Good win. Held out after the goal but wasnt as nervy as usual as Inniss n Famewo were totally no nonsense, which is definitrly required in this league.
Maatsen was v impressive, always trying to feed players in behind the defensive line. Everytime he got the ball I felt like something might happen, and he essentially created the goal. Doughty also threatened them lots from the wing.
Bogle n Aneke did well, both will be threatening whrn fully fit.
Shinnie seems to have cardio for days for someone barely in the squad a week!
For the first full 90 mins ive watched this season im fairly pleased
Some being too harsh on here for my liking. This team/squad has 14 new bodies FFS. It's going to take time. What I will say is, the defence, so often the bone of contention looks as solid as I've seen it for years. I know it's early days but: Gunter experienced and measured. Famewo solid and faultless. Maatsen looks class with so much quality on the ball and can also defend And Inniss. Well. What can I say. How he's gone under the radar for so long is anyone's guess? Absolute man mountain of a man that will drag this side kicking and screaming through many a game.
A superb base to build a side that can propel up the league.
We’ll look better when Maddison and Gilbey are back. Defence are going to get us any success we have because goals are still going to be hard to come by. Great three points.
Never thought the result was in doubt. Not sensing any of the closing minutes jitters. Amos is looking far calmer now that he has a proper defence in front of him. This side will only get better and better and it will be built on a rock solid defence. Bogle will come good. All the signs are there. Give LB the tools and he will deliver. There is a hell of a long way to go but I wager we will be in the automatic positions by the end of the season.
I will give Bowyer some credit, actually: with 10 men it could have been easy to not do the needful and take Pratley off for Maatsen, but by god he did it
A deserved win but it felt for so long that our failure to capitalise on the first half man advantage was going to be a missed opportunity. In the end it took a very good goal to win us the three points. Observations:
defensive unit looks very strong, especially the centre back pairing
Innis is a very good defender but his passing needs a lot of work
Maatsen can really play. We looked a lot better both defensively and offensively when he came on
Watson was much better tonight but he’s got to sort out those yellow cards. It’s not only the looming suspension but the fact that being on a yellow limits the challenges he can put in.
Bogle is faster and more skilful than I had appreciated.
Two wins in succession is great but let’s hope the increasing fitness and familiarity will lead to a more fluent, attacking style.
While not disputing Purrington should not have made that tackle,the writing was on the wall,as soon as the winger got the ball,someone should have doubled up or covered the run.On the plus side,we got to see our latest star from Chelsea,what a player this lad can be for us this year,he will now complete what will be the best defensive unit in this division.
Watson - Better second half, stop getting booked though... Pratley - Useful but not what was needed. Doughty - Good game. Created lots of opportunities. Shinnie - Steady Eddie.
Bogle - Worked hard, should have scored. Bonne would get pelters for that performance. Washington - First half anonymous, second half improved.
Maatsen - Unbelievable talent. Jay DaSilva on roids. Aneke - Beast mode engaged. Smyth - Worked hard.
Good effort to play well with those. He must be on some strong cream.
The rebuild continues, we get another 3 points, Innis (sp) is a monster (good goal in my opinion), Maatsen is bloody quality, superb cross, Doughty good awareness to head back to Chucks, who took his chance well. Madison to come back in, Gilbey to come back in, all the new lads yet to 'gel', Smyth and Shinny to get match fit, what is not to like? Get Williams more game time (Watson will be banned in 1 more game I reckon). The 'project' is well and truly on!!!
Happy with the win although feeling a little flat about the negativity of our play. We have the squad to impose ourselves on teams and it is only going to get stronger. When we had a gift of a sending off so early and Purrington on a yellow clearly struggling against a pacey opponent, there was a logical opportunity to put Doughty left back and bring on an attacking midfielder and put them to the sword as well as minimising the risk of evening the numbers. Instead we did our best to give them a chance.
Still, a win is a win. We are not going to keep winning playing so negatively though. People will point t the stats, and the disallowed goal, which I think was probably right, but would have been a goal had Bogle left it. But I know we have strong players, it is the way they are being deployed is worrying me a bit.
Deserved win but we do like to make it difficult. Been really impressed with Innis these last 2 games, him and Famewo look very solid together. Bogle worked hard thought he was causing them problems, nice to have Chuks coming on with their defenders softened up a bit.
Apart from Purrington being an idiot my one concern is that we still don't really seem to be creating loads of chances. Still early days though and I'm sure it'll be better once everyone has settled in and fully fit.
