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POST-MATCH THREAD: Charlton Athletic v Exeter City: Saturday 22nd February 2025: KO 15:00

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  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,682
    One point of concern is the quality of fist pumps by our reluctant heroes.  

    NJ to hold back TC and MG for personal training.
  • CAFCBourne
    CAFCBourne Posts: 3,791
    Raith_C_Chattonell said:
    One point of concern is the quality of fist pumps by our reluctant heroes.  

    NJ to hold back TC and MG for personal training.
    Probably thinking I’m fist pumping to hardly a soul our crowds and atmosphere should be on the up but I think years of watching under par football has stagnated attendances and atmosphere. Today I attended with a former season ticket holder who asked how long you played like this. About the last 6 home games I replied says where are we’ve been and where we need to go. The players must know how well they are and yet as a fan base we reluctant to believe imo
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,027
    Thoroughly enjoyed that. I love stress free Saturdays.
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 50,974
    Attendance: 14864 (1247 away)
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,503
    edited February 22
    Very impressive in terms of strength and ball winning. and didn't allow them a moment's peace on the ball but Jesus....how bad were Exeter?! I'm struggling to think of a worse performance from a Charlton opposition (of course there have been many).

    Anyway, lots of good performances and for once I find myself agreeing with the Manager. Well played Charlton.
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,728
    Shout out to Karoy for the best tunnel jump execution in ages as well. Airborne within a couple of steps of the tunnel
  • thewolfboy
    thewolfboy Posts: 2,927
    Narked that we lost the toss and had to play towards the Covered end in the first half. Impressive Exeter turn out. I wanted Gilbert to start but Karoy played great today. Two good goals and a slice of luck. Crunch time next week at the O's.
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 22,536
    edited February 22
    Making us kick the wrong way they deserved to lose…suckers 👌
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,503
    eastterrace6168 said:
    Making us kick the wrong way they deserved to lose…suckers 👌
    And chose to have their keeper staring into the sun. In keeping with their game-plan and "performance"
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  • charltonnick
    charltonnick Posts: 3,063
    I've been in Teneriffe since 7th January. Thinking of starting a go fund me page to keep me here. Charlton are doing well since I've left !
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,569
    Simonsen said:
    eastterrace6168 said:
    Making us kick the wrong way they deserved to lose…suckers 👌
    And chose to have their keeper staring into the sun. In keeping with their game-plan and "performance"
    I thought that odd too. I can understand them realising that we prefer kicking towards the Covered End second half but the keeper had the sun in his eyes and for some reason didn’t have a cap. Plus wouldn’t you rather attack your own supporters second half too?
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,027
    edited September 28
    Simonsen said:
    eastterrace6168 said:
    Making us kick the wrong way they deserved to lose…suckers 👌
    And chose to have their keeper staring into the sun. In keeping with their game-plan and "performance"
    When they made that decision I thought, fair play to them. If I was an away captain and won the toss, I'd switch ends too. I think on balance, that's a far better option than choosing to kick off or not. Then I saw their keeper struggling with the light and I was minded of Dick Emery's skinhead: "Dad, I got it wrong again".
  • SouthWest_Addicks
    SouthWest_Addicks Posts: 6,307
    Very straightforward in the end. 3-0 was kind to Exeter as they were never really in the game. Most of the big refereeing decision went to Exeter, as we could have had two pens. 

    Their manager made a sub after 28 mins and didn’t really make any noticeable difference.

    Both Campbell & Anderson should have put us 2-0 much earlier than we eventually did. 

    Nice day at The Valley sitting in the light and having some nice weather. One of the big things this season is that we have followed up most of our worst performances with a win in the following match.




  • SouthWest_Addicks
    SouthWest_Addicks Posts: 6,307
    Interested to hear people’s opinions about the Goal Keeper injury tactic. Both teams utilised it today. Exeter in the first half and Charlton did in the second. Both occurred after the team had a spell of the game when the opposition was on top. 

    AMB also went down ‘injured’ in the first half against Stevenage.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,569
    SouthWest_Addicks said:
    Interested to hear people’s opinions about the Goal Keeper injury tactic. Both teams utilised it today. Exeter in the first half and Charlton did in the second. Both occurred after the team had a spell of the game when the opposition was on top. 

    AMB also went down ‘injured’ in the first half against Stevenage.
    It needs cutting out or introduce an official time out that each time can use once in a game.
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,154
    Stig said:
    Simonsen said:
    eastterrace6168 said:
    Making us kick the wrong way they deserved to lose…suckers 👌
    And chose to have their keeper staring into the sun. In keeping with their game-plan and "performance"
    When they made that decision I thought, fair play to them. If was an away captain and won the toss, I'd switch ends too. I think on balance, that's a far better option than choosing to kick off or not. Then I saw their keeper struggling with the light and I was minded of Dick Emery's skinhead: "Dad, I got it wrong again".
    Doncaster did that in the 2019 play-offs semi. Sun not an issue then of course, but they probably felt pretty silly when Kristian Bielik nodded in his goal after 3 minutes and the Valley, already rocking because it was full, went nuts.We all hate it when the away side does it, but it seems not to bother the players so much as it does us.
  • WillmoreTheRed
    WillmoreTheRed Posts: 875
    LargeAddick said:
    SouthWest_Addicks said:
    Interested to hear people’s opinions about the Goal Keeper injury tactic. Both teams utilised it today. Exeter in the first half and Charlton did in the second. Both occurred after the team had a spell of the game when the opposition was on top. 

