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Post-match Thread: Charlton Athletic v Ipswich Town | Tuesday 7 December 2021
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Charlton played host to fellow league underachievers Ipswich under the lights with a chance to continue the upward momentum under Jacko. Having sacked their manager last week, of course, this could have been the proverbial banana skin. The visitors were off to the better start, but we were well organised and they were unable to trouble us. We soon found our feet going forward and thus began the carve open! Hard work from Washington secured an opportunity for Stockley to put us one nil up.
On another night, we could have had six goals. I’ll leave everyone to fill in the individual moments below, but nonetheless, if it weren’t for their keeper, it would have been “Addicks to Victory” early on. Fortunately for them, their keeper kept them in it well into the second half. We were by far the better side.
We kept the league’s highest scorers to no shots on target through the ninety minutes. It’s hard to pick out moments. It was a team performance and I’m happy for both Stockley and Gilbey for their goals. Gilbey’s in particular broke the tension of only being one nil up; with former players Bonne leading the line and Piggot having just come on, the writing was on the wall for an unholy equaliser. But Gilbey broke through, after chasing back and breaking up an Ipswich attack and then bursting forward to carve open a chance that he ultimately slipped past the keeper and his lucky pair of gloves. The passion was palpable, with Gilbey running over to celebrate with Jacko, Euelly, and the rest of the team and staff.
But my standout performance was Conor Washington. He was a threat all night and had their backline at sixes and sevens every time he turnt and ran at them. He affected the game in a number of ways which would be hard to account for in a spreadsheet. The only negative is that he wasn’t rewarded with a goal of his own.
Another “clean sheet win!”
Over to you.
On another night, we could have had six goals. I’ll leave everyone to fill in the individual moments below, but nonetheless, if it weren’t for their keeper, it would have been “Addicks to Victory” early on. Fortunately for them, their keeper kept them in it well into the second half. We were by far the better side.
We kept the league’s highest scorers to no shots on target through the ninety minutes. It’s hard to pick out moments. It was a team performance and I’m happy for both Stockley and Gilbey for their goals. Gilbey’s in particular broke the tension of only being one nil up; with former players Bonne leading the line and Piggot having just come on, the writing was on the wall for an unholy equaliser. But Gilbey broke through, after chasing back and breaking up an Ipswich attack and then bursting forward to carve open a chance that he ultimately slipped past the keeper and his lucky pair of gloves. The passion was palpable, with Gilbey running over to celebrate with Jacko, Euelly, and the rest of the team and staff.
But my standout performance was Conor Washington. He was a threat all night and had their backline at sixes and sevens every time he turnt and ran at them. He affected the game in a number of ways which would be hard to account for in a spreadsheet. The only negative is that he wasn’t rewarded with a goal of his own.
Another “clean sheet win!”
Over to you.
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But I thought Ipswich won the league in August?
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Alex gilbey is the most complete midfielder we have had outside of the top flight. Phenomenal tonight.68
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For the love of god Thomas.....Give Jacko the bloody job.
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A great all-round performance. Just give Jacko the job.10
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Mentioned it in the match thread, but I absolutely love this team under Jackson. Not just the win, but the performance, so difficult to pick a man of the match.
Got to give him the job now surely.
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We've taken Ipswich and their pension fund and, let's be honest, brought some careers into question tonight9
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From the 10th minute we were fantastic.
They couldn't cope with our work rate or speed of play, and 4-0 wouldn't have flattered us.
So pleased Gilbey got that goal, favourite player in this team.
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Some of our play was reminiscent of our decent football played in the Championship.
Well done all. No unnecessary moaning please almighty Charlton fans.1 -
Brilliant result. When we're all eventually killed by Sunderland fans, it will be the Ipswich fans who helped them plan it. I feel like we've been ruining their lives for about 20 years now
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Ipswich looked like us 3 months ago!
But for their goalie who was superb that could have been 4 or 5.
We are bullying sides. Something we've not done for a good few years.
