Going to take more than relying on clean sheets next season. Midfield was bossed today and we’ll face better every week in The Championship. I’m sure Nathan knows what’s needed though.
Going to take more than relying on clean sheets next season. Midfield was bossed today and we’ll face better every week in The Championship. I’m sure Nathan knows what’s needed though.
Cheer up, we won. Next season is next season this season was a success. All that matters for now. And they weren’t “bossed” anyway, just Orient had their decent spell, but got fuck all to show for it.
Going to take more than relying on clean sheets next season. Midfield was bossed today and we’ll face better every week in The Championship. I’m sure Nathan knows what’s needed though.
Bossed? Or happy to give up possession? It’s not like we were ever pinned back against the walls.
Our midfield today on that performance was bossed. Don’t let the euphoria gloss over the fact. I realise that won’t be our team when August comes but I think every championship side would have beaten us today.
Our midfield today on that performance was bossed. Don’t let the euphoria gloss over the fact. I realise that won’t be our team when August comes but I think every championship side would have beaten us today.
Yep a very scrappy game mate…but “who gives a fuck We’re Charlton Ahletic & we’re going up”….❤️🤍🏆🍻
Nathan Jones mentioned that we've broken the record for clean sheets in a Charlton season - I presume he's included the three Play-Off games (which Lloyd rightly says, is bloody impressive to not concede at all in this mini-Cup competition).
However does it really count towards the record if thats the case - Sorry to be pedantic, but I mean we had three extra games to achieve it, feels a bit of cheating to include the Play-Off matches.
Nathan Jones mentioned that we've broken the record for clean sheets in a Charlton season - I presume he's included the three Play-Off games (which Lloyd rightly says, is bloody impressive to not concede at all in this mini-Cup competition).
However does it really count towards the record if thats the case - Sorry to be pedantic, but I mean we had three extra games to achieve it, feels a bit of cheating to include the Play-Off matches.
Care not one bit mate…if that’s what Nathan says…then right now who cares…we’re Charlton Athletic n we’re gong up…🤪🥳
Our midfield today on that performance was bossed. Don’t let the euphoria gloss over the fact. I realise that won’t be our team when August comes but I think every championship side would have beaten us today.
The midfield wasn't bossed in the slightest. It did pretty much exactly what it was sent out to do, minus Gilbert not really being on everyone else's wavelength with the ball. Today in a nervy game the midfield was generally bypassed on the ball in the first phase and was tasked with winning the second ball off that, mostly in the air, and getting the ball out wide or back to the strikers quickly which they did. Without the ball they were there to screen the defence, press the Orient defenders, offer support to the wingbacks when Orient got the ball wide and force Orient out so that they couldn't slip the ball through the middle. It's no accident that Charlie Kelman was an observer today, the Orient midfield couldn't get anything creative going, couldn't draw defenders out to leave Kelman in space because one of Doc or Coventry was always on them and so ended up going sideways. The only way they got any joy in the middle was when Galbraith cut in and ran past Clare but regardless of his clever running even he couldn't create anything clear cut for them because there was always a midfielder harrying him. For evidence of just how complete our midfield performance was, there was one point where Gilbert got tired, decided not to take the yellow bringing their player down and they got through, played the ball to Kelman and hit the bar. That's what things would have been like all game if our midfield hadn't carried out an absolutely tactically rigid plan.
Jones sent the team out today to win on fine margins and the midfield sacrificed today to make it happen. We won't play like that against every Championship side, we played like that against Orient today and we won.
Our midfield today on that performance was bossed. Don’t let the euphoria gloss over the fact. I realise that won’t be our team when August comes but I think every championship side would have beaten us today.
