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Charlton players that were a little bit crap/weren't with us for long but you like them anyways....

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  • Starinnaddick
    Starinnaddick Posts: 4,345
    shirty5 said:
    Brendan O’Connell. One full season 1996/1997

    Workman like midfielder who would probably in this day would suit our midfield under Nathan Jones 
    You had to watch him closely to
     appreciate his work ethic. 
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,864
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  • Starinnaddick
    Starinnaddick Posts: 4,345
    I liked Billy Clarke. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,863
    Darel Russell. Picked up too many cards, but did a useful midfield job in the Powell title season when needed.
  • Danny Addick
    Danny Addick Posts: 3,930
    One of my favourite ever players for us is Zeng Zhi. He was an absolute workhorse, brilliant on the ball and could really finish. I loved him and I was so happy when we signed him permanently for the championship as I'd assumed he'd stay in the prem. Sadly he left after that season and I was gutted but by that time Pardew had lost the plot anyway. 
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,024
    DaveMehmet said:
    Lordflashheart said:
    Andy Jones - never lived up to expectations, but I liked him as he always put a shift in
    I was seeing a girl from Prestatyn when we signed him and made her go to a game at Rhyl (where he started his career) with me to see if I could buy an old programme from a game he'd played in. 

    Got chatting to the guy in the programme shop who was very excited that Andy had signed for us, the fans loved him. Ended up having a beer with a load of fans that the guy introduced me to. 
    'Top tips on how to impress a girl' by Dave Mehmet.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,635
    TelMc32 said:
    Souleymane Diawara - described by Richard Murray, with more than a hint of a sneer, as “apparently the best centre half in the world you’ve never heard of” after he’d paid £3.7m for him.

    Never thought he was given much of a chance to settle and only played 26 games (although that included 8 clean sheets). Went back to France, we made a loss, and went on to be transferred to Marseille for €7m two years later. Won the French cup 4 times, a record at the time. 





    This.

    The start of Richard Murray being a twat. 
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,024
    Can't believe no one has mentioned the Iranian Zidane, Karim Bagheri.

    Had such high hopes when he joined but at least i got to see his one and only cameo appearance at Ipswich.
  • Jonniesta
    Jonniesta Posts: 1,153
    Was going to come on here to add to the Svensson fan club, but a word for my favourite Mr 7/10 and Wembley hero Ben Purrington
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,885
    We had a ginger midfielder in Chris Powell’s first season (the half season, not the full one). He was an ex Man U youth player but I can’t remember his name
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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,863
    Todds_right_hook said:
    We had a ginger midfielder in Chris Powell’s first season (the half season, not the full one). He was an ex Man U youth player but I can’t remember his name
    Paul Scholes Michael Stewart. Vanished afterwards
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,173
    Todds_right_hook said:
    We had a ginger midfielder in Chris Powell’s first season (the half season, not the full one). He was an ex Man U youth player but I can’t remember his name
    Michael Stewart. Good player
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,321
    Jonniesta said:
    Was going to come on here to add to the Svensson fan club, but a word for my favourite Mr 7/10 and Wembley hero Ben Purrington
    He was here far too long to qualify for this thread. 

    Bulot though, that's the stuff 
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,127
    Reza for a lot of people I suspect. I thought he was crap. 
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,127

    TelMc32 said:
    Souleymane Diawara - described by Richard Murray, with more than a hint of a sneer, as “apparently the best centre half in the world you’ve never heard of” after he’d paid £3.7m for him.

    Never thought he was given much of a chance to settle and only played 26 games (although that included 8 clean sheets). Went back to France, we made a loss, and went on to be transferred to Marseille for €7m two years later. Won the French cup 4 times, a record at the time. 





    He would be my shout (along with Pringle). I thought Diawara was actually quite decent but in a bad team. Good career before and after his time with us. 
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,009
    stoneroses19 said:
    Tony Watt first player I thought of, even though he had some sublime moments in a Charlton shirt (I doubt any of us will forget that keeping the ball for a minute moment at The Valley), but overall he didn't perform to the level he should have, and I guess he only scored 7 or 8 goals for us in total. 
    My choice too 
  • red10
    red10 Posts: 835
    Alfie May LOL 😆
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,227
    jamesking93 said:
    Thought Yassin Moutaouakil was going to be top player based on early apperances but through a combination of injuries never made it with us.


    Pulled groin snagging Harry Arter's (?) Mum?
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,491
    Neil Heaney 
  • MeerKat
    MeerKat Posts: 89
    I need to check my spelling but Alexei Smertin, signed I think by abromovich for Chelsea as a favour to his mate then loaned to us. Thought he was class
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  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,177
    Diawara had a few stand-out bad games for us, but also had a lot of the raw materials to be a good defender and didn't get a lot of time/patience from us to adjust to English football. I would say he was more inconsistent than just plain shit. I thought he was going to boss the Championship and help us get promoted back to the prem at the first attempt and then go on to be good, but instead of using the Bent money to hold onto the rest of our better players and build a team for another crack at the Prem we sold anyone with any value and went down the pan rapidly. His subsequent career showed there was a good player in there.

    It scary, looking back, how fast nearly 20 years of hard work and rebuilding was undone once Curbs left the building and we are still dealing with the fall out of some of that mis-management.
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,488
    Not a player, but Iain Dowie
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,173
    Another one I liked was Gary Rowett. I liked him as a more powerful right back who could get forward but also defend and I liked his ability to play in a back three with Fish and Rufus (a back three with about two working knees between them). I felt like he was exactly the kind of player Curbishley could get the most out of but his injuries meant he barely got any time with us
  • superdulvertonred
    superdulvertonred Posts: 1,139
    Liked Eamon Rogers but he wasn’t great worse player I saw for us was Maurice Setters so far past his prime it was sad to see 
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 11,994
    Deon Burton
  • Orpingtony
    Orpingtony Posts: 280
    Christophe lePoint. Charlton legend- even bought his own fan club.
  • Alicanteaddicks
    Alicanteaddicks Posts: 126
    Anyone mentioned Reza yet ? 
    Also know as Gary from Only Fools 
  • tom_k
    tom_k Posts: 1,207
    Madelene Wright 🙃
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,862
    Left back who left us to join Wednesday - can't remember his name for life of me but used to get lots of stick, but I thought he was ok


  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,177
    Gonzalo Sorondo, mainly just for having such a great name.

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