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POST-MATCH THREAD: Charlton Athletic v Coventry City: Thursday 1st January 2026: KO 15:00
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January needs to be used to find Kelman a better partner.2121 said:I thought kelman was wasted next to leaburn who always seems to be on his heels and not ready / anticipating or in position for the flick ons. Could we put carey alongside kelman (or dare i say it, kanu) ?6 -
Leaburn was excellent, some people are still drunk from last night if they don’t think he had a good game.
as for Cov, surprisingly poor, didn’t think they were great at the CBS, but can’t see them winning the league even with the lead they have, think Ipswich will now, and they'll come in second
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A much better performance and deserved point. Yes we mucked up good attacking positions, but do did Coventry. 3-3 would have reflected the game better.
Rankin-Costello once again made his absence from the team really baffling, for me MOTM 2 games running.5 -
I think your brothers comment must have been sarcastic / slight on past comments of leaburns work rate. It can only have been… anyone making that comment in reality after today should be banned from ever attending football againNabySarr said:
Don’t understand what people watch at times. Leaburn has started 3 games in a week, and put himself about well again today. Towards the end of the game he chased a Coventry player back to the corner and put in a slide tackle. If your strikers doing that and you say he’s putting no effort in then wtf are you expecting from him?Valleysarr said:Anyone understand why Leaburn makes no real effort ?1 -
I was in tears at the final whistle following that performance from our brave lads, after each & every one of them worked their socks off this afternoon.
Couldn't be there today in person as still recovering from a very heavy cold /lack of voice ...and from the trip to Pompey.
I am SO SO proud of them all following recent results, especially considering the opposition's first half of the season.
But let's not forget the special guy that has lifted his team in just 3 days from zero to almost hero...I find it hard to believe that some of our fellow Lifers would have waved him goodbye after the final whistle on Monday evening. That's the true meaning of "character" for me ...and Nathan has it in bundles. Long may it last.
So, we go again on Sunday & regardless of the fact that I don't "do" predictions, I'll wager that with the bit now firmly between their teeth, it will take a Rovers' team on speed to take the 3 points from those wearing the red shirts.
Onwards & upwards in 2026 !31 -
That makes more sense. But even so, Leaburn and TC still seem to be the target of most negative comments today other than maybe Bree who literally couldn’t kick a football. The agenda some fans have against them both is embarrassing so it wouldn’t surprise me if it was a serious commentpaulsturgess said:
I think your brothers comment must have been sarcastic / slight on past comments of leaburns work rate. It can only have been… anyone making that comment in reality after today should be banned from ever attending football againNabySarr said:
Don’t understand what people watch at times. Leaburn has started 3 games in a week, and put himself about well again today. Towards the end of the game he chased a Coventry player back to the corner and put in a slide tackle. If your strikers doing that and you say he’s putting no effort in then wtf are you expecting from him?Valleysarr said:Anyone understand why Leaburn makes no real effort ?5 -
On at least two occasions today TC ran back PAST at least one of our other players to make a block or tackle on an attack. Perfect he ain't, but his contribution is still invaluable.NabySarr said:
That makes more sense. But even so, Leaburn and TC still seem to be the target of most negative comments today other than maybe Bree who literally couldn’t kick a football. The agenda some fans have against them both is embarrassing so it wouldn’t surprise me if it was a serious commentpaulsturgess said:
I think your brothers comment must have been sarcastic / slight on past comments of leaburns work rate. It can only have been… anyone making that comment in reality after today should be banned from ever attending football againNabySarr said:
Don’t understand what people watch at times. Leaburn has started 3 games in a week, and put himself about well again today. Towards the end of the game he chased a Coventry player back to the corner and put in a slide tackle. If your strikers doing that and you say he’s putting no effort in then wtf are you expecting from him?Valleysarr said:Anyone understand why Leaburn makes no real effort ?
