Post-match thread: Gillingham v Charlton 21/09/2021

LoOkOuT

With a side comprised of many changes, in personnel and formation, we came out in the first half to good effect, all guns blazing. The first half was our best 45 minutes of league football this season. The movement was pitch perfect, with Lee pulling the strings and Blackett-Taylor running at them with pace. Gillingham were shell-shocked and didn’t recover. We couldn’t capitalise on the dominance.

In the second half, changes were made to both sides. Washington went off for Leko, but Gillingham’s changes were effective and they put pressure on us. Charlton wilted somewhat and Gillingham were able to pull level. We reverted to current form somewhat, but didn’t buckle.

We had two top chances (and they had one off the post), that on another day would have seen us clear. Their keeper pulled off two world-class saves to keep them in it.

We had shots! We had shots on target! Many of them.

An improvement, certainly, but we need to find the confidence to push on and capitalise.

Over to you.

IR94

a point against a poor depleted gillingham side, bleak times

BR7_addick

Not gonna take the positives from this because second half we went to sleep again and served up nonsense.  That needed to be the win, lose Saturday just get rid of him already.  

Look at the state of this.  Only 11/12 we probably had a better summer window.

Let it sink in that the team with Roger Johnson, Kevin Foley, Andrew Crofts, Lee Novak, Nicky Ajose had twice as many points already!

SELR_addicks

https://twitter.com/SandgaardThomas/status/1440416025766350850

hoof_it_up_to_benty

What lineup for Saturday? What will Nige try next?

Valley11

Much better performance. Terrible marking for their goal and despite a better performance by him, it was Morgan who switched off.
I dunno. It was better. But we still look so brittle when put under pressure.

Gribbo

Another acceptable 20 odd minutes, then what?

Hartleypete

Should have been 3 up at half-time.

Somebody being lazy at corner cost us the goal.

Midfield defensively inept.

charlton_hero

An overrated first half and a poor second. 

superclive98

Worst team that we've played against this season and we scrape a draw. 

ForeverAddickted

Frustrating draw... Excellent in the first half, couldnt quite weather their storm at the start of the second - At least we've stopped the rot from the two performances against Cheltenham and Wycombe.

We drew at Gillingham last season with a performance that was a lot worse than tonight so dont overly get those particular complaints from the Match Thread.

Blackett-Taylor | Lee | Davison are positives to take from tonight.

sammy391

Almost the perfect first half - just lacked the second goal.

second half was so predictable! We all knew gillingham would roar back and come at us, we were just happy to sit back and allow it. 

Shocking 

second half football was turgid, especially when leko came on (what does he actually bring?) and we desperately needed someone to get the ball on the floor and drive - perhaps DJ/Kirk could have done that? 

No shape, reverted to hoof ball and threw too many men forward!

their goal was pure luck, but it was always coming! 

Can’t see us getting anything from the next two, and have no idea where we go from here unless Adkins is dismissed! 

Only positives were CBT, Davison and lavelle.

Feeling very bored and low charltonwise tonight 

WK6824Nine

I think we're even closer to finding our best 11 at least. no way we're going down 100%

Leuth

Morgan was awful second half. I think I'm done with him unfortunately

MickeyBennett

A hard-fought draw between two league one strugglers. What both teams lacked in quality, they more than made up for with heart. Well done to all involved.

Athletico Charlton

Decent first half but it was against a woeful Gills side.  They stepped up second half and we wilted.  Can't get excited about a point v Gills but maybe it stops the rot..

Southbank

No real complaints tonight. We were set up well with one attacking winger and Lee as an attacking midfielder linking defence and attack, something we have been missing. CBT brilliant first half and everybody put in a shift.
Only downsides are the stupidity at the short corner, again, and the fact that we have no natural goalscorer. Thus will mean that even when we are dominant we will not put teams away. Its still going to be a tough season.

KettsJohn

Very good first half. Poor second. A point at Gillingham. Just can't see this team going on a run really. Disappointed but not surprised, actually was expecting worse. Some positives but not inspiring

Lincsaddick

cup half full yet still half empty .. better than recent performances .. on Saturday we face another failing 'fancied' team .. no consolation but with Ipswich and Pompey not at the races, we are not alone

Exiled_Addick

Much better performance. I'll take a point in the circumstances - the rot has been stopped for now at least. Should've had the game won first half though, even with us well on top and Gillingham virtually begging us to get in behind them, we till only really got 3 good shots away. Have to do better when we are in chance creating positions. Old frailties resurfaced for their equalizer and then it was quite an even game from there on.

Davo55

Much better in the first half with CBT showing both Kirk and DJ what proper wing play looks like. Went into the break with a deserved lead but it doesn’t take much to make us regress. A bit of aerial pressure and we drop deep and start hitting it long. Thought it was odd taking off Washington at half time when we had done well. Fair result overall and glad we’ve stopped the losing streak but it’s disappointing we couldn’t maintain the quality.

Fumbluff

hoof_it_up_to_benty said:

What lineup for Saturday? What will Nige try next?

Hmmm 3 fit left backs, wonder if anyone knows a formation that can make that work?

Mendonca In Asdas

Missed our goal as the internet cut out, Steve Evans looks to have trimmed up a bit, pleased we didn’t get beat, says it all about where we are at the moment.

bromleyjohn

An improvement . It keeps me undecided about Adkins.

LoOkOuT

We’re a fragile side. You can see the confidence drain when the pressure’s applied. Reflected in our fans too, which were brilliant in the first half and nervy in the second.

sam3110

Good first 25 mins but once they sussed out CBT we didn't really offer much else. Bringing Leko on for Conor didn't really work, and though we had a couple of decent efforts in the second half, they hit the post a couple of times and by the end of the game looked more likely to grab a winner. It's progress from the weekend, but not by much

ValleyGary

Was there. Hated that second half. First half we dominated for 35 mins, then reverted to type. Crowd was quiet, tactics shocking, players lack so much confidence and quality it’s excruciating. Not once do I full backs look to overlap and get a ball in. What exactly are our tactics? 

CBT the only bright spark. 

Adkins Out.

Acab

Garbage

Dazzler21

Leuth said:

Morgan was awful second half. I think I'm done with him unfortunately

See I don't get this, how was he awful second half? He wasn't as busy as the first half, but he barely put a foot wrong.

This isn't me saying he was fantastic or even good second half, but he was no worse than any other midfield player second half - the singling out of the 21 year old makes no sense.

Peach of a corner for Stockley to fluff was probably his highlight of the half.

Clem_Snide

Excellent first half. CBT tore them a new one and the whole team were at it.

Second half reverted back to the same old pedestrian crap. Tip tap across the back line and then hoof.

Worryingly, no tactical reaction to the Gillingham changes, don't understand a half time change after the first half performance.

At least the bare minimum requirement of effort was there. It might just be me, but our fitness levels look well.short of where they should be. Visibly wilted in the last 15 mins.

BigRedEvil

Just realised 4 get relegated from L1 so we're not out of the relegation zone... 

Sounds like we played better but this season is going to be dire.