Southend v Charlton | New Years Eve | 1pm KO | Match Preview, Predictions, News & Views

ForeverAddickted

Southend United v Charlton Athletic
New Year’s Eve … 1pm Kick-Off
Referee: Mark Heywood (West Yorkshire)

Introduction
I started my last Match Preview wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and would like to start my next in the same fashion… For some of us 2016 hasn’t been the best of years and at some stage we’ll have laughed, cried and torn our hair out and that’s even before I get on to the subject of Charlton Athletic…

Events have transpired this calendar year in Football that none of us have wanted (ultimately relegation) but we’re Addicks and we’ll continue to support the team and we’ll continue to fight matters surrounding the club because that’s the kind of supporters that we are… This Saturday marks our last game of 2016 as we make the short trip into Essex to face: Southend United, afterwards am sure many of us will go our separate ways to see in the New Year… Have a great evening lads and lasses, yet remember we’ve had enough RIP threads this year and in the famous words of Dave Lockwood; stay safe and keep the faith!!

The Opposition
Name: Southend United | Manager: Phil Brown
Ground: Roots Hall

For our opponents this Saturday; 2016 has been a bit of a steady year… After mounting a Play-Off challenge last time round, the 2015-16 season fell away for the Shrimpers which saw them ending up in 14th place and Phil Brown was left with a rebuilding job when long term players: Daniel Bentley and Jack Payne left for Championship clubs.

This season and that rebuild showed at the beginning and it took until mid-October for the Southend season to truly get going and with just three wins and two draws prior to a home win against Chesterfield, the Shrimpers were stranded in the relegation zone. They say though that a single win can change everything in Football and that has certainly be the case for Southend, they’ve yet to lose again and six further wins have seen them jump straight into the Play-Offs… With Phil Brown’s job no doubt coming into question from some quarters at the beginning of the season quite simply that is how you respond!!

Charlton Team News
Just one day after this match, the transfer window will open and we’ll no doubt see the back of Ademola Lookman who is surely off to Everton and so will be protected ahead of the transfer as Jonjo Shelvey was when to too made the move to Merseyside…

In addition with Bristol Rovers coming up at the Valley on Bank Holiday Monday; Karl Robinson will need to shuffle his squad to ensure that tiredness doesn’t creep into his ranks and with the team already depleted with injuries we could see some of the youth players given their opportunity to shine and so create any excuse for money to be saved this January.

Phillips
Foley | Bauer | Teixeira | Fox
Aribo | Crofts | Ulvestad | Chicksen
Magennis | Ajose

Substitutes Bench: Mitov | Johnson | Konsa | Jackson | Botaka | Hanlan | Ahearne-Grant

Prediction
Despite their lack of early form our opponents this Saturday have only lost two home matches this season to date so victory will be a tough ask for an already depleted Charlton side… Either way with only one side in the League having drawn more than us, we need to find those wins from somewhere.

happyvalley

Comfortable away win 4-0.

Redvalleyeast

Narrow 2-1 defeat

smudge7946

New year, new Charlton 3-0
Wembley in may for the play off finals.
2017 will be our year.

ForeverAddickted

smudge7946 said:

New year, new Charlton 3-0
Wembley in may for the play off finals.
2017 will be our year.

Yet this game is still in 2016 so same year, same old Charlton?

thai malaysia addick

Vince O'Kane to get sent off

ShootersHillGuru

Tough call but another poor game and 1 - 0 loss.

Southendaddick

Sad to say but Southend look good at the moment and we don't

2-0 defeat

Lincsaddick

arrived in Thurrock from Brighton yesterday in preparation for the march on Saafend .. that Dartford Tunnel and the M25 .. f f s, what a nightmare .. slow .. slow .. slower and slow

Managerial clash .. Geordie v Scouser .. Phil Brown has got the shrimp(er)s playing like
man eating sharks, shows what can be done with a squad of cheap but shrewd signings, they're bang in form ..
Robinson and his men merry MUST be more confident after the MKD win .. I have seen a few home and a lot of away games ... we are better away ... Sooooooo .. again, a draw must be on the cards ... decent @ForeverAddickted's selection, but I'd keep Konsa at right back

Southend United 1 v CAFC 1

Clem_Snide

Play like we did at MK Dons and we'll be lucky to get away with a 3-0 defeat.

Expecting us to get hammered.

Dazzler21

Everyone will say we should have lost 4-0...

But we'll scrape 3 points. Weirdly

Johnnysummers5

Southend have shown with a run of wins you can climb the table quickly, but alas I don't see any green shoots appearing for Charlton in the New Year.
2-1 Southend.
Happy New Year FA

AddickedAthletic

Sad to say can't see anything other than a heavy defeat

clb74

Clem_Snide said:

Play like we did at MK Dons and we'll be lucky to get away with a 3-0 defeat.

Expecting us to get hammered.

AddickedAthletic said:

Sad to say can't see anything other than a heavy defeat

I'm really looking forward to saturday

Chippycafc

Going to the game 3-0 home win

ross1

Good review again FA, I hope fans realise it is a 1pm kick-off and not 3pm. I cannot see (as much as I would like) a win, but at the moment with injuries and hopefully new players coming, a draw will have to do. 2-2

moutuakilla

Same squad as against MK Dons, where by all accounts we sounded poor, minus Lookman. I see nothing but an abject performance from a tired, depleted team. 3-0 home win, KR to come out with his usual list of missing players as an excuse and claim that Lookman has picked up a knock in training.

For some reason I am disappointed I can't go to this one.

ForeverAddickted

ross1 said:

Good review again FA, I hope fans realise it is a 1pm kick-off and not 3pm. I cannot see (as much as I would like) a win, but at the moment with injuries and hopefully new players coming, a draw will have to do. 2-2

To be honest I was quite surprised that Boxing Day was the 3pm and that New Years Eve is the 1pm

I'd have thought that they'd have been the other way around (or at least the same) seeing that NYE is just a typical Saturday fixture

Smithy

Where are people drinking pre match?

killerandflash

http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/charlton-athletic-football-club-karl-robinson-southend-united-3490163.aspx

Southend seem to have quite a bit of experience in their squad

Anton Ferdinand, Simon Cox, Zavon Hines, Marc Fortuné, ahem Nile Ranger, not hopeful as they are playing well at the moment

SDAddick

@ForeverAddickted thank you so much for doing these match previews. I always immensely enjoy them. I know it must take a lot of time and effort, so please know it's hugely appreciated. Sometimes they're even funny (haha), instead of just funny sad .

ross1

No JJ and Ajose doubtful according to KR. Assume no Lookman and Fox if they are leaving

Tutt-Tutt

I should imagine Jacko needs a rest after all the travelling he has done this week.

soapy_jones

My fiver says Sarfend...

2-1

Dazzler21

Rudd
Solly Pearce ? ?
? Kashi Jackson Holmes
Novak Ajosé

Covered End

ross1 said:

No JJ and Ajose doubtful according to KR. Assume no Lookman and Fox if they are leaving

Good news surely, apart from Lookman ?

ricky_otto

2-0 defeat.

Henry Irving

Another 1 - 0 win on the road.

cabbles

2-0 Southend

We're just not that good and I feel the win over MK Dons papered over the cracks

KR's been told off by RD for the Millwall result and presumably would've been told how to fix it by RD based on Thomas Driesen so expect a defeat

jonseventyfive

Away win 0-1, sweet dreams are made of this.

blackpool72

I'm convinced that we will finish mid table this season and can only see us losing this.

But

Win this and beat millwank and my confidence just might return.

Pleeeeease