Wasn't at his best yesterday probably due to the knock he was carrying before the game according to Bowyer in is his post match comments. Shame Page has been so injury prone otherwise he needn't have been risked. Dooesn't auger well for the 3 games in week though starting with Leeds next Saturday .
Hopefully Adam Matthews can get up to speed and play there if required
Wasn't at his best yesterday probably due to the knock he was carrying before the game according to Bowyer in is his post match comments. Shame Page has been so injury prone otherwise he needn't have been risked. Dooesn't auger well for the 3 games in week though starting with Leeds next Saturday .
Hopefully Adam Matthews can get up to speed and play there if required
Let's hope so and that he is more comfortable on his 'wrong' foot than Solly is 🤞
Wasn't at his best yesterday probably due to the knock he was carrying before the game according to Bowyer in is his post match comments. Shame Page has been so injury prone otherwise he needn't have been risked. Dooesn't auger well for the 3 games in week though starting with Leeds next Saturday .
It makes sense now as his last 2 performances have been amongst his worst for us
'Under par' to 'poor' all season so far. Part of the misguided 'let's try to play like Barcelona' passing back and forth across the back 4 before dangerously passing it back to Phillips to hoof it forward. He appears to have no forward vision.
Seems like he gets caught out of position a lot, too. I didn't see the Wigan game but the Birmingham game he was terrible.
Our full backs are certainly our weakest areas, especially down that left hand side. League 1 Purrington, and if that fails we've got Lewis 'legs like quavers' Page
Whenever i see Purrington play, his only pass is either sideways or backwards...normally backwards. Will always love him for 'that' goal, but not over impressed.
Nobody has played brilliantly over the last two games (with maybe the exception of Lockyer) so I’m confused why Purrington is getting singled out.
We as Charlton fans seem to gravitate towards digging out full backs and I’ve never understood why...
It’s the position on the pitch that will always be the most exposed. When we are not playing well or getting results, people always go for the player playing in the most vulnerable position outfield. We have seen it over and over again and it’s tiresome. As said already, Purrington is one of the least of our problems. Especially if he’s carrying an injury, it’s not his fault his competition for the position has constantly been injured the whole time.
Solid player who rarely lets us down. Let’s not make him a scapegoat.
Nobody has played brilliantly over the last two games (with maybe the exception of Lockyer) so I’m confused why Purrington is getting singled out.
We as Charlton fans seem to gravitate towards digging out full backs and I’ve never understood why...
It’s the position on the pitch that will always be the most exposed. When we are not playing well or getting results, people always go for the player playing in the most vulnerable position outfield. We have seen it over and over again and it’s tiresome. As said already, Purrington is one of the least of our problems. Especially if he’s carrying an injury, it’s not his fault his competition for the position has constantly been injured the whole time.
Solid player who rarely lets us down. Let’s not make him a scapegoat.
Is he the "least of our problems"? After a goal scoring striker to fill in for Taylor do we have any other problems?
He brought balance to our team last season because we had in effect played with out a left back for 2 months. He is a decent player, I don't think anyone can doubt that but there was a reason rotherham let him go and no one else came in for him.
Is he a good player, yes obviously. Is he "first choice in a competitive championship team good"? Probably not, but the same could be extended to a few others.
He is here because he was cheapish, he was cheapish for a reason. Instead of "scapegoating" people need to manage their expectations.
Wow . It looks like the usual Charlton boo boys have found their new target.
The bloke hasn’t put a foot wrong in a Charlton shirt and now he’s the scape goat just because we’ve lost a couple of games . Pathetic For Christ sakes give it a bloody rest . The digging out of our own players is getting really boring .
Nobody has played brilliantly over the last two games (with maybe the exception of Lockyer) so I’m confused why Purrington is getting singled out.
We as Charlton fans seem to gravitate towards digging out full backs and I’ve never understood why...
It’s the position on the pitch that will always be the most exposed. When we are not playing well or getting results, people always go for the player playing in the most vulnerable position outfield. We have seen it over and over again and it’s tiresome. As said already, Purrington is one of the least of our problems. Especially if he’s carrying an injury, it’s not his fault his competition for the position has constantly been injured the whole time.
Solid player who rarely lets us down. Let’s not make him a scapegoat.
Is he the "least of our problems"? After a goal scoring striker to fill in for Taylor do we have any other problems?
He brought balance to our team last season because we had in effect played with out a left back for 2 months. He is a decent player, I don't think anyone can doubt that but there was a reason rotherham let him go and no one else came in for him.
Is he a good player, yes obviously. Is he "first choice in a competitive championship team good"? Probably not, but the same could be extended to a few others.
He is here because he was cheapish, he was cheapish for a reason. Instead of "scapegoating" people need to manage their expectations.
Lyle Taylor was cheaper than Ben Purrington... just saying. Transfer fee isn’t always the best indication of ability
Nobody has played brilliantly over the last two games (with maybe the exception of Lockyer) so I’m confused why Purrington is getting singled out.
