Obviously get why Thuram got the nod. There's a case to be made for the players who did absolutely nothing--Anil Koc, Polish Pete, Stuart Fleetwood.
But when considering players who actually made more than one appearance, first thing I did was pull up the 2009-10 squad. A lot of contenders: Akpo Sodje 6 goals/41 appearances Leon McKenzie: 1/12 Izale McCloud: 3/31
My personal shout goes to Tresor Kandol, who, to be fair, came into a team on a horrible run and played as a lone striker in front of five central midfielder. But he looked absolutely awful.
Honorable mention to Souleymane Diawara who seemed to have a quality mistake in him at any given moment, but after leaving us went on to play for Marseille for years with a fair amount of success.
I think discounting players that played less than a certain number of games isn't great criteria. I think if you complete a 90 minutes, you're in contention.
No doubt Roland would've wanted Thuram to play every game for the rest of that season, but he was so bad that he was dropped after a handful and never seen again, even under Riga.
Obviously get why Thuram got the nod. There's a case to be made for the players who did absolutely nothing--Anil Koc, Polish Pete, Stuart Fleetwood.
But when considering players who actually made more than one appearance, first thing I did was pull up the 2009-10 squad. A lot of contenders: Akpo Sodje 6 goals/41 appearances Leon McKenzie: 1/12 Izale McCloud: 3/31
My personal shout goes to Tresor Kandol, who, to be fair, came into a team on a horrible run and played as a lone striker in front of five central midfielder. But he looked absolutely awful.
Honorable mention to Souleymane Diawara who seemed to have a quality mistake in him at any given moment, but after leaving us went on to play for Marseille for years with a fair amount of success.
Oh come on, who wouldn't have Tresor Kandol and Chris Dickson in their favourite Charlton XI? #DreamTeam
I immediately thought RJ, because he just nicks a living, but Mathias Svensson springs to mind too because I thought he was pretty crap. I'm sure it was him that gave his boots to someone in the crowd once after he'd scored a rare goal
I don't get how players who played hardly any games for us (Lepoint) and players who played for us in the Premier League have been mentioned. The WORST player, WORST. Technically, I assume? If so, then I pick Sodje whose ball control was just so, so bad.
I don't think you can go with RoJo, and this is coming from a man who was VERY critical of his original signing (this was in my life before CL, which looking back, feels so empty) and still thinks he's awful. But in his first spell with us he was decent, and it was noticeable that those around him--Gomez and Fox namely, played better with him in the team.
Okay, I can't say something nice about Roger Johnson without posting this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54IdSJcLPGU Backed-peddled so far for the third he almost ended up in Liverpool (1:45)
Obviously get why Thuram got the nod. There's a case to be made for the players who did absolutely nothing--Anil Koc, Polish Pete, Stuart Fleetwood.
But when considering players who actually made more than one appearance, first thing I did was pull up the 2009-10 squad. A lot of contenders: Akpo Sodje 6 goals/41 appearances Leon McKenzie: 1/12 Izale McCloud: 3/31
My personal shout goes to Tresor Kandol, who, to be fair, came into a team on a horrible run and played as a lone striker in front of five central midfielder. But he looked absolutely awful.
Honorable mention to Souleymane Diawara who seemed to have a quality mistake in him at any given moment, but after leaving us went on to play for Marseille for years with a fair amount of success.
Diawara was a class player who was one of the best tacklers I've seen. He made a couple of mistakes when he first came to us as he adjusted to the hoofball we were playing at the time - enjoyed watching him play.
Obviously get why Thuram got the nod. There's a case to be made for the players who did absolutely nothing--Anil Koc, Polish Pete, Stuart Fleetwood.
But when considering players who actually made more than one appearance, first thing I did was pull up the 2009-10 squad. A lot of contenders: Akpo Sodje 6 goals/41 appearances Leon McKenzie: 1/12 Izale McCloud: 3/31
My personal shout goes to Tresor Kandol, who, to be fair, came into a team on a horrible run and played as a lone striker in front of five central midfielder. But he looked absolutely awful.
