Tony Hazel full back from when i first started going was really bad. Jamie Stuart, got called up for England u21s god knows how!! And more recently I'd say Edun.
It's hard to pick out one. Rhys Williams was awful for us, as he was hopelessly unfit and seemed on the way out, but managed to play on back in Australia.
Joe Ledley's cameo for us was awful, but that was a decent player at the end of his career.
Being watching Charlton for 60 years so have seen many poor players but Matt Penny did not seem to even have the ability to kick a football well
Did anyone see his 2 minute CV video ? Excellent left footed attacking LB that we so needed. Unfortunately the Penny dropped quite quickly when we had Matt's twin sister turn up, Rusty Penny.
How about one of two 1980s centre halves: Steve Dowman or Nigel Gray. One of them managed to lob Nicky Johns with a superlative og Cant remember which one but they made Les Berry look like Beckenbauer.
Being watching Charlton for 60 years so have seen many poor players but Matt Penny did not seem to even have the ability to kick a football well
The only defence for Penney (and i agree his spell for us was probably the worst ive ever seen in a charlton shirt) is that what we saw of him can not have been reflective of him as a player otherwise i wonder how he had a professional career to the age he did. I assume there was something else going on, im not the most forgiving for poor performance from PROFESSIONAL footballers but i felt sorry for the lad at times he was that bad
No way Andy Jones should be on this thread - I quite liked him, but I agree he was a disappointment given the shed loads he scored previous to joining us - I guess the step up to Div 1 was a bridge too far for him
Christopher Lepoint's career was decent until he had a car crash. The version CAFC had was post car crash and despite working really hard to get back to his best form, that car sticker should've been a clue !
TBF to Christophe he was a regular in the Gent side and had 2 Belgium cap before he was injured as a passenger back in 2011. He play many games after this but his 2 1/2 year contract ended up lasting 6 matches for CAFC in 2015.
A retired footballer of 40 now and a popular one at that judging by the number of Gent fans who turned up at the valley for 1 game.
I was on holiday in Menorca when we signed Traore. No mobile phone in those days so I used the Hotel computer to log into a Liverpool fans forum to see what I could find out about him.
There was a thread on Liverpool's equivalent of Charlton life about who was their worst ever signing. No guessing as to who came top.
So I was expecting him to be shit and he never disappointed.
Christopher Lepoint's career was decent until he had a car crash. The version CAFC had was post car crash and despite working really hard to get back to his best form, that car sticker should've been a clue !
TBF to Christophe he was a regular in the Gent side and had 2 Belgium cap before he was injured as a passenger back in 2011. He play many games after this but his 2 1/2 year contract ended up lasting 6 matches for CAFC in 2015.
A retired footballer of 40 now and a popular one at that judging by the number of Gent fans who turned up at the valley for 1 game.
I can excuse those with little ability who at least made an effort (eg Pawel Abbott) the ones I really hate are those who had some ability but just couldn't make the effort to use it while at Charlton - Simon Francis, Djimi Traore and Jimmy Floyd FatThighs all spring to mind.
Christopher Lepoint's career was decent until he had a car crash. The version CAFC had was post car crash and despite working really hard to get back to his best form, that car sticker should've been a clue !
TBF to Christophe he was a regular in the Gent side and had 2 Belgium cap before he was injured as a passenger back in 2011. He play many games after this but his 2 1/2 year contract ended up lasting 6 matches for CAFC in 2015.
A retired footballer of 40 now and a popular one at that judging by the number of Gent fans who turned up at the valley for 1 game.
And he did not even get on the pitch
I do remember one good bit of hold up play that led to us scoring - apart from that nothing whatsoever!
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Jamie Stuart, got called up for England u21s god knows how!! And more recently I'd say Edun.
Joe Ledley's cameo for us was awful, but that was a decent player at the end of his career.
Did anyone see his 2 minute CV video ?
Excellent left footed attacking LB that we so needed.
Unfortunately the Penny dropped quite quickly when we had Matt's twin sister turn up, Rusty Penny.
Andy Jones was a disappointment from Port Vale.
Yet you remembered!
Christopher Lepoint's career was decent until he had a car crash. The version CAFC had was post car crash and despite working really hard to get back to his best form, that car sticker should've been a clue !
TBF to Christophe he was a regular in the Gent side and had 2 Belgium cap before he was injured as a passenger back in 2011. He play many games after this but his 2 1/2 year contract ended up lasting 6 matches for CAFC in 2015.
A retired footballer of 40 now and a popular one at that judging by the number of Gent fans who turned up at the valley for 1 game.
No mobile phone in those days so I used the Hotel computer to log into a Liverpool fans forum to see what I could find out about him.
There was a thread on Liverpool's equivalent of Charlton life about who was their worst ever signing.
No guessing as to who came top.
So I was expecting him to be shit and he never disappointed.