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MATCH THREAD : Charlton Athletic V Middlesborough : Tuesday 09th December 2025 : KO 19:45

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  • siblers
    siblers Posts: 2,055
    Tough watch at the minute but have to keep the faith. Won’t have a run of games harder than this this season.

    We’re 18th and 21st is still a good season.
    We're in complete free fall though. Its becoming quite alarming. Struggling to see where the points will come from 
  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 6,792
    I don’t rate Greg Docherty at all. However, I do appreciate the ground he covers and the work he puts in. 

    We fucked up by not signing a direct replacement. Even bringing in a Prem Loan to do a job there would’ve worked. 

    As a result we’ve ended up with this mess. None of Carey, Knibbs or Berry can play that role. 

    I really feel for Conor Coventry who has been asked to deal with 2/3/4 on 1s each attack.

    We have to get that LCM position right in the Jan window. Throw a couple of million about if we have to and can. If not, we’re bang in trouble.
  • 2121
    2121 Posts: 1,277
    We are basically fucked this season unless Bell starts 😂
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,599
    People again calling for Kaminski's head, let's be honest instead of 2 nil that shot should have made it 5 
  • redbuttle
    redbuttle Posts: 2,022
    MrBurns said:
    This is so like 19/20.

    Aug '26 we welcome League 1 again. 
    Kelman and Olaofe up front next season will be a cheat code in League one
    They most probably have release clauses in their contracts. 
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,143

  • follett
    follett Posts: 1,091
    Doc not warming up so probably coming on 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,318
    JackB said:
    How long is Jones gonna play 3-5-2? It don’t work in this league!!! Most of the top teams just overrun us. We’ve been found out!!
    Ironic really because we started the game 4-2-3-1 and went back to 3-5-2 halfway through. 
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,143
    Look at those stats!
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,304
    I was looking at the match report from the last time we played them. Lost 1-0 in March 2020 - they scored in the 17th minute. Bowyer said after the game that you can't let in early goals as you don't come back from going 1 down. I mean teams do, but we don't.

    Its so depressing. 

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  • arny23394
    arny23394 Posts: 1,260
    edited December 9
    Rylo said:
    This should be Campbell’s last start for some time. He needs to know that his place isn’t guaranteed. I’ve kept quiet for a while now but that attempt (or lack of) to make a tackle was so half hearted, and you just knew it would end in a Middlesbrough goal at the other end. 
    Should at least be his last as a number 10/second forward. He’s a winger. So unless we’re playing a 4-4-2/4-3-3 variation he shouldn’t start. 

  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,336
    I can accept being not good enough or not on form, but bottling out of a simple ball is unacceptable, especially in front of your home crowd. Shameful from TC.
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,264
    We look are looking like a team from the league below. The difference in the class and quality smacks in the face. Middlesbrough has of course the pedigree of premier football and stability of 2nd division football which shows. Hopefully we can beat the lower teams to survive in this league. Somehow I doubt it.
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,420
    This is the suffering part of the season. We are completely unable to play without the balance in the defence we need. Being without Bell and Edwards at the same time has absolutely killed us, we need to have a proper LWB lined up for midnight on January 1st because the difference when we do and don't have that balance is unbelievable 
  • redbuttle
    redbuttle Posts: 2,022
    Campbell and Leaburn are absolutely useless. 
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 40,442
    Our ability to retain the football and create anything is non-existent. This has always been the case but the difference is that we were keeping clean sheets and winning games on the back of that. 
  • DDOUBLEE
    DDOUBLEE Posts: 1,657
    msomerton said:
    There was no need to boo the team. They have worked hard and looked more threatening than of late. We have to accept most are league 1 players and are some playing out of position because of an injury crises. But it does mean we are in a relegation battle. 
    Worked hard? What? This will be our fifth loss in a row (not counting tragically what happened Saturday), the fans will start to turn sooner or later, it's not as if we're unlucky, we're being destroyed each game 
  • 2121 said:
    We are basically fucked this season unless Bell starts 😂
    We just need proper cover, the fact we've lost both Bell and Edwards on the Left is what's hurt us

    We've jumped in a time machine, gone back 12-months and are once again trying different formations and different square pegs.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,143
    Amari Bell feels like such a massive miss.

    We are in a shocking run of form and look clueless at the moment. But we did at this point last year as well.

    No point in panicking yet as we’ve had a tough run of fixtures to coincide with this. 
    It’s not a one or two player problem. We are all at sea all over the pitch. 
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 6,916
    JackB said:
    How long is Jones gonna play 3-5-2? It don’t work in this league!!! Most of the top teams just overrun us. We’ve been found out!!
    We were even worse with 4 at the back at the start of the game. They should’ve been 2 or 3 up before they scored

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  • Kinsella87
    Kinsella87 Posts: 517
    Apter can do what TC is meant to do, just want to see him given a chance. 
  • LittleAddick
    LittleAddick Posts: 644
    edited December 9
    The 'we have to accept we have League One standard players' argument might be a little more acceptable if we hadn't spent 12 million in the summer. 
  • mascot88
    mascot88 Posts: 9,760
    We have no threat up top and now the defence has turned to shit - 

    Players returning or spend in Jan or else it's a tooth and nail fight to stay up. 

    Id take a 2-0 loss right now. 


  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,566
    JackB said:
    How long is Jones gonna play 3-5-2? It don’t work in this league!!! Most of the top teams just overrun us. We’ve been found out!!
    Ironic really because we started the game 4-2-3-1 and went back to 3-5-2 halfway through. 
    They were all over us out wide initially. Let's be honest they're just miles better than us whatever formation we play.
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,640
    I still maintain something a bit more than 'a couple playing with Flu' happened at Wrexham.

    The dynamic definitely changed then. 
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,347
    edited December 9
    It’s a weak effort from Campbell but not sure he’s to blame for the goal when they’ve travelled the length of the pitch afterwards and Gillesphey (again, for both goals) is spun round and caught out and Kaminski is beaten at his near post.

    Poor from Carey giving the ball away for the first. 
  • Bailey
    Bailey Posts: 3,374
    How can we be starting 7 players from a League One Squad, that we knew was nowhere near good enough for this level, and expect anything apart from a spanking. 
    Who are the seven you are referring to ? 
  • ArmchairAddick
    ArmchairAddick Posts: 462
    edited December 9
    Think others have said it best.  Long and short of it is they are one of the top teams and we are simply outclassed right now.  Kaminski and Jones keeping us in it for a long time, they weren't going to hold out on their own forever.  We'll probably have a bad spell, maybe even drop into the relegation spots, but I think there will be enough to start dragging points back from the much worse teams than us as the second half of the season gets underway and we'll get far enough to stay up.

    Oh yeah and a cup run all the way to the final  :p
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,599
    sam3110 said:
    Guardy said:
    Get back to 4-4-2
    We tried for 30 mins and was even fucking worse than this 
    We played 4-4-2 for 30mins and kept it at 0-0 because Ramsay was dealing with Whittaker

    We played Campbell at the back for 15mins and its 0-2...
    Leave off, it was 0-0 cos Kaminski was making great saves, Kayne was nowhere near dealing with Whittaker 
  • Amari Bell feels like such a massive miss.
    No left back, no Bell. Really hurting us. 


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