The first half could be termed scrappy, but I think we limited their chances and were worth a one nil advantage going into half time. In cold and wet conditions throughout, we weathered Cambridge’s advances, but we lacked rhythm in possession and that allowed Cambridge to break up play and prod forward. Our attacking play wasn’t as fluid as it has been under Jacko, until well into the second half.
In the second half, Cambridge had their chances, but they didn’t impress me much. They put in a grinding performance that ultimately fell short. Perhaps if they spent less energy on trying to draw fouls and cards from a referee open to their suggestions, they’d have capitalised on their opportunities to better effect.
For me, Washington put in a man-of-the-match performance last week to power us to a 2-0 win over Ipswich. But he was unable to score himself. This week, he bagged two for his efforts. He’s playing with confidence and that’s lifting the whole team.
To win when you’re a little out of rhythm is crucial if we’re going to sustain our challenge to finish in the playoff positions.
Taking three points, we climb the league again and a clean sheet should inspire continued confidence.
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Shit ref.
Scummy oppo.
One more clean sheet.
Two goals.
Three points.
Jacko Party Bus rolls ever onward.
Give Jacko the job ffs. Starting to edge into disrespectful now.
Washington ran himself into the ground and the keeper made some crucial saves.
not pretty and we looked tired - few days off now for the lads with no midweek game, they’ve certainly earned it
expect Jacko to be confirmed asap
Now appoint Jacko.
Stockley lucky not to get a red i felt for the head butt just before half time. No need to get involved so it was so stupid of him.
Washington MOTM, 2 great finishes and well played to the defence for another clean sheet. Our charge up the table continues. EIEIEIO.......
We ground out a win in a match that was never going to be an epic
MoM Washington - put a shift in, with honourable mention for Pearce
Also Mac in goal is really starting to become the keeper that Portsmouth fans raved about.
Jesus, what a scummy team they were. They actually managed to rifle me up. The play-acting (going down grabbing their faces), the crowding of the ref over simple tackles, the BLATANT dive in the box that went unpunished... It was ridiculous.
At 85 mins I felt we were lucky not to be losing, so I'm not sure what to make of it as a game. Scumbridge had the better chances and created two clear one-on-one among others. I thought it was a poor performance from us, to be honest, but we did win 2-0 at the end so it's a weird one. On another day we're 3-1 down going into the final 5 minutes.
It was a really crappy game of football and we carried a lot of players today. Under another manager we'd have crumbled.
Side note, Jackson clearly does not rate some of these players on the bench because we had some tired bodies out there and the replacements were not coming on.
Jacko has turned this team into winners. Sign him up. Whatever he is doing is working.
Brilliant result and up the league we go. No one is going to look forward to playing us. If we beat Plymouth we're potentially 5 points off 6th and well in the mix.
Unbelievable turnaround in 2 months.
Well done Charlton.
Pearce still obviously has an ageing portrait in his loft.
But a great result
I'll settle for that.
Keeper is getting better and better as the season goes on.
And the man who cannot finish gets another brace.
We are now top half,win our next couple and keel the dream alive.
We can’t perform like we did on Tuesday every game unfortunately, but if you can’t you do the professional thing and we see out the game (just).
another big test next sat. The other challenge we have is very little margin for error now to keep up given the shocking start we had. It’s a big ask of the lads every week to keep up the 2pts a game (maybe more) to challenge for the play offs
But on a serious note i'd say that's my only gripe against Jackson so far, as he does seem to take ages over his subs. Cost us at Morecambe i felt when we looked tired and he should've made changes 5-10 minutes before their equaliser.