Had a few games where he played in the hole behind Iwelumo in 07/08 which was his position and was fantastic. Sadly he was more often than not placed out on the wing where he couldn't beat the full back and cross the ball.
I thought Amdy Faye started well, and had an immense game when he played at the back against Bolton. Admit he lost his confidence and turned into a frightening liability
One of the worst players I have seen in a Charlton top.
Phil Walker, Mark Reid, Steve Gatting, Greg Shields, Keith Jones.
Someone mentioned John Robinson. When he arrived as a young winger from Brighton he was the long term replacement for Robert Lee so the pressure was on him a bit. I liked him immediately because he was busy and full of effort. One of my all time favourite players for Charlton who was a pest for the opposition and no full-back enjoyed playing against him. Scored some excellent goals too.
Didn't rate Benson despite him scoring some good goals for us and playing that game with a deformed head after taking a big hit to the bonce. Think he scored after it!
At the start of the season in which Therry Racon and Jose Semedo regularly started as the central midfield pair (2010-11?) together they were imperious. Neither was especially dynamic or creative but that wasn't their chief role. I think impressions of both were coloured by the Pardew Effect, he had recruited them and bigged them up but they were both new to English football arriving to a Charlton setup in hastening decline. Despite that, for those early months Charlton had a non-porous midfield. Howls of complaint toward both of them from those around me in the upper west always baffled me. Semedo was Sheff W's player of the season after he left us. I also never subscribed to the opprobrium hurled at Diawarra - the gloves were idiotic but he was one of the better recruits in that risible Dowie fiasco. Just cos Richard Murray hadn't heard of him, didn't make him a bad player. Charlton probably overpaid for him but that's not his fault and was true of most in that recruitment shambles.
Racon and Semedo definitely. Racon was a very technically gifted player and Pardew and Parkinson had no idea what to do with him or how to play to his strengths so in the English tradition he ended up getting stuck out on the wing.
Thought Yoni Buyens looked a very good player the handful of times I saw him. Perhaps didn't always impose himself on the game as much as would be ideal but certainly very technical.
Francis Coquelin looked about three levels above the two games I saw him play. Still gutted Arsene remembered him.
Obviously he was rated, but I think I rated JBG much higher than many. He played in some really poor sides and teams were able to double up on him, but because he has RBF it seems people just turned on him by the end.
F-Caskey, though this year he's starting to earn plaudits. He's got bags of ability, it's just a matter of putting it all together.
Chris Iwelumo ....... surprisingly good for a big lad with the ball at his feet, remember 2 goals scored in a Sheff Weds game (on his Charlton debut, was it?)
That season he headed a terrific last minute winner away at Southampton. And a last minute winner again a few days later at Bristol City, picture goal after a great Andy Reid cross on the run down the left wing and headed in at the far post.
Chris Iwelumo ....... surprisingly good for a big lad with the ball at his feet, remember 2 goals scored in a Sheff Weds game (on his Charlton debut, was it?)
That season he scored a terrific last minute winner away at Southampton. And a last minute winner again a few days later at Bristol City, picture goal after a great Andy Reid cross on the run down the left wing.
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Shame the best performance I saw of his was for Wednesday v Birmingham.
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Someone mentioned John Robinson. When he arrived as a young winger from Brighton he was the long term replacement for Robert Lee so the pressure was on him a bit. I liked him immediately because he was busy and full of effort. One of my all time favourite players for Charlton who was a pest for the opposition and no full-back enjoyed playing against him. Scored some excellent goals too.
I think impressions of both were coloured by the Pardew Effect, he had recruited them and bigged them up but they were both new to English football arriving to a Charlton setup in hastening decline. Despite that, for those early months Charlton had a non-porous midfield. Howls of complaint toward both of them from those around me in the upper west always baffled me. Semedo was Sheff W's player of the season after he left us.
I also never subscribed to the opprobrium hurled at Diawarra - the gloves were idiotic but he was one of the better recruits in that risible Dowie fiasco. Just cos Richard Murray hadn't heard of him, didn't make him a bad player. Charlton probably overpaid for him but that's not his fault and was true of most in that recruitment shambles.
was never a goalkeeper!
Thought Yoni Buyens looked a very good player the handful of times I saw him. Perhaps didn't always impose himself on the game as much as would be ideal but certainly very technical.
Francis Coquelin looked about three levels above the two games I saw him play. Still gutted Arsene remembered him.
Obviously he was rated, but I think I rated JBG much higher than many. He played in some really poor sides and teams were able to double up on him, but because he has RBF it seems people just turned on him by the end.
F-Caskey, though this year he's starting to earn plaudits. He's got bags of ability, it's just a matter of putting it all together.
That season he headed a terrific last minute winner away at Southampton.
And a last minute winner again a few days later at Bristol City, picture goal after a great Andy Reid cross on the run down the left wing and headed in at the far post.