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MATCH THREAD: Southend Utd v Charlton Athletic: FACR1 Saturday 2nd Nov 2024: KO 15:00 [+post p24]

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  • This is hilarious 
  • Joke of a penalty. 
  • Scoham said:
    Not really followed the game but so pleased for Gas. He’s had some unfair criticism and that was a quality finish today. Hopefully he kicks on from here. 
    *he has been subject to deserved criticism to date. Hopefully he kicks on from here
    I think the point is some of the criticism has been unfair/over the top, not all of it.
    I would disagree, I think he’s been the poorest performer of our new signings and considering the hefty price tag I don’t see any of the criticism as being over the top. On the other hand, if he regularly finishes like that against L1 opposition we will all be delighted!
  • Really good bits of play in all 4 of our goals. Think the ones in open play against us are slightly unlucky but do point to a big weakness we have. We’ve focussed so much on not letting teams into our box that when they make it in we don’t quite know what to do. Most of the time that hard work pays off because the chances don’t come but when they do we’re like headless chickens
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  • Couldn't watch it of course due to the world-class fuckwits at the FA, but that Tweet  of the Gas goal courtesy of @Bedsaddick has made my evening. Like most people on here, I'd given up on any idea that he had a goal like that in his locker, and I duly apologise, Gas. To produce it in those circs, and in front of your own fans packed behind the goal, whom you save from the indignity of a penalty shootout with an NL side, I imagine you're feeling a bit good tonight. 

    Well we all know strikers need goals, and that's a great goal to build on. But I'm also wondering about his injury, and whether in fact it was something he arrived with? As I recall he was signed with an injury, which may have been different but as we know if we spend 10 minutes talking to a physio, it's all related. Anyway, if he kicks on from this, that could be a game-changer.
    Think the injury he came with was knee related and this recent absence has been chest related which is part of why we’ve been very cautious bringing him back
  • As much as I like Godden he simply has to do better with that 1on 1 chance. No need to blast it. Just place it in the far corner. 
  • Oggy Red said:
    Redrobo said:
    Ahadme on
    That'll cheer everyone up


    True. 
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  • Is there an FA Cup highlights programme on TV tonight or tomorrow anywhere? Not obviously seeing it on the schedule. 
  • Chunes said:
    So by NJ's own admission he's not getting a reaction out of the players, because it's another game where they're not doing the basics. 
    He says that every week, like a broken record now 
  • Is there an FA Cup highlights programme on TV tonight or tomorrow anywhere? Not obviously seeing it on the schedule. 
    Tomorrow BBC2 6:15pm. but maybe not in Scotland, although should be on iplayer I think. Highlights on here now though:
  • Hmm not in my location they're not. Where am I Papua New Guinea ? Timbuktu ? No exotic Greenwich & I can't watch  the BBC highlights  :/ 

  • edited November 2
    This club has never made things easy for itself. Never.

    No one should be surprised by what happened today. Frustrated by it, yes, but I can’t, personally, get outraged because, if anything, the thing I probably find most surprising, with three and a half decades of Charlton related disappointments under my belt, is that we actually found a way to win today rather than totally screw it up and lose the game which would be far more in character.

    I actually take that as progress over the last few seasons. 

    I wouldn’t draw too many sweeping conclusions from today and we all knew before kickoff that this side has lots of things it needs to improve on so I’m just sure we’ve learnt anything today. 
    This is true. We usually (going back years) find a way to lose a game like this. It felt that we were, as usual, trying to do that today too but failed. You could say there was bad luck involved in Southend's goals and you would have a point but you also have to look at the lead up to the goals. A bit like Wrexham's first last week. The goal was unlucky but there were two instances were a bit of composure would have prevented the free kick that led to it. You could say Wrexham's second was unlucky too as the ball could have gone anywhere but fell to their player but we are being unlucky too often to claim it is just that.

    In the end we won and we have to take that and hope that we can improve the small details. Of course, we are missing some key players which contribute but we have to learn to play without them as they are not going to be back imminently. Leaburn seems to be well on his way back which is a big positive and the last two games have been helpful in terms of his rehavilitation into what he was before his injury.

    As for Mannion, deflections are a killer and he has had more of those to deal with than he would want but we can't blame him for them. I think AMB has better reactions but Mannion is more commanding. It is a genuine choice and not an easy one. Mannion has the shirt and hasn't done enough to lose it IMO but AMB had a great game on Tuesday.
  • aliwibble said:
    Is there an FA Cup highlights programme on TV tonight or tomorrow anywhere? Not obviously seeing it on the schedule. 
    Tomorrow BBC2 6:15pm. but maybe not in Scotland, although should be on iplayer I think. Highlights on here now though:
    Thank you, Ali. Have watched our few mins but wanted to suss out the round 2 oppo…

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