Trialist XI

I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY

Was thinking about how many trialists we used to get in reserve games so i thought i'd put together a well know XI of them who didn't end up signing for us for one reason or another.

Here goes...

GK: Andy Marshall (Bromley 2010)
RB: Ullises De La Cruz (2008-09)
CB: Neil Collins (Current Sheff Utd player (2003)
CB: Darren Powell (Nov 2008)
LB: Ian Harte (Nov 2008)
RM: Tommy Smith (current QPR Player) (2003)
CM: Matt Oakley (Training and behind closed doors games 2006)
CM: Xavier Farinos (Pre Season 2006)
LM: Cristian Bolanos (Pre season 2006)
ST: Freddy Eastwood (2004)
ST: Eric Wynalda (1998)

shine166

Pretty sure Ricardo fuller was on trial back in curbs times, too injury prone apparently

adamtheaddick

Pretty sure Ricardo fuller was on trial back in curbs times, too injury prone apparently

he was indded, but they daid he had a limp or somthing and wasnt up to think he went to palarse also.

JohnnyJoeyDeeDee

Nicola Berti
Sergei Baltacha -

danny777

I saw Ricardo Fuller play for the reserves around 1999. I believe that he refused a longer contract (2 years?) as he wanted a shorter (1 year?) deal.
This was a ridiculous thing for him to ask as we would have had to pay Tivoli gardens £1M for him. Also, if you're injury prone, there's a big advantage for you in signing a longer term deal.
Probably badly advised by his agent.

paulbaconsarnie

Think efan ekoku also trialed with us.

Valley11

Back injury with Fuller wasn't it?

adamtheaddick

didnt we have some norweign striker or icelandic striker on trail recently big tall fella?

Clem_Snide

Fuller had a serious back problem which we paid to sort out I believe.

He then went back to Jamaica for a couple of years.

redcarter

Julian Gray

red_murph

Gregor Raziak, scoring against Carshalton pre-season...

stop_shouting

Stuart parnaby, Alexie Michaelichenko.

DamoNorthStand

Bolanos was quality. He would have been great if we had got the work permit.

cafcdan18

Sam Williams (now at Dagenham injured)
Elisaj (Dutch winger who was with the massives)

colthe3rd

Antti Niemi

I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY

Make XI's up!

adamtheaddick

we had messi on trail but was sent home to argentina after complaints from the 14 addicks at the erith and belvedere friendly that he was to small..

harveys_gardener

Antti Niemi

"He's no finished, he's only 28!!!!"

I-SAW-POUSO-PLAY

I remember we had a player on trial called "Carlos Revez"

PeakieRocket

What about the Japanese player that we couldn't get a work permit for - can't remember his name though

adamtheaddick

Alex!!

adamtheaddick

brazillian japanese

Ross

Jody Morris!

Addick90

crazy that we didnt follow the ian harte one up

kentaddick

Alex!!

i remember reading that we had signed a brazilian on ceefax and was really excited as that was back in the day when even european footballers were exotic to us.

Danny Addick

Ian Harte and tommy smith should've signed. Never knew we had Freddy Eastwood on trial, was that when he chose to go to wolves instead and we signed McLeod?

How about the German defender in the summer? He looked good.

cafcdan18

Think Eastwood was when we were in the Prem and he was still at Grays.

Has done very little in the last few years, his record above League 1 is poor.

cafcdan18

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Danny Addick

Sam Williams was a strange trial signing. He'd not even scored many for Yeovil.

cafctom

Ian Harte would have been an incredible signing, amazed we didn't follow that up.

Probably the best taker of free kicks and corners in the entire Football League (yes, including Jackson and Kermorgant).

Saw Bolanos play in the pre season friendly at The Valley that time and he looked really exciting.

flyingkiwiDK

As I recall Bolanos was refused a work permit. He is now playing for my local club FC Copenhagen.