Somebody is going to have to bang in a couple of goals to get anything out of this game, can't really see that happening unfortunately so the best I'm expecting is a draw, 1-1.
We will have a much better chance of winning than some believe. Our home record is very good under Jacko:
WDWWWLWW (19 points from 24 possible)
Six wins - Doncaster, Plymouth, Ipswich, Cambridge, Fleetwood, Wimbledon (15 scored, 2 conceded) One draw - Rotherham (1-1 final score) One loss - Wycombe (0-1 final score)
That's a powder puff attack. We are very unfortunate to be missing all our strikers. I will be at the game but my expectations are as low as they have ever been. I simply cannot see any realistic way we can win this. I can't see us scoring either, so a depressing prediction of 0-2. PS. Please do not play Leko up front (or at all ideally)!
We are unfortunate to be missing Stockley and Washington at the same time . We knew what we were getting with Aneke
There no team at any level who would not be affected by missing their 3 main experienced Strikers
Yes because we are world beaters with any combination of them FFS!!!! Please stop making stupid excuses for our shit football team, the reality is enough.
The race for 12th place is really hotting up and the excitement is building. Robinson is coming out with some real rubbish about him building for the promotion season before he left/sacked for Oxford. Really? They were 5 points off the play offs despite a dismal draw at home to Fleetwood. Bowyer sneaked us in there? He talks so much you end up believing him? Sadly he will be grinning again on Saturday, 2-0 to Oxford.
Hasn’t Lee played as a striker before? Maybe that could be an option.
Only heading to this as I have a mate who’s an Oxford fan so meeting up before and after the game. Couldn’t be less enthused to watch us at the minute though
I agree that Lee should be played up top, so that we can play Dobson, Gilbey and Morgan together in midfield, or if Fraser is back him in place of one of them.
I agree with the extra midfielder some have mentioned, why force the two strikers when they’re both anonymous anyway. This is not what I think will happen just what I’d like to see:
Can’t remember more than a small handful of hard shots from outside the area this season. CBT’s a few weeks back the most recent maybe? None of our lot seem to put their laces through the ball. Just an observation.
Can’t remember more than a small handful of hard shots from outside the area this season. CBT’s a few weeks back the most recent maybe? None of our lot seem to put their laces through the ball. Just an observation.
I agree I was saying this at the last home game, we don’t shoot from outside the box, I don’t even mind a few flying over the bar!!, the times other teams shoot, our GK parry’s and the rebound ends up with the opposition scoring. LEKO, is one of the biggest culprits of getting in a shooting position and trying something fancy or trying to take the man on again, it’s infuriating!!🤷🏻♂️🤣
Defensively, that is probably as good as we can muster, but we select that line-up and win the game I will eat my own penis hat. No hoofing outball for the defense as Burstow wins nothing in the air and Lee will be viewed by their defenders as an amusing pipsqueak. Similarly with anything floated in from wide. We could try playing the ball to feet, but Lee won't want it with his back to goal and Burstow is not renowned for his hold-up play. The ball ain't going to stick. We could try playing them in behind or over the top. Hmmm. I would suggest that Lee is at his best running at defenders from wide. In practical terms how do you see Lee and Burstow working?
With all our forwards fit and knowing Oxford have bundles of goals in them I would have gone for a 4-4 goalfest. With Leko and the Chelsea bloke up front we can safely reduce that 4 from our tally to nil. I'm just hoping Oxford have a terrible 90 in the final third. Our defence of Lavelle, Inniss, Famewo looks impressive. Will that be the first time this season all three have started together?
Defensively, that is probably as good as we can muster, but we select that line-up and win the game I will eat my own penis hat. No hoofing outball for the defense as Burstow wins nothing in the air and Lee will be viewed by their defenders as an amusing pipsqueak. Similarly with anything floated in from wide. We could try playing the ball to feet, but Lee won't want it with his back to goal and Burstow is not renowned for his hold-up play. The ball ain't going to stick. We could try playing them in behind or over the top. Hmmm. I would suggest that Lee is at his best running at defenders from wide. In practical terms how do you see Lee and Burstow working?
If we are going to have to leave a loanee out then fgs make it Leko & not Famewo. I would also like to see Castillo start as well as Kanu.......at least the latter should he here next season which cant be said of Burstow.
