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Post-Match thread; Charlton Athletic Vs Barnsley | Saturday 14th January 2023-KO 3-00 PM
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After a bruising but proud effort at Old Traffic to begin the week, Charlton looked to pick themselves up to make it three straight wins in League One against the visitors Barnsley, who were on a run of their own. We defended brilliantly in the early portion of the first half under decent pressure from the visitors. Tyreece Campbell provided a threat down the Charlton left and was able to break through to score a lovely individual effort, squeezing the ball past the keeper at the near post. The second goal came in the second half, moments after Macaulley Bonne made his 2023 debut in a Charlton shirt. His harassing of the Barnsley backline, spinning in behind and hitting the post led to a chance that allowed Jes Rak-Sakyi to tap in from close range.
Overall, Holden’s more pragmatic approach seems to be paying off as Charlton were resolute in defence, marshaled by the young duo of Lucas Ness and Ashley Maynard-Brewer, and fruitful in attack. We also saw out the game under considerable pressure, this time not of our own making. Barnsley played well throughout, but lacked the cutting edge necessary to break through with a goal. A long sought-after clean sheet win is a pleasant surprise! The atmosphere in the ground came across on CharltonTV loud and clear; it was brilliant even for a relatively sparse crowd.
Charlton 2 Barnsley 0
Over to you.
Overall, Holden’s more pragmatic approach seems to be paying off as Charlton were resolute in defence, marshaled by the young duo of Lucas Ness and Ashley Maynard-Brewer, and fruitful in attack. We also saw out the game under considerable pressure, this time not of our own making. Barnsley played well throughout, but lacked the cutting edge necessary to break through with a goal. A long sought-after clean sheet win is a pleasant surprise! The atmosphere in the ground came across on CharltonTV loud and clear; it was brilliant even for a relatively sparse crowd.
Charlton 2 Barnsley 0
Over to you.
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Barnsley weren’t a bad side, we’ve lost (at home) to far worse. We were obviously pretty tired but what I liked was there was almost no trace of Garner-ball, I can only imagine the carnage if our knackered defenders were trying to “play out from the back” - love how Holden has eliminated that nonsense, got us playing more direct and added more controlled aggression. Hope Kane is OK his deliveries in that short appearance were excellent.
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Great performance today. Holden has got a tune of these players, long may it continue.15
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I wasn't keen when appointed, but Holden really seems to have something about him. He could be on to something special10
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We saw another side to a few players today. Fraser in the second half was so good in the challenge, it was like he realised Dobson was exhausted and decided to do more of the grunt work. Back to the pretty stuff next time, but an invaluable contribution
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Barnsley played some good football, got in good positions, but we had bodies on the line throughout the side and hunger up top.
Really proud of them again.11 -
Possession and shots ain’t always everything.4
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Delighted with that - showed real belief.3
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Getting closer to those above in points if not places, not great performance but a great result.0
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Really good result that. Sounds like we were under the cosh a lot but defended well and took our chances, which is basically the opposite of what this Charlton team normally does. Holden made a couple of surprising changes and very much got it right with Campbell. It's nice to be able to bring on a striker who is actually a danger to the opposition defence as well. I like Stockley but he's not been at it this season so bringing on Bonne and him causing the second goal is exactly the kind of change a team needs to make to see matches through. Good stuff all round today
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We did get our fair share of bad luck earlier in season, which coincided with some shite Club Ownership and what now appears make-it-up-as-go-along management from Garner.
Glad to see these kinda wins.2 - Sponsored links:
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Had that been 1-0 with 10 mins to go they would have equalised. The extra cushion meant we didn't defend rashly and we won because of that. Long may it continue1
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Defenders throwing everything at it today. Mistakes were made under pressure, but others were there to cover. A tiny chink of genuine optimism.5
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Good win. Momentum building. A big effort from a few of them - Dobbo, Fraser, and Clare looked utterly spent around 55/60 minutes, but they all found 4th or 5th winds and all covered ground to help see the game out.
Special mention for Ness and Campbell. Ness reads everything so well and his positioning is excellent. He’s a calm defender which I like. Campbell took his one chance, first half, well. I was worried about him at wing back but he had a very good second half.
It was one of those matches that another week we could’ve lost 3 or 4 nil because Barnsley had some good chances. Our luck has changed though and we’re getting more favourable bounces. None more so than for our second goal.
