Charlton cruised into the lead after a stop-start opening, with Conor Wickham scoring on his first full start since joining in January. A beautiful ball from George Dobson was brought down expertly, as Wickham’s second touch set him up nicely to blast the ball into the back of the net.
But Cambridge started the second brighter and poor defending let Macaulay Bonne in with a fine turn-around strike from the edge of the box that beat Harry Isted despite the keeper getting both hands to the ball. The keeper will know he should have done better.
Charlton had chances when Alfie May and Chuks Aneke came on, including May hitting the post only for the ball to spin the wrong way and out, but the winner was elusive for both sides, with Cambridge coming away happier with a point that aids their relegation worries.
Charlton should have had enough to keep a clean sheet and win with a single goal, but clean sheets have been few and far between for a defense that is prone to switching off and full of individual errors. The ball should have never got to Bonne and, when it did, the keeper should have done better.
Charlton remain unbeaten, which is great I suppose, but we seem unable to kick on. 19 games drawn is an achievement nobody actually wants!
Cambridge 1 Charlton 1
Over to you.,
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Isted should save and the defence had multiple opportunities to deal with it before the shot even came in. The fact it was Bonne scoring and being given the opportunity to cup his stupid jug ears to the away end should result in instant contract termination for anyone involved.
Our defence looks ok on paper but collectively they are piss poor, not helped by a weak goalkeeper behind them. We were bullied out of that today, losing far too many physical challenges. Combined with that we were toothless in attack. Their keeper made some decent saves but it was only the quality goal from Conor Wickham and Alfie’s chance when he hit the post that really stood out.
So another lacklustre performance and yet another draw. Nathan Jones must be itching to crack on with sorting out and rebuilding his squad for next season.
Can't wait for this season to end. I'm confident better things will be coming next year with Jones at the helm as manager (not coach).
No, she's still here - wittering away in my ear nagging about some old guff.
Only the bottom 4 have won less games than us.
19 draws - almost half the number of games we've played
Yes we are safe but 16th & not likely to get much higher.
People keep saying "wait for the recruitment in the summer" but..............
- we still have Andy Scott who brought in most of the (shit) squad
- A lot of these players are under contract - how are you going to get rid of them ? Pay their contracts up ala Kirk ? because other clubs wont want them.
Gah..........it will take a lot to make me start going again. Never seen such crap in my life. Will probably go next week just to clap off Dobson & May.Supporters coach has had window broken
19 - Charlton (Div 3)
17 - Huddersfield (Div 2), Oldham (Conf), York (Conf), Welling (Conf S)
16 - Watford (Div 2), Grimsby (Div 4), King's Lynn (Conf N), Weymouth (Conf S)
15 - Forfar (Scot Lge 2), Bromley (Conf), Taunton (Conf S), Dover (Conf S)
More draws than anyone else in the top SEVEN divisions in England and the entire Scottish League but, in typical Charlton style, falling short of the all-time season record of 23.
Something to be proud of and tell the grandkids.
Make no mistake, Nathan looks like a man that has counted to ten too often recently and just wants to lose his sh*t.
However, I'm confident he will purge a good number at seasons end and with some financial support bring some new players in with experience and a backbone.
Thanks Nathan for getting us out of this mess but the Board needs to take note that if you don't invest in this man and the team then we will be right back at the bottom again.
For what seems like the 27th time this season, we go ahead but can't score a second goal and then concede an equaliser after a poor bit of defending. We've really got to start holding onto these leads if we want to go up next year.
Strange that NJ changed from the 3-5-2 he has played regularly to todays formation of a back 3, 2 wing backs, a diamond in midfield and Wickham up front by himself. it worked reasonably well in the first half but not something to be repeated too often I suspect.
Never been a fan of Isted since I first saw him in the friendly against Millwall. He's not a bad keeper but he's absolutely bang average as today showed. He can't be our number 1 next season.
Can Maynard-Brewer step up? Maybe, maybe not. But unless Jones has already decided one way or the other, he won't know unless he plays him. But I suspect we do need a tall, physically dominating keeper in this league.
Oh, and Tyreece Campbell is not a wing back. He's even worse at it than Blackett-Taylor was. Play the lad up front or not at all.
Far too many average players, plus two goalkeepers that are so poor that it is embarrassing.
Think of Bowyers team of 2019, and compare to the current squad. Light years apart.
Unless Nathan brings in 8-10 new players, next year won’t be much better.
Thought our midfield got a bit overpowered second half. Still should have won
10A, REG, and Gillesphey have shown that they might be better than what we've seen from them at times this year--but do you trust them to be first choice? If not, those are some expensive reserves I imagine. Maybe Jones too but I don't know that he fits in a back three that well.
Mitchell coming back could fit in well, he seems very talented, but it's worrying that he wasn't getting in the squad for Colchester before getting hurt (some of that apparently due to the number of loanees they have).
It doesn't make for a great picture.
At least in midfield everyone is out of contract except Coventry, Anderson, Taylor (who we haven't seen even make the bench under Jones), and Fraser (I doubt he'll be back though).
So yes we desperately need upgrades, but a lot of the players we need upgrades on have been here less than a year.
Home: +£43.50. Away: +£254.00.