Give Jacko the job NOW and let's see where he can take us.14 -
Fabulous football tonight. Jacko knows a bit about this management lark.7
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Absolutely excellent after we scored. We were everywhere. Could have had four or five if not for their keeper and some profligate finishing. I didn't know how we'd do after some stale performances the last couple weeks, but what a performance.
Just look at that opening goal. Pressing, hunting in packs, very tidy football, great pass from Dobbo, great work from Connor, great following up from Stockers.
After Friday I said that Thomas might have been a bit savvy waiting to give Jacko the job until after the new manager bounce wore off. It wore off. And today was a top class performance.
Give him the job.2 -
Sloppy start but we grew into that and deserved the points. Gilbey I thought was excellent3
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Great result... Great performance all round...Defend from the front with Washington, it limits the creativity of the opposition, gives our defence a quieter evening, meaning that our own creativity can shine.
Felt Gilbey and Washington should share MoTM for us, but Walton should get it from both sides
Whilst there were a couple of tame saves from Lee and Clare, there were also some lovely stops that should have seen us double our score.
Should add that the theatre lost a great budding actor in Jason Pearce when he opted to become a Footballer
I'm off to swing my cat round by its tail in revenge and delight!!!!6 -
I haven't always gotten the Gilbey hype but that was just monstrous8
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Gah. That top 6 still looks so far off.Miserableoldgit said:
If only Thomas had pulled the trigger after Bolton.
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Brilliant result.Addicks to victoryyyyyyyy1
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Washington and Gibley were outstanding tonight. Lee had an off night but made a superb pass for the second goal. Ipswich offered next to nothing. Need to follow that up with another win against Cambridge on Saturday. They are level with us on points and no doubt confident having won 5-0 away to Cheltenham tonight.6
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Fantastic second half. Too many good performances to single anyone out, they were all excellent. I thought Lee was having a bit of a mare, then he splices the defence open with one pass for the second goal. It's Jacko's job.1
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Jubilation... Stockley you posh, big, beautiful bastard.19
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And to top it off we get to listen to Jayden Stockley and his Gorgeous accent 😍😍😍13
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Really enjoyed that, superb team performance. Could have been more comfortable but Ipswich were surprisingly poor. They looked like us under Adkins. Hard to pick out one player for us but Dobson ran things for us, superb performance.2
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Absolutely top drawer from start to finish.
Played them off the pitch and could have had 4 or 5 had their keeper not performed like Oliver Khan and Peter Schmeichel's love child.
Brilliant.
Give Jackson the job now.5 -
One of the biggest results this season imo. I was terrified that the recent downturn in form was a return to business as usual. JJ is definitely the man for the job, not that there was any doubt. I think the distance to the playoffs will be too far, but at least we look as though we give a damn and there is not one team in this division that will not fear us.6
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Wasn’t there tonight , but almost faultless from every player. Battered them for 65 minutes and only criticism was that we didn’t score more. Washington, Stockley, Gilbey, Famewo all exceptional. Loved the celo for the second goal with Jackson. Better performance than the Plymouth game for me, up the reds0
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Great performance by us, all over the pitch everyone had a good game.0
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There were a few candidates for man of the match today, Washington was unbelievable and Gilbey, Dobson and Stockley were terrific too.But I think it’s telling that possibly the best performance of the day was the Ipswich goalkeeper. Admittedly we hit a few too close to him, but he was absolutely outstanding today.
Could easily have been 4 or 5 today and he kept us nervous right to the last 5 minutes.
End of the day though, cracking win.5 -
Really good performance apart from the opening 15 min. Amazing energy but I was worried that a lapse in concentration or fatigue would donate an equaliser. Thankfully the Coup de Grace from Gilbey ( great energy and finish) resolved the issue.
Ipswich were outplayed and their goalie had a great match. Could have been six. Well spent tenner!1 -
Jayden says post match "I want to finish my career here" awwwww27
