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Best right-back we've ever had?

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  • Not sure how so many people can say John Humphrey when we've had Danny Mills and Luke Young.

    Young played in a much better Charlton side, played his entire career (apart from 1 game) in the PL and played for England.
    Mills played in a Leeds side that reached the Champions league semi finals, and played for England quite a few times, including being our right back at the 2002 World cup.

    How is anyone claiming Humphrey was better than either of them?
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,158
    Off_it said:
    lolwray said:
    Still playing..Simon Francis 

    Ever ..John humphries 

    Who?
    The bookie fella who used to sponsor Charlton a bit and be in the directors box 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,384
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Humphrey is the correct answer to the title.

    The actual question, who is the best current right back who has played for us is harder.  For FIFA/Football manager type things the answer might actually be Sessegnon.  

    Left field the lad we released and ended up at Bournemouth? 
    Very left field because Jordan Zemura is a left footed left back.
  • Not sure how so many people can say John Humphrey when we've had Danny Mills and Luke Young.

    Young played in a much better Charlton side, played his entire career (apart from 1 game) in the PL and played for England.
    Mills played in a Leeds side that reached the Champions league semi finals, and played for England quite a few times, including being our right back at the 2002 World cup.

    How is anyone claiming Humphrey was better than either of them?
    Because he was. 
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,367
    Not sure how so many people can say John Humphrey when we've had Danny Mills and Luke Young.

    Young played in a much better Charlton side, played his entire career (apart from 1 game) in the PL and played for England.
    Mills played in a Leeds side that reached the Champions league semi finals, and played for England quite a few times, including being our right back at the 2002 World cup.

    How is anyone claiming Humphrey was better than either of them?
    I think because the others played in a better team it made it easier for them to play, if that makes sense.
    Humphrey  was very consistent for us and he played a long while in a good palace team. 
    I always thought he was much under rated and because he played for an unfashionable club and palarse he never really got the rewards he deserved.

  • Cafc43v3r said:
    Humphrey is the correct answer to the title.

    The actual question, who is the best current right back who has played for us is harder.  For FIFA/Football manager type things the answer might actually be Sessegnon.  

    Left field the lad we released and ended up at Bournemouth? 
    Are you talking about Simon Francis? 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Scoham said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Humphrey is the correct answer to the title.

    The actual question, who is the best current right back who has played for us is harder.  For FIFA/Football manager type things the answer might actually be Sessegnon.  

    Left field the lad we released and ended up at Bournemouth? 
    Very left field because Jordan Zemura is a left footed left back.
    I knew he was a full back but couldn't remember which side, can he play right back?  Being "wrong footed" hasn't stopped us in recent seasons. 
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Humphrey is the correct answer to the title.

    The actual question, who is the best current right back who has played for us is harder.  For FIFA/Football manager type things the answer might actually be Sessegnon.  

    Left field the lad we released and ended up at Bournemouth? 
    Are you talking about Simon Francis? 
    Jordan Zemura 
  • cafc4life
    cafc4life Posts: 4,634
    Luke Young
  • Lordflashheart
    Lordflashheart Posts: 5,623
    Not sure how so many people can say John Humphrey when we've had Danny Mills and Luke Young.

    Young played in a much better Charlton side, played his entire career (apart from 1 game) in the PL and played for England.
    Mills played in a Leeds side that reached the Champions league semi finals, and played for England quite a few times, including being our right back at the 2002 World cup.

    How is anyone claiming Humphrey was better than either of them?
    100% Humphrey the best I have seen in that position for Charlton, gutted when he left, especially as it was to that lot who play at Shithurst Park - how he didn’t play for England I will never know - excellent player
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  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,796
    Foxycafc said:
    Luke Young. I think he's still young, so maybe not retired, but probably is (in fact definitely is). But he's still Young. Does that count?
    Nah he's still playing. At Plymouth and is now a midfield marauder 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Young_(footballer,_born_1993)
    He's now playing at Wrexham
    At 62?  He doesn’t look it. 
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,796
    Off_it said:
    lolwray said:
    Still playing..Simon Francis 

    Ever ..John humphries 

    Who?
    Right back, played alongside Peter Shirkliff
    Certainly wasn’t Humphries
  • peterreeves
    peterreeves Posts: 1,063
    Terry Naylor was okay... Yes Luke Young too but I think  Humprey was probably the best overall. 
  • Luke Young the best right back in the best Charlton team I’ve seen.
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  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,842
    Brownie12 said:
    Only one winner - Reuben Omojola Folasanje Agboola
    Come on, we lost every single time he played :-)
  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,827
    Luke Young was good in his last 3 seasons ; less so before that.  I think the pre injury Chris Solly was as good as we have seen, albeit in league one. 

    A wild card but Gary Rowett played right back against Liverpool at home in a 2-0 win; first class .  
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,175
    I thought Gary Rowett was excellent for us in the brief period before his injuries finished him. Rowett, Rufus, Fish and Powell should have been a brilliant back four but only half of it was ever fit.
  • Richard J
    Richard J Posts: 8,033
    Not sure how so many people can say John Humphrey when we've had Danny Mills and Luke Young.

    Young played in a much better Charlton side, played his entire career (apart from 1 game) in the PL and played for England.
    Mills played in a Leeds side that reached the Champions league semi finals, and played for England quite a few times, including being our right back at the 2002 World cup.

    How is anyone claiming Humphrey was better than either of them?
    Using the same logic Djimi Troare was our best left back. He was a Champions League winner.

    Seriously though, all three were great players but JH edges it for me. 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,862
     Apparently Francis Jeffers was one of our better strikers as scored more top flight goals for us than Derek Hales 
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  • Riscardo
    Riscardo Posts: 2,337
    Reuban Agboola
  • KettsJohn
    KettsJohn Posts: 1,210
    John Humphrey.
  • Tunwellsaddick
    Tunwellsaddick Posts: 2,452
    Trevor Edwards - invented the role of the attacking right back in the late 50s early 60s period
  • LennyLowrent
    LennyLowrent Posts: 2,705
    John Humphrey 
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    Not sure how so many people can say John Humphrey when we've had Danny Mills and Luke Young.

    Young played in a much better Charlton side, played his entire career (apart from 1 game) in the PL and played for England.
    Mills played in a Leeds side that reached the Champions league semi finals, and played for England quite a few times, including being our right back at the 2002 World cup.

    How is anyone claiming Humphrey was better than either of them?
    John Humphrey by a long way. Overlooked by England back in the day when he should have been at least called up by Bobby Robson. 


  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,504
    edited April 2023
    Marco Motta
    Decent player and very calm on the ball. 

    John Humphrey for me. Had so much drive and was a major attacking threat in a team that sometimes struggled for momentum (against good opposition). 

    Don't know if this link will work but it shows a typical John Humphrey cross on the run and a neat header from Andy Jones. I was behind the goal that day and one of very few good days that season. Man City 1 Charlton 2 Feb 1990

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD09q9dV8ac


  • He played at a time when it was always 4-4-2. Humphrey would have excelled in today’s game given his particular strengths. Would have been an excellent wing back.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,077
    I always rated Rueben Agboola.
  • thewolfboy
    thewolfboy Posts: 2,928
    Probably John Hewie but I loved Billy Bonds.
  • John Humphrey every time, so classy and assured on the ball and incredibly consistent.  Week in week out he never had an off game.
    Danny Mills/Luke Young were not a patch on John Humphrey.