Phillips
Matthews | Lockyer | Sarr | Doughty
Cullen | Pratley | Williams
Green
Bonne | Taylor
Substitutes Bench: Amos | Pearce | Lapslie | McGeady
| Forster-Caskey | Davis | Hemed
Hull City v Charlton Athletic
Saturday 14th March 2020 … 3pm Kick-Off
Referee: Darren England
Introduction
Life is never boring as a Charlton fan is it! –
Saturday saw Middlesbrough returning to the North East with all three points,
and a shift in the table that would finally see the Addicks drop into the
relegation places. With our own trip to the North East this weekend being another
important match we all expected it to be a week of nail biting and discussion. Instead
its matters off the pitch that have taken centre stage, an battle in the
boardroom that’ll take some time to resolve and the threat of coronavirus
raising questions if this match will even happen!!
The Opposition
Name: Hull City (21st) | Manager: Grant
McCann
Ground: KC Stadium
Previous Result: Charlton Athletic 2-2 Hull City
Yet for the time being, we must presume that it is
business as usual (whether that is the case before the end of today is another
matter entirely). Hull themselves are in deep trouble; a break in action will
surely suit them more than anyone else (even that may not help). Selling Jarred
Bowen and Kamil Grosicki in the transfer window without adequate replacements
has to be one of the biggest blunders in the Championship this season, it’s a move
that has seen the Tigers go from Play-Off challengers to serious relegation
candidates, a defeat for either team this weekend will be seriously damaging
whenever the season finishes!!
As we have seen from recent club performances
though, bad results against other opposition does not instantly mean that Hull
will turn up on Saturday and surrender the three points. They are a side in
desperate need of the points themselves and whilst they have just the five
points this calendar year, will still prove to be a dangerous challenge… All
eyes though will be on Marcus Maddison; question marks will be raised asking if
we were ever in for him, what with the transfer embargo, yet we have seen from
previous encounters against Peterborough that the wide man knows how to hurt us,
despite having struggled to adapt to Championship Football
Charlton Team News
So once again the attention turns to Lee Bowyer and
his squad selection – For the last few results there have been raised eyebrows
over the manner of the performance but with this mental of weeks it’s a little
bit easier to understand!!
Let us start with the basics though; Tom Lockyer
will return from his two-match suspension whilst Darren Pratley has escaped his
own potential two-match ban by somehow avoiding a booking against Middlesbrough
last week. The obvious positions are covered yet it will be interesting to see
just who gets the nod at Left-Back with both Ben Purrington and Alfie Doughty
struggling there of late. Naby Sarr has been the latest injury concern (and a
big miss at that!!), yet the defender returned to training this week so could
be thrown straight back in!!
Comments
After the dramatic week we've had this could be the best or worst time to play this game. I hope last night's actions galvanise the squad. Hopefully they forget all the owner/chairman issues and get the result we need on the pitch.
Do it for yourselves, do it for us, do it for the Charlton three!
2-1 to the reds, Taylor with a 95th minute penalty winner.
Going to be curious to see how this effects next season
Don't think either will get a point
Sorry for being flippant but train companies are absolute scum - No way will they agree to refunds nor will the EFL offer any sort of compensation as a result of those losing out!!
I don't know if any other hotel chains or the rail companies will follow suit, maybe with government pressure? Otherwise I will just have a weekend in Cardiff anyway!
We have advance singles for Hull tomorrow and see below from Train Line Website . . . Without confirmation of the rearranged fixture date we will be timed out tomorrow morning 😡😡😡
Have emailed them and will post the reply . .
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Theoretically speaking, if play was to resume on 4th April and we play out the rest of the season, for me the best and most logical solution to all of this would be to cancel all play-offs for this season.
The top three and bottom three go up and down respectively. Instead of the race for top 6, it’s the race for the last automatic promotion place, just like how it used to be.
It allows the games suspended now to be played, the season remaining fixtures pushed back and substituted where the fixtures would be played out in May.
People can’t moan about standings and fairness because the team who finishes 3rd would in the end deserve to be promoted. With how close all of the leagues are at present, it still allows for the competitive nature to remain.
This idea means we don’t have the season dragging on any further into the summer than it needs to, and without the worry of loan players and players out of contract in the summer to be either no longer here, or only a matter of days/weeks away from leaving.