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POST-MATCH THREAD Charlton Athletic v Wycombe Wanderers: Play Off 2nd leg: Thur 15th May 2025: KO
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Small was noticeably surprised being subbed, so must have felt he had something left in the tank. When he turned and saw the standing ovation from AC Stand, he was emotional. Really hope he manage to keep him. Him and Kayne are such a force together.ForeverAddickted said:
I presumed that Small was getting to the limits of what he could manage, just back from whatever injury kept him out of the last two games, so was hopefully done with the hindsight of: "Lets preserve him for Wembley" - @Chris_from_Sidcup made the right comment on the Match Thread last night, wondering if we could have got another ten minutes out of him, yet our management of players with Will Abbott in the building now is so much better.kinveachyaddick said:Doesn’t matter in the final analysis but I was flabbergasted NJ took Small off. What was he thinking! TC had been far less effective - surely he should have been subbed.
I thought switching Campbell to the right worked better for TC as well, as he didnt have to deal with Grimmer anymore.22 -
What Nathan Jones does is not performative, like it or not it is his authentic self.
I was at Leyton Orient for Appletons last game, Nathan Jones has been a proper excellent manager for us since he joined, we have had a great season so far, and Nathan, and dare I say Curtis Fleming, are 90% of the reason why.20 -
I said last night, Chuks should have walked up to Leahy and tap on the shoulder and said remember me.Elthamaddick said:did anyone see NJ winding Chuks up just before coming on, literally going bat shit chest pumping right in his face7 -
Thought the same at the time......as did Small himself !kinveachyaddick said:Doesn’t matter in the final analysis but I was flabbergasted NJ took Small off. What was he thinking! TC had been far less effective - surely he should have been subbed.
Only thing I can think off was that Small had been out injured & so didn't want to risk him for 90 mins +. Also Small wasn't seeing too much of the ball & Nathan wanted TC over on that side.6 -
The museum will take it !Stewart said:Walking to the tube station in Ickenham this morning .
Didn't fancy keeping that as a nice little keepsake?6 -
East standers must have better bladder control than the rest of the ground. I went for a final drain off 15 minutes before kick off and there was only one other in there.Simonsen said:I went for a "pie n mash" at full time and the East Stand khazi was completely empty. Reminded me very much of the Crawley game!0 -
I thought one reason to take off Small was to switch Campbell across.3
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Colostomy bag is your answer there...Baldybonce said:
East standers must have better bladder control than the rest of the ground. I went for a final drain off 15 minutes before kick off and there was only one other in there.Simonsen said:I went for a "pie n mash" at full time and the East Stand khazi was completely empty. Reminded me very much of the Crawley game!1 -
Comode.Kinsella87 said:
Colostomy bag is your answer there...Baldybonce said:
East standers must have better bladder control than the rest of the ground. I went for a final drain off 15 minutes before kick off and there was only one other in there.Simonsen said:I went for a "pie n mash" at full time and the East Stand khazi was completely empty. Reminded me very much of the Crawley game!
I bet the new White Hart Lane has got them. It's got everything else.5 -
I agree it was an error from the keeper, but bawling him out in front of 27,000 people when you should be focusing on the 10 minutes you've got to save your season is proper arsehole behaviour. If it had been us and Mannion had made that mistake I'd not have wanted to see one of our players screaming in his face straight afterkillerandflash said:
Their keeper did bottle it though. He should have taken the ball, and the collision with Jones, but instead was pathetically weak.Garrymanilow said:Typical as well seeing that little rat fuck Leahy screaming abuse at his keeper when we scored. What a nasty piece of work he is
Wycombe like playing for fouls, but it was notable that none of them protested to the referee that it was a foul, as they knew the keeper had bottled it.5 -
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Everything still set up for Sunderland to lose the play off and us to win...destiny.18
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He’s been out injured so maybe keeping him fresh for Wembley knowing TC would have more joy on the other side?kinveachyaddick said:Doesn’t matter in the final analysis but I was flabbergasted NJ took Small off. What was he thinking! TC had been far less effective - surely he should have been subbed.1 -
The cheating git would have probably gone over as if he had been shot, and get Chuks sent off again, no, just laugh in his face after the game...👍guinnessaddick said:
I said last night, Chuks should have walked up to Leahy and tap on the shoulder and said remember me.Elthamaddick said:did anyone see NJ winding Chuks up just before coming on, literally going bat shit chest pumping right in his face2 -
Agree with it all. The lad is becoming one hell of a player. I think that double block from Ramsay was worth a goal but I would like to mention how Gillesphey shepherded Kone out wide. It was terrific defending.DamoNorthStand said:Karoy Anderson take a bow. For a ten minute cameo that was as good as you will get - literally never stopped running, huge blocks, and was pivotal in seeing out the game relatively comfortably.
Kayne Ramsay is just a total Rolls Royce of a football player. Lloyd Jones and Macca were immense.
