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Post-match Thread: Charlton Athletic v Hull City | Sun 9th May 2021

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  • EveshamAddick
    EveshamAddick Posts: 7,027
    edited May 2021
    Good game today, strong finish to the season, in some ways unlucky to miss out. The way we’ve played in the last two I would have fancied us in the play offs. But injuries to key players and some bizarre decisions by Bowyer is what’s cost us.

    When was the last time we had a normal pre- season - it must be a while.
  • prairie_dan123
    prairie_dan123 Posts: 9
    Bowyer left way too late. Two points per game, as Adkins achieved, would have seen us top the table ahead of Hull.
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,990
    SELR_addicks said:
    Potentially in League One next season we have: 

    Charlton
    Sunderland
    Blackpool
    Portsmouth
    Bolton
    Sheffield Wednesday
    Rotherham


    Tough season to get promoted. 
    Tough for them seeing as we'll be champions
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,734
    ozaddick said:
    Did Burton really give a debut to their back up keeper who'd been on loan to a non league team this season? 

    Yeah this bloke, although he's on loan from QPR and hasnt been on loan to Non-League this season, but started his career down there and had a few other loans to the likes of Welling

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dillon_Barnes
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,224
    Although I’m not relishing the thought of 3rd division football next season I am confident that it will be our last season in this this tier. 
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,893
    A combination of our poor home form and letting Bowyer stay too long has ultimately cost us. Adkins has done well however and we must be one of the favourites next season, although as always it will be tough, with some big teams to deal with.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    What a nice guy Adkins is.  Its all real as well. 
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,097
    SELR_addicks said:
    Potentially in League One next season we have: 

    Charlton
    Sunderland
    Blackpool
    Portsmouth
    Bolton
    Sheffield Wednesday
    Rotherham


    Tough season to get promoted. 
    Sunderland - never beat us
    Blackpool - ok but could just be a flash in the pan season
    Portsmouth - not that good
    Bolton - shit, only just made 3rd in league 2.
    Sheff Weds - basket case
    Rotherham - will be tough but they're not exactly Man city.

    The league is ours.
  • msomerton
    msomerton Posts: 2,989
    A good result against a very good side and a win is a good way to end the season even though we missed out on play offs, which is a better position than I expected after the summer recruitment.
  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,404
    SELR_addicks said:
    Potentially in League One next season we have: 

    Charlton
    Sunderland
    Blackpool
    Portsmouth
    Bolton
    Sheffield Wednesday
    Rotherham


    Tough season to get promoted. 
    Bolton!?

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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,889
    As I've said before, no one incident cost us any more than we benefitted by any one occurrence to that extent. It was that period of 22 points from 21 games, which included 12 matches against opposition in the bottom half of the table, that ultimately dictated our fate.

    Adkins has impressed me - 19 points from 10 matches with just one defeat (scoring 18 and conceding 8) in a run that saw us play 4 of the top 5 bodes very well for the future and providing we make some decent signings I'm sure that we will be right up there next season.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,385
    it's all been said .. a summer of reorganisation, new player signings and many departures .. Nigel Adkins has the time and, we hope, the money to pick his own squad .. fans back in their droves come August and that will not be a day too soon
  • Braziliance
    Braziliance Posts: 8,397
    Love Adkins attitude and comments there. I fully believe he will take us up next season, cannot wait to see who we bring in now and to watch England in the down time, exciting times ahead my fellow addicks
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 23,719
    SELR_addicks said:
    Potentially in League One next season we have: 

    Charlton
    Sunderland
    Blackpool
    Portsmouth
    Bolton
    Sheffield Wednesday
    Rotherham


    Tough season to get promoted. 
    I don't care what anyone says this league is shite. 
    Now that the wage restrictions have been removed it's down to Sandgaard to show us how serious he really is. 
    Get it right and we will smash it.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,246
    When do the transfer rumours start?
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,990
    Very pleased we have professional people in charge now right across the club. It will make a difference.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,492
    Chunes said:
    SELR_addicks said:
    Potentially in League One next season we have: 

    Charlton
    Sunderland
    Blackpool
    Portsmouth
    Bolton
    Sheffield Wednesday
    Rotherham


    Tough season to get promoted. 
    Bolton!?
    New ownership and since 2021 have been in fantastic form. 

    Got some decent money behind them. 
  • charlton_hero
    charlton_hero Posts: 4,671
    edited May 2021
    We deserved the win today, it's been a strong finish to the season, so well played the lads. Looking forward to a fresh start and fresh faces next season. 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,385
    Braziliance said:
    Love Adkins attitude and comments there. I fully believe he will take us up next season, cannot wait to see who we bring in now and to watch England in the down time, exciting times ahead my fellow addicks
    and will you be in uniform ??????
  • Addickhead86
    Addickhead86 Posts: 1,152
    Happy with that, look at the way we set up compared to mid season, players knowing what they should be doing and putting in a shift. Wasn't considering a return for Maatsen or Millar before this game, but to be fair to the pair of them, they couldn't have done any more to change my mind. The form over the last 10 games has been very good, with an unbalanced and underwhelming squad. Get a handful of top quality additions and enjoy the ride.

