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Post-match Thread: Charlton Athletic v Gillingham | Tuesday 15 March 2022
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Much better this evening. I thought we came out bright and dominated possession in the first half. With Stockley and Washington reunited up front, the band was back together. For the first 35 minutes or so, we played some nice forward play but lacked efforts on goal. Corey Blackett-Taylor prodded and probed on the left to great effect and Fraser and Gilbey exploited the gaps in behind their midfield. The break through came before halftime with Gilbey rifling a shot into the back of the net.
We defended well, with a backline anchored by Lavelle. No obvious defensive lapses helped with confidence to build up play from the back.
Clean sheet. Win. You could see the relief in Jacko’s face at the final whistle. First win in eight.
Charlton 1 Gillingham 0
Over to you.
We defended well, with a backline anchored by Lavelle. No obvious defensive lapses helped with confidence to build up play from the back.
Clean sheet. Win. You could see the relief in Jacko’s face at the final whistle. First win in eight.
Charlton 1 Gillingham 0
Over to you.
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Most important win we will have this season in my opinion.
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Should be safe now. 10 point gap to the relegation zone, game in hand, much better goal difference. Can build for next year now.
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Relieved! Massive job ahead in the summer.3
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Certainly an improved performance in the first half with some good approach play even if the finishing didn’t live up to the promise. We couldn’t maintain the momentum in the second half but we benefitted from Gillingham’s failure to really throw the kitchen sink at our wobbly defence. CBT made a difference before he tired and Conor Washington showed just how much we rely on his intelligent running.
A win, at last. And hopefully now we can build on that and open up a bigger gap between us and the dreaded relegation places.
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A clean sheet win!!1
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The way Gillingham played overall was a clear demonstration of how we were never really in danger of being relegated.
To lose all those games in a row against the top 6-8 was awful but now it’s behind us and we have plenty more Gillinghams to play in the coming weeks.
We are the worst ‘big club’ in this division which is not acceptable and must be improved upon next season. But we still have enough to beat your run of the mill third tier sides.15 -
CBT gives you what you need from a L1 wingback. Pure effort and unpredictability!21
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We won but we didn’t play particularly well against a poor team. It’s three points but I can’t get too excited about it. May mean we will finish near the top fourteen which is some achievement.15
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Much better. Lavelle looking proper, CBT and Fraser starting to show. Washington and Stockley are crucial.Maybe it has been the injuries and we’re not such an awful side?4
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Gilbey being lined for an interview on Charlton TV.
Who's asking the questions: Charlotte or Leuth?3 - Sponsored links:
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Keep this run going and the boys can start to believe they will finish above Cambridge.
Up The Addicks11 -
Massive win, just hope they can take a little bit more confidence into the next game, should cheer us all up for a few days!0
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Glad we got the 3pts. But not a great performance. They were terrible and we not much better.
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And our goal came from their keeper dropping one....LargeAddick said:We won but we didn’t play particularly well against a poor team. It’s three points but I can’t get too excited about it. May mean we will finish near the top fourteen which is some achievement.
We were the better team, just.1 -
Fumbluff giving CBT and Fraser the worst marks of all of them has triggered me more than Gilbey ever has or ever will9
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What a difference a win makes !10 points off relegation and high negative goal difference for the bottom clubs. Important game to win and eases the pressure all round.Would like to see the team follow up on Saturday with another victory & secure League 1 safety as soon as possible.2
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Three points in a clean sheet win. Much better, particularly in the first half.In Corey Blackett-Taylor we’ve actually got a player who can beat a man, and isn’t afraid to have a pop. Won us the match. Great little dribble into the box and a shot in the second half too.Overall we need to improve on that going forward, but it’s something to build on at least.17
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As others have said a much better performance tonight, CBT was very good, Fraser getting fitter and better, (think we should build the team around him and Dobo), Dobo excellent again, Stockley and Washington working well together, Gilbey a much improved performance.
3 points a big sigh of relief....now is the time to build on this and finish the season strongly.6 -
Good win. Deserved win. Needed win.
Huge credit has to go to CBT who was everywhere both attacking and defending, and to Gilbey whose movement and running deserved a goal.
Gillingham are a well organized side but desperately lacking in quality. But that shouldn't take away from the fact that we were good value after an awful run of form.
Not vintage Stockley or Washington, both tired and looked rusty. But it's clear what they offer up front, they dovetail so well.
