Reid to Charlton - the end of an error

Portly Irish winger Andy Reid has joined Charlton for a fee yet to be disclosed, rumoured to be in the region of £3million. The midfielder came with a massive reputation at Championship level, but failed to show any real evidence of being Premiership standard in the six months where he was a regular starter. Since then he has been restricted to sporadic first team appearances and reserve team turnouts in between a series of injuries. Hailed by all and sundry as the solution to the long standing left side problem when he arrived with Dawson in a joint £8million deal in January 2005, his threat on the left side diminished as his waistline grew.