Crystal Ball: Highs and lows of the 07/08 season

AFKABartram

Highs: Averaging over 20k
Varney scoring 14 goals
Missing the opening day defeat at Palace due to a wedding

Lows: Conceding 4 at Scunny
Palace completing the double on the 15/16th Jan
Lisbie offered yet another 1yr deal
Knowing Millwall will be promotoed to the same league as us

Rothko

Highs - Winning Promotion

Low - Going to Barnsley on a cold night in November

Oggy Red

AFKA - we can't a last minute draw and opening defeat at Palace.......so Palace then wouldn't do the double.

Sorry to spoil your pessimism.... ;-)

AFKABartram

edited :-)

heavenSE7

Highs: Chris Dickson being the top CCC scorer with 26 goals.

Lows: Loosing to Scunthorpe 2-1 at the valley.

The Equaliser

Highs:Palace paying £1m in Jan for a double swoop for Lisbie and M Bent as they bid to avoid relegation.

Lows : Operations Bloomfield, Glanford ,Oakwell, Home Park

Oggy Red

Highs: 1st place, Champions.

Lows: losing a 17 point lead to finish Champions on goal difference.

PS: Remember I'm the optimist round here. ;-)

Chris_from_Sidcup

Highs: Not having to see the likes of M. Bent, Rommedahl, Lisbie wearing a charlton shirt again.

Lows: Seeing Darren Bent hit 20+ goals to fire Spurs to 4th place in the premier league and qualify for the champions league.

Henry Irving

Highs:

The new away kit becoming the "lucky" kit
Winning more than one away game
The fantastic loan players we get from Valencia
The new Covered End Banners especially the one off specials
Going up as champions after pipping Watford in a two horse race.
Cory Gibbs being player of the year

Lows
AFKA and Rothko coming to blows during the fans director election and both being disqualified
Charlton Life being taken over by the ex-Thai Prime minister
Bottled beer being withdrawn after poor sales
Losing the league cup semi final on penalties to Chelsea

Paddy7

Hi All - new signing here...
Lows:
Hearing someone shout, "Come on Charlton - we can beat this sh**!", despite disturbing evidence to the contrary at somewhere like Hull early in the season.
Realising that we really are in a lower division than Wigan, Reading, and Fulham.
Wondering early on as we settle down in our new environs, if someone plucked from the lower divisions really is going to emerge as a new Deano, Clive, George Shipley, or Steve Thompson.
Dreading the sight of Andy Reid limping off holding his hamstring and fearing our title hopes may well be going with him.

Highs:
Winning away regularly?
New grounds
Having more than one realistic goal threat - pleeeeeeeease.
Even if it doesn't actually happen, believing that we might just score 6 for the first time since beating (Cup holders?) Southampton, Channon et al.
Seeing a few familiar faces at a few familiar places, and realising just how far we've come since visiting those same venues, frequently as the lesser club.

Henry Irving

Great post Paddy. I loved the "Come on Charlton - we can beat this sh**!", despite disturbing evidence to the contrary" comment. So true.

PeakieRocket

Highs: Cory Gibbs finally making debut

Lows: Cory Gibbs being stretchered off only 2mins into debut

guinnessaddick

Highs: winning a 1/4 final in the FA cup. New grounds
Lows: a CAFC player getting done for drugs.

Charlie Block

[cite]Posted By: Rothko[/cite]Low - Going to Barnsley on a cold night in November

Going to Barnsley any time of year (even 3pm on a Saturday towards the end of the season) would be one of my lows - the whole town is shite. The whole Interchange was a complete mess a few months ago. Probably still is

cunningstunt87

Highs: Taking 6 points off every other team in the division (Cmon Charlton! We can beat this sh!t!!!)

Lows: Missing a couple of games for holidays, family events etc etc etc.

Tavern

Highs beating palarse
Lows would be playing palarse on my wedding day

Southendaddick

Highs

Watching us smash Coventry at The Valley in the pouring rain and Dowie getting electrocuted by his bizarre head piece.

Singing "Tosser Tosser whats the score" at Selhurst and at The Valley

Taking over pubs at Norwich, Blackpool, Ipswich, Coventry, Scunthorpe...

Watching us win 3-0 at Colchester on Boxing Day to go 9 points clear.

Lows

Bent and Parker getting a goal each as West Ham come from behind to win 2-1 at The Valley in the FA Cup 6th Rd

Andy Reid starting the season with 4 goals and 6 assists from the first 8 games only to be injured for the rest of the season

Losing to Swindon in the League Cup

Paddy7

Thanks Henry - nice to feel welcome. Just found your comment after narrowly escaping the W. Midlands monsoon. Hope we don't live to regret DB's decision financially - do we know if the Mullins part of the deal (if indeed it was ever more than tabloid talk) can still go ahead?

Henry Irving

[cite]Posted By: Paddy7[/cite]Thanks Henry - nice to feel welcome. Just found your comment after narrowly escaping the W. Midlands monsoon. Hope we don't live to regret DB's decision financially - do we know if the Mullins part of the deal (if indeed it was ever more than tabloid talk) can still go ahead?

Honestly don't know. Things can, as the last 24 hours prove, change quickly.

Glass half empty

Highs- Myself, Hillsy, chopper and spud dressed in blonde wigs and orange faces in the directors box for Palarse at the valley.
- all the REALLY great away days.

Lows - Getting kicked out of said directors box.
- all the plastic fans appearing again after we win the league.

boggzy

Re Paddy: Hearing someone shout, "Come on Charlton - we can beat this sh**!", despite disturbing evidence to the contrary at somewhere like Hull early in the season.

Put a smile on my face, that. BRILLIANT!!