Looking at the possible line up & the players missing only an idiot would go for a home win........🙂
If we are going to have to leave a loanee out then fgs make it Leko & not Famewo. I would also like to see Castillo start as well as Kanu.......at least the latter should he here next season which cant be said of Burstow.
Looking at the possible line up & the players missing only an idiot would go for a home win........🙂
If we are going to have to leave a loanee out then fgs make it Leko & not Famewo. I would also like to see Castillo start as well as Kanu.......at least the latter should he here next season which cant be said of Burstow.
Looking at the possible line up & the players missing only an idiot would go for a home win........🙂
If we are going to have to leave a loanee out then fgs make it Leko & not Famewo. I would also like to see Castillo start as well as Kanu.......at least the latter should he here next season which cant be said of Burstow.
Looking at the possible line up & the players missing only an idiot would go for a home win........🙂
The race for 12th place is really hotting up and the excitement is building. Robinson is coming out with some real rubbish about him building for the promotion season before he left/sacked for Oxford. Really? They were 5 points off the play offs despite a dismal draw at home to Fleetwood. Bowyer sneaked us in there? He talks so much you end up believing him? Sadly he will be grinning again on Saturday, 2-0 to Oxford.
I took it as he was talking about his 1st season, when he was in a pretty similar situation to Jackson is now.
How the work done in the dead end of that season put things in place for the success over the next two.
17 year wedding anniversary today , what better way to spend it than taking my family to Charlton , that’ll teach the little fuckers .
Premiership Charlton had a chance to progress to the quarter finals in the FA Cup and lost to 2nd tier Leicester , standard I knew we equalised just before half time before the 4pm service took place in the church on crooms hill and as I got in the car to go to the Trafalgar for our piss up my mate told me Dion Dublin got a last minute winner for Leicester , so I was fucked off and swore and she had the hump and life hasn’t changed at all since then … start as you mean to go on .
so today will be the same scoreline, a home 1-2 defeat … oh such joy
Can't see us winning this but much like the Norwich game we will play well without threatening to score. The best option for us is from dead ball situations, which means Morgan must play and so must Innis, would like Lavelle in there as well but even though Clare had a bad last two outings he's probably our quickest defender and am guessing he would love to play against his old club, so Lavelle on the bench.
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It will be very telling to see how we go.
Reckon
1-2
WDWWWLWW (19 points from 24 possible)
Six wins - Doncaster, Plymouth, Ipswich, Cambridge, Fleetwood, Wimbledon (15 scored, 2 conceded)
One draw - Rotherham (1-1 final score)
One loss - Wycombe (0-1 final score)
Sadly he will be grinning again on Saturday, 2-0 to Oxford.
The Inconsistent's 2 Oxford 1
This of course will be swiftly followed by two defeats.
Only heading to this as I have a mate who’s an Oxford fan so meeting up before and after the game. Couldn’t be less enthused to watch us at the minute though
MacG
Lavelle, Innis, Famewo
Dobson
Clare, Gilbey, Morgan, Jaiyesimi
Lee
Kanu
No hoofing outball for the defense as Burstow wins nothing in the air and Lee will be viewed by their defenders as an amusing pipsqueak.
Similarly with anything floated in from wide.
We could try playing the ball to feet, but Lee won't want it with his back to goal and Burstow is not renowned for his hold-up play. The ball ain't going to stick.
We could try playing them in behind or over the top. Hmmm.
I would suggest that Lee is at his best running at defenders from wide.
In practical terms how do you see Lee and Burstow working?
Looking at the possible line up & the players missing only an idiot would go for a home win........🙂
3-1 and Gobbo moans all the way home.
Leko 2
How the work done in the dead end of that season put things in place for the success over the next two.
Wouldn’t mind betting only 12k attendance even with the freebies.
Good luck to all those attending.
Premiership Charlton had a chance to progress to the quarter finals in the FA Cup and lost to 2nd tier Leicester , standard
I knew we equalised just before half time before the 4pm service took place in the church on crooms hill and as I got in the car to go to the Trafalgar for our piss up my mate told me Dion Dublin got a last minute winner for Leicester , so I was fucked off and swore and she had the hump and life hasn’t changed at all since then … start as you mean to go on .
so today will be the same scoreline, a home 1-2 defeat … oh such joy