Chalk and cheese first half to second. The second half was the first time I've really enjoyed watching us since the opening day. Finally we got the ball down and had a midfield which passed and moved with dynamism and creativity. I love Pratters but we looked so much better without him and Purrington.
The introduction of Maatson and Shinnie dropping deeper gave us the guile to work the ball forward which we've lacked all season and we were working the ball consistently into the final 3rd which we've made look extremely difficult up until that second half. We didn't actually create much but we were playing with ten and that might improve when the players gel more. The important thing is we were working the ball into the positions to create chances.
Maatson looked a level above, Watson and Shinnie controlled the game, Chucks would be one of the best strikers in the league if he could stay fit. Famewo and Inniss looked solid once again. Feeling much more positive after that second half where at half time I was really wondering whether I would ever enjoy watching us play again.
Please start with the core of that team now Lee! Looked better with 10 men than 11. The red card did us a favour and I hope Bows will draw some conclusions from that 2nd half improvement.
Surprised at how direct Blackpool were. Long kick down the middle evry time.Given how dominant in the air our CBs were I thought they would change it when we went down to 10 men. I thought I'd read in the pre match that they had a lot of possession in the previous matches but couldn't create.
Great Win and two clean sheets, linesman was a total WANKER that was a perfectly good Goal !! its early days and the potential we have is very encouraging 👍 Come On you NEW Reds.......
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Maatsen was v impressive, always trying to feed players in behind the defensive line. Everytime he got the ball I felt like something might happen, and he essentially created the goal. Doughty also threatened them lots from the wing.
Bogle n Aneke did well, both will be threatening whrn fully fit.
Shinnie seems to have cardio for days for someone barely in the squad a week!
For the first full 90 mins ive watched this season im fairly pleased
This team/squad has 14 new bodies FFS.
It's going to take time.
What I will say is, the defence, so often the bone of contention looks as solid as I've seen it for years. I know it's early days but:
Gunter experienced and measured. Famewo solid and faultless.
Maatsen looks class with so much quality on the ball and can also defend
And Inniss. Well. What can I say. How he's gone under the radar for so long is anyone's guess?
Absolute man mountain of a man that will drag this side kicking and screaming through many a game.
A superb base to build a side that can propel up the league.
Offside goal was the linesman not him
A deserved win but it felt for so long that our failure to capitalise on the first half man advantage was going to be a missed opportunity. In the end it took a very good goal to win us the three points. Observations:
Two wins in succession is great but let’s hope the increasing fitness and familiarity will lead to a more fluent, attacking style.
amos
gunter
innes
famewo
maatsen
watson
shinnie
doughty
maddison
aneke
smyth
He really looks like he could become a total cult hero.
Still, a win is a win. We are not going to keep winning playing so negatively though. People will point t the stats, and the disallowed goal, which I think was probably right, but would have been a goal had Bogle left it. But I know we have strong players, it is the way they are being deployed is worrying me a bit.
Apart from Purrington being an idiot my one concern is that we still don't really seem to be creating loads of chances. Still early days though and I'm sure it'll be better once everyone has settled in and fully fit.
That back four is going to have us keeping a lot of clean sheets this year. Plenty of one and two nil wins to come between now and May.
I know he's got Williams and Levitt to choose from but would they have been a bit too lightweight against two physical teams from this week?
When we get Maddison and Gilbey back fully fit I'd be just as disappointed to see Pratley and Watson starting together
The introduction of Maatson and Shinnie dropping deeper gave us the guile to work the ball forward which we've lacked all season and we were working the ball consistently into the final 3rd which we've made look extremely difficult up until that second half. We didn't actually create much but we were playing with ten and that might improve when the players gel more. The important thing is we were working the ball into the positions to create chances.
Maatson looked a level above, Watson and Shinnie controlled the game, Chucks would be one of the best strikers in the league if he could stay fit. Famewo and Inniss looked solid once again. Feeling much more positive after that second half where at half time I was really wondering whether I would ever enjoy watching us play again.
Please start with the core of that team now Lee! Looked better with 10 men than 11. The red card did us a favour and I hope Bows will draw some conclusions from that 2nd half improvement.
Blackpool were toilet.
Didn't watch it but we can keep clean sheets.
We also don't, yet, look like scoring many either.
But early days of the new era and possibly our star player and play maker, Maddison, yet to start.
Top half, for now and a game in hand.
Up the Addicks
linesman was a total WANKER that was a perfectly
good Goal !!
its early days and the potential we have is very encouraging 👍
Come On you NEW Reds.......
Fucking Lyle who ..................😂😂😂