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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Got chatting to the guy in the programme shop who was very excited that Andy had signed for us, the fans loved him. Ended up having a beer with a load of fans that the guy introduced me to.
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.
I never missed a home game back then and I still remember when he got a brace at the valley when played up front.
Came on as a sub about 10 mins after half time replacing the injured Patrick Viera.
'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.
Bulot was another player who came good in the second half, and Chris Eagles did a job for us too.
Didn’t pull up any trees but liked him. Can’t remember the game but remember him coming on as second half sub and scored the winner with a header, I think shortly after entering the field of play.
Not with us for long, Francis Coquelin was a cut above anything we've had in recent history during his short stay with us.