Very hard to judge having to play 70 mins with ten men. At that point we were 1-0 up and to be honest, pretty comfortable. You can play 20 mins with ten men, but not 70. Just a case of holding on for as long as you could. Sadly, it wasn't very long.
Hard to get a proper grip on the game sitting so low, but thought Faye did some bits and pieces quite well, and if he gets fit Reid will be an asset. Benty looked sharp which is a bonus, and great he has got off the mark early. On the negatives, our ball retention with 10 was poor, Herman seemed to have his boots on the wrong feet, while Sorondo and El Kak are never going to be a pairing. Fortune should of been there instead of one of them.
If your looking for positives, after we settled down after the first few minutes, i thought we looked comfortable to the sending off. Sadly that's where the positives end.
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Note Sidwell scored for Reading as well....
Neither of their goals were offside though.
Its gone, let it go, and onwards and hopefully upwards.
From Steve Brown's commentary, it sounded like same old Charlton, can't keep the ball (with 11 that is). El Kak seemed to make for some tense moments. Don't think I heard Holland's name, other than in the announcing of the teams. Seems Hughes set-up one or two attempts at goal.
The problem with all the new training techniques and motivational talk, which I am in favour of, is that those 11 players still have to go out on the pitch and do it. When they don't, after more talk and more defeats, it then becomes twice as hard because they no longer believe all the hype.
Let's hope they can get going soon.
Do they still have the Premiership anthem ritual at the beginning?
Oh and does Steve Brown every say anything positive when he's doing the Radio London coverage
In terms of not keeping that ball, I think that is been a constant over the last few years, and I think Holland has a lot to do with it recently. I think we miss JT, cos he likes the ball at his feet and can hold on to it and beat players, which relieves the defence.
My point about the motivational hype is just a general one.
All in all, it's only the first of the season and it was Traore's sending off which made it difficult. It just makes sense to draw a line under it and try to get going next time.
Nope it was directed at Steve Brown
The main disappointing thing for me it was difficult in the circumstances to see what will be different this season, particular with what we do in possession and our approach play. With Man U next, again we are not likely to see a natural performance, so it probably be the Bolton game before we are likely to get a better feel of what the Dowie team will be about.
And bloody depressing it is too. It all seems like another lifetime away now.
Having saidthat, i think that is the charlton fans mantra, after one game and usually its right.