I’ll keep this simple.
First half.
Lots of injuries and forced changes.
We started brightly and went ahead.
We strike the crossbar.
Wigan frustrated and pressured the officials.
A stupid, soft foul resulted in a penalty.
Wigan equalised.
Grating goal music.
Second half.
We took some time to get going.
We never actually got going again.
Wigan sub comes on.
Wigan fashion a few opportunities that McGuiness fails to capitalise on.
We gift Wigan a corner through poor defending.
Wigan’s lump of a sub scores.
We don’t mount much resistance.
Kanu makes his senior debut.
Wigan 2 Charlton 1
Over to you.
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Injuries unfortunate but typical. That’s all I have on the game.
I know I’m a string for repeating this every week but without a doubt the most depressing season following us IMO.
You watch this current lot I bet around April they’ll turn it on when the pressures off and win our last 5 or sumin and finish 10th and be all happy with themselves.
Days like today were always going to happen.
Wigan got the two goals though, thats all that matters - Dont remember Macca having much else to do today
Unfortunately it was a repeat of the referee "correcting" his mistakes from Tuesday
One highlight today was seeing Daniel Kanu in what'll be a collectors item of Charlton appearances before he moves to Chelsea.
I know I come across at times on the Match Thread as a proper whingy bastard, especially towards the Referee
But I wouldn't have issue with yellow cards being dished out to our players, PROVIDED there was consistency with the opposition - Once again today, there were bookings given out to our players, whilst the opposition (supposedly "tough" Northern opponents), get to flop around and do whatever the hell they want.
That’s 50% of our outfield players playing out of position/not their preferred position. All to make sure we can play this sacred 352.
This 352, which uses players out of position for the centre back and wing backs, has given us 1 clean sheet out of the past 9 matches.
We could have easily played a 433 or 442 diamond, with players generally in their right positions.
Sorry, but its just stubbornness at this point. The loyalty to the 352 is baffling, we just don’t have the personnel for it. Too many individual errors and players not knowing their roles defensively. We need to stop leaking goals.
Our team sheet is just a mess whenever the lineup changes. Alan Turing couldn't work out whose meant to be playing where.
Whilst we’re capable of quality, we’re frustratingly inconsistent.
Poor teams can beat us.
A little bit of fine tuning was required.
Two transfer window's later and we are ten times worse.
Expect the same this summer as Sandgaard does not have the right people advising him.
Pile off shite.
The majority of this team need changing in the summer. The defence in particular, inc GK, is the worst I can remember.
Jacko is the right man at the wrong time. New blood needed.
Sean Clare has been brilliant for us in an unfamiliar centre back role but he was poor last time out and struggled again today. Perhaps time to bring Sam Lavelle back in next week?
Major squad overhaul needed. Recruitment has been piss poor the last 18 months and with the exception of one or two, I wouldn’t be upset if none of these players aren’t here next season. I reckon we have some of the worst footballing brains in the league. It’s just all rancid.
Two tough away matches against two good sides and we’ve ended up with 0 points. Jacko and TS need to review these two matches as you need to win these types of games if you are serious about top two and promotion.
Sooner this season is over the better.
Set piece defending is absolutely shit! The second half was just pathetic...League 1 again next season, oh deep fucking joy.....NOT!