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Bronze range
Player that arrived at Charlton with a good reputation only to regress dramatically while here, never to recover his earlier form again - Honourary patron - Neil Redfearn
Platinum range
Player that was ok / good before he arrived, shite here, before coming ok / good again somewhere else - Honourary patron - Darren Ambrose
Who else fits into those categories ?
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Player that arrived at Charlton as a promising prospect and the world at his feet only to show nothing. Then moved elsewhere and set the league on fire - Honourary patron - Scott Sinclair
JFH
Platinum range
Varney
Bronze range
Neil Redfearn
Jimmy Floyd Piggybank
Platinum range
Darren Ambrose
Scott Sinclair
Luke Varney
Did you see the Swansea hi-lights at the weekend?, what a performance and goal by Sinclair
Players that arrive here as shit and continue to be shit and who don't give a shit.
Honourary patron - Alan McCormack
followed by ......................too many to mention
Player is signed for a fee over £3million, plays a handful of games then injures his knee and retires - Honorary Patron - Gary Rowett
Players that were shite when they came and shite when they left?
Bonze Range - Leroy Lita.
What about Scott Carson, did well here before things started to go wrong?
Francis Jeffers
I'd argue against this one. I seem to remember a Barnsley fan coming on to NetAddicks when we signed him claiming he was one of the reasons they went down. Yes he scored a handful of eye-catching goals, but the Barnsley fan contended that he did absolutely nothing else and left then short-handed in midfield. With that in mind his season with us was just a case of fewer goals and other than that no difference, and you could argue the fewer goals were due to teams having sussed him out and closing him down quicker. There are an awful lot of players who score a load in their first season in the prem and then the goals dry up as opponents work them out, I'd argue Redfearn was just another in that long line, a goal scoring midfielder who offered very little else and who's game was worked out by the opposition.
Izale McLeod
Lee Cook
Gary Doherty
Platinum:
Carlton Cole
Francis
Doc
McLeod
Jeffers
Platinum:
Sinclair (probably be second to Tarabbt for Championship player of the year)
Varney
Ambrose- especially last season
Rommedahl
In their defence both Redfearn and JFH were at the end of their careers when they came to us. Redfearn had also only have one decent season and was a real journeyman.
I also think Scott Sinclair wasn't given much of a chance in a declining side with about 200 loan players in it. He had also had a loan spell before he came to us with Plymouth where he was outstanding.
In fact, the more I look at the names on these lists the more I believe that it was due to our inadequate treatment of the players than the players themselves that caused them to under perform with us.
Something that doesn't seem to have changed since Curbishley left.
I'd add Souleman Diwara to the Platinum range, he was very expensive, he hardly set the world alight and has been in the Champions League every season since he left us!
First time I have enjoyed/laughed at anything Charlton for weeks!
Very good youth prospect. Hopeless in the 1st Team. Moved On Only To Prove Themselves.
Patron - Kevin Lisbie
players who were guff - came to us and flourished - honourary patron Danny Mills
Pouso and Bagheri are veterans of half a game each I believe - if anything they should be inthe lifetime achievement awards
Dennis Rommedahl
Luke Varney
Darren Ambrose
Lee Martin
No doubt Pawel Abbot
Todorov - but at least he scored us the winning goal to beat the scum Palace 1-0 at Selhurst. On the 1st September 2007, So maybe that hits the boundaries of silver?
soooo many to mention.
bronze ANDY JONES
Throw in Benson to that category as well.