Lots of scrambled defending but the commitment to get in blocks or be first to the loose ball was night and day vs a month ago and a big part of why we got our clean sheet. And, as Brownie said on CharltonTV, the defence’s job has been simplified by Holden to focus on defending rather than playmaking which is helping them all, especially Innis.
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Barnsley played some good football so it’s very satisfying to come away with a clean sheet.
Bonne looked like a proper forward, I can see him doing well.19 -
Holden has got some fight into this side. Nice hard fought win that. Credit to Campbell, Ness, and Bonne when he came on. Let's try push to the playoffs.2
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Barnsley can feel pretty miffed at coming away with nothing from that game. Tuesday clearly took a lot out of us with Dobbo barely putting a foot right all game. Scrappy from us but feel our 2nd knocked the stuffing out of them a bit and we defended resolutely after that. Ness is looking better by the game. Bonne's reading of the offside line hasn't improved in his time away from us but he gave us more running and effort than seen from Stockley for most most of this season.
A good game to win when not playing well which is testament to Holden's set up and keeping things more simple.8 -
Well done boys, would love to see more of Henry!7
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Barnsley have always been horrible so nice to put one over on them.
Also a nice feeling to not be pissed off with football in general at 17.15 o a Saturday...3 -
Bonne looks a fair bit more mobile than I remember him during his initial spell. That’ll do him well this season.11
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Looked good today. Better than he has in most of his other appearances this seasonRedhenry said:Well done boys, would love to see more of Henry!4 - Sponsored links:
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Loving Tyreece Campbell’s interview.
He’s like so many of the terrific young lads I’ve taught who are so expressive on the pitch and love playing football but aren’t so confident speaking.
He’s like a rabbit in the headlights, bless him.
Well done TC. The football is the main thing. Media is one of those things you just have to do, unfortunately!
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Great result but some awful refereeing decisions…again. We do seem to get them…2
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We’ve played better and lost that’s for sure. But credit to everyone out there who put their bodies on the line - one of those games where it is so difficult to pick a stand out.
Feels a little bit like the Jackson caretaker era at the moment with Holden currently managing to get an extra yard of running out of the players.
But we know how that ended, with for me, us playing some of the poorest one dimensional football in recent years (which is saying something).
Its how he and the team responds when that level will inevitably drop slightly. He’s already shown himself willing to change things up tactically which helps, and hopefully we will also have the correct quality personnel to cover spots when it does as well.
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Yup yup yup. Enjoyed that, I was hoping we would back up Tuesday with a good performance, and we did ride our luck at times but Barnsley are a very strong squad.
We still had good chances to get some more. But no very happy. Seem well balanced throughout too. Thought Bonne battled well too.
Overall very pleased.
UTA!
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Tremendous team effort even if not really deserved.Barnsley were good bar their shooting. We rode our luck and got reward for a change.
O'Connell did well although a shame Kane was injured. Campbell and JRS had some very good moments. Bonne harried but I now remember all the offsides! Fraser was immense near the end. Even Henry looked good.
Have a restful week lads and go again next week!0 -
Get back to the game later, the studio thought the ref had a good game,,,🤷♂️
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Asked Bob Bolder for a pre match prediction.
He said 2-0 before a ball had been kicked and without hesitation. Well done Bob.
An even bigger well done to the team for that performance especially after Man United and all that must have taken out of them.
Great to get a clean sheet as well thanks to the bar twice and AMB.2 -
Dean holden just gets the club doesn’t he17
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Anyone seeing that scoreline would think it had been a comfortable home win, with Charlton in control, when in reality it could have finished 4-4, such were the number of chances Barnsley had in the game.
Poor finishing, good luck and great last ditch defending somehow earned us a clean sheet.
Whether it was his fault or not, under Garner we shipped far too many goals, without scoring enough to get Andy Nelson style wins.3 -
Who was it who said ‘Just win matches’. Seems we’re getting better at that, even when not playing that well.Barnsley were pretty decent and had a proper left back, which is sort of cheating really.
Bonne was very lively, quite a handful for defenders.Wish we had a Stockley type when defending corners. Someone who isn’t marking anyone but tries to get his head on the ball.
Tupac took his goal very well, but Leaburn and RakSak were kept quiet by Barnsley’s well organised defence.Onwards and upwards!4
