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.
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Really proud of them again.
Glad to see these kinda wins.
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.
Bonne looked like a proper forward, I can see him doing well.
A good game to win when not playing well which is testament to Holden's set up and keeping things more simple.
Also a nice feeling to not be pissed off with football in general at 17.15 o a Saturday...
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!
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
Bonne was very lively, quite a handful for defenders.
Tupac took his goal very well, but Leaburn and RakSak were kept quiet by Barnsley’s well organised defence.