posts: 5,223
    LEABURN although certainly remember seeing Chapple skinned a few times
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,990
    [cite]Posted By: CHG[/cite]Mark Bright, used to look like he was running in quick sand.

    Yeah, but he was 36 or 37 by the time he signed for Charlton.
    You don't find many 36 year old whippets around.

    And I speak from experience.

    ;o)

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