We as Charlton fans seem to gravitate towards digging out full backs and I’ve never understood why...
It’s the position on the pitch that will always be the most exposed. When we are not playing well or getting results, people always go for the player playing in the most vulnerable position outfield. We have seen it over and over again and it’s tiresome. As said already, Purrington is one of the least of our problems. Especially if he’s carrying an injury, it’s not his fault his competition for the position has constantly been injured the whole time.
Solid player who rarely lets us down. Let’s not make him a scapegoat.
Is he the "least of our problems"? After a goal scoring striker to fill in for Taylor do we have any other problems?
He brought balance to our team last season because we had in effect played with out a left back for 2 months. He is a decent player, I don't think anyone can doubt that but there was a reason rotherham let him go and no one else came in for him.
Is he a good player, yes obviously. Is he "first choice in a competitive championship team good"? Probably not, but the same could be extended to a few others.
He is here because he was cheapish, he was cheapish for a reason. Instead of "scapegoating" people need to manage their expectations.
Lyle Taylor was cheaper than Ben Purrington... just saying. Transfer fee isn’t always the best indication of ability
Although Taylor wouldn't have been "cheaper" if he had been under contract, like Purrington.
Wow . It looks like the usual Charlton boo boys have found their new target.
The bloke hasn’t put a foot wrong in a Charlton shirt and now he’s the scape goat just because we’ve lost a couple of games . Pathetic For Christ sakes give it a bloody rest . The digging out of our own players is getting really boring .
Not blaming Ben, or knocking him, or saying he's not good enough, its just an observation that whenever i see him play, his passes are almost always sideways and predominantly backwards- maybe they are the instructions from the coaching team, but i do find that our attacking options are limited down the left coz of that. But i will always love him for 'that' goal.
Not blaming Ben, or knocking him, or saying he's not good enough, its just an observation that whenever i see him play, his passes are almost always sideways and predominantly backwards- maybe they are the instructions from the coaching team, but i do find that our attacking options are limited down the left coz of that. But i will always love him for 'that' goal.
His attacking play and cross led directly to the opening goal against Blackburn.
Last season he was at times our most consistent attacking outlet bombing forward from that full back position.
His performance against Wigan was uncharacteristically poor but the Championship is a big jump up and I've not seen anything else to suggest that he can't hold his own here.
Last season he was at times our most consistent attacking outlet bombing forward from that full back position.
His performance against Wigan was uncharacteristically poor but the Championship is a big jump up and I've not seen anything else to suggest that he can't hold his own here.
Obviously, Ben not getting forward might be down to the limitations of carrying an injury.
But another reason might be he's not being covered when he gets forward or other players are not making the runs off the ball to give him an outlet for a forward pass.
Bowyer has an intolerance of possession being surrendered cheaply - without a forward option, in order to keep possession; in defensive areas players will be instructed to play the 'safe' option and the simple pass. And surely, Purrington not 100% fit will have been told not to take risks.
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Seems like he gets caught out of position a lot, too. I didn't see the Wigan game but the Birmingham game he was terrible.
Our full backs are certainly our weakest areas, especially down that left hand side. League 1 Purrington, and if that fails we've got Lewis 'legs like quavers' Page
Will always love him for 'that' goal, but not over impressed.
We as Charlton fans seem to gravitate towards digging out full backs and I’ve never understood why...
Solid player who rarely lets us down. Let’s not make him a scapegoat.
He brought balance to our team last season because we had in effect played with out a left back for 2 months. He is a decent player, I don't think anyone can doubt that but there was a reason rotherham let him go and no one else came in for him.
Is he a good player, yes obviously. Is he "first choice in a competitive championship team good"? Probably not, but the same could be extended to a few others.
He is here because he was cheapish, he was cheapish for a reason. Instead of "scapegoating" people need to manage their expectations.
The bloke hasn’t put a foot wrong in a Charlton shirt and now he’s the scape goat just because we’ve lost a couple of games . Pathetic
For Christ sakes give it a bloody rest . The digging out of our own players is getting really boring .
With bullet headers both times.
Poor that we hadn't planned to or hadn't executed a block on Dunkley's route into the box. It was somewhat obvious.
But i will always love him for 'that' goal.
Last season he was at times our most consistent attacking outlet bombing forward from that full back position.
His performance against Wigan was uncharacteristically poor but the Championship is a big jump up and I've not seen anything else to suggest that he can't hold his own here.
But another reason might be he's not being covered when he gets forward or other players are not making the runs off the ball to give him an outlet for a forward pass.
Bowyer has an intolerance of possession being surrendered cheaply - without a forward option, in order to keep possession; in defensive areas players will be instructed to play the 'safe' option and the simple pass. And surely, Purrington not 100% fit will have been told not to take risks.