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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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Karoy Anderson starting vs Karoy Anderson as a substitute
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I thought Karoys performance was like watching a man possessed.... Probably the best 10 minutes he will ever play..
I also enjoyed the game, we at least tried to play football by passing but Wycombe were so typical of a park the bus team.
Yes Orient will not be easy but with TC and Small using the width of Wembley it could be the difference.
I really want to get promoted now but if it wasn't to be I'd still be pleased to get this far after such a difficult first half of the season but either way the Board will have to step up in oder to stay up or get us up as quality players are not cheap.9 -
Don't take the pissKinsella87 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!3 -
Well said my friend. Couldn’t agree more. 👍The Prince-e-Paul said:On NJ at full-time, his reaction is purely human. He is a person who lives for this. He is 100% all in at Charlton. I firmly believe, that right now, there isn't a single fan that feels the joy of the win last night, more that NJ.
A lot is said about whether people like him. The sky commentator said to him post match, they are all singing your name, to which he promptly retorted, that they were wanting him sacked in November. He quickly explains that a season isnt won or lost in January, it is at the end if the season that it all matters. He went in to speak of his faith in God and how at full time, he dropped to his knees and was thanking God.
I say let him be eccentric and odd. I would rather him with his overblown passion, than 'Mr I keep my hands in my pockets' looking like he's at a funeral on the touchline.
As for other fans being sniffy about the scenes at full-time, well any fan who has been through it with their club, will get the emotions and why the celebrations were so OTT. This club might not have won anything yet this season, but it has gone a long way to winning back the hearts of many a fan that had got disillusioned by the decline and lack of care from owners and managers for too many years.0 -
Did not know there was a parachute money from championship back into league oneEven if Charlton Athletic, Leyton Orient or rivals were to achieve promotion to the Championship and then come straight back down to League One, they would benefit from a parachute payment too. The clubs relegated from the Championship receive around £3.2 million, which is partly what helped to fund the Birmingham City summer of spending last year.5
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Apart from a Trophy (yet…!!)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.3 -
One thing I did notice was how Curtis Fleming was trying to get Nathan off the floor at the end, I wonder what he said, 'get up boss they're still playing!6
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I got to my Bruvs comms seat early as I didn't want to be a nuisance.
I'd already been to see Fanny in the Fans Bar and left a disgusting pint of what pretended to be IPA behind me.
It was a magnificent view and looking around I saw familiar faces from Selhurst & Upton Park.
Greg assured me that there had to be a Smith sitting in that seat and that made me very emotional (coincidentally my Bruv watched the game in a bar in Tenerife with Dohertys parents......small world or what?).
The atmosphere was amazing. There was a fella beside me controlling all the stuff going on around the pitch, he earned his money I can tell you.
I loved being able to watch Jones on the sidelines. From the chest pumping Aneke sub to the absolute arse being ripped out of the fan who threw the ball back in play too quickly, brilliant and a marked contrast to my last game which was also Micky Apples last.
I was just so grateful to be there and witness that goal and those celebrations.
Great thanks to @Curb_It and @Tavern for letting me accompany them to the Oak after and my minders for the train journey back to Woolwich Arsenal which was bouncing!
Went to breakfast this morning and there were two sets of Dad/Daughters who had been to the game. Chatting to them I got emotional.
Miss you Dad.
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So much to say but I've read it all and most of it has been said. A special, special night.
We aren't the prettiest team at times, but we are a proper one, and we are the best defensively that I can recall for a very, very long time.
Ramsay, Lloydy & Gillesphey, absurdly good for us in that back 3.
If I had to use a pic to describe them.
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He was up there for the free kick we had just before which got cleared straight back to Gillesphy for another go.fenaddick said:Still not fully sure why Lloyd was up there as my nerves were too distracting but my god I'm glad he was4 -
The celebrations pre-match and post match were incredible.Kinsella87 said:
Only a few occasions when a pitch invasion is warranted and last night was one of them. Muggy comments from randoms ain’t going to change that.charltonbob said:
Yes a lot of posters (not Wycombe) criticising Charlton supporters for the pitch invasionken_shabby said:
Sincerely? Fuck 'em!!peterreeves said:We're getting caned by the err footballing public on the BBC Comments page, Nathan in particular.
We know and he knows that we haven't won anything yet but after enduring the crap we've faced over the last six years explains our sheer bloody relief tonight that we are hopefully on our way back.
Well done boys.
& to be fair most of the Wycombe supporters were saying the best team won & were criticising their