To begin this isn't slating Jordan Botaka after yesterday's inauspicious start. Let's see how that works out but it is fair to say on that one showing he wasn't great and it made me think of other players who made their debuts off the bench in slightly underwhelmimg fashion.
From my time I remember:
Mark McCammon - went on to have a decent lower league career but looked awful for us
Tom Hovi - came on v Derby as we lost a 3 0 lead to lose 4 3 I think. Spooning an attempted clearance high in the air is all I remember
Mike Small - lived up to expectations of a charlton player at Millwall
Any others?
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Polish Pete gets my vote anyway
Emblazoned in my mind for ever and will never be forgotten.
Christophe Le Point player debut was the best impression for a headless chicken though through the sheer chaos he caused to helped assist a goal.
I think Charlton supporters are on the whole being sensible, calm & charitable in their response to Botaka's debut yesterday.
In a different, rarer, category are those equally hopeless in game 1, but did actually improve (e.g. Balmer). Jerome Thomas springs to mind, he looked like Bambi on ice I seem to recall, couldn't see how Arsenal could possible have given him a pro contract.