Honorable mention to Souleymane Diawara who seemed to have a quality mistake in him at any given moment, but after leaving us went on to play for Marseille for years with a fair amount of success.
Diawara was a class player who was one of the best tacklers I've seen. He made a couple of mistakes when he first came to us as he adjusted to the hoofball we were playing at the time - enjoyed watching him play.
To be fair to him, I may remember those initial mistakes more than what came after.
We have seen some dross over the years but Thuram undoubtedly number one worst player for me. Would not get into a Conference team here. Only time I have seen a goalie who would dive feet first to make a save.
Who was that Moroccan centre back we had on loan when we were in the Prem? I remember him being atrocious
Tahar El Khalej what a blinding memory!
That's him! Terrible
I used to love him... Shot every time he got the ball in the opponents' half. Scored one from the half-way line that bounced a couple of times before it went in (against Portsmouth if memory serves me right)
Who was that Moroccan centre back we had on loan when we were in the Prem? I remember him being atrocious
Tahar El Khalej what a blinding memory!
That's him! Terrible
I used to love him... Shot every time he got the ball in the opponents' half. Scored one from the half-way line that bounced a couple of times before it went in (against Portsmouth if memory serves me right)
To be fair to Roger Johnson, he was a big part of us getting our shit together and away from danger in his first stint at the club. Never should have brought him back, but he was excellent first time round.
Martin bastard Cranie for me. Epitomised the Alan Pardew school of thinking. Sign some other club's unfit, untested child on loan and watch him spunk the ball into his own net while we go sliding down the table. Just reading his name makes me feel ill
Who was that Moroccan centre back we had on loan when we were in the Prem? I remember him being atrocious
Tahar El Khalej what a blinding memory!
That's him! Terrible
I used to love him... Shot every time he got the ball in the opponents' half. Scored one from the half-way line that bounced a couple of times before it went in (against Portsmouth if memory serves me right)
Eggert Jonsson The "dench" clown from Arsenal Paul Bacon
Emanuel Frimpong isn't a bad shout. Abdul Razak another one who came from a big club (City), was highly regarded at the time, and began his rapid descent with us.
The regime gets a lot of stick for their record in the transfer market, and rightly so, but we have had a lot of awful players, particularly on loan, over the last decade or so.
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But when considering players who actually made more than one appearance, first thing I did was pull up the 2009-10 squad. A lot of contenders:
Akpo Sodje 6 goals/41 appearances
Leon McKenzie: 1/12
Izale McCloud: 3/31
My personal shout goes to Tresor Kandol, who, to be fair, came into a team on a horrible run and played as a lone striker in front of five central midfielder. But he looked absolutely awful.
Honorable mention to Souleymane Diawara who seemed to have a quality mistake in him at any given moment, but after leaving us went on to play for Marseille for years with a fair amount of success.
No doubt Roland would've wanted Thuram to play every game for the rest of that season, but he was so bad that he was dropped after a handful and never seen again, even under Riga.
cant have Ralph Milne either - he scored the winner at Old Trafford
Also thought Faye was ok - was played out of position,
I'm talking about Francis in a Charlton shirt, not what he did at other clubs.
Faye played mainly in his position of centre midfield.
Okay, I can't say something nice about Roger Johnson without posting this video:
Backed-peddled so far for the third he almost ended up in Liverpool (1:45)
Martin bastard Cranie for me. Epitomised the Alan Pardew school of thinking. Sign some other club's unfit, untested child on loan and watch him spunk the ball into his own net while we go sliding down the table. Just reading his name makes me feel ill
The "dench" clown from Arsenal
Paul Bacon
The regime gets a lot of stick for their record in the transfer market, and rightly so, but we have had a lot of awful players, particularly on loan, over the last decade or so.