Phillips
Solly Bauer Sarr Purrington
Cullen
Reeves Aribo
Williams
Taylor Vetokele
Maxwell, Dijksteel, Pearce, Pratley, Lapslie, Fosu, Parker
Charlton Athletic 3-0 Bradford City
Taylor
Vetokele
Aribo
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Charlton v Bradford | Sat 30 Mar | 3pm KO | Match Preview, Predictions, News & Views
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Bradford last week sounded like a team in deep trouble so this has to be 3 points. We never make it easy though so I am going 1-0 to Charlton.0
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Kiely basically scooped the ball into his own net.soapboxsam said:Charlton 0 Swindon 1
We were top and Swindon bottom,
Without checking, 99/2000 season ?
Sticking with 3-0 tomorrow.2 -
I had a picture in my mind of Deano making a faux Pas.hawksmoor said:
Kiely basically scooped the ball into his own net.soapboxsam said:Charlton 0 Swindon 1
We were top and Swindon bottom,
Without checking, 99/2000 season ?
Sticking with 3-0 tomorrow.0 -
Bowyer a happy man at the end0
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Bradford conceded 15 goals in last 6 league games, so you’d hope we’d manage a couple of goals at least0
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5-1 Igor x2, Taylor x2 & Reeves.
Expecting a rout and good momentum for the final run in0 -
Yep, year we won the league. Michael Carrick sneaking one under Deano.soapboxsam said:Charlton 0 Swindon 1
We were top and Swindon bottom,
Without checking, 99/2000 season ?
Sticking with 3-0 tomorrow.0 -
Believe the stats showed that they won 1-0 without having a shot on target.hawksmoor said:
Kiely basically scooped the ball into his own net.soapboxsam said:Charlton 0 Swindon 1
We were top and Swindon bottom,
Without checking, 99/2000 season ?
Sticking with 3-0 tomorrow.0 -
That's the one! Typical Charlton. All ready for a big satisfying dump, then all we got was a damp fart!hawksmoor said:
Kiely basically scooped the ball into his own net.soapboxsam said:Charlton 0 Swindon 1
We were top and Swindon bottom,
Without checking, 99/2000 season ?
Sticking with 3-0 tomorrow.1 -
Bradford often play a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Doyle up front on his own, someone who usually scores a hat-full in this division, and we should be cautious of him as considering that Bradford are a team who currently sit bottom of the league, he has got himself into double figures for goals and has a respectable four assists to his name too. Behind Doyle, Bradford also have some very good players in their attacking midfield, David Ball, Jack Payne, Jacob Butterfield, and of course Billy Clarke who we know well. It is quite puzzling how a side with so much attacking talent can be so far down the league to the point where a defeat tomorrow could almost see the end of their survival hopes. Well, the answer is they're extremely poor defensively, conceding 67 goals so far this season, only Rochdale with 76 have conceded more. An interesting stat too is that Bradford have scored fewer headed goals than any other League One team this season (3) and only Rochdale have conceded more goals from headers (19) than Bradford (14). With a goals against number as high as that with still a whole month to go of the season, it is a recipe for disaster, even if they had a great attack that scored a lot of goals. But they don't, only 43 in 39 games is not enough for any side to really compete in this division.
Form wise, Bradford are poor having only won twice in their last 13 matches. In fact, when you examine their last 13 matches in the league, they've picked up a dismal 9 points, conceded 27 whilst only scoring only 12 in that time too. Specifically when you look at their away form, they have only won 3 times away all season, and not at all this calendar year. Their wins away from home have been at Shrewsbury on the opening day (1-0), AFC Wimbledon at the beginning of October (1-0), and Rochdale just after Christmas (4-0) - three of the five teams directly above them. Against the top six, they are of course yet to play us away from home until tomorrow. However, they have lost to each of Luton (4-0), Barsnley (3-0), Portsmouth (5-1), and Sunderland (1-0) away from home. Only Shrewsbury have a worse away form in the league than Bradford, but that could all change tomorrow if we beat Bradford and Shrewsbury pick up any kind of result at Southend.
