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POST-MATCH THREAD: Reading vs Charlton Athletic: Saturday 31st August 2024 | KO 15:00
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Fumbluff said:Reading have signed 0 (Zero) players during the summer and sold their “star” player by mistake thinking they could replace him. They weren’t allowed.Still had enough to beat these chumps though.It’s time to dry clean the emperors new clothes…
They signed Chem Campbell on loan on deadline day - he wasn’t eligible to play today..0 -
Wonder how Birmingham and Wigan fans reacted to dropping points against this apparent no mark team that we should’ve pumped today…5
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Packed away end full of expectation. It's very typical of Charlton to lose to nil.
It isn't working for Gas and Campbell together, I really hope Jones switches it up for Rotherham.2 -
Stupid comment. There is not a single fan on here who is relieved when we lose.ForeverAddickted said:A huge sigh of relief for those desperate to be the ones to say: "Told you so" each week.27 -
Shame we lost.
Three wins out of four is a decent start to the season however.
Plenty have posted that Jones' teams are traditionally slow starters to the season so let's see what happens henceforth.15 -
Not just the performance, feels like a bit of the fanbase felt like we just had to turn up today as well.No.1 in South London said:A touch of complacency crept into the performance today and we were punished for it.
A kick up the proverbial might be what is needed to refocus the squad to realise we are only good enough to win in this league by out-grafting the opposition. We are nowhere near the finishing article but are still heading on an upward trajectory if we keep our focus. A defeat but not a dramatic derailment COYR
Hopefully the team takes it as a bit of a lesson and we can dust ourselves down and go and win the next three in a row.4 -
Certainly going to be pressure on those two... However until today, there hasn't really been much created for them, where we had the Campbell effort in the first half that went narrowly wide, and then the Adahme moment where he should have taken the gamble and slid on the end of Campbell's cross.BigRedEvil said:First defeat so no point being overly critical but the Ahadme and Campbell combo hasn't resulted in a goal in 4 games
Chances need to be created more from our Full-Backs in turn, for those two to start converting opportunities.
We're definitely missing Edwards, who seems better with his left foot than Small at the moment when in forward positions.
Even when a Striker has scored (Godden), its from the assist of another Striker.
Otherwise the one good time that a Full-Back has put in a decent effort, it was Small that found Adahme, whose neat chest down for Docherty almost made it 2-0 against Bolton last week, but for a bit a of lucky save... Think we can truly bemoan them, when we start having moments where they should be in positions when they're not.
But that isnt exactly happening?1 -
Ahadme for May…,.what a fucking joke28
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Relax... It was a joke, given that when we win, we get endless comments of; "Calm down its only game two" etc.Athletico Charlton said:
Stupid comment. There is not a single fan on here who is relieved when we lose.ForeverAddickted said:A huge sigh of relief for those desperate to be the ones to say: "Told you so" each week.4 -
I’m sure we’ll do well with a big following…0
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Said it during the summer. Needed to sign a goalscorer once May left & also a creative midfielder.
Need to teach wingbacks to cross like wingers.
Ahadme & Campbell up top isnt working. Need to put Godden up there.
Next week only us & Wrexham from the top 6 are playing. Get a win & we are back into the top 2 and ahead of the pack.
And finally......no-one will convince me that keeping clean sheets is more important than scoring goals. Better off losing 4-2 today than 2-0. Table goes on points, GD & then goals scored. Got to get this team creating chances & scoring goals.12 -
If I were you ct, I wouldn't go to the games mate, make a stand, show that Nathan Jones that you mean business regarding Alfie, tell you what don't come on here either, that'll really show everyone that you are right royally pissed off.ct_addick said:Alfie scored again today….lost faith with Jones over his handling of him….2 -
Weird stat today.
Last season we conceded on 66 & 76 mins.
Today we conceded on 66 & 76 mins.23 -
Bit of a reality check but it wasn’t that different to the first three games.
A wise old Llewelyn once said “goals change games”. If Berry had taken that excellent chance at the end of the first half then I think it would have been a different result and another “one nil to the Londoners”. Instead, we weren’t able to keep it water tight, like we have been, and, despite the momentum seeming to have swung our way second half, we conceded a bit or a worldy and had no answer after that.The second goal was a poor one and I suspect a few will get a dressing down from NJ for that.
The lack of creativity in midfield, even as an option off the bench, remains the glaring flaw in the side. Some weeks it won’t matter because the hard work and pressing will give up chances in itself. When the press doesn’t do that, or we can’t take one of the relatively few chances that approach will yield, like today, we will look toothless.
A fully fit and firing Leaburn in for a willing but very limited looking Ahadme could make a big difference, but who knows how fast he can get back to his best, or even what his best still is after such a long layoff. Hopefully Dixon can be a bit of an x-factor too, but he’s another one who we can’t be sure how soon he’ll be ready.
