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MATCH PREVIEW: Sheff Wed vs Charlton Athletic - Saturday 18th April 2026 - 3pm Kick-Off

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  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,672
    conleylad said:
    this really is   a must win     . So  why am I  so worried ?   
    Because it’s a must win.
  • MrBurns
    MrBurns Posts: 1,732
    Great news with Coady. I think we'll be nervous and edge out a 1-1 
  • andipandi
    andipandi Posts: 1,545
    3 nil to the Addicks.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 37,027
    Gave this one a swerve, first the agg with the trains , then the ride to and from. Also not overly enamoured with Sheffield. 
    If we don’t win well , we don’t deserve to be in this in this league. 
    Looking for a proper performance, not waiting until we a 1 down with 10 to go before we start motivating ourselves.  Draw won’t cut it, no excuses , play to win ( like their lives depend upon the outcome)
    Please don’t have us go to Swansea needing a win and Pompey/Oxford / Rovers/ Foxes to drop points 
    Draw good enough .. Sheff Wed done pretty well at home and been very unlucky not to get a few wins 

    0 wins at home all season. Scored just 11 goals in 21 games and conceded 42.
  • charlton_hero
    charlton_hero Posts: 4,781
    1-1
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 9,550
    0-1 late Godden winner after being poor for most of the game and being under the cosh. 
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,491
    It’ll be 0-0, then we’ll finally get a break through late on. Kelman off the bench with the winner.
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 25,817
    I'm pissed off with tippy toeing it over the line one point (at best) at a time, it's time to turn up and turn on Charlton from the first to the last minute...we can win this bloody game, so COME ON YOU REDS...🤦‍♂️
  • charltonbob
    charltonbob Posts: 8,592
    With Coady & Collins back, Reece Burke also available, Jones saying it's a must win, it all points to a change in formation 9 -1. Keep em out at all costs & hope that Dykes can throw himself to the floor in the box with the ball nowhere near & get a pen. Fingers crossed.  :#
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 66,002
    edited April 16
    0-1, 1-1 or 1-2. I’m split three ways.

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  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 12,035
    If we’d have one any of the previous must win games (Portsmouth at home,  Bristol City, Preston, Blackburn from 2-0 etc etc).

    This wouldn’t have been a must win.

    So only got ourselves to blame for being under pressure.

    Wibble.
  • LittleAddick
    LittleAddick Posts: 709
    Unconvincing one nil win that all but cements our place in the league next season.
  • ns9
    ns9 Posts: 52
    We need to win by any means necessary. A huge game 
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,736
    edited April 16
    A game in which I expect us to see a lot of the ball, which is not how we play our best football--part of the reason why we've been so poor at home lately. When we're forced to take the game to the opposition, we look sloppy in possession and sometimes get dragged out of position defensively.

    I know that Jones knows this. I expect we'll see a team picked accordingly
    .............................Mannion
    ..................Ramsay Jones (C) Bell
    Clarke Carey Coventry Rankin-Costello Chambers
    ............................Dykes TC

    Bench (honestly, this is hard to predict): TK, Macca, Coady, Doc, Berry, Fevrier, Leaburn, Godden, Kelman

    I think that's our best ball playing midfield three, aside from maybe Ibby Fullah who I don't think is ready to start and may not even may the bench. That battle in the middle of the pitch will be key. I could maybe see Doc keeping his place over Coventry, but Coventry is good at keeping the ball moving and keeping things ticking over. We know Doc is more of a grafter. 

    Patience will be key. I expect we'll have rough patches in the game. But Sheff Wed have conceded late a lot lately as per Cawley's pod, so if we're 0-0/1-1 going into the final 15 minutes, it will be important that we still believe we can win. Our bench looks stronger these days, so much so it's hard for me to figure out who will make the bench. 

    I don't view this as a must win, I view this as a must not lose. I think we match up better against our other three opponents in the run in, all of whom like to have more of the ball and all of whom we can sit deep against, soak up pressure, and look to hit on the counter/from a set piece. 
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 33,617
    We will either lose 1-0 or win something silly like 5-1.
  • robroy
    robroy Posts: 4,658
    Just bloody win please gents. Stop faffing about and giving us all stress. 
  • I am feeling a bit scared just like the day before the play off final.
    I realise that this is not a "must win" game per se, BUT surely we need to have a positive front foot attitude against Wendies? If we go onto this with "a point will do" attitude - then Wendies will get more confident and have a right go. We could lose!
    Would like to see Coady in there and have TC as well as Dykes and Godden up front. Got to go for this one! 
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 25,817
    edited 7:13AM
    Just win FFS Charlton…🤷‍♂️
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 37,027
    Just praying that we score first, as haven't won a game all season after conceding the first goal.

    In fact the last time we won a game in which we conceded any goal was the home game v Sheff Weds, 6 months ago.
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,793
    edited 7:40AM
    Near Sheffield already.  Really a must win. We've been good away of late so fingers crossed but I'm not confident at all.

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  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,720
    🤮 scared 
  • We'll win this and beat Ipswich Tuesday and hopefully put all the panic and cowardice to bed for another few weeks (til the transfer window opens and we haven't signed Declan Rice or Harlaand by mid July).

    If not it's on us as all in our own hands so time for team to step up.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,672
    Just praying that we score first, as haven't won a game all season after conceding the first goal.

    In fact the last time we won a game in which we conceded any goal was the home game v Sheff Weds, 6 months ago.
    You’d also hope that their heads will go down if we score first. 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 99,221
    We'll win this and beat Ipswich Tuesday and hopefully put all the panic and cowardice to bed for another few weeks (til the transfer window opens and we haven't signed Declan Rice or Harlaand by mid July).

    If not it's on us as all in our own hands so time for team to step up.
    I like the idea of beating Ipswich on Tuesday night, move the game forward 24-hours and don't tell them about it, reckon we should just about scrape a 1-0 with that tactic ;) 
  • JamesSeed
    JamesSeed Posts: 17,476
    I wouldn't be surprised if we lost to Wednesday, but beat Hull.
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 7,357
    0-1, 1-1 or 1-2. I’m split three ways.
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  • mascot88
    mascot88 Posts: 9,992
    I'm numb and violently concerned
  • We'll win this and beat Ipswich Tuesday and hopefully put all the panic and cowardice to bed for another few weeks (til the transfer window opens and we haven't signed Declan Rice or Harlaand by mid July).

    If not it's on us as all in our own hands so time for team to step up.
    I like the idea of beating Ipswich on Tuesday night, move the game forward 24-hours and don't tell them about it, reckon we should just about scrape a 1-0 with that tactic ;) 
    Doh! 😆 
  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,296
    PWR

    I do think we have to start Godden, he's our only chance of scoring more than one goal.

    I'll be away on retreat with all electrical outlets switched off until Sunday PM. So can I ask you all, if we've won, please send out positive vibes into the ether and I may just pick them up while meditating.

    If we've lost, well, you can all f off;)
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 7,357
    Blackburn losing this evening would ease the nerves slightly