Regarding us, I fully expect the players to be right up for this game and I am sure that Bows and the team will have drummed into them how they can't afford to be complacent against Bradford. Being at The Valley I am sure that won't happen and I am quietly confident of the lads putting on a show for us tomorrow. Being at home, I would personally hope that Bowyer decides to revert back to the centre back partnership of Bauer and Sarr, being able to work our way forward against Bradford will help us enormously, especially without the technical Bielik sitting in front of the back four. However, I would not be surprised to see Pearce continue to lead the team out which will unfortunately mean Sarr will drop out. The midfield is fairly easy to pick, Cullen will be sitting at the base, Reeves on the right of the diamond, Aribo on the left, and Williams behind a front two of Taylor (who's birthday it is today) and Vetokele. Bradford are a side who cannot cope with running from midfield, they cannot cope with good crosses being put into the box. Vetokele will have a huge role to play tomorrow where he will need to drag one of their centre backs away and out of position, we will need to put quality in the box and we will need runners to support the strikers. Going the other way, we have to be careful of the transition, Bradford still have players capable of hurting us on the counter attack. But with saying that, Bradford are a bit like Barnsley where both teams are very slow in transition from attack to defence. So it is here where we could be cute and clever if we wanted to draw them out, we could potentially hurt them very quickly. Finally, we are a far fitter team in general than what Bradford are so I wouldn't be surprised to see a late goal to make the score a little more convincing for us.
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Hands up if you are going to give this man a brilliant reception at The Valley tomorrow...
We're looking forward to seeing you, @billyclarke7 #cafc
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From their forum , made me laugh ..😂
Lee Bowyer:
'I don't understand why Bradford are down there. They've got good strikers and they can hurt you. But they do leak goals'.
So you do fucking understand why we're down there then.
Read more: http://thecowsarse.boards.net/thread/1225/chartlon-colon-crushing#ixzz5jas1koMd
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I had no idea it was someone that good who had scored the goal (even if it was in reality a Deano howler), which will I suppose make Deano feel better! On loan from West Ham at the time and only 18The Red Robin said:
Yep, year we won the league. Michael Carrick sneaking one under Deano.soapboxsam said:Charlton 0 Swindon 1
We were top and Swindon bottom,
Without checking, 99/2000 season ?
Sticking with 3-0 tomorrow.1 -
As a former Leeds player, Bowyer will no doubt get a friendly reception from the Bradford fans...0
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Wow. Remember that. Kiely spilled it in at the near post.soapboxsam said:Charlton 0 Swindon 1
We were top and Swindon bottom,
Without checking, 99/2000 season ?
Sticking with 3-0 tomorrow.0 -
Too be fair, he’s probably run past everyone’s house!Valiantphil said:Lapslie will be fit - he has just run past my house.
Good lad.0 -
Doctor, someone's not taken their medication.smudge7946 said:This is a massivr 3-0 win.
If we plaike this every week, we could still get automatic promotion. You never know the title might even come our way too.
COYA.0 -
I think we'll win. I hope Grant sinks the Nigels.0
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Every match is, as they say, a big game now but a win tomorrow will take us 12 points ahead of Peterborough in 7th and, to all intents and purposes, seal our play-off place with 7 games to go. It will also enable us to put some pressure on Pompey for 4th place and a second home leg in the semi-final.
I don't expect tomorrow to be easy but if we can get our noses in front, Bradford may, like other struggling teams low on confidence, feel a sense of doom and conclude that they are in for a long and arduous afternoon. Let's hope so.
Like @Sage, I hope that Naby Sarr comes back into the side, as his passing from the back will help us split the lines offensively, particularly as they are likely to get lots of men behind the ball. More importantly, I had a vivid dream this week that the Nabster curled a beautiful free kick into the top right hand corner of the Covered End net (i.e. to the goalie's left), although I couldn't identify the opposition and so this 'premonition' - stoked by plentiful Tuscan food and wine - may come to pass in one of our other remaining five home games (including the play-off semi-final). Remember, you heard it here first.3 - Sponsored links:
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He did - that was the game where Swindon won without having a shot on target. For the goal, the guy pulled it back from an acute angle and Deano tried to smother it at his near post, and managed to squeeze it under his body back towards his own goal and roll across the line - haven't ever seen anything similar before or since!hawksmoor said:
Kiely basically scooped the ball into his own net.soapboxsam said:Charlton 0 Swindon 1
We were top and Swindon bottom,
Without checking, 99/2000 season ?
