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POST-MATCH THREAD: Reading vs Charlton Athletic: Saturday 10th February 2024 | KO 15:00

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  • Phil
    Phil Posts: 613
    The repeated mistake is not starting Kanu. FFS why does Ladapo always start. He offers nothing and doesn’t even merit a place on the bench. An academy player would at least be enthusiastic!
    If Chuks isn’t back soon we really are off to League 2!
  • Wellred
    Wellred Posts: 1,118
    Come on now it wasn’t all bad we was the better team for the 1st 10 minutes 
  • IAgree
    IAgree Posts: 1,839
    edited February 2024
    In various threads and posts the complex, multifaceted and historical analysis of how we have ended up in this position has been well considered and high quality (mostly 😂). To expect any manager, the third this year, to turn it around in five days is the opposite of that wisdom and is simply not realistic, neither was it particularly achievable.

    We are starting from a very low place indeed and it’s going to take a little more time than a week to gain traction. There are several games which I think can be won if progress is made, we do have a better team on paper than has been apparent and we do have some key players returning from injury

    It’s clearly going to be a rollercoaster spring however let’s give the new manager time to work and our support and goodwill. We might stay up we might not but we cannot keep going through managers three a season and we cannot keep expecting managers to exert messianic powers and undo a decades worth of harm in a few days.

  • drawnablank
    drawnablank Posts: 775
    edited February 2024
    A few clear differences consistently repeated in the shift pattern, balance and position of engagement out of possession today. Clearly been focused on. 
    A rare few moments flowed but the final ball and decision making was all wrong. Edun…oh Edun!! Got an absolute rocket off of NJ, twice following that double delivery mess up. 
    Danny Kanu is really asking questions, he comes on and does everything Freddie isn’t.
    Was good to have a proper keeper in goal again. 
    Support was great! Numbers and noise but we’re going to need that throughout this run in, minus the wally at the front calling Pan a w*nker and telling him to f*ck off. 
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,661
    Our record as the only professional South London club in the fourth tier is looking to be in real danger.
  • supaclive
    supaclive Posts: 6,515
    Copied from the match thread

    It isn't Nathan Jones' fault 
    Appleton didn't help himself
    Holden saw what was coming as the players signed in August were dog shit
    It isn't the money men, who have spent money

    Fundamentally

    Charlie Methven
    Andy Scott
    Jim Rodwell

    Have absolutely royally fucked this up

    Oh and Lenagan ... our "sporting director" or whatever bollocks he is called

    Ed Warwick is just a bean counter (despite not being properly qualified to be one)

    The four senior management who oversee the day to day running of the club have been embarrassingly poor.
    Probably the worst people to have had control of our club ever
    And it isn't their money, which is why they probably don't give a shit either

    We are devoid of any heartbeat and we have to prey Nathan Jones can get it back

    Lloyd Jones has been excellent
    Alfie May has worked his nuts off
    Daniel Kanu changes things more than Lapado does

    It is frankly astonishing that we have got this bad.

    Hang your heads in shame Senior Management Team
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,661
    edited February 2024
    There is desperation when Chuks is seen as the answer. Does anyone believe he will come back and play any regular football until the end of the season.
    Corrected for you.
  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486
    Southbank said:
    Four, Four, fucking 2.
    Four, Four, fucking 2.
    No wingers for that
    Well we could play a diamond to get round that issue. The problem is we'd need half decent wing backs for that. 
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,807
    Nathan Jones said on his post game that he had learned a lot from these 90 minutes. I’ll bet he did. I’d be surprised if we see Watson or Edun playing as wing backs again. They were both awful. 

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  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 12,001
    Just got to shelve this result and focus everything on Tuesday. Reading’s gone. 3 pts at home and we build. 
  • Was there today 

    Wankers 

    Good night 
  • My fandom is not as long as many on here, only 25+ years but this team has made me do something that I had never done before until this season, leave the match before the final whistle, both today and against Gillingham.
  • Valley11 said:
    Just got to shelve this result and focus everything on Ssturday. Derby’s gone. 3 pts at Reading and we build. 
    What we were saying last week…..
  • The irony of all this is that a lot of these players will want to jump ship if/when we go down as they will feel they’re too good for league 2 😂😂 you can’t make it up! 
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,358
    Was there today 

    Wankers 

    Good night 
    Succinct, polite and accurate!
  • CatAddick
    CatAddick Posts: 2,387
    Big shout out to a large contingent of Charlton fans today who were so ridiculously badly behaved. You know who you are, you know what you were doing, stop being absolute idiots and just support the team and watch the bloody game. Morons. 
    come on, what did they do? 
    Women and kids had to run to safety because some of our morons and morons from Reading started throwing stuff. I nearly got hit by a coin, my son got hit by a vape, Charlton 'fans' causing the large majority of the issues made worse admittedly by poor stadium management. It wasn't just kids either it was fully grown men just acting like they've never had a beer before.

    one bloke, in his rush to join the action, tripped on the steps and knocked a kid flying who had to be take out with blood on her face. 

