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Birmingham City v Charlton Athletic | Wed 15 July | Match Preview, Predictions, News & Views
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Must win game. Can’t see where the goals are coming from.4
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Yep, in a nutshell.ricky_otto said:Must win game. Can’t see where the goals are coming from.
We will compete, because we always do under Bowyer.
We will be well prepared, organised - a tight group, honest in their endeavour.
But we lack quality where it really matters and it always feels like we are desperately hoping to nick something.
As alicwkd said above, sooner or later the opposition realise we have got nothing to hurt them with and grow in confidence.
Hoping we can pull a rabbit out of the hat. O-1 to us.0 -
We HAVE to win, this is it... I feel sick2
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Sadly I think Birmingham will be the equivalent of a vet with a needle.5
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On current form Birmingham are an absolute shambles.
Armed with the knowledge that beating them tonight almost certainly keeps us up we simply have to win.
If we fail to win tonight and end up getting relegated we will have no one to blame but ourselves.
Just win the bloody game.4 -
First 55 minutes are crucial tonight, feel we have to be winning by that stage, otherwise Birmingham will sense a chance of a draw at least, and put 11 players behind the ball making it impossible to attack.0
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1-2 away win, trying to be optimistic if we dont win this we are buggered. Our biggest problem is scoring, we need Johnny / Doughty/ both starting and one of the strikers to step up, ideally Bonne gets one early to settle the nerves. COYR0
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Possibly the most nervous I have been the morning before a game. Has a real sense of last chance saloon, anything less than 3 points and I think we are gone.
As others have said if we do go down we can only blame ourselves (and Lyle).2 -
Sadly I can’t see where our goals are coming from
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This feels like a must win - like Wembley last year and Hull a few short weeks ago. Let’s hope we can do it.1
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2-1 to Bham.0
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Confident we will nick it 1-0.
Sadly anything less that 3 points and we are down.0 -
Tonight is probably our most important game since Wembley.EveshamAddick said:This feels like a must win - like Wembley last year and Hull a few short weeks ago. Let’s hope we can do it.0 -
Can't predict this one as my heart and head are at odds. Desperately need to grind out a win obviously. Goals are what worry me. I think it will be a defenders header if we get in the score sheet. Come on Charlton. We need this.0
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Excited.....sick....up....down....ONLY Charlton can do this to you....0
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Looking a the form table both teams should lose by one goal.6
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Forget current form and previous games, Birmingham need to win as much as we do so it will come down to who wants it most. If either of the teams show the "Wigan" spirit they will walk away with the points, if both teams show it we could be in for a cracker of a game.3
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Same. Just hope that the players aren’t feeling the same with nerves. Hopefully Bowyer and JJ have got there confidence up since ReadingCovered_End_Lad said:Possibly the most nervous I have been the morning before a game. Has a real sense of last chance saloon, anything less than 3 points and I think we are gone.
As others have said if we do go down we can only blame ourselves (and Lyle).0 -
Great preview - agreed with most on here. We need to score more than 1 goal and score first. We conceed too many late goals to hang on to 1-0 all the time. 0-2 to us - I pray!
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Hopefully Aneke will go into tonight with a bit of confidence having found the net against ReadingDazzler21 said:
Pratley, Pearce and Bonne all to get 1 more goal each as we finish on 55 pointsrobroy said:Sadly I can’t see where our goals are coming from
Just dont expect him to start of course due to the lack of full games he's played this season1 -
I'm absolutely cacking myself today, I'm predicting Alfie to step up and get one! COYR!!1
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Brave shout. Would love Albie and Alfie to be the ones to score the goals to get us over the line.Pelling1993 said:I'm absolutely cacking myself today, I'm predicting Alfie to step up and get one! COYR!!
Alfie is tricky and can work himself into space, but his shots thereafter have been lacking.
Albie can smash his shots, but as yet few if any have required a save as he's a bit obvious as he lines them up allowing defenders to get blocks in. They do fly off his boot though.
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Only a super optimist or a drunken fool would believe Cafc will pick up points against Wigan or Leeds so tonight is the night to relieve the pain and misery of the promise of early season success, the false dawn of the takeover and having more injuries than your local A+E.
What dystopian world would have Millwall in breathing distance of the play offs, Palace having yet another season in the Premier, and Charlton in danger of being in a division lower than Wycombe Wanderers !
Charlton, let's be having you.
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Personally think we're done for but mathematically we are not so I continue to have some level of optimism... Especially as Leeds need to fall out of autos, it's their thing.soapboxsam said:Only a super optimist or a drunken fool would believe Cafc will pick up points against Wigan or Leeds so tonight is the night to relieve the pain and misery of the promise of early season success, the false dawn of the takeover and having more injuries than your local A+E.
What dystopian world would have Millwall in breathing distance of the play offs, Palace having yet another season in the Premier, and Charlton in danger of being in a division lower than Wycombe Wanderers !
Charlton, let's be having you.0 -
Not having a very productive day, not been this nervous about a game for a long time
Indeed possibly more nervous than before the play off final last year, as I was more confident about that side winning1 -
Yeah my relaxed state evaporated after our fruitless display at reading... Now I'm bricking it.killerandflash said:Not having a very productive day, not been this nervous about a game for a long time
Indeed possibly more nervous than before the play off final last year, as I was more confident about that side winning0 -
This is the first Charlton relegation fight for many a year where we haven't been dead and buried with 5 or so games to go, at least its in our hands1
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Last relegation fight I remember being this close (and Charlton being involved in) was the 98/99 season between us and Sheffield WednesdayPelling1993 said:This is the first Charlton relegation fight for many a year where we haven't been dead and buried with 5 or so games to go, at least its in our hands
I dont include the season Chris Powell was sacked because the games in hand we had pulled us away1 -
As many have said its a Sheffield Wednesday sized game tonight!
I think the result from the weekend along with the pants officiating is all Bowyer needs to get them up for this.
Would start with Chucks and Bonne but Bonne needs to be more clinical, cant fault his work rate but he should have scored against Reading.
Charlton win 2-1. Aneke and McGeady2
