Up until Morgan went off, we were in complete control. I'm not sure if that's due to Morgan playing very well or Payne not being very good
More to do with only being 2-1 up so went a bit cautious. I would say overall it was a positive game. We should have been out of sight before they got one back and it was a tad fortunate falling to their player. Scare right at the death but we kept them out which is unlike us this season.
We were 2-0 up when Morgan went off, and in control.
Sometimes it's not just about how a player plays, it's also about how the team performs. Fraser plays better when Morgan is there in a deeper role, allowing him to get forward more, whereas when Payne plays in the midfield 3, Fraser has to think more about defensive duties. In our current squad, after the departure of JFC, McGrandles (when fit) is the only real alternative to Morgan in the midfield 3 if we want to play 433 with Fraser as a 10.
And Morgan regularly get called out on things other players do as well. You'd have thought the likes of Dobson, Fraser and Clare never misplace passes occasionally. In one 2 minute spell in the first half, Morgan made a sloppy pass and Clare did well to win the ball back, but a minute later it was Clare making a sloppy pass and Morgan doing well to win the ball back.
Morgan was ok today but Payne was ok when he came on. I don't think we can pinpoint them getting a goal back with that substitution. What I would say is with Fraser playing more advanced, Morgan's workrate makes a strong case for him starting alongside Dobson with what we have in the squad.
Their goal arrived from somebody not fancying a header from an up-and-under, then preferring to claim injury on the ground. Awful. I think it was Clare?
It's these lapses and ill-discipline that costs us goals for fun.
It was Clare and he got thumped in the head. The ref should have stopped the game as he did for several other head injuries.
The 4-3-3 gives us a blend. Dobson doing his thing, Fraser slightly more advanced and feeding our big threat (CBT) and Morgan, who has the longer-range vision to switch play/hit un-tracked runners.
A good win today and we deserved it. if our young strikers today were consistent and had a little more confidence we would have won 5-1 without question 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Innis is beginning to look like a proper defender again as well which is pleasing. Less fucking about and more big ugly old school centre half. Helps Ness being next to him as well, he’s a been class and really intelligent at reading danger for a 20 year old.
Really enjoyed the first half. And most of the second. Fraser, Dobson and Leaburn are top class
Let's not go overboard. Decent League 1 players yes. Top class is another thing entirely.
They were top of the class today, and all had exceptional games...Leaburn is def destined for far greater things than us I am sorry to say...so yes top class...✅
Really enjoyed the first half. And most of the second. Fraser, Dobson and Leaburn are top class
Let's not go overboard. Decent League 1 players yes. Top class is another thing entirely.
They were top of the class today, and all had exceptional games...Leaburn is def destined for far greater things than us I am sorry to say...so yes top class...✅
Leaburn had a couple of great moments but (in my opinion) didn't have a great game. He looked slow to react to loose balls in the box.
I'm talking about todays game only; he's got really good potential and I'm liking what I see.
Up until Morgan went off, we were in complete control. I'm not sure if that's due to Morgan playing very well or Payne not being very good
IMO Morgan has a typical Morgan game - a couple of Hollywood passes and then manages to miss pass to our players 5 meters away under no pressure
If it was unpressured and no risk, not really a problem.
He put in effort, never hid, played some good passes a couple of fantastic ones and had maybe two or three bad shirt passes and one bad touch that nearly broke down our attack, but for the most part played well.
Maybe some of you just don't like the lad, because he hasn't progressed as we'd have all liked.
So weird. He has a decent enough game (not great but good enough) and still gets shit on by the usual suspects.
I’m not Morgan’s biggest fan but I thought he had a fairly good game today. Other than rolling around on the halfway line from a perfectly good tackle rather than getting back and defending
So weird. He has a decent enough game (not great but good enough) and still gets shit on by the usual suspects.
I’m not Morgan’s biggest fan but I thought he had a fairly good game today. Other than rolling around on the halfway line from a perfectly good tackle rather than getting back and defending
That was a bit embarrassing, but he's clearly preparing for Tuesday 😂
So weird. He has a decent enough game (not great but good enough) and still gets shit on by the usual suspects.
If it’s the string of fives that have just been dished out on the players marks thread, it’s not just Morgan. I know where you’re coming from though it’s that some fans just don’t rate certain players for whatever ever reason and are reluctant to mark them high 😉
This was a team built to play an attacking 4-3-3 with a strong pressing game...with one exception, A center forward mobile enough to lead the press and strong enough to hold the ball up.
