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Slated by most at the time, who can forget the disgraceful wanker song but he put everything on the line for Charlton, 100% everytime he pulled on the red shirt. Eventually won over most of the arseholes but Covered End of the time hang your heads in shame.swordfish said:Peter Shaw. The word "Colossus" is seldom applied, and rightly so in his case. He wasn't as great as the sum of his parts.3 -
A lot of the names I'd say have already been mentioned, particularly Poyet, Parker and Cousins.
Karlan Grant - Thought he was destined to be a premier league regular after he got the move to Huddersfield and his performances for us before that. He seems to have nailed down a spot at Cardiff who are doing well but West Brom fans slated him and he appears to be a championship journey man of sorts. I thought he would be the type of player Ollie Watkins is for Villa now
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Paul Gorman, remember a lot of excitement when we bought him. He was going to be the goalscorer we never had !!5
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@Bournesnr albie Morgan thought we might be brothers at one point the way he used to go0
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Yep Albie never reached the level I expected he might.
My real son did and is a top bloke.0 -
Igor, James Walker, Carl Jenkinson, Stacy Long, Nathan Ashton, but biggest for me Osei Sankofa; looked solid in Prem but ended up as non-league journeyman.0
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3514673.stmLordflashheart said:
Holmes not an injury - GBH by a complete and utter wank stain of a human beingBangkokaddick said:Simon Webster, another one that got a bad injury after leaving us and failed to fulfil his potential.
Though we had quite a few that got injured and had their careers terminated early: Rufus, Hunt, Mendonca, Holmes, Rowett to name but a few.
2nd most expensive tackle of all time
No. 1 rings a bell, too0 -
Raza, Steve Portway0
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Toby Stevenson. Hatrick on his debut the world at his feet. Last known sighting at Braintree.2
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Francis Jeffers, obvs.
£2.5 million, Jeez.0 - Sponsored links:
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Yeh, I second that.charltonbob said:
Slated by most at the time, who can forget the disgraceful wanker song but he put everything on the line for Charlton, 100% everytime he pulled on the red shirt. Eventually won over most of the arseholes but Covered End of the time hang your heads in shame.swordfish said:Peter Shaw. The word "Colossus" is seldom applied, and rightly so in his case. He wasn't as great as the sum of his parts.
When my son was much younger I used to cite Peter Shaw as an example of what was meant by "character".
He came from nonleague into a stuggling team, took time to settle and was scapegoated and jeered by his own fans (including me, lest I be called a hypocrite).
He stuck to his task, guts'd his way through it and made himself a real asset.
I have total respect for the man and learned that you can't just write players off without giving them a chance3 -
Yaya Sanogo. ( loan )0
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Wheresmeticket? said:Francis Jeffers, obvs.
£2.5 million, Jeez.
In terms of levels, he reached some incredible highs.
Most of which were probably illegally induced on the dance floor at The Venue though.2 -
I regret posting that. I just plucked a name from the distant past that I remember seeing play who was never going make it to the big time. I could just as easily have named Kevin Dickinson, another trier who gave his all but wasn't destined for greatness. Either way, it wasn't in keeping with the thread.Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:
Yeh, I second that.charltonbob said:
Slated by most at the time, who can forget the disgraceful wanker song but he put everything on the line for Charlton, 100% everytime he pulled on the red shirt. Eventually won over most of the arseholes but Covered End of the time hang your heads in shame.swordfish said:Peter Shaw. The word "Colossus" is seldom applied, and rightly so in his case. He wasn't as great as the sum of his parts.
When my son was much younger I used to cite Peter Shaw as an example of what was meant by "character".
He came from nonleague into a stuggling team, took time to settle and was scapegoated and jeered by his own fans (including me, lest I be called a hypocrite).
He stuck to his task, guts'd his way through it and made himself a real asset.
