Right, into the last month of the current Third Division term with just a handful of games left in this most disappointing of seasons.
Meaningless? Well, that depends on your interpretation.
What do we expect today? Could be a goal feast but probably not. There's players' careers and certainly there's pride at stake - and glory be, the dream of a 12th placed finish in the Third Division.
Could we even see a young player blooded that goes on to be a bedrock of our team (or probably somebody elses, don't laugh)?
What's Jacko been saying?
"We can be more clinical". Carry on dreaming of a goal fest, then. No idea of the lineup except JFC played 90 mins for the 23s midweek and we won't see Chuks and Ryan Man Mountain. In any case, the manager likes to keep the nucleus of a winning team.
Three wins on the bounce ..... can we make it 4 today?
Unchanged starting lineup. JFC on the bench.
Charlton: MacGillivray; Clare, Lavelle, Purrington; Matthews, Gilbey, Dobson, Fraser, Blackett-Taylor; Stockley (c), Washington
Subs: Harness, Famewo, Pearce, Forster-Caskey, Lee, Leko, Burstow
Charlton TV starts at 2.15.
No Scotty but Charlotte steps in to keep the lads in order - Curbs and Shirty, playoff legend Peter Shirtliff,
" .....'Appen I have to play for Charton". Yorkshire lad.
COYR!
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Well, p'raps a little bit.
No Nile John ...... !
to miss a game if you’re a season ticket holder. I’ll be watching the live stream by the way 😉.
Well, are they playing better than CBT or Scott Fraser for example?
Remember, Jacko sees all the players in training every day, while we think we're playing Football Manager.
Wibble
By contrast Lee keeps getting a place on the bench despite contributing little.
I've already got 'that' music on mute. I wish they'd just play the Red, Red Robin.
I wonder who got their transfer policy right in the summer. And I wonder if those of you who said that those of us that were moaning in the summer about who was spending / recruiting who might just take moment.
The next 4 months will shape next season. Get it right & we can be Wigan, get it wrong & we can be treading water again.
Edit. As I type Wigan now only drawing but are joint top & only second on GD
Perhaps DJ & Albie, they're in the match day squad at Wimbledon on Tuesday?
I can see CBT being rested for that game or on the bench.
Lee & Leko are straight subs for Fraser and Washington today .... I should think it means the gameplan won't have to be altered.
Both Pearce and Famewo on the bench is "extremely weird". There will be a reason though.
We know Albie is a decent dead ball specialist and capable of threading a killer ball.
But .... there are big holes in his game, parts of his job where he's lacking, it's often been pointed out in frustration - it's a team game don't forget and if Morgan is out of position or not tracking back, then it causes big problems to the gameplan, or even goals conceded as a direct or indirect consequence.
Anyway, back to more important matters, are you in IKEA yet?
Anyway, we could do with a bit of fun, especially poor old Leuth who's so upset about Albie, so I may as well leave it as it is.