We have found, well really, we have developed, that player.
And now we have a solid attacking three, two of the best midfielders in the league in Dobbo and Fraser, and some questions at the back, but certainly improvement given the press means loads of attackers aren't constantly running at our backline.
There were a lot of good performances today: JRS, CBT, Dobbo, Leaburn, Ness, and Morgan. But Fraser really is a cut above. When you give him a freer role, he works between the lines, his movement is very clever, he creates chances, and he scores goals. We've gone all the way back to the start with the midfield three who started the season.
O'Connell coming back means one of Inniss or Ness is at risk of being dropped, and it's so nice to have competition for places in defencr again (Thomas played for the U23s on Friday as well).
A couple of quality upgrades and a couple of depth pieces in this window and this is a team that has the talent to be looking up the table and not over their shoulders.
I noticed Morgan and Fraser both getting tight to the touchline a lot to find space, seemed to be part of the game plan. Off the back of that Morgan ended up in the RB position on multiple occasions, covering for Clare as he leisurely ambled back into position. Worked hard off the ball, few moments of quality on it. Decent game from Albie imo.
Long as he keeps the winning ratio, he can do a bloody break dance and end with a head spin, the guy has got us winning and believing in ourselves again
Agreed - though I’d draw the line at him banging out Addicks to Victory on air guitar.
We are still very poor defensively. Neither of our full backs are great at defending and both CBs look terrified when in possession.
A game we should have won comfortably but finishing needs to improve and some of the decision making by our forward players needs to be better. We have plenty of pace and played some good stuff but continue to be fragile.
I was convinced Lincoln would grab an equaliser.
Sessegnon is pretty decent at defending. Ness definitely doesn’t look terrified when in possession. He almost looks too relaxed. Impressive for a 20 year old.
Agree about Clare though. He has lapses of concentration. Good going forward though. I much prefer Egbo.
Really enjoyed the first half. And most of the second. Fraser, Dobson and Leaburn are top class
Let's not go overboard. Decent League 1 players yes. Top class is another thing entirely.
They were top of the class today, and all had exceptional games...Leaburn is def destined for far greater things than us I am sorry to say...so yes top class...✅
Leaburn had a couple of great moments but (in my opinion) didn't have a great game. He looked slow to react to loose balls in the box.
I'm talking about todays game only; he's got really good potential and I'm liking what I see.
If I know and you know he’s going to commit a foul the second before he commits a foul, the ref must as well. So needless, I like the attitude but he needs to drop this from the game as it won’t help him.
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if our young strikers today were consistent and had a little more confidence we would have won
5-1 without question 👍👍👍👍👍👍
I'm talking about todays game only; he's got really good potential and I'm liking what I see.
He put in effort, never hid, played some good passes a couple of fantastic ones and had maybe two or three bad shirt passes and one bad touch that nearly broke down our attack, but for the most part played well.
Maybe some of you just don't like the lad, because he hasn't progressed as we'd have all liked.
We have found, well really, we have developed, that player.
And now we have a solid attacking three, two of the best midfielders in the league in Dobbo and Fraser, and some questions at the back, but certainly improvement given the press means loads of attackers aren't constantly running at our backline.
There were a lot of good performances today: JRS, CBT, Dobbo, Leaburn, Ness, and Morgan. But Fraser really is a cut above. When you give him a freer role, he works between the lines, his movement is very clever, he creates chances, and he scores goals. We've gone all the way back to the start with the midfield three who started the season.
O'Connell coming back means one of Inniss or Ness is at risk of being dropped, and it's so nice to have competition for places in defencr again (Thomas played for the U23s on Friday as well).
A couple of quality upgrades and a couple of depth pieces in this window and this is a team that has the talent to be looking up the table and not over their shoulders.
Why does this happen repeatedly? I don't know.
Still, we won by playing well for most of the game.
Every single Charlton manager, whether good or bad, has been described as clueless at some point.
Everyone thinks they know best when it comes to football. It's the nature of the sport
”they might as well start engraving Dobbo’s name on the POTY trophy now”
I think they could be right.
Subscribers would have found out today that curbs doesn't watch love Island
It's also the biggest reason our fowards miss and our defenders cock up.