Bree seems to be less and less value for set pieces, but to be fair most of his other play is alright, if not astonishing.20 -
Goals?NabySarr said:
Don’t understand what people watch at times. Leaburn has started 3 games in a week, and put himself about well again today. Towards the end of the game he chased a Coventry player back to the corner and put in a slide tackle. If your strikers doing that and you say he’s putting no effort in then wtf are you expecting from him?Valleysarr said:Anyone understand why Leaburn makes no real effort ?I all seriousness though, with each passing week he is increasingly becoming a mirror image of his old man. Vital but not prolific, selfless to allow others to take the glory.
he has been my MOM(es) over the last 6 days.1 -
I’m sorry Naby, there’s no agenda against those two players, people have opinions and they both provoke a lot of discussion but it’s not agenda. I’m sure if they both play well they get their plaudits accordingly, and so any criticism should be accepted in equal measure. I just don’t see Charlton fans not wanting they’re own to do well.NabySarr said:
That makes more sense. But even so, Leaburn and TC still seem to be the target of most negative comments today other than maybe Bree who literally couldn’t kick a football. The agenda some fans have against them both is embarrassing so it wouldn’t surprise me if it was a serious commentpaulsturgess said:
I think your brothers comment must have been sarcastic / slight on past comments of leaburns work rate. It can only have been… anyone making that comment in reality after today should be banned from ever attending football againNabySarr said:
Don’t understand what people watch at times. Leaburn has started 3 games in a week, and put himself about well again today. Towards the end of the game he chased a Coventry player back to the corner and put in a slide tackle. If your strikers doing that and you say he’s putting no effort in then wtf are you expecting from him?Valleysarr said:Anyone understand why Leaburn makes no real effort ?5 -
I thought Kelman reminded me of Derek Hales for that goal.He had no right to win that ball, he went shoulder to shoulder with their defender and won that battle and then sprinting onto goal he had only one thing on his mind which was to hit the shot and make the goalkeeper produce a good save.That is precisely what I want my strikers to do, sprint towards the goal, shoot and not make a backwards pass which gives their defenders a chance to get back.Well done Kelman and especially for Costello for busting a gut to get in the box.23
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It is. Yes most of the criticism is fair enough but there are definitely fans that criticise them however well they play. I saw someone tweet last week that they should both be dropped, he then commented that he hadn’t even watched the game. Both of them had good games today but are still the only players being criticised. And it’s questioning their effort as well that makes it obvious it is an agenda, as both are clearly putting a shift in at the momentSword65pf said:
I’m sorry Naby, there’s no agenda against those two players, people have opinions and they both provoke a lot of discussion but it’s not agenda. I’m sure if they both play well they get their plaudits accordingly, and so any criticism should be accepted in equal measure. I just don’t see Charlton fans not wanting their own to do well.NabySarr said:
That makes more sense. But even so, Leaburn and TC still seem to be the target of most negative comments today other than maybe Bree who literally couldn’t kick a football. The agenda some fans have against them both is embarrassing so it wouldn’t surprise me if it was a serious commentpaulsturgess said:
I think your brothers comment must have been sarcastic / slight on past comments of leaburns work rate. It can only have been… anyone making that comment in reality after today should be banned from ever attending football againNabySarr said:
Don’t understand what people watch at times. Leaburn has started 3 games in a week, and put himself about well again today. Towards the end of the game he chased a Coventry player back to the corner and put in a slide tackle. If your strikers doing that and you say he’s putting no effort in then wtf are you expecting from him?Valleysarr said:Anyone understand why Leaburn makes no real effort ?