I have total respect for the man and learned that you can't just write players off without giving them a chance
It's been said before, but Andy Jones came with great expectations and flattered to deceive.0 -
Did Steve Portway ever sign for us ? I remember a lot of speculation, but can’t recall actually signing him ? (Might well be wrong)Rudders22 said:Raza, Steve Portway0 -
No I don't think that he didDucktapeshoerepairs said:
Did Steve Portway ever sign for us ? I remember a lot of speculation, but can’t recall actually signing him ? (Might well be wrong)Rudders22 said:Raza, Steve Portway
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Ducktapeshoerepairs said:Paul Gorman, remember a lot of excitement when we bought him. He was going to be the goalscorer we never had !!Very harsh. We picked him up for about £15k. He did as well as could be expected for someone with that price tag, even in 1991. He was.prolific at Fisher (at least I presume he was, hence our swoop) and did well for us. I liked him a lot.1
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Not harsh at all. I liked him, thought he might kick on, not go back to non league with Welling. This thread is about personal opinion.9goalswentpastperry said:Ducktapeshoerepairs said:Paul Gorman, remember a lot of excitement when we bought him. He was going to be the goalscorer we never had !!Very harsh. We picked him up for about £15k. He did as well as could be expected for someone with that price tag, even in 1991. He was.prolific at Fisher (at least I presume he was, hence our swoop) and did well for us. I liked him a lot.0 -
I'll add one more name to my Micky Bennett above from the same period.
Gordon Watson. I really thought he would go on and have a stellar career at the top level but it never really happened.1 -
Besides the ones already said, I thought Therry Racon would have a lot better career than he did after some of his showings early on for us.
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Exactly. You gave yours and I've given mine. Happy days. 😊Ducktapeshoerepairs said:
Not harsh at all. I liked him, thought he might kick on, not go back to non league with Welling. This thread is about personal opinion.9goalswentpastperry said:Ducktapeshoerepairs said:Paul Gorman, remember a lot of excitement when we bought him. He was going to be the goalscorer we never had !!Very harsh. We picked him up for about £15k. He did as well as could be expected for someone with that price tag, even in 1991. He was.prolific at Fisher (at least I presume he was, hence our swoop) and did well for us. I liked him a lot.0 -
Dont tempt him.Bedsaddick said:
Surely that's your job ;-)AFKABartram said:Diego Poyet. Close thread0 -
Ricky Fuller and Deon Burton impressed me more than I expected, with excellent centre forward play.
Poyet surprised with his demise. Was it motivation, boredom, pushy Dad?1 -
Not entirely one of ours I know but I remember watching Nathan Eccleston score a wonderful goal, receiving the ball back to the goal, turned and went and finished across the keeper and thinking there was no ceiling for him. When there very clearly was
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See the link I posted above re: most expensive tackle of all tike for whyFortune 82nd Minute said:I'll add one more name to my Micky Bennett above from the same period.
Gordon Watson. I really thought he would go on and have a stellar career at the top level but it never really happened.0 -
I always think of him and Paul Williams together - great Charlton hopes who were nicked by Sheffield Wednesday. They both had good careers but not perhaps stellar. Both played in a similar amount of games and scored a similar amount of goals and are both still involved with the game abroad.Fortune 82nd Minute said:I'll add one more name to my Micky Bennett above from the same period.
Gordon Watson. I really thought he would go on and have a stellar career at the top level but it never really happened.1 -
That goal against Palace thoughThe Red Robin said:In terms of incoming, Rommedahl1 -
For both, a little unfair - both suffered from bad injuries, with that tackle on Watson in particular belonging in a horror movieFortune 82nd Minute said:I'll add one more name to my Micky Bennett above from the same period.
Gordon Watson. I really thought he would go on and have a stellar career at the top level but it never really happened.0 -
Jonjo and Aribo are the two for me who really surprised me the fact they have failed to sustain the obvious quality they have at the very highest level.3
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Good shout on Aribo. Thought the way he was playing at Rangers he would be able to make that step up to the Premier league. Instead he's getting a few sub minutes here and there in the Championship.cafc_se7 said:Jonjo and Aribo are the two for me who really surprised me the fact they have failed to sustain the obvious quality they have at the very highest level.2