In the meantime, expect more games like today, and lot of clean sheets both for us and the opposition.6 -
To be fair, we brought in Godden to replace May. I think it's about time he started in place of TC, I reckon his nous will be more useful than Campbell's pace and we can always bring him on later when teams are tired. Campbell just doesn't have the awareness and experience as a striker yet to make the most of the scrappy way we playct_addick said:Ahadme for May…,.what a fucking joke
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Nothing to panic about but it’s the risk we take with our style of play. It was another poor first half but we got back a bit of control in the second. However, if you’re going to set up to keep it tight for 70 minutes every week you’re going to go behind at some point. We don’t create a lot of chances and when we did go behind it all looked alarmingly like last season as the game plan changed.Hopefully this is the end of the Ahadme + TC experiment. Get Godden in from the start and let TC go up against tired legs and we’ll hopefully score more goals.6
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Had we kept a clean sheet today, we'd have drawn 0-0... that's 1-pts... vs 0-ptsgolfaddick said:Said it during the summer. Needed to sign a goalscorer once May left & also a creative midfielder.
Need to teach wingbacks to cross like wingers.
Ahadme & Campbell up top isnt working. Need to put Godden up there.
Next week only us & Wrexham from the top 6 are playing. Get a win & we are back into the top 2 and ahead of the pack.
And finally......no-one will convince me that keeping clean sheets is more important than scoring goals. Better off losing 4-2 today than 2-0. Table goes on points, GD & then goals scored. Got to get this team creating chances & scoring goals.12 -
We were poor today and can have no complaints. Reading played the better football and were worthy winners.We were outplayed in midfield and our strikers posed little or no threat. Hopefully we’ll see a response next week against Rotherham.3
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There were some poor performances out there. The two forwards and Thierry Small being the standouts. Reading worked their socks off while we couldn't pass water.4
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We've won 3 games out of four, we've only conceded twice in the entirety of those four games. The tactics/method have not suddenly become bad or broken on the basis of one game. When it works out, it works well, this does not invalidate that.
However it does raise questions about what to do when it doesn't work as the only current alternative to "try and grind a result" is "the same thing but with different players", there is not a viable actual Plan B at present and the way a previously solid defence fell to bits like that is definitely something we need to work on. For a team set up to deliver suckered punches we are oddly vulnerable to receiving the same.
I'm sure Jones will be fuming and that extra hours on the training ground have been booked in this week, but I'm not going to act like this performance should be seen as overly prophetic of the season to come when at present its nothing more than one bad day.5 - Sponsored links:
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Yeah, we should be if we want to go up. They've lost players and only added Chem Campbell who didn't play.Callumcafc said:
Should we?jakecafc said:We should be beating Reading in their current predicament if we want to go up. Hopefully it is just a blip and we smash Rotherham next week. Can't see it though. It really does ruin my weekend when Charlton lose!
They’ve lost 1 in 4. Now the same number as we have.0 -
Rather lose 4-2 than 2-0. How many times do promotion winning teams give up 4 goals in a game?9
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I am not a fan and personally think he is hopeless however he needs to be facing goal to get a sniff, not back to goal winning aimless header’sParkinsonOut said:Are are we really stuck with Ahadme for 4 years? Hope we kept the receipt
We were lead to believe we would be playing with wingbacks this season, where are they?
A wingback gets forward, beat’s a couple of defenders and whips a cross in which Ahadme should be feeding off.
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TC has been decent and carried all the threat from the front two. I’d like to see him on the pitch with Godden or Chuks. I don’t want to get into a pile on with Ahadme, or write him off yet, but I think we need TC’s pace and running down the channels and you could argue he’s been holding the ball up and doing a better job of linking the play than Ahadme too.Garrymanilow said:
To be fair, we brought in Godden to replace May. I think it's about time he started in place of TC, I reckon his nous will be more useful than Campbell's pace and we can always bring him on later when teams are tired. Campbell just doesn't have the awareness and experience as a striker yet to make the most of the scrappy way we playct_addick said:Ahadme for May…,.what a fucking joke7 -
Note to self - swerve CL tonight.4
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campbell never looks like scoring and we still miss a creative player, set pieces needed to improve asap as they might be our only route of scoring2
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Reading at home in 2024:jakecafc said:
Yeah, we should be if we want to go up. They've lost players and only added Chem Campbell who didn't play.Callumcafc said:
Should we?jakecafc said:We should be beating Reading in their current predicament if we want to go up. Hopefully it is just a blip and we smash Rotherham next week. Can't see it though. It really does ruin my weekend when Charlton lose!
They’ve lost 1 in 4. Now the same number as we have.
WWDWWLLWWDWWW
Nine wins, two draws, two losses.5 -
Mmmmm…….sad to say on the odd occasion “there are” a few.Athletico Charlton said:
Stupid comment. There is not a single fan on here who is relieved when we lose.ForeverAddickted said:A huge sigh of relief for those desperate to be the ones to say: "Told you so" each week.2 -
Frustrating day. Just didn't take our chances and got punished on the break and then a sloppy second2
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TC paired with Godden wouldn't work as a lot of our play is long balls up to a big target man.Exiled_Addick said:
TC has been decent and carried all the threat from the front two. I’d like to see him on the pitch with Godden or Chuks. I don’t want to get into a pile on with Ahadme, or write him off yet, but I think we need TC’s pace and running down the channels and you could argue he’s been holding the ball up and doing a better job of linking the play than Ahadme too.Garrymanilow said:
To be fair, we brought in Godden to replace May. I think it's about time he started in place of TC, I reckon his nous will be more useful than Campbell's pace and we can always bring him on later when teams are tired. Campbell just doesn't have the awareness and experience as a striker yet to make the most of the scrappy way we playct_addick said:Ahadme for May…,.what a fucking joke3
