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POST-MATCH THREAD: Burton Albion V Charlton Athletic : Tuesday 26th November 2024 : KO 19:45
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If constipation was a football match, this was it. Charlton, having not won in five, travelled to bottom-of-the-table Burton, looking to redeem themselves by preying on the even more hapless young side. They pushed and pushed, but little came. Hoping to feast themselves, the visitors instead found it difficult to find openings and the whole affair trudged on and on in hopeless tedium. Charlton did impose themselves but without enough quality to make it count.
The same one half started in much the same way and, whilst there were chances for both sides, it wasn’t until the sixty-eighth minute mark that the monotony was broken. Substitute Terry Taylor found himself chasing back, attempting to stem a Burton counter attack. He pulled back Charlie Webster in a clumsy, forceful manner that Webster was not happy about. The frustrated Webster lost his head and charged Taylor, knocking him to the ground in a clear act of aggression that resulted in his sending off. Now, could Charlton make their numerical advantage count? Barely. But there was a breakthrough on eighty two minutes, when substitute Thierry Small burst into the six yard box and forced the Burton keeper into rushing out and deflecting the ball into Conor Coventry at the edge of the box. His first shot was well parried, but he got onto the rebound with his left and unleashed a rocket through traffic that broke the deadlock and saved the away side’s blushes. It wasn’t a classic affair, only a sign that a side bottom of the league and with a man less is about our level.
Three points is still three points, but it doesn’t change the fact that we’re woefully inadequate.
Burton Albion 0 Charlton 1
Over to you.
The same one half started in much the same way and, whilst there were chances for both sides, it wasn’t until the sixty-eighth minute mark that the monotony was broken. Substitute Terry Taylor found himself chasing back, attempting to stem a Burton counter attack. He pulled back Charlie Webster in a clumsy, forceful manner that Webster was not happy about. The frustrated Webster lost his head and charged Taylor, knocking him to the ground in a clear act of aggression that resulted in his sending off. Now, could Charlton make their numerical advantage count? Barely. But there was a breakthrough on eighty two minutes, when substitute Thierry Small burst into the six yard box and forced the Burton keeper into rushing out and deflecting the ball into Conor Coventry at the edge of the box. His first shot was well parried, but he got onto the rebound with his left and unleashed a rocket through traffic that broke the deadlock and saved the away side’s blushes. It wasn’t a classic affair, only a sign that a side bottom of the league and with a man less is about our level.
Three points is still three points, but it doesn’t change the fact that we’re woefully inadequate.
Burton Albion 0 Charlton 1
Over to you.
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Not that I trust us to do it with the sort of style of play we seem to manage - but we arguable have a good chunk of ‘winnable’ games coming up - and if we go on a little decent run over December, with how close it is we could still find ourselves in the mix somehow.
Either way, less said about tonight’s game the better.6 -
A wins a win
3 points in the bag
But fuck me we look so poor43 -
Awful. Hopeless. Inept.
Ps Half year season tickets still on sale. Get in quick to ensure your seat at Wembley.7 -
Don’t let the result paper over the enormous problems we have with this manager.26
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Possibly Gillesphey’s best game, actually looked pretty solid. Anderson can't keep getting starts.8
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Crazy to think we're only 5 points off play offs. A decent run and we're right in the mix14
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In a shocking twist of fate, the bloke who's the best at playing the defensive central midfield role also turns out to be the best at playing the attacking central midfield role
That was dreadful though, against a historically bad side. Not convinced at all6 -
Very low quality game of football. A win is a relief but doesn't fill you with confidence! Taylor and 2pac Campbell making a good case that they should be in the team, as did Kaheim Dixon scoring four goals for the u21s tonight
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Felt like a must win and we won. So that’s good. Stops the rot, which is not to be sniffed at given the form we’re in.It did those two things in the most uninspiring way possible but it at least did them.It gives me no renewed optimism that we will push on from here but I hope we do.5
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Seen down Burton High Street this evening!! - Burton you've been SUNK!!
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I mean, at least we are not man city.....
Tough watch, in January we need to utilise the loan market and get some creativity/guile in2 -
It's really not looking good. I know we won but that was a wake-up call as to just how poor we are.9
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Lucky win. Awful performance.3
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Utter steaming turd.5 points off the playoffs.God help us4
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A very ugly win, but 3 points is 3 points however they come, but wow it was an awful match.
Coventry was my MOM, not just for the goal, but his all round work rate. Taylor must start in front of Anderson as does TC
Happy with the win, but something has to change in our performances!
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Yes it was a win but that performance was very worrying. So disjointed and zero quality. The strike force looked so out of touch.
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The result masks the fact that we were awful yet again.
Anderson needs to be loaned out in the transfer window. I just don't know what he brings to the team?
Utter Cack2 -
Leuth said:In a shocking twist of fate, the bloke who's the best at playing the defensive central midfield role also turns out to be the best at playing the attacking central midfield role5
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They didn't need a win, they had to win and they did. Charlton were the better side for long periods but the final ball was poor, talking of poor, Burton were shockingly bad, mustered two shots by my count. We are still are so narrow, REG managed to get wide first half and Josh Edwards did the same second half. Our boring style of play has nothing to do with 'Big players missing' it's a choice made by the manager.5
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I think that's quite an important win. Things could have gotten ugly quickly if we had lost that. Hopefully we can use the next games against a current league 2 side and a side who look destined to be in league 2 to build some momentum.8
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The 20 minutes I watched before I gave up was shocking. Whatever faith I had in Jones has completely left me.7
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Glad we kept a clean sheet too, AMB barely tested. I know it's only Burton but you have to start somewhere5
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Barely tested, but great Goalkeeping to be alert for the one stop he did have to get down sharpish forfenaddick said:Glad we kept a clean sheet too, AMB barely tested. I know it's only Burton but you have to start somewhere26 -
Highlight of the season so far.7
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Not a pretty game and first half was poor, but we were the better team and deserved to win. We badly needed a result and we got it, I can imagine there will be lots of negatives comments but we really weren’t as bad as some will make up. I’ve not seen anything to suggest this team will make the top 6 but if we can be in contention by January, with a few additions we might have a chance.6
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Best day of my life, gonna get that result and the date tattooed on my chest24
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As predicted sunk the 6 beers. As we won I have promoted myself to gin&tonic. Happy days and a poor watch but great result. COYA
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OK serious post now.
I've sat here tonight fuming. How can a team that so say has the 4th highest budget in the league be so inept? How can the only tactic they have be seemingly to hoof the ball forward? What on earth do they do in training all week?
The blame surely has to rest with Jones. How much longer are we going to have to put up with him and his strange team selections? Karoy Anderson may be a lovely guy who can run all day but he shouldn't be anywhere near the first team. How comes Taylor keeps getting frozen out?
Something has got to change. And quickly.34 -
fenaddick said:Crazy to think we're only 5 points off play offs. A decent run and we're right in the mix
Four of the next six league games are at home. If we can pick up some points, and by some miracle buy some decent non-Luton, non-Ipswich players in the transfer window.... we might make top 10.4
