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Charlton players that were a little bit crap/weren't with us for long but you like them anyways....

edited September 20 in General Charlton
Lawrie Wilson is the obvious one. Even had a song about being naff but he turned it around with his brace against Brighton in Dec 2013 and that transformed him in the eyes of supporters, and he had a good run with us in the end. Seems like an all-round great bloke too. 



My personal favourite is Alou Diarra. Played in the World Cup final for France in 2006 and somehow ended up with us in 2015. I thought he was a class above our other defenders (in an admittedly poor team in 2015/16), and that goal against the spanners in 2015 was a great moment. Just a shame we couldn't hold on to the lead, or he might have gone down in legend. Left us in a slightly odd way, it appeared he was planning to retire only to sign for Nancy. 


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  • Leuth said:
    Oh there's lots of these. Are we allowed loan signings? If so, Ajdarevic is a pretty obvious one... 
    Loan signings would be a goldmine for this. Oguchi Onyewu anyone? 



  • edited September 20
    Edited... Diarra played in the World Cup Final. 
  • Chizz said:
    Point of clarification.  Diarra played in the World Cup Finals, not the World Cup Final. 
    Bugger, so I was lying when I told all my mates that we have a player who played in the final back then?
  • Going back a bit and not sure why, Tony Towner.
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  • Lawrie Wilson played 96 games for CAFC so not sure he qualifies but a really likeable guy who when my son and I met him in Spain lived up too what I had been told about his upbeat personality.
    I never missed a home game back then and I still remember when he got a brace at the valley when played up front.
  • TelMc32 said:
    Souleymane Diawara - described by Richard Murray, with more than a hint of a sneer, as “apparently the best centre half in the world you’ve never heard of” after he’d paid £3.7m for him.

    Never thought he was given much of a chance to settle and only played 26 games (although that included 8 clean sheets). Went back to France, we made a loss, and went on to be transferred to Marseille for €7m two years later. Won the French cup 4 times, a record at the time. 





    He was shit for us.
  • Chizz said:
    Point of clarification.  Diarra played in the World Cup Finals, not the World Cup Final. 
    Alou Diarra replaced Patrick Viera in the 56th minute of the World Cup Final.
  • Leon Best:

    'On 28 November 2017 Charlton Athletic announced the signing of Best on a two-month contract. He made 5 league appearances for Charlton, with it being cut short due to a knee injury sustained on New Year's Day. He was released in January after his contract expired, although he remained at the club so he could recover from his injury. He has been without a club since.' - Wiki

    I thought he had his moments, and certainly tried hard. Great name too.
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  • JamesSeed said:
    Leon Best:

    'On 28 November 2017 Charlton Athletic announced the signing of Best on a two-month contract. He made 5 league appearances for Charlton, with it being cut short due to a knee injury sustained on New Year's Day. He was released in January after his contract expired, although he remained at the club so he could recover from his injury. He has been without a club since.' - Wiki

    I thought he had his moments, and certainly tried hard. Great name too.
    Players like Best and Marcus Tudgay (had to look up the Sheff Utd FA Cup game to remember his name) blend into one for me. I’m sure there’s a few other strikers we had on short term deals like this. Ricardo Vaz Te was another.
  • Chizz said:
    Point of clarification.  Diarra played in the World Cup Finals, not the World Cup Final. 
    Diarra did play in the 2006 WC Final (the one with the Zidane headbutt).

    Came on as a sub about 10 mins after half time replacing the injured Patrick Viera.
    I feel vindicated. 
  • Lawrie Wilson played 96 games for CAFC so not sure he qualifies but a really likeable guy who when my son and I met him in Spain lived up too what I had been told about his upbeat personality.
    I never missed a home game back then and I still remember when he got a brace at the valley when played up front.
    Yeah I mentioned the Brighton game. 
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