The midfield wasn't bossed in the slightest. It did pretty much exactly what it was sent out to do, minus Gilbert not really being on everyone else's wavelength with the ball. Today in a nervy game the midfield was generally bypassed on the ball in the first phase and was tasked with winning the second ball off that, mostly in the air, and getting the ball out wide or back to the strikers quickly which they did. Without the ball they were there to screen the defence, press the Orient defenders, offer support to the wingbacks when Orient got the ball wide and force Orient out so that they couldn't slip the ball through the middle. It's no accident that Charlie Kelman was an observer today, the Orient midfield couldn't get anything creative going, couldn't draw defenders out to leave Kelman in space because one of Doc or Coventry was always on them and so ended up going sideways. The only way they got any joy in the middle was when Galbraith cut in and ran past Clare but regardless of his clever running even he couldn't create anything clear cut for them because there was always a midfielder harrying him. For evidence of just how complete our midfield performance was, there was one point where Gilbert got tired, decided not to take the yellow bringing their player down and they got through, played the ball to Kelman and hit the bar. That's what things would have been like all game if our midfield hadn't carried out an absolutely tactically rigid plan.
Jones sent the team out today to win on fine margins and the midfield sacrificed today to make it happen. We won't play like that against every Championship side, we played like that against Orient today and we won.
I think the the ‘not the top 20’ boys made a good point about this how in the last 15 minutes we basically limited them to having to cross it into the box from wide - which is exactly what Nathan Jones would want them to do.
Like I said, circumstances and game states. When we went 1-0 up, we were always going to try and shut up shop, which was always going to give Orient more time on the ball in front of us.
But ultimately because of the way our midfield played it limited them to no clear cut chances and having to take pot shots from outside the area.
In the interests of page length, I won’t quote @Garrymanilow but that post is spot on. Just because we didn’t dominate possession doesn’t mean we were bossed. Everything they threw at us we repelled with a combination of disciplined shape, balls to the wall work rate, and physical determination.
Orient are a good passing side with pace and movement; you can’t shut down everything they wanted to do but we weren’t bossed. We mostly let them play in the areas we were happy to and shut them down most times they got near the dangerous areas. Yeah they had 60% plus possession but Mannion didn’t have to do much except claim some crosses. That’s not a hallmark of a game in which one side has bossed the other.
The fact we keep winning these tight games where we maybe don’t create the most chances is not coincidence. It’s what Jones has set us up to do first and foremost and, quite simply, it is what we do time and again.
I think there’s a lot of rose tinted views coming out here. Orient controlled midfield today. If that was by design on Charltons part then fair play but I don’t think it was.
Thomas Sandgaard is currently playing a clean sheet win record passionate solo in an american business board meeting while believing the 5 year plan will still go ahead.
I think there’s a lot of rose tinted views coming out here. Orient controlled midfield today. If that was by design on Charltons part then fair play but I don’t think it was.
Thomas Sandgaard is currently playing a clean sheet win record passionate solo in an american business board meeting while believing the 5 year plan will still go ahead.
Before the final: My friend was going over song lyrics with me (inspired by Charlton) and I said they sounded like Addicks to Victory.
Not knowing what it was I played it to him.
After the game: he said I manifested a clean sheet win by playing that.
Playing attractive football is not a prerequisite to getting out of League One as many teams have found out. Throughout the season, especially the second half, we found a way of striking the balance between playing some decent football (at times) and scoring goals, but most importantly, winning games.
That's what we did yesterday, we found the way to win, they didn't!
Next season will require a different approach and hopefully we will adapt accordingly.
I think there’s a lot of rose tinted views coming out here. Orient controlled midfield today. If that was by design on Charltons part then fair play but I don’t think it was.
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However does it really count towards the record if thats the case - Sorry to be pedantic, but I mean we had three extra games to achieve it, feels a bit of cheating to include the Play-Off matches.
Like I said, circumstances and game states. When we went 1-0 up, we were always going to try and shut up shop, which was always going to give Orient more time on the ball in front of us.
But ultimately because of the way our midfield played it limited them to no clear cut chances and having to take pot shots from outside the area.
Orient are a good passing side with pace and movement; you can’t shut down everything they wanted to do but we weren’t bossed. We mostly let them play in the areas we were happy to and shut them down most times they got near the dangerous areas. Yeah they had 60% plus possession but Mannion didn’t have to do much except claim some crosses. That’s not a hallmark of a game in which one side has bossed the other.
We had a game plan and it worked.
Not knowing what it was I played it to him.
After the game: he said I manifested a clean sheet win by playing that.
That's what we did yesterday, we found the way to win, they didn't!
Next season will require a different approach and hopefully we will adapt accordingly.
Agree 👍🏼
We have been better 😄