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POST-MATCH THREAD: Charlton Athletic v Oxford Utd: Saturday 20th December 2025: KO 15:00

LoOkOuT
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edited December 24 in General Charlton

Oxford visit the Valley on a poor run, with the Addicks playing host to the strugglers, sitting in a relegation spot, after a poor run of our own. The question was whether Charlton had managed to reverse course enough after last week’s singular point. To make the most of it, the home side were looking for all three points and anything less would be a bit of blow heading into the Christmas period. Rob Apter came into the starting eleven, with Charlie Kelman returning from injury on the bench.

The first half was scrappy with both sides having the odd opportunity or two. Tanto Olaofe was through on goal after about 36 minutes and tested the keeper at near enough point blank range, but really should have scored. Sonny Carey’s follow up went just wide when he couldn’t adjust his body quick enough to do better. On 46 minutes, it was Carey again who’s mazy run ended in a decent shot that the keeper did well to save. The half ended without score.

The second half started slowly. The sky had darkened considerably and the atmosphere was a bit flat. But it was the home side that eventually got to grips with the match and began to dominate. It wasn’t until Tyreece Campbell came on that Charlton truly threatened. Near enough his first touch resulted in a shot that went inches wide. It was Tyreece that combined with Charlie Kelman with about fifteen minutes of normal time remaining, putting the striker into the box for a wonderful first touch that bought him enough space to whip a low shot past the Oxford keeper and into the back of the net.

The remainder of the match was tense, though Charlton managed Oxford for the most part without too much hassle. Of note, Youngster Keenan Gough made his debut with a solid ten minutes to see out the win.

You don’t need a university degree to know how important this result would be. Come five o’clock, this one was academic.

Charlton 1 Oxford Utd. 0

Over to you.

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Comments

  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,444
    Solid first half performance with some glimpses of quality, aggressive second half, late goal, success. Classic Nathan Jones performance. I like that I never really feel like we'll concede a late equaliser when we score after 70-odd minutes. Partly that's because we usually score on about 90+15 but still, we can hold a lead in these circumstances. The big difference today was that we could bring Kelman on to have a moment of class as well as TC when previously we weren't able to change enough in an attacking sense. Now we just have to pray that Ramsay is ok as his backup isn't exactly reliable fitness-wise. Huge win and two big games coming up
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,777
    Couldn’t make it today but delighted with 3 points. Probably the most important win of the season so far. 

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  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 6,043
    The 3 points are worth so much ! Gap to relegation increases, confidence builds. With the importance of that game in terms of pressure it was a fantastic performance. Leaburn my MOM he was everywhere today. Kelman will be pleased to carry on where he left off.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,431
    Big win
  • WattsTheMatter
    WattsTheMatter Posts: 445
    Whilst I've been critical in recent weeks, that was much much better from Leaburn too. Impossible to fault his effort today, much more involved at both ends of the pitch.
  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 5,015
    What was the goal celebration all about?

    wasn’t sure what they were trying to mime / act?
  • Diebythesword
    Diebythesword Posts: 481
    Best performance from leaburn by far, felt at points they were terrified of him. More of that please. 

    Kelman is really a cut above, great link up play and movement, gives us another dimension going forward and his finish was effortless. 
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 884
    ForeverAddickted said:
    The guns, they've taken a break... But today they're firing loud, and proud... Do you know why, of course you know why... Because Oxford... You've... Been... SUNK!!


    Looks stunning with a new coat of paint, after being stuck in dry dock for a month of repairs.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,679
    Was always going to be nervy. No doubt Jones and the players knew exactly how big a game this actually was. In all honesty anything other than a win would have us very nervously looking over our shoulders. Let’s hope the “bad” run is over and as we get more players back we’ll start the points ticking over again. I’ll be very happy to finish mid table but to move us on to something more we’ll need an upgrade in midfield and up front.
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 884
    Not a single away win today in the Championship.
    Seeing as Pompey, Norwich, Oxford and the Spanners were all away from home.
    We've had worse days Rodders.

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  • Mortimerwasgod
    Mortimerwasgod Posts: 560
    Spent last hour doing kid drops and shopping pick ups, only getting bits and bobs and radio 5. Sorry to people crossing road at red light when I screamed get the fuck in at them!
  • Smithy
    Smithy Posts: 1,038
    Enormous win. Leaburn won more headers in that first half than he has in his whole career and really looked like his old self with the tenacity and skill. Ramsay likewise has found his confidence again.

    Anderson is a long way from perfect but I can’t believe how much better he’s looking in the Championship than League One - he brings a balance that we haven’t had recently. Massive respect to Apter as well who was on the wrong side in the wrong position but fought extremely hard and once again just feels like a much more balanced option to start off with before bringing on TC. Felt like a big moment for Kelman to kick on from and I’m looking forward to what he can do going forward. 

    The win really is all that matters but my god did we make it more difficult than it needed to be. Not sure I’ve felt less assured of us holding on for a win under Jones and any decent team beats us I think. Just got to keep scraping  these points until we can get more quality in as it’s desperately needed. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,275
    Get further injuries back, along with a few reinforcements and am confident that we'll start to really climb away from danger
    Even prior to Kelman coming on, and we really looked back to our old selves, but just needed that extra bit of quality to put a finish away - Shame really for Tanto, as there were a couple of efforts that you suspect that Charlie could have put away... But we've shown before with Strikers that one bad match doesnt really define them.
    Leaburn really showed his quality as well, and what he could possibly do at this level, really good way to bounce back after that mis at Birmingham last week, and if he got MoTM it was fully deserved. Shame to have lost Ramsay, the only negative of the match, but equally a massive shout out to Rob Apter, perhaps the penny is finally dropping, and he just potentially needed more time under Jones' wing, but for a player that concerned the majority of the fanbase at LWB today, I thought he was nothing short of excellent.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 13,229
    Few Oxford fans are getting a bit fed up with Gary Rowett. He's even being likened to the great Karl Robinson in his post match assessments. 
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 51,173
    I just noticed NJ booked at the end
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,275
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    Few Oxford fans are getting a bit fed up with Gary Rowett. He's even being likened to the great Karl Robinson in his post match assessments. 
    Can understand their frustrations to be honest. They've drawn a decent amount, and unlike us have at least, over the last few months, picked up some sort of result for the most part... It was what worried me the most today, but they just looked so toothless
  • cafcsinger
    cafcsinger Posts: 5,610
    Leaburn was excellent 
  • Smithy
    Smithy Posts: 1,038
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    Few Oxford fans are getting a bit fed up with Gary Rowett. He's even being likened to the great Karl Robinson in his post match assessments. 
    Took him until the 70th minute to realise they’d have more luck attacking Gillesphey and Apter than Ramsay and Bree. Baffling. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,275
    Smithy said:
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    Few Oxford fans are getting a bit fed up with Gary Rowett. He's even being likened to the great Karl Robinson in his post match assessments. 
    Took him until the 70th minute to realise they’d have more luck attacking Gillesphey and Apter than Ramsay and Bree. Baffling. 
    Didnt sub their Defender who was being terrorised by Apter, the moment we got TC on either

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