Ben Garner made a few changes to the starting lineup and to formation, opting to start with three at the back, and no Clare and no CBT in the squad. We needed to come out aggressive in front of the home support. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. A lackluster start found Charlton quickly down 0-1 to a poor and out-of-form Oxford United. The first half was very poor, devoid of any quality.
The second half was better, with Charlton switching to four at the back and Leaburn coming on to partner Stockley. We fashioned more chances in the second period and found the equaliser on about 55 mins, with a classic Stockley header. The captain’s goal spurred us on, but we weren’t able to find the winner.
Both sides tired significantly as the game drew on, with both having opportunities that could have seen a winner. No one will be happy with a point. We salvaged a bit of dignity with a better second half performance, but it’s not good enough.
Charlton 1 Oxford 1
Over to you.
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Much better in the second half - had chances to win it and I think had we played another 10 minutes, we’d have snatched all three points.
Really like the look of Egbo at right back. Offers something going forward and rarely looks to be beaten defensively.
Pleased for both Kirk and Stockley who grab the assist and the goal respectively.
Stop fucking about and get on with it.
3 points off relegation spots
Future career in politics beckons!
Assist by Kirk, goal for Stockley, a point and we remain difficult to beat at home.
Garnerball is tippy tappy, slow build up like many Swindon fans said it was and results in plenty of draws.
It seemed clear all summer our transfers in were of "ok squad quality" when we needed to be adding the clear improvements /sparkle across striker, centre back and central midfield. We need to do that in Jan but it doesn't seem TS has the money. Sending his son back to Zynex and leaving Gallen and co to do the work would be a step in the right direction, did the Swindon DoF get a job elsewhere in the end?
Why continue charging fans for a whole 90mins, when we can get away with just half that of actual Football, whilst the other 45mins are spent as a team building exercise with the players once again spending time getting to know each other or catching up on other required tasks.
Think this has been a truly unique season, said on another thread yesterday that there have been times in the past where its taken perhaps 30mins to get into a game when we've had a sluggish start. However given the amount of games played so far, its verging on the ridiculous how we struggle to sustain any long period of Football.
I mean its understandable that Sessegnon and Egbo struggled today, albeit the latter being my MOTM but there is absolutely no excuse for the rest of the team - Sadly today was the last time I want to see Payne | Fraser starting together, it feels impossible to try and shoehorn them into the same starting eleven, and they either get in each others way, or we have to limit one to accommodate the other... Just no!!
Oh and Ben... Jayden clearly needs a strike partner to be successful in this team!!
As for people moaning well we are 14th in league one what do you expect.
Dire.
Not sure what we're trying to do but pissing about with it at the back for 5 minutes before launching it up to Stockley on repeat is not the revolutionary tactics I thought we were getting.
Less poor second half and we look more threatening with 2 up front but are still toothless.
Oxford were a poor side and we're nowhere near top six.
Can't see anything at this stage to suggest this set of players is better than last year's or that Garner is better than Jackson.
Zzzzzzz
Love him.
Garner is lost already, changing the set up, completely dropping Morgan, CBT and Clare. It highlights that he doesn’t really have much faith in the players at his disposal and ultimately, it doesn’t really matter who starts.
An owner without a clue
Operation Breakeven continues