MK Dons v Charlton | Tue 14 Aug | 7:45pm KO | Match Preview, Predictions, News & Views
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Wemberly here we come
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Quite agree,we are shit in cup matches.Solidgone said:We do do cup matches. End of.
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I was confident on Saturday and I think we have a great bunch of young lads, so 1-2 win1
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Don’t think it’s fair what he is doing to Ajose at the minute. He clearly doesn’t like him but to single him out as the only so called senior player tomorrow seems harsh. We have such a thin squad at the min and before long we may need his assistance.3
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weird one this. This IS the League cup after all - not the Checkout trophy. What happens if we get through this round & get a big(ish) club at home.....play the youngsters again ?? There may come a time (not sure when the real big team come in) that we play Arsenal or Spurs .........still the youngsters ??Scoham said:
Yes, we can get injuries - but players can get injured walking downstairs (Taylor) or dropping a jar of beetroot on your foot (Martyn ?)
just hope we lose then as I'd hate to be LB telling the winning players that they wont be in the team to face Spurs.0 -
We may indeed, so the more game time he gets the better. As for not being fair, is he putting a 100% in training? Let’s see how he gets on tomorrow.Nicholas said:Don’t think it’s fair what he is doing to Ajose at the minute. He clearly doesn’t like him but to single him out as the only so called senior player tomorrow seems harsh. We have such a thin squad at the min and before long we may need his assistance.
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I'm not sure we'd even start with a 3-5-2 formation.ForeverAddickted said:Steer
Sarr | Bauer | Blumberg
Dijksteel | Maloney | Morgan | Aribo | Grant
Ajose | Hackett-Fairchild
Substitutes Bench: Phillips | Lapslie | Stevenson | Pratley | Taylor | Doughty
If the team is largely picked from U23 Development Squad players, I should think we'd use a formation they were truly familiar with. They would know how to make that work. I expect to start 4-4-2 with perhaps Jason Euell along for his input.
Though do let Seth Plum and Dick Plumb know that the match won't be played at Sparrows Lane.
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According to the OS the academy play “The Charlton Way” using a 4-3-3 or midfield diamond formation.Oggy Red said:
I'm not sure we'd even start with a 3-5-2 formation.ForeverAddickted said:Steer
Sarr | Bauer | Blumberg
Dijksteel | Maloney | Morgan | Aribo | Grant
Ajose | Hackett-Fairchild
Substitutes Bench: Phillips | Lapslie | Stevenson | Pratley | Taylor | Doughty
If the team is largely picked from U23 Development Squad players, I should think we'd use a formation they were truly familiar with. They would know how to make that work. I expect to start 4-4-2 with perhaps Jason Euell along for his input.
Though do let Seth Plum and Dick Plumb know that the match won't be played at Sparrows Lane.
Shame the first team don’t often play “The Charlton Way”
https://www.cafc.co.uk/club/club-overview/the-academy
The guiding beliefs below form the bedrock of the Academy playing philosophy and style in the ‘Charlton Way’.
In possession
- Individual players to take care of the ball, controlling and passing with a range of good technique
- Players to understand and be able to create and exploit space, combined with being able to receive and deal with the ball under pressure
- Team play to focus on passing in/from all thirds of the pitch in a 4-3-3 or midfield ‘diamond’ with high emphasis placed on possession and quick play. Also, recognising counter-attack opportunities
Out of possession
- Players must have the mentality to defend. Defending starts from the front; with high pressing when numbers are available
- Players must take responsibility for their defending and be difficult to beat in 1v1 situations
- Players must respond quickly to the loss of possession and recognise when to press and when to drop to establish a compact defensive shape4 -
- Players must be able to survive without water5
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- Players must automatically drop deep with 45 mins to go if leading by one goal2
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I don’t think it is unfair treatment on Ajose at all. As things stand, he is our only senior player who isn’t injured who hasn’t featured or started either of the league games. He can’t get in the team because of how well Taylor and Grant have done. He is a different type of striker to them both as well so would change how we play with Ajose instead of one of those two.
He gets game time tomorrow in a game without pressure and it gives the players we do have playing for us recently a chance to have a rest again, it is a small squad, even if it is start of season, it’s still a small squad.
Ajose is also a possibility to be off by the end of the month so why would he be involved much in the league, Bowyer has to think far ahead as well and if he isn’t going to be in the plans, so be it. But if he sticks around, getting game time tomorrow is much needed.
I said before that Grant won’t play and neither will Sarr and Bauer and someone LOL the comment, not sure why. We are going to put out the youngest team we ever have tomorrow, and as good as these players are, I don’t think we will get the win, but that is fine by me.3 -
Teams entering at third round: City, United, Spurs, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Burnleygolfaddick said:
weird one this. This IS the League cup after all - not the Checkout trophy. What happens if we get through this round & get a big(ish) club at home.....play the youngsters again ?? There may come a time (not sure when the real big team come in) that we play Arsenal or Spurs .........still the youngsters ??Scoham said:
Yes, we can get injuries - but players can get injured walking downstairs (Taylor) or dropping a jar of beetroot on your foot (Martyn ?)
just hope we lose then as I'd hate to be LB telling the winning players that they wont be in the team to face Spurs.