    Just a total bunch of morons.
    I’m assuming this is what was going on around ht.   But… at any away game why would you chose to stand within vape/coin/dart range of the home fans?
    I’m not defending the behaviour, cos it is a bit nobbish, but it is quite easy to avoid 
  • Big shout out to a large contingent of Charlton fans today who were so ridiculously badly behaved. You know who you are, you know what you were doing, stop being absolute idiots and just support the team and watch the bloody game. Morons. 
    Haven’t enjoyed the last few away games I’ve been too. Post-lockdown I think people have forgotten how to behave. 
  • Big shout out to a large contingent of Charlton fans today who were so ridiculously badly behaved. You know who you are, you know what you were doing, stop being absolute idiots and just support the team and watch the bloody game. Morons. 
    I was unfortunate to have had seats with the Stone Island brigade all looking like Palace ultras in their black hardman hoodies. My 15 year old daughter was really looking forward to this, but she has come home not wanting to go away again. My daughter stood next to these arseholes snorting coke off credit cards. She was hit over the back of the head by one of these stupid coked up w**kers who made a crap day crappier. I was also hit on the head by a coin thrown by one of them. They are sad Millwall wannabes. I don't expect it to be like the opera but I was genuinely worried about her safety if we had scored as they were so out of it. Luckily there wasn't much chance of that happening!
    Report it to the club. It’s gotta be kicked out. 
  • Just ban morons like that, I am very defensive of passionate fans but that is not passion it is being a pissed up p****

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  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,490
    supaclive said:
    Copied from the match thread

    It isn't Nathan Jones' fault 
    Appleton didn't help himself
    Holden saw what was coming as the players signed in August were dog shit
    It isn't the money men, who have spent money

    Fundamentally

    Charlie Methven
    Andy Scott
    Jim Rodwell

    Have absolutely royally fucked this up


    Think the buck stops with Rodwell and Scott. Only because I can't see CM and the money men paying them what one would think are decent salaries, only to then have to oversee everything themselves. Still hoping that, at the end of the season, one or two of these investors might break away and take full control, with the pumping of Rodwell and Scott being the first independent decision they'll be making. 🤞 
  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    Might have a spare train ticket for Fleetwood if anyone interested 
  • agim
    agim Posts: 1,135
    CatAddick said:
    Big shout out to a large contingent of Charlton fans today who were so ridiculously badly behaved. You know who you are, you know what you were doing, stop being absolute idiots and just support the team and watch the bloody game. Morons. 
    come on, what did they do? 
    Women and kids had to run to safety because some of our morons and morons from Reading started throwing stuff. I nearly got hit by a coin, my son got hit by a vape, Charlton 'fans' causing the large majority of the issues made worse admittedly by poor stadium management. It wasn't just kids either it was fully grown men just acting like they've never had a beer before.

    one bloke, in his rush to join the action, tripped on the steps and knocked a kid flying who had to be take out with blood on her face. 

    Just a total bunch of morons.
    I’m assuming this is what was going on around ht.   But… at any away game why would you chose to stand within vape/coin/dart range of the home fans?
    I’m not defending the behaviour, cos it is a bit nobbish, but it is quite easy to avoid 
    You mean in a sold out away end where you're allocated seats. You sit where your ticket says
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,191
    CatAddick said:
    Big shout out to a large contingent of Charlton fans today who were so ridiculously badly behaved. You know who you are, you know what you were doing, stop being absolute idiots and just support the team and watch the bloody game. Morons. 
    come on, what did they do? 
    Women and kids had to run to safety because some of our morons and morons from Reading started throwing stuff. I nearly got hit by a coin, my son got hit by a vape, Charlton 'fans' causing the large majority of the issues made worse admittedly by poor stadium management. It wasn't just kids either it was fully grown men just acting like they've never had a beer before.

    one bloke, in his rush to join the action, tripped on the steps and knocked a kid flying who had to be take out with blood on her face. 

    Just a total bunch of morons.
    I’m assuming this is what was going on around ht.   But… at any away game why would you chose to stand within vape/coin/dart range of the home fans?
    I’m not defending the behaviour, cos it is a bit nobbish, but it is quite easy to avoid 
    Problem stems from clubs putting home fans right next to away fans and not stewarding correctly. It's completely stupid and I'm amazed
  • agim
    agim Posts: 1,135
    Big shout out to a large contingent of Charlton fans today who were so ridiculously badly behaved. You know who you are, you know what you were doing, stop being absolute idiots and just support the team and watch the bloody game. Morons. 
    I was unfortunate to have had seats with the Stone Island brigade all looking like Palace ultras in their black hardman hoodies. My 15 year old daughter was really looking forward to this, but she has come home not wanting to go away again. My daughter stood next to these arseholes snorting coke off credit cards. She was hit over the back of the head by one of these stupid coked up w**kers who made a crap day crappier. I was also hit on the head by a coin thrown by one of them. They are sad Millwall wannabes. I don't expect it to be like the opera but I was genuinely worried about her safety if we had scored as they were so out of it. Luckily there wasn't much chance of that happening!
    Report it mate. I've got young kids that I wanna start taking to away games and I won't be having that. Like you say the dickheads down the road act like that not our lot
  • Gravesend_Addick
    Gravesend_Addick Posts: 7,299
    edited February 2024
    How many of today's starting 11 would you definitely like to keep for next season. 

    May is the only 1 I'd be really 
    disappointed with if he left.

    That in itself shows you how fucking dreadful our recruitment has been 
  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,490
    How many of today's starting 11 would you definitely like to keep for next season. 

    May is the only 1 I'd be really 
    disappointed with if he left.

    That in itself shows you how fucking dreadful our recruitment has een 
    May
    Bakinson 
    Coventry