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AFKABartram
AFKABartram Posts: 57,878
in General Charlton
Yann Kermorgant back at The Valley on Saturday 


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  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,767
    My favourite player.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,906
    One for the ladies (or men):


  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,987
    edited March 31
    bobmunro said:
    The starting line-up will be:

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    Funny, by total coincidence I found myself singing the team of Kermorgants song to the dog this very morning. He seemed to enjoy it.

    I think I remember this getting up past the 90s in the covered end, but my mind may be romanticising somewhat.
    Lovely player, and I'm not even a lady.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,196
    I mean this bloke was genuinely next level even when we had him in the Championship and we had him in this shithouse league .
    Now this is who you turned up for , a genuine baller
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 22,794
    Macronate said:
    One for the ladies (or men):



  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 10,705
    Hero
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,483
    Loved watching Yann play - so many great memories .. 
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,209
    Not just the ladies...


  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,865
    My favourite player over the last 15 years to wear the shirt, and right up there with my favourite of all time.
    A beast of a man who never gave up - warrior and legend. In the air he was virtually unbeatable, not just winning header after header but knowing exactly where BWP was (and Brad knew where Yann would put it of course). He isn't the tallest, but could he jump?



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  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 10,705
    Him taking a free kick was as good as getting a pen sometimes. He stuck a few in the top bins.
  • Bod
    Bod Posts: 186
    Another reason to despise the idiot from Belgium.
  • kimbo
    kimbo Posts: 2,997
    Excited!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
  • charlton_hero
    charlton_hero Posts: 4,671
    His goal against Hartlepool, possibly the finest goal scored at The Valley? 
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,664
    charlton_hero said:
    His goal against Hartlepool, possibly the finest goal scored at The Valley? 
    That goal was outrageous, I can still picture it now.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,080
    Certainly the best Charlton player since we fell out of the Prem.
  • Boom
    Boom Posts: 1,681
    He’s only here for the Lincoln 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,829
    edited March 31
    Stig said:
    Certainly the best Charlton player since we fell out of the Prem.
    100%. Our best finish since ‘07 was in that 12-13 season where Yann was undoubtedly the best player in the best team we’ve had the last 15 years.

    Others in that team who played more than 15 league games: Solly, Morrison, Jackson, Pritchard, Hamer, Fuller, Cort, Dervite, Wilson, Stephens, Kerkar, Haynes, Wiggins, Wright-Phillips, Green, Hollands, Hulse
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,900
    Callumcafc said:
    Stig said:
    Certainly the best Charlton player since we fell out of the Prem.
    100%. Our best finish since ‘07 was in that 12-13 season where Yann was undoubtedly the best player in the best team we’ve had the last 15 years.

    Others in that team who played more than 15 league games: Solly, Morrison, Jackson, Pritchard, Hamer, Fuller, Cort, Dervite, Wilson, Stephens, Kerkar, Haynes, Wiggins, Wright-Phillips, Green, Hollands, Hulse
    Looks like the hall of fame ballot for next year 
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,121
    https://youtu.be/BR4yG8zK2p4?feature=shared

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  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,072
    bobmunro said:
    My favourite player over the last 15 years to wear the shirt, and right up there with my favourite of all time.
    A beast of a man who never gave up - warrior and legend. In the air he was virtually unbeatable, not just winning header after header but knowing exactly where BWP was (and Brad knew where Yann would put it of course). He isn't the tallest, but could he jump?


    He was amazing in the air. I think because centre backs are typically tall they don’t (in L1 anyway) put huge amounts of thought into where they need to be to have the best chance of getting to the ball, they just assume their height will mean they win the header. 99% of the time that will work for them, but then they come up against Yann. His anticipation and positional awareness were so amazing that he would beat guys much taller than him almost every time. 

    That’s my theory anyway!  
  • SteveACS
    SteveACS Posts: 378
    One of the things I remember about Yann, was how good he was at opposition corners.

    He almost always won his header, and then the ball would fly down the pitch like an Exocet, and go out for a throw in, somewhere near the half way line. None of that launch it out, and all stay in position, waiting for the ball to come flying back into our box, oh no!

    And that free kick against Oxford is one of the best free kicks I've ever seen from a Charlton player. High praise, as he was in the same team as Jacko...
  • Captain Peacock
    Captain Peacock Posts: 201
    What an absolute joy is was to watch that man play.
    Had the rare ability to pass the ball with his head in open play, seen very few players who had that skill, cheat code doesn't even come into it.
    A complete travesty the way he was let go by the idiots running the club at the time.

    Yann, I salute you sir !
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,865
    Captain Peacock said:
    What an absolute joy is was to watch that man play.
    Had the rare ability to pass the ball with his head in open play, seen very few players who had that skill, cheat code doesn't even come into it.
    A complete travesty the way he was let go by the idiots running the club at the time.

    Yann, I salute you sir !

    This 100% - I don't think I've ever seen anyone do it better.
  • Walkingred
    Walkingred Posts: 98
    bobmunro said:
    Captain Peacock said:
    What an absolute joy is was to watch that man play.
    Had the rare ability to pass the ball with his head in open play, seen very few players who had that skill, cheat code doesn't even come into it.
    A complete travesty the way he was let go by the idiots running the club at the time.

    Yann, I salute you sir !

    This 100% - I don't think I've ever seen anyone do it better.
    I loved watching that youtube compilation above with his goals, but I'd get far more joy from a compilation of Yann assists and hold up play. The man was as close to unplayable as I've seen in a Charlton shirt, especially in League One. His arrival turned us from a play off team to a 100 point title winning side
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,726
    Redskin said:
    https://youtu.be/BR4yG8zK2p4?feature=shared
    The amount he scored with his whole body horizontal in mid air was amazing! 

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