Match Thread: Rochdale v Charlton | Sat 06 Feb 2021| 3pm

Oggy Red

Well, 15 years ago when the team coach headed towards Manchester, we were on our way to Old Trafford in the glorious money ridden Prem.
Times change ........  and now the bus lurches a little further to Spotland for this Third Division fixture - against the  team that scored 4 goals against us in 40 first half minutes at The Valley.

We really need to put that right today. No pressure, Lee. 

Bow says: "We did the basics really well in that second half (v Rochdale), so we have to do the same today."

Inniss injured, of course, along with Washington. Famewo on the brink of return, but talk of 'U23 minutes' first.
All others present and correct, Sir.

We might even get a glimpse of new boy DJ. We do! Bench.

Charlton: Amos; Gunter, Oshilaja, Pearce (C), Purrington; Shinnie, Pratley, Forster-Caskey, Millar; Aneke,  Stockley

Substitutes: Maynard-Brewer, Matthews, Morgan, Smith, Watson, Jaiyesimi, Schwartz

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COYR!

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Six-a-bag-of-nuts

Please start Millar, Chuks, DJ and Smith - lets f-ing rip them a new one.
1-1 

hoof_it_up_to_benty

Haven't conceded yet....

clive

BigRedEvil

4-4-2?

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No Maatsen at all this week...

Leuth

Ah, so Maatsen WAS the scapegoat! Excellent stuff Lee, maybe Chelsea will quietly ditch us as a loan club now

Covered_End_Lad

So we are playing a diamond with no width when we have two huge strikers who thrive off crosses... come on Lee pls use brain.

cazo

Smith 4 Caskey for me

Sillybilly

Tinker tinker tinker........can’t resist it can he?

FishCostaFortune

Diamond with Millar at the tip?

Don't like seeing Shinnie pushed out to the wing, he is totally wasted there. 

Are we sure we couldn't have got another defender on Loan instead of using the spot on Matt Smith? 

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Covered_End_Lad said:

So we are playing a diamond with no width when we have two huge strikers who thrive off crosses... come on Lee pls use brain.

Or he's playing Shinnie and Millar on the flanks in a flat 4-4-2 the same way we faced Milton Keynes

cazo

Supposed to have best winger in league and on the bench😖

cafc_harry

Another 4 changes, no chance of anyone developing a bit of rapport then. 

Scoham

Covered_End_Lad said:

So we are playing a diamond with no width when we have two huge strikers who thrive off crosses... come on Lee pls use brain.

Hopefully a flat 4-4-2, Shinnie right, Millar left, that was working until he changed to a diamond on Tuesday.

Six-a-bag-of-nuts

Leuth said:

Ah, so Maatsen WAS the scapegoat! Excellent stuff Lee, maybe Chelsea will quietly ditch us as a loan club now

If he's not even on the bench I expect to hear "he picked up a knock" at some point

Leuth

Smith, Morgan AND Watson all on the bench but no Maatsen - this had better be an injury or...

clive

Jake Forster-Caskey and Darren Pratley are expected to start in central midfield with Andrew Shinnie and Millar either side of them. If playing the diamond, Pratley would likely hold with Millar behind the front two of Aneke and Stockley, who scored his first goals for the Addicks in an impressive performance in midweek.
https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/601e9a4db0b03/team-news-millar-and-aneke-start-with-jaiyesimi-on-the-bench-for-the-first-time

Scoham

cazo said:

Supposed to have best winger in league and on the bench😖

I suppose Kirk would have been the best winger in the league had we signed him instead...

FishCostaFortune

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Covered_End_Lad said:

So we are playing a diamond with no width when we have two huge strikers who thrive off crosses... come on Lee pls use brain.

Or he's playing Shinnie and Millar on the flanks in a flat 4-4-2 the same way we faced Milton Keynes

Just play Jayesimi then. Then drop Pratley and have Shinnie and JFC in the centre. 

charlton_hero

Good to see Purrington back, Maatsen hasn't looked great the last few games.

Cafc43v3r

I would love it if we lined up

                           Amos
Gunter Oshilaja Pearce Purrington
                          Pratley 
                    JFC        Shinnie
                           Aneke
                          Stockley         Millar

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cazo said:

Supposed to have best winger in league and on the bench😖

Has barely trained with the squad... Bowyer said the other day it was unlikely he'd start today

golfaddick

Useless ***king manager. 

Bring in players & then don't start them. Smith must be scratching his head  & wondering wat he has done joining us Started virtually every game for Swindon & now gone 2 games starting on the bench.Might as well just loan them back to Swindon - they rated the 2 players & must be gutted to see is having them & not playing them. Why....just why  ?? 

Really glad I didn't part with my tenner to watch it on VP. Only wanted to see DJ play....

esseffect

The diamond allows purington and Gunter to drive down the wings. Come on guys it’s simple stuff 

Bangkokaddick

Other teams start their new signings straight away. Ours always seem to start on the bench.

moutuakilla

Really disappointed not to see Jaiyesimi start. He's match fit. We desperately need some positivity injected into the side - we know we need to score first too.

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golfaddick said:

Useless fecking manager. 

Bring in players & then don't start them. Smith must be scratching his head  & wondering why he has done. Started virtually every game for Swindon & now gone 2 games starting in the bench.Might as well just loan them back to Swindon. 

Really glad I didn't part with my tenner to watch it on VP. Only wanted to see DJ play....

Yeah he's gone from starting for a team that is in a relegation scrap to one fighting further up the table...

Or do you think our squad is as bad as Swindon's, two games against them it might be but not over the season so far

cazo

Scoham said:

cazo said:

Supposed to have best winger in league and on the bench😖

I suppose Kirk would have been the best winger in the league had we signed him instead...

Kirk is a forward 
Smith 4 Caskey for me