And you can start to see the shoots of a very promising left side with Fraser, CBT, and Washington interchanging and creating overloads.
Lastly, Dobbo is immense. Give him a contract extension tomorrow.
Job done.
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CBT best on ground by a mile tonight, it's good to have him back on the side.
Dobson did well in midfield (as usual), Clare made possibly the second-best tackle of the season (even if it was negated by an offside flag), and Gilbey finally managed to hit the target and score.
No-one managed to get themselves sent off, no-one picked up a booling to trigger a suspension.
Bearing in mind what's been dished up in the last few months that was probably as good a night as we could have hoped for.21 - Sponsored links:
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Have to agree. Not sure what game some people watch. Thought CBT was very bright.Leuth said:Fumbluff giving CBT and Fraser the worst marks of all of them has triggered me more than Gilbey ever has or ever will9 -
Thank god for the home form, its ironically not much better than the away - But when it got shown on the relegation thread that the likes of Gillingham | Morecambe | Lincoln | Shrewsbury all have to visit the Valley means that we should end the season without fearfully looking over our shoulders.
Its another base for Jackson to build upon in the summer, but as shown by the leaky goals away from home, we really need to find a better formula when we step outside of SE7.
I didnt see us on Saturday, and going by the highlights I'm extremely thankful - But after a brief early throw in scare, we got ourselves on the ball and comfortably got ourselves the lead, and the win shortly before full-time.
Gilbey I thought had an excellent match, similar to the Ipswich game at the Valley. But would get so many goals, if he wasnt awful at finishing - You look back at his goal at Sunderland last season, and you realise that the scuffed shot that day, wasnt just a poor attempt, it was a typical attempt from him... As shown on, what was it, something like two attempts before he coolly finished into an empty net.
Fraser too showed calmness on the ball, and whilst we're not seeing anything Hollywood from him as yet, I think the best is still to come - Whilst Elliott Lee came off the bench, and showed that we should smile, shake his hand in the summer, and say: "Thanks, but no thanks". - Blackett-Taylor on the other hand, has returned, showing the form we saw in Portsmouth, and deserves to be a squad player at the very least next term
The message is clear though, keep Stockley / Washington fit and we stand a chance.
I imagine many saw it as a typical whinging soundbite from Jackson when he bemoaned their absence in a recent game - The stats dont lie though, thats the seventh game they've started under him now where we've come away with points.
Hopefully we can make it game eight on Saturday.16 -
Hopefully that’s us safe now?0
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Important win and at times we looked good. But terrible lack of composure all over the park as the clock wound down. Desperate snatched clearances and silly fouls - Gills had one clear cut chance near the end and ballooned it over the bar. Need a calming captain on the pitch to take charge at times like that. Good to see Stockley and Washington back and a clean sheet win. But we are going to need another striker who scores more regularly than those we’ve got if we are serious about top two next season.5
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I like Lavelle but I thought he was well off the pace for much of the game tonight. He was consistently beaten in the air by Vadaine Oliver. He really only started looking up to it in the final 20 minutes or so.Valley11 said:Much better. Lavelle looking proper, CBT and Fraser starting to show. Washington and Stockley are crucial.Maybe it has been the injuries and we’re not such an awful side?6 -
PWR. Just a couple of quick observations... 1st time I've seen this team play live.
Gillingham never pressed or harried us, which suited us just fine. We had time to stroke it about.
CBT was our brightest player by far.
Stockley ain't that great, quite surprised how infective he was.
Foster must still be COVID effected, because I didn't think he had much influence tonight.
And lastly for now, we'd be totally fucked if we didn't have Dobson.14 -
Back to back clean sheets at home.4
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CBT is one of the few players we have that has a distinctive trait we can work with (pace), which at least gives an outlet.
A win is a win, and we needed it - but I don’t think this solves or fixes anything. We still looked relatively toothless, but slightly less toothless than an awful Gillingham side.5 -
That was difficult viewing after 60 mins. Last 10 was typical CAFC backs to the wall,, hack it clear anywhere. Only thing to save us is that the bottom 6 are so bad that none of them will get enough points to overhaul us should we get another 3 or 4 points.
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It's why unlike some I like Gilbey. He gets the chances even though he misses too many. Another player doesn't get them. Sort that out and he will score more and his energy helps us.7