It’s probably more on twitter than it is on here, but it’s an obvious agenda. You can hear it at games too, they are always the first to be criticised for anything, often unfairly7 -
Not sure his missus will be happy to read this!!The Red Robin said:
January needs to be used to find Kelman a better partner.2121 said:I thought kelman was wasted next to leaburn who always seems to be on his heels and not ready / anticipating or in position for the flick ons. Could we put carey alongside kelman (or dare i say it, kanu) ?13 -
Well deserved point against a good team. Everyone worked hard and did their bit, even those that are struggling with form. Good effort from the fans too, keeping the faith.We are going back home on Saturday, but we’ll be back for Sheffield Utd and Derby…3
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Sky Sports syndrome. Over-analysis of everything. Every shot shouldn’t just have been saved, it should have been pushed to the exact spot where there aren’t any opposition players despite it being drilled at the keeper at a million miles an hour. Every high ball should be caught not punched no matter how risky dropping it might be. Some of our assists and goals are ‘lucky’ because they bobble a bit and aren’t perfect top corner strikes. It’s exhausting, I can’t imagine how fucking miserable people would have been about our Premier League days if the Twitter generation had been around thenLeuth said:
They weren't 'saves', they were saves ffs. I'm a harsh judge of keepers but he's had an absolute blinder today, about 3 where it was massively in favour of being a goalvalleynick66 said:I did find myself worrying that Kaminski was going to spill chances to Coventry with his one handed ‘saves’. That aside we were decent and deserved the point.Follow up with a win next and it will seem a lot better.8 -
Excellent point given the run of form and Cov being the league leaders, went with a turgid 0-0 in the pre-match, performance wasn't that bad, we were the better team for parts, with a bit more quality we could be comfortable mid table, we rely on that one tiny bit of magic from about 3 players and that's what's holding us back ultimately, the lack of final ball on even a semi consistent basis.
Kelman looks a totally different forward since his return, was a fan of his work rate anyway but now he's really starting to look the part, link and scorer.
JRC - excellent again and really deserved that goal.
Confident going into Blackburn we can walk away with 3 points.
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Great second half display. You could probably see that both sides didn't have enough in the tank to get the win, a crazy Christmas schedule puts a strain on the best sides. Kaminski kept us in it and Leaburn' and Bell went the extra mile today, they covered every blade of grass. For a man not fully fit, Rankin Costello was a class above, two more, wherever they play, with that level of class and this team will climb the league.5
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A strange approach by Coventry who did not try and capitalise on their early goal. After a couple of minutes and being 0-1 down I feared another game like the one against Saints but this was much different. Charlton deserved the point and a good performance2
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I clearly need to reevaluate my understanding of the role of a striker, or of an effective player.letthegoodtimesroll said:To the players 👏👏👏👏👏
to Miles, MoM for me4 -
Play our reserves, of coursepaulsturgess said:Get in
....... dont know what will occur on Sunday they’ll all be effing knackered after that
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I think the fact you are giving any credit to comments on twitter says it all really.NabySarr said:
It is. Yes most of the criticism is fair enough but there are definitely fans that criticise them however well they play. I saw someone tweet last week that they should both be dropped, he then commented that he hadn’t even watched the game. Both of them had good games today but are still the only players being criticised. And it’s questioning their effort as well that makes it obvious it is an agenda, as both are clearly putting a shift in at the momentSword65pf said:
I’m sorry Naby, there’s no agenda against those two players, people have opinions and they both provoke a lot of discussion but it’s not agenda. I’m sure if they both play well they get their plaudits accordingly, and so any criticism should be accepted in equal measure. I just don’t see Charlton fans not wanting their own to do well.NabySarr said:
That makes more sense. But even so, Leaburn and TC still seem to be the target of most negative comments today other than maybe Bree who literally couldn’t kick a football. The agenda some fans have against them both is embarrassing so it wouldn’t surprise me if it was a serious commentpaulsturgess said:
I think your brothers comment must have been sarcastic / slight on past comments of leaburns work rate. It can only have been… anyone making that comment in reality after today should be banned from ever attending football againNabySarr said:
Don’t understand what people watch at times. Leaburn has started 3 games in a week, and put himself about well again today. Towards the end of the game he chased a Coventry player back to the corner and put in a slide tackle. If your strikers doing that and you say he’s putting no effort in then wtf are you expecting from him?Valleysarr said:Anyone understand why Leaburn makes no real effort ?