Sticking with 3-0 tomorrow.
I remember we spent the whole game battering them, but couldn't seem to force it over the line, with Matty Svensson missing some good chances.
We had a very similar game against Huddersfield a few weeks later, where absolutely tore them a new one for ninety minutes, only to be undone by their one shot on target.0 -
It’s been two months since we last played (ok 2 weeks but it seems like 2 months), the sun is shining, it’s like the season is starting all over again...and in a way it is, as it’s a mini season in itself...one last push to try and win everything now and see where we end up...1
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Going against the grain on this one.......
They have a leaky defence - we dont score many.
Always do poorly against the bottom sides
Players either been away on international duty so lots of travelling or sat at home on their mini-break.
They have a striker we chased last year (Doyle), a player returning to the Valley (Clarke) and we have one of their cast-ofgs (Marshall)
Ergo.....0-2 (Doyle & Clarke - with Marshall giving away a pen)3 -
I'm so glad I'm not you golfie!1
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2-1 Win , will not be easy. COYRS!!0
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I might be wrong, but I believe the only bottom 6 side we've lost to this season is Rochdale away and they were probably about 15th at the time.golfaddick said:Going against the grain on this one.......
They have a leaky defence - we dont score many.
Always do poorly against the bottom sides
Players either been away on international duty so lots of travelling or sat at home on their mini-break.
They have a striker we chased last year (Doyle), a player returning to the Valley (Clarke) and we have one of their cast-ofgs (Marshall)
Ergo.....0-2 (Doyle & Clarke - with Marshall giving away a pen)0 -
Ooo so close... they were 14thCovered End said:
I might be wrong, but I believe the only bottom 6 side we've lost to this season is Rochdale away and they were probably about 15th at the time.golfaddick said:Going against the grain on this one.......
They have a leaky defence - we dont score many.
Always do poorly against the bottom sides
Players either been away on international duty so lots of travelling or sat at home on their mini-break.
They have a striker we chased last year (Doyle), a player returning to the Valley (Clarke) and we have one of their cast-ofgs (Marshall)
Ergo.....0-2 (Doyle & Clarke - with Marshall giving away a pen)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45923589
If Scunthorpe drop a place this weekend then they're the other bottom six team we've lost to this season0 -
Damn I was going to say 14th :-(ForeverAddickted said:
Ooo so close... they were 14thCovered End said:
I might be wrong, but I believe the only bottom 6 side we've lost to this season is Rochdale away and they were probably about 15th at the time.golfaddick said:Going against the grain on this one.......
They have a leaky defence - we dont score many.
Always do poorly against the bottom sides
Players either been away on international duty so lots of travelling or sat at home on their mini-break.
They have a striker we chased last year (Doyle), a player returning to the Valley (Clarke) and we have one of their cast-ofgs (Marshall)
Ergo.....0-2 (Doyle & Clarke - with Marshall giving away a pen)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45923589
If Scunthorpe drop a place this weekend then they're the other bottom six team we've lost to this season1 -
We don't seem to run away with games this season, but this has been the season of penalties.
I feel we will be awarded a penalty today, the issue is will we score it.0 -
I recall Willie Carson (Swindon director) receiving something on the pitch before this game and this being the end of a massive run of wins that had virtually guaranteed promotion. It was a bad howler, I think from a tame cross. Keily was a great keeper for us and was entitled to the odd mistake.killerandflash said:
I had no idea it was someone that good who had scored the goal (even if it was in reality a Deano howler), which will I suppose make Deano feel better! On loan from West Ham at the time and only 18The Red Robin said:
Yep, year we won the league. Michael Carrick sneaking one under Deano.soapboxsam said:Charlton 0 Swindon 1
We were top and Swindon bottom,
Without checking, 99/2000 season ?
Sticking with 3-0 tomorrow.0
