First half was awful, worse than Bolton because Bolton are a good, well-drilled side. Second half was much better without being fantastic. It really shows that two decent halves and we could very well have won.
The thing that gives me hope is Sess and Egbo as overlapping fullbacks next week with JRS and CBT on the flanks and Leaburn up front. That will feel more like the side we were hoping for in terms of quality and mobility.
But we have to stop letting in soft goals.
Agreed, but both JRS and CBT need to improve the consistency of their shooting (keep the ball down more often) and crossing, and to develop better judgement as to when to pass the ball. Service to Stockley and Leaburn (witness FGR) has been pretty poor. They are still inexperienced and can learn.
Was feeling very sorry for the travelling Addicks when Miles came to their rescue with the backheel. Hopefully made their journey home much more enjoyable.
Obviously that was a shocking first half, with no redeeming features. Outplayed, out muscled, out thought. Don’t even want to think about how bad that was.
Tremendous change in the second half though. Better formation, and a real positive in Egbo. Looks like a proper right back, and he’s stronger than Clare.
Loved Leaburn’s interview after the match. Hopefully that’ll get posted on Twitter, and reposted here.
Should have won it in the end. Hit the woodwork twice, and Rak Sakyi could have done better when put through. And when he blazed over. And when he missed the sitter in the first half. Hopefully he’ll be less profligate in future, but he’s very young tbf.
Dobson had an unusually poor game. His passing was way off today. Thought Fraser and Payne were ok, and improved before Payne came off.
If CBT’s shot had gone in rather than hit the bar we’d be all set for the weekend.
Would love to see this leaburn interview if anyone is able to share
Was feeling very sorry for the travelling Addicks when Miles came to their rescue with the backheel. Hopefully made their journey home much more enjoyable.
Obviously that was a shocking first half, with no redeeming features. Outplayed, out muscled, out thought. Don’t even want to think about how bad that was.
Tremendous change in the second half though. Better formation, and a real positive in Egbo. Looks like a proper right back, and he’s stronger than Clare.
Loved Leaburn’s interview after the match. Hopefully that’ll get posted on Twitter, and reposted here.
Should have won it in the end. Hit the woodwork twice, and Rak Sakyi could have done better when put through. And when he blazed over. And when he missed the sitter in the first half. Hopefully he’ll be less profligate in future, but he’s very young tbf.
Dobson had an unusually poor game. His passing was way off today. Thought Fraser and Payne were ok, and improved before Payne came off.
If CBT’s shot had gone in rather than hit the bar we’d be all set for the weekend.
He’s been pretty inconsistent all season for me.
On the whole he has been his normal tenacious self, and has put in some fantastic challenges and broken up play well.
On the other hand I think he use of the ball, especially going forwards has been poor quiet a lot of the time.
Much better second half but that is a really crap result for a team that's supposedly after promotion.
Who thought we were after promotion with that squad ?
I refer the honorable gentleman to the "HMS Piss the League" memes after the Plymouth game.
Plymouth have won all their games since apart from today and they should have done.
Yep, but they were down to 10 men against us, and it had been fairly end to end up until the penalty and the sending off, because they were happy to play a similar open game to us. I very much enjoyed that match, but felt that it wasn't necessarily a fair reflection of where we were at at the time.
Still six points behind target. If JRS had finished it could be down to four. Mind you at half time it looked as if the deficit would be up to seven. Barnsley is now a must win.
We were dire in the first half but much improved in the second. A draw probably a fair result but had we won that they couldn't have complained. There is something missing though. We feel a bit too static when we haven't got the ball. Finishing still an issue although CBT was unlucky with his effort rather than it being a poor one. Also, as mentioned in the commentary, I can't remember seeing a side where it is so easy to get your crosses in.
Terrible first half. Although interestingly Scott Marshall commented on how difficult it was playing into the wind. Small amount of mitigation for an abject 45mins though.
Pleased we went back to 433 and good to see Egbo on the pitch and influencing the game. Get Sessengnon back and I think we will be harder to score against.
Second half, whilst not brilliant was a big improvement and the players deserve some credit for turning it round. How many times last season did we see a first half like that descend into an even worse second 45?
On another day one of CBT or Egbo's chances go in and we nick it.
Surprised at all the "little old Fleetwood" sentiment. They have lost one game this season and won at Peterborough in the week. They looked useful in the first half but seemed to tire dramatically second.
IMO a decentish point with a great bit of improvisation from Miles Leaburn.