It’s probably more on twitter than it is on here, but it’s an obvious agenda. You can hear it at games too, they are always the first to be criticised for anything, often unfairly0 -
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Whilst overall it would have been better to get point at Pompey and lose this one, think it was important to keep the Valley as a real strength of ours.5
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I agree with almost all of that except when you see the goal back Kelman does look across a couple of times to see who is with him. Which is great, I love a striker going for the goal but I also love a player making sure and squaring for a guaranteed tap in over getting the glory. JRC was too far behind so Kelman took the shot, which was the right choice in the momentmayoboy said:I thought Kelman reminded me of Derek Hales for that goal.He had no right to win that ball, he went shoulder to shoulder with their defender and won that battle and then sprinting onto goal he had only one thing on his mind which was to hit the shot and make the goalkeeper produce a good save.That is precisely what I want my strikers to do, sprint towards the goal, shoot and not make a backwards pass which gives their defenders a chance to get back.Well done Kelman and especially for Costello for busting a gut to get in the box.14 -
Berry was the clear weak link for me. Gave possession up far too easily leading to their goal and offered nothing in attack.If Carey has started instead of him I think we could have earned all three points today.8
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It might be worth looking at his stats, I think he won everything in the air and the amount of covering he got through was phenomenal. I think the point about him being effective as a striker may carry some weight but once again, the role he is now playing is new to him and he is still a young player learning the game.SporadicAddick said:
I clearly need to reevaluate my understanding of the role of a striker, or of an effective player.letthegoodtimesroll said:To the players 👏👏👏👏👏
to Miles, MoM for me4 -
Hopefully Carey takes Berry’s place on Sunday.kinveachyaddick said:Berry was the clear weak link for me. Gave possession up far too easily leading to their goal and offered nothing in attack.If Carey has started instead of him I think we could have earned all three points today.2 -
Good point and performance. Rankin Costello had a great game2
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Today’s result only compounds my opinion that if we had played equal home and away at this stage in the season, we would be mid table.Obv we can’t do anything about the Portsmouth home game postponement, but to have played 2 more away, plus this postponement, just seems odd scheduling. Hopefully works in our favour for 2nd half season.Bring on the Chelsea reserves.1
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That was Miles Leaburns best game and I am hoping he will continue playing like that. He is winning nearly all of his headers and not falling over so much. Thought Kelman for the goal was excellent. We need another striker that is for certain. If we could only tick that box, there would be less uncertainty about the future8
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Never said play TC at wing back.NabySarr said:
Playing Apter and TC at wing back is suicidal. Just look at the Southampton game where we tried 2 wingers as wing backs. Bree plays because there is no one else, when he’s fit he’s a good player but it’s obvious he is not fitgolfaddick said:
Apter.Doomer Jon said:And please can we send Bree back. I have no idea what has gone wrong but surely we have someone else.
Younger
Fitter
Better crosser of the ball
More likely to score.
I'd go with.......
Apter, Burke, Jones, Gillesphey, Bell.
Its Brew that needs replacing. And the line up above also frees up TC.2 -
I think that’s fair, and I perhaps should have added that this wasn’t a criticism of him, and certainly not of his effort. He’s simply not effective at this level. The stats for winning headers is one side of the coin - the stat for goals and assists is another.Bailey said:
It might be worth looking at his stats, I think he won everything in the air and the amount of covering he got through was phenomenal. I think the point about him being effective as a striker may carry some weight but once again, the role he is now playing is new to him and he is still a young player learning the game.SporadicAddick said:
I clearly need to reevaluate my understanding of the role of a striker, or of an effective player.letthegoodtimesroll said:To the players 👏👏👏👏👏
to Miles, MoM for me
I was a defender of his dad in the 80s - a young lad that often couldn’t buy a goal but who was excellent at bringing others into play and creating space. At this level, at the moment, and maybe in this system, Miles can’t or doesn’t do either.
One post above praised him for tracking back and doing a slide tackle as an example of his excellent performance. That’s just doing the basics…1