The pre match routine and everything set up by the club was superb - since we returned to The Valley I’ve never seen the place like that.8 -
I thought Small looked visibly tired before he came off, I commented on it on the match thread just before Aneke started warming up. He was getting into his spaces a little bit too late and he'd started dropping deeper early, sometimes fully into the right back slot when they had the ball because he knew he wasn't going to be able to go up and down anymore. He's never had the best stamina in our team and he's coming back off an injury so it wasn't a huge surprise.4
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Simonsen said:
Comode.Kinsella87 said:
Colostomy bag is your answer there...Baldybonce said:
East standers must have better bladder control than the rest of the ground. I went for a final drain off 15 minutes before kick off and there was only one other in there.Simonsen said:I went for a "pie n mash" at full time and the East Stand khazi was completely empty. Reminded me very much of the Crawley game!
I bet the new White Hart Lane has got them. It's got everything else.
Well its frequently full of shit and needs a clean out0 -
Attendance: 25,722
Away fans: 1,600
Former players: 231
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I detest pitch invasions but the call-and-response chorus between the covered end and the fans on the pitch was primeval, religious, poetic ... it was awesome to behold.7
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Stu_of_Kunming said:
He’s been out injured so maybe keeping him fresh for Wembley knowing TC would have more joy on the other side?kinveachyaddick said:Doesn’t matter in the final analysis but I was flabbergasted NJ took Small off. What was he thinking! TC had been far less effective - surely he should have been subbed.
It was 0-0 and there was no Wembley at that point.
TC got away from The grimmer reaper so he was always going to improve !
Why does TC slip over so much; ok I assume he was shot by a sniper in the match at Wycombe when he fell over the ball when in space, also he was man-handled by Grimmer in both matches but he slips when no one is near him ? Wrong studs or has he lost confidence after his 3 brilliant matches in a row when he scored a couple of crackers ? Nathan didn't need to go OTT about Tyreece and say he's better than the Premier players he worked with on camera. The lad has never stopped trying but against Wycombe in the last 3 matches including the 4-0 away win he has been the weakest link but personally I like him in tandem with Thierry but at 0-0 we needed to win and switching flanks for 10 minutes may have worked.
Ironic that we won with a quality long pass by Macca which their tall defenders had been coping with all night.
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I thought the set piece coach looked to be getting much worse from NJ throughout the gameGarrymanilow said:
I agree it was an error from the keeper, but bawling him out in front of 27,000 people when you should be focusing on the 10 minutes you've got to save your season is proper arsehole behaviour. If it had been us and Mannion had made that mistake I'd not have wanted to see one of our players screaming in his face straight afterkillerandflash said:
Their keeper did bottle it though. He should have taken the ball, and the collision with Jones, but instead was pathetically weak.Garrymanilow said:Typical as well seeing that little rat fuck Leahy screaming abuse at his keeper when we scored. What a nasty piece of work he is
Wycombe like playing for fouls, but it was notable that none of them protested to the referee that it was a foul, as they knew the keeper had bottled it.2 -
Feel question marks when Small was subbed off but it was actually a clever move by Jones. Grimmer had totally nullified TC down the left wing. Like others have said, Gilbert for Anderson was the perfect sub.
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I thought Watson for Campbell was a good replacement as well, might have backfired a little bit had we gone into ET, as doubt we'd have had been the same sort of threat going forward - However having seen Tyreece take penalties, I didn't want him on the pitch as an option... No offence to the lad.3
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Jones delayed the Small substitution for 5 minutes because he nearly scored goal of the season just as he was about to get taken off and Jones realised that subbing him off there and then would have gone down less than ideally12
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Probably because he’s not long returned to the squad and may have struggled to get through 90 minutes.kinveachyaddick said:Doesn’t matter in the final analysis but I was flabbergasted NJ took Small off. What was he thinking! TC had been far less effective - surely he should have been subbed.1 -
Is there a clip of the constant Godden again for what seemed like five minutes after the goal? I was in the Pelton Arms after and the whole pub spontaneously started singing Godden Again...
Can't quite work out whether the atmosphere was better than against Doncaster. I think the 'moment' of the pens against Doncaster led to a release of pure relief, whereas last night the noise was maybe more constant throughout the game. And we actually won the match last night, of course!
They never really got into our box for the 15 mins or so following the goal, which I think sums up our superiority, tight as it was. And they could have nicked it in a moment, which was clearly their plan, and they nearly did.
Thought Coventry and the back 3 were outstanding all night, pretty much faultless other than one time 1st half when Coventry got caught in possession.
My first ever time on th valley pitch too. It's nice!!11 -
TC got nothing out of Grimmer, but I was surprised they didn't try swapping TC and Small over for 10 minutes before Small was subbed, just to give their defenders something else to think about. TC was definitely better on the right, but Small would have been a completely different challenge for Grimmer.
As others have said, Anderson was excellent when he came on, in a high press role, rather than a traditional parking the bus type of defensive sub.10 -
For the people who have watched Charlton week in and week out over the last 5 years. Spending time and hard earned money to sometimes watch a lot of utter shite.
You deserved the thrill of last night and the upcoming final like no other👏 congrats33 -
It’s got the ones that jet-fill from the bottom…Simonsen said:
Comode.Kinsella87 said:
Colostomy bag is your answer there...Baldybonce said:
East standers must have better bladder control than the rest of the ground. I went for a final drain off 15 minutes before kick off and there was only one other in there.Simonsen said:I went for a "pie n mash" at full time and the East Stand khazi was completely empty. Reminded me very much of the Crawley game!
I bet the new White Hart Lane has got them. It's got everything else.0