Teams entering at second round: Everton, Leicester, Newcastle, Palace, Bournemouth, West Ham, Watford, Brighton, Huddersfield, Southampton, Wolves, Cardiff, Fulham, Swansea, Stoke1 -
Second season in a row we are travelling to a side in the first round of the EFL Cup who are managed by Paul Tisdale.0
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Ajose is the only "senior" player that needs a game isn't he ?Nicholas said:Don’t think it’s fair what he is doing to Ajose at the minute. He clearly doesn’t like him but to single him out as the only so called senior player tomorrow seems harsh. We have such a thin squad at the min and before long we may need his assistance.
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Something like this then I guess:
Steer
Dijksteel
Bowery
Yao / Cummings / Blumberg
Mascoll
Morgan
Maloney
Lapslie
Sarmiento
Ajose
Hackett
Bench
Carey
Dougherty
2 of Yao, Cummings or Blumberg
AMB
Bowyer
Jackson
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Thank you, Scoham. I wasn't aware of that.Scoham said:
According to the OS the academy play “The Charlton Way” using a 4-3-3 or midfield diamond formation.Oggy Red said:
I'm not sure we'd even start with a 3-5-2 formation.ForeverAddickted said:Steer
Sarr | Bauer | Blumberg
Dijksteel | Maloney | Morgan | Aribo | Grant
Ajose | Hackett-Fairchild
Substitutes Bench: Phillips | Lapslie | Stevenson | Pratley | Taylor | Doughty
If the team is largely picked from U23 Development Squad players, I should think we'd use a formation they were truly familiar with. They would know how to make that work. I expect to start 4-4-2 with perhaps Jason Euell along for his input.
Though do let Seth Plum and Dick Plumb know that the match won't be played at Sparrows Lane.
It will be interesting to see which formation the team start with tomorrow then!
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He’s selecting him to play a game of football – not clean the clubs toilet block!Nicholas said:Don’t think it’s fair what he is doing to Ajose at the minute. He clearly doesn’t like him but to single him out as the only so called senior player tomorrow seems harsh. We have such a thin squad at the min and before long we may need his assistance.
I’d suggest that Ajose is on a decent wage, and would probably play in a friendly on the Isle of Man on a Wednesday morning, so long as he keeps getting his weekly bunce.
The real villain in this, is the idiot that agreed to sign Ajose, for that fee and on those wages in the first place.
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Do we know why Bowyer has taken this stance with Ajose?Nicholas said:Don’t think it’s fair what he is doing to Ajose at the minute. He clearly doesn’t like him but to single him out as the only so called senior player tomorrow seems harsh. We have such a thin squad at the min and before long we may need his assistance.
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Bowyer expects his teams to be full of running and play at a high tempo.se9addick said:
Do we know why Bowyer has taken this stance with Ajose?Nicholas said:Don’t think it’s fair what he is doing to Ajose at the minute. He clearly doesn’t like him but to single him out as the only so called senior player tomorrow seems harsh. We have such a thin squad at the min and before long we may need his assistance.
Whenever I have seen Ajose play for us he comes across as looking lazy and disinterested.
I have no idea what he looks like in training but Bowyer clearly doesn't rate him.1 -
We don't even know that he has taken any negative stance with Ajose.se9addick said:
Do we know why Bowyer has taken this stance with Ajose?Nicholas said:Don’t think it’s fair what he is doing to Ajose at the minute. He clearly doesn’t like him but to single him out as the only so called senior player tomorrow seems harsh. We have such a thin squad at the min and before long we may need his assistance.
Ajose hasn't got any game time yet so is being played in the cup to help get him/keep him sharp... That's it. No funny business.5 -
Anybody know why Jackson could not have registered as a player this season? Would obviously have been useful for games like this.0
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Last year he was a coach so much easier to stay match fit and also be one of the lads.masicat said:Anybody know why Jackson could not have registered as a player this season? Would obviously have been useful for games like this.
Now he is assistant manager he has other work that will keep him off the training pitch. Also much more difficult to be the encouraging coach and then be part of the decision to drop you.
Sensible decision IMO.1 -
Ajose pissed in Bowyer's fishing lakese9addick said:
Do we know why Bowyer has taken this stance with Ajose?Nicholas said:Don’t think it’s fair what he is doing to Ajose at the minute. He clearly doesn’t like him but to single him out as the only so called senior player tomorrow seems harsh. We have such a thin squad at the min and before long we may need his assistance.
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Athletico Charlton said:
Something like this then I guess:
Steer
Dijksteel
Bowery
Yao / Cummings / Blumberg
Mascoll
Morgan
Maloney
Lapslie
Sarmiento
Ajose
Hackett
Bench
Carey
Dougherty
2 of Yao, Cummings or Blumberg
AMB
Bowyer
Jackson
I wouldn't be surprised if as couple of first teamers were on the bench, e.g. Bauer and MarshallAthletico Charlton said:Something like this then I guess:
Steer
Dijksteel
Bowery
Yao / Cummings / Blumberg
Mascoll
Morgan
Maloney
Lapslie
Sarmiento
Ajose
Hackett
Bench
Carey
Dougherty
2 of Yao, Cummings or Blumberg
AMB
Bowyer
Jackson0 -
When is the draw for the next round?0
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i know Arsenal will be keen on this cup but like them i think this is probably our only chance of playing in Europe next season1
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Tonight, I think on Sky sports.JaShea99 said:When is the draw for the next round?
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