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,282
    Played well today albeit against a team that didn't need the result.

    Something to build on next season,  we still have a club, we have, it seems, a good owner and an experienced manager.

    And in a few months we'll be back at the Valley.

    C'mon Sunderland, now win the play-offs
  • boggzy
    boggzy Posts: 3,596
    LittleAddick said:
    Didn't expect anything today but one thing that really is frustrating is our lack of action to remove Bowyer, we would be in the playoffs if we didn't spend 2 months exercising Einstein's definition of insanity.
    Absolutely this
  • Redmidland
    Redmidland Posts: 44,700
    edited May 2021
    We won the game, couldn't do anymore, so thats a positive. We have an owner now with clear ambition and is willing to invest. We have a newish manager who has just said on Charlton TV that, as the Hull players celebrated their promotion, "that'll be us next year, how positive is that!!
    Next season we will have a NA squad, Millar sounds he would like to come back, Stockley seems nailed on to sign for us. Its time to sit-back, as supporters, enjoy the 8 weeks or so before pre-season starts, so lets see what squad we have, but for now its time to chill.
    Cheers everyone, onto next season.
  • ozaddick
    ozaddick Posts: 2,852
    ForeverAddickted said:
    ozaddick said:
    Did Burton really give a debut to their back up keeper who'd been on loan to a non league team this season? 

    Yeah this bloke, although he's on loan from QPR and hasnt been on loan to Non-League this season, but started his career down there and had a few other loans to the likes of Welling

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dillon_Barnes
    The BBC thread said he fumbled a weak freekick into his own goal and was chipped from outside the box for another. 
  • Tunwellsaddick
    Tunwellsaddick Posts: 2,454
    We ended the season strongly under NA. Every confidence we will get promoted next season with a much stronger squad. We've got our club back! COYRs!!  
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,306
    LittleAddick said:
    Didn't expect anything today but one thing that really is frustrating is our lack of action to remove Bowyer, we would be in the playoffs if we didn't spend 2 months exercising Einstein's definition of insanity.
    This with bells on!!!
  • Braziliance
    Braziliance Posts: 8,397
    Lincsaddick said:
    Braziliance said:
    Love Adkins attitude and comments there. I fully believe he will take us up next season, cannot wait to see who we bring in now and to watch England in the down time, exciting times ahead my fellow addicks
    and will you be in uniform ??????
    Bit kinky mate haha

    I will be working normal weeks until my training is done apparently, hopefully I can make all the games until then, can't wait for my next proper away day again 
  • Hartleypete
    Hartleypete Posts: 4,704
    We did well today against a very good side.

    Much preferred the team when Shinnie replaced Watson.

    Hope we get  a really decent centre mid or two in for next season and get Aneke playing regularly.


  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,385
    edited May 2021
    Braziliance said:
    Lincsaddick said:
    Braziliance said:
    Love Adkins attitude and comments there. I fully believe he will take us up next season, cannot wait to see who we bring in now and to watch England in the down time, exciting times ahead my fellow addicks
    and will you be in uniform ??????
    Bit kinky mate haha

    I will be working normal weeks until my training is done apparently, hopefully I can make all the games until then, can't wait for my next proper away day again 
    so you went for it  .. good luck !
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,209
    edited May 2021
    A good finish to a crap season. So many factors went into us coming up short, but the damage was done in the summer, thanks to ESI, and mid-season, with injuries being a big factor there. Bowyer got an awful lot of flack on here but our form was moving in the right direction by the time he left. Impossible to know what he would have achieved if he had stayed, but what we can say is Adkins kept us on that upward trajectory and has overall done well since he came in. Results in the final third of the season were very good, and I feel like we have been slowly developing a pattern of play and playing with more positivity. We are short of a touch of quality in two or three key positions, but we do also have a few good players who are increasingly finding their feet. 

    A big transfer window coming up, but we finally have an owner with money to spend and a willingness to do so, a settled and experienced manager, and a well staffed and resourced recruitment team. The building blocks are in place, the stress and drama of last summer is behind us, and the players who are still here next season can carry the confidence of a good finish to the season into the the close season. With fans back in the stadium, there should be no excuses next season. That's not to say we should abandon all patience, or that there are any guarantees, but we'll definitely have the best shot of a really good season we have had for decade.

    So an unsatisfying season, but massive reasons for optimism. A very welcome change from the sight feeling of dread of the last 2 or 3 pre-seasons of high turnover, late deals, and stingy budgets.

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