Too defensive for me. Shame really. Hope Bow gets them ready and a good performance results in a big 3 points.
Not sure if a team with Sarr, attacking wing backs in Matthews and Doughty, Oztumer and 2 strikers in Green and Taylor is too defensive but there we go
Andre Green returns to the starting lineup for today’s game against Luton Town at The Valley.
The 21-year-old is one of three changes for the match with Deji Oshilaja and Erhun Oztumer returning to the first XI and Jason Pearce, Aiden McGeady and Tomer Hemed all moving to the bench.
It means the Addicks could lineup in a 3-5-2 formation or in a 4-diamond-2.
If the aforementioned Tom Lockyer, Deji Oshilaja and Naby Sarr will start in a back three in front of Dillon Phillips.
Adam Matthews and Alfie Doughty will act as wing backs with Josh Cullen, David Davis and Oztumer in midfield behind a front two of Green and Lyle Taylor.
If Lee Bowyer opts for a diamond formation Oshilaja would move out of defence and into a holding midfield role.
Ben Amos, Macauley Bonne, Matt Smith and George Lapslie join Pearce, McGeady and Hemed on the bench.
Too defensive for me. Shame really. Hope Bow gets them ready and a good performance results in a big 3 points.
Same here, would have much preferred the diamond or even a 4-3-3 today. 5-3-2 has worked well occasionally against the top teams this season, but can't see how we are going to break Luton down with this formation.
Maybe Deji playing instead of Pearce we will be a little more flexible when we have the ball and he might be tasked with carrying out from the back a bit more, pushing Cullen and Davis forward?
Too defensive for me. Shame really. Hope Bow gets them ready and a good performance results in a big 3 points.
Not sure if a team with Sarr, attacking wing backs in Matthews and Doughty, Oztumer and 2 strikers in Green and Taylor is too defensive but there we go
Depends if we have 3 centre halves marking one striker. If we do our midfield will be swamped.
The interesting thing for me is seeing Oshilaja starting. I've wanted that for a while. Let's see how it is at the back as we've been shaky back there since the turn of the year.
Too defensive for me. Shame really. Hope Bow gets them ready and a good performance results in a big 3 points.
Not sure if a team with Sarr, attacking wing backs in Matthews and Doughty, Oztumer and 2 strikers in Green and Taylor is too defensive but there we go
It's about who will create for the strikers. Matthews doesn't attack much so it's just Oztumer and Doughty who also has to defend. We don't need three centre backs at home to Luton, surely.
Oztumer in for Williams, Davis in for Pratley and Oshilaja in for Pearce (when comparing against the XI that started against Barnsley three weeks ago).
That's effectively the team (and formation) that went 2-0 up at half time against Barnsley. I'm expecting us to go at Luton in a similar fashion this afternoon.
We can't defend so have a lineup centred around defensive solidity from the off.....but we know that doesn't help us! Never know until the first whistle.
Oztumer in for Williams, Davis in for Pratley and Oshilaja in for Pearce (when comparing against the XI that started against Barnsley three weeks ago).
That's effectively the team (and formation) that went 2-0 up at half time against Barnsley. I'm expecting us to go at Luton in a similar fashion this afternoon.
Can’t see Luton being anywhere near as shit as Barnsley were that first half. Then second half we were second best.
Oztumer in for Williams, Davis in for Pratley and Oshilaja in for Pearce (when comparing against the XI that started against Barnsley three weeks ago).
That's effectively the team (and formation) that went 2-0 up at half time against Barnsley. I'm expecting us to go at Luton in a similar fashion this afternoon.
Can’t see Luton being anywhere near as shit as Barnsley were that first half. Then second half we were second best.
Barnsley were sh*t first half because we didn't allow them to settle.
Second half we sat back too deep on a 2 goal cushion, lost momentum and handed them the initiative.
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Charlton: Phillips; Lockyer, Oshilaja, Sarr; Matthews, Cullen, Oztumer, Davis, Doughty; Taylor, Green
Substitutes: Amos, Pearce, Smith, Lapslie, McGeady, Hemed, Bonne
Andre Green returns to the starting lineup for today’s game against Luton Town at The Valley.
The 21-year-old is one of three changes for the match with Deji Oshilaja and Erhun Oztumer returning to the first XI and Jason Pearce, Aiden McGeady and Tomer Hemed all moving to the bench.
It means the Addicks could lineup in a 3-5-2 formation or in a 4-diamond-2.
If the aforementioned Tom Lockyer, Deji Oshilaja and Naby Sarr will start in a back three in front of Dillon Phillips.
Adam Matthews and Alfie Doughty will act as wing backs with Josh Cullen, David Davis and Oztumer in midfield behind a front two of Green and Lyle Taylor.
If Lee Bowyer opts for a diamond formation Oshilaja would move out of defence and into a holding midfield role.
Ben Amos, Macauley Bonne, Matt Smith and George Lapslie join Pearce, McGeady and Hemed on the bench.
Charlton: Phillips; Lockyer, Oshilaja, Sarr; Matthews, Cullen, Oztumer, Davis, Doughty; Taylor, Green
Substitutes: Amos, Pearce, Smith, Lapslie, McGeady, Hemed, Bonne
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Maybe Deji playing instead of Pearce we will be a little more flexible when we have the ball and he might be tasked with carrying out from the back a bit more, pushing Cullen and Davis forward?
I hadn't heard that he was injured. Tactical change, maybe?
Second half we sat back too deep on a 2 goal cushion, lost momentum and handed them the initiative.