    AMB also went down ‘injured’ in the first half against Stevenage.
    It needs cutting out or introduce an official time out that each time can use once in a game.
    Just ban teams from going to the sidelines, players have to wait in their positions. It’ll stop very quickly then.
  • Bailey
    Bailey Posts: 3,265
    Southbank said:
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Berry has been doing a good job lately and his delivery for the first was excellent IMO.
    Yes, but that was it.
    I think the same criticism could be labelled at Godden and Campbell in the first half but that doesn't take into account that because of Charlton's dominance, Exeter were in the main sitting with ten men in and around their own penalty area. They doubled up on Small and Mitchell was lucky not to see red for, what should have been two bookings, because he was losing the battle against Campbell. If I have a criticism, is that we didn't get enough shots in at the keeper but that's easier said than done when the penalty area is so congested. 
  • CatAddick
    CatAddick Posts: 2,387
    WillmoreTheRed said:
    LargeAddick said:
    SouthWest_Addicks said:
    Interested to hear people’s opinions about the Goal Keeper injury tactic. Both teams utilised it today. Exeter in the first half and Charlton did in the second. Both occurred after the team had a spell of the game when the opposition was on top. 

    AMB also went down ‘injured’ in the first half against Stevenage.
    It needs cutting out or introduce an official time out that each time can use once in a game.
    Just ban teams from going to the sidelines, players have to wait in their positions. It’ll stop very quickly then.
    Make them all go into the centre circle.  On the coaching thing, what was that with the Exeter manager yards out of his technical area in the ear of one of their players when he was about to take a throw?  Ref didn’t seem bothered 
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  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    SouthWest_Addicks said:
    Interested to hear people’s opinions about the Goal Keeper injury tactic. Both teams utilised it today. Exeter in the first half and Charlton did in the second. Both occurred after the team had a spell of the game when the opposition was on top. 

    AMB also went down ‘injured’ in the first half against Stevenage.
    Not being to get to The Valley, a mate offered me a ticket to watch Plymouth Argyle v Cardiff today.

    Cardiff went 1-0 up after only 12 minutes - and from then on, it was incessant fake injuries, theatricals and total shithousery to break up the flow of the game every few minutes. The weak referee did nothing to stop it. Ruined the game totally.

    In 60 years of watching League football, I've never before seen anything like it to this extent.


  • BlackburnCharlton
    BlackburnCharlton Posts: 348
    Nothing to add about the team performance. It's all been said. So on a different tact, rare visit back to a very special place for me. Don't take it for granted. Its just so full of big big memories. Great day!!
  • altrinchamaddick
    altrinchamaddick Posts: 935
    LargeAddick said:
    SouthWest_Addicks said:
    Interested to hear people’s opinions about the Goal Keeper injury tactic. Both teams utilised it today. Exeter in the first half and Charlton did in the second. Both occurred after the team had a spell of the game when the opposition was on top. 

    AMB also went down ‘injured’ in the first half against Stevenage.
    It needs cutting out or introduce an official time out that each time can use once in a game.
    How about the players cannot go over to the manager if the goalie goes down injured?
  • altrinchamaddick
    altrinchamaddick Posts: 935
    oops, didn't read WillmoreTheRed's comment! Great minds and all that.
  • BlackburnCharlton
    BlackburnCharlton Posts: 348
    BlackburnCharlton said:
    Nothing to add about the team performance. It's all been said. So on a different tact, rare visit back to a very special place for me. Don't take it for granted. Its just so full of big big memories. Great day!!
    Oh and it took me 2 hours less to get home  than it did from fkin huddesfield!!
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    Southbank said:
    I thought it was a great performance. But I do not understand the love for Berry. One good cross and one terrible corner, and , as Leuth says on the players' scores, 'a lot of hiding'. Yet he is being given the same score as Coventry and higher than Small and our clean sheet defenders.
    Go figure!
    And he is given a standing ovation by some when going off!
    Could somebody name one stand out pass, tackle or any other contribution to today's game. I genuinely want to know.

    It's a team game. And as part of a winning team, Berry has played his assigned role in that success.

    He's playing to instructions. If he didn't, the manager wouldn't play him.



  • follett
    follett Posts: 1,034
    Great performance today. Ramsay is the best player we’ve had in years. Everyone superb today but special mention to Karoy who was my MOTM
  • SouthoftheThames
    SouthoftheThames Posts: 24
    We look good, Soak it up! Whether it’s our year or not, let’s enjoy it. However, I think Anderson deserves huge credit for his efforts today.. he was relentless. Credit to them all!
  • altrinchamaddick
    altrinchamaddick Posts: 935
    Just thinking about tactics of opposing teams, I can understand Exeter starting with Magennis as the lone striker at the start, packing midfield and playing 5 at the back, earlier on in the season we really struggled with this defensive formation, and looked vulnerable to counter attacks,  but after going 1,2, then 3 nil down they continued with the same tactic!! Were they worried about their goal difference, in case of a relegation scrap? Surely after going one down, and the keeper fake injury, they should have put someone alongside Magennis. To be fair to him he won more flick ons than any forward I've seen at the Valley, but either Jones or Macca went tight to him, he won the header and the other centre half mopped up the resulting ball. It seemed clueless to me, and didn't change throughout the game.
    I guess I shouldn't be concerned about the other teams tactics, but it is interesting to see other teams response to our improving form.

    On journey's home, I had one of the worst, My train travelling down from Crewe was over half an hour late arriving into Euston, due to an ill passenger, then coming home a train with technical problems blocked the line and I arrived into Crewe nearly 50 mins late. Spent the time reading Match and Post Match comments, so it wasn't as painful as some journeys have been!!

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