Still think we can have a decent season. Players are coming back and most importantly for me, we have only really put one 90min performance together and have still only lost twice. A good sign that we can grind out results when missing key players and not playing great.
Barnsley will be a tough game. They have been up and down so far, lets hope we get them on a down day and we hopefully see Sessengnon come back with Chuks to follow against Oxford.
That's it from me, all things Charlton. 55 years a Charlton supporter - cannot take any more crap. Lower half league one side with a Premiership stadium ain't gonna get any better soon. Good Bye!
Terrible first half. Although interestingly Scott Marshall commented on how difficult it was playing into the wind. Small amount of mitigation for an abject 45mins though.
Pleased we went back to 433 and good to see Egbo on the pitch and influencing the game. Get Sessengnon back and I think we will be harder to score against.
Second half, whilst not brilliant was a big improvement and the players deserve some credit for turning it round. How many times last season did we see a first half like that descend into an even worse second 45?
On another day one of CBT or Egbo's chances go in and we nick it.
Surprised at all the "little old Fleetwood" sentiment. They have lost one game this season and won at Peterborough in the week. They looked useful in the first half but seemed to tire dramatically second.
IMO a decentish point with a great bit of improvisation from Miles Leaburn.
Still think we can have a decent season. Players are coming back and most importantly for me, we have only really put one 90min performance together and have still only lost twice. A good sign that we can grind out results when missing key players and not playing great.
Barnsley will be a tough game. They have been up and down so far, lets hope we get them on a down day and we hopefully see Sessengnon come back with Chuks to follow against Oxford.
I’ll go with that it’s going to take time, compared with this time last season we are “streets ahead” the club is still work in progress, repairing the damage done by a bunch of pricks over many years, keep the faith!
Terrible first half. Although interestingly Scott Marshall commented on how difficult it was playing into the wind. Small amount of mitigation for an abject 45mins though.
Pleased we went back to 433 and good to see Egbo on the pitch and influencing the game. Get Sessengnon back and I think we will be harder to score against.
Second half, whilst not brilliant was a big improvement and the players deserve some credit for turning it round. How many times last season did we see a first half like that descend into an even worse second 45?
On another day one of CBT or Egbo's chances go in and we nick it.
Surprised at all the "little old Fleetwood" sentiment. They have lost one game this season and won at Peterborough in the week. They looked useful in the first half but seemed to tire dramatically second.
IMO a decentish point with a great bit of improvisation from Miles Leaburn.
Still think we can have a decent season. Players are coming back and most importantly for me, we have only really put one 90min performance together and have still only lost twice. A good sign that we can grind out results when missing key players and not playing great.
Barnsley will be a tough game. They have been up and down so far, lets hope we get them on a down day and we hopefully see Sessengnon come back with Chuks to follow against Oxford.
That's it from me, all things Charlton. 55 years a Charlton supporter - cannot take any more crap. Lower half league one side with a Premiership stadium ain't gonna get any better soon. Good Bye!
That's it from me, all things Charlton. 55 years a Charlton supporter - cannot take any more crap. Lower half league one side with a Premiership stadium ain't gonna get any better soon. Good Bye!
Reminds me of that embarrassing copy / paste crap that goes round on Twitter
With the message ending with saying that they're off to support a rival team
That's it from me, all things Charlton. 55 years a Charlton supporter - cannot take any more crap. Lower half league one side with a Premiership stadium ain't gonna get any better soon. Good Bye!
Reminds me of that embarrassing copy / paste crap that goes round on Twitter
With the message ending with saying that they're off to support a rival team
A fair point on the day, but simply not good enough. It was apparent the 3-1-4-2 was not clear to the players first half and only when we switched to 4-3-3, then 4-4-2 did we build some rhythm. Like others have said this is down to recruitment, neither the system, nor formation, nor style of play can be blamed. Stockley became a different player late on when partnered with Leaburn, albeit not a sniff of a chance.
0 goals in 9 from Open play for Captain Stockley now.
Fuck me give it rest, play a system that puts crosses into our only centre forward then you might see a change in those stats, then you would have to find another scapegoat.
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On the other hand I think he use of the ball, especially going forwards has been poor quiet a lot of the time.
We were bang average last season and we are bang average this season, in fact I would say we are slightly worse.
Mind you at half time it looked as if the deficit would be up to seven.
Barnsley is now a must win.
1-1 was a fair result.
With the message ending with saying that they're off to support a rival team
https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/assistant-scott-marshall-said-ben-garner-spoke-to-charlton-team-virtually-during-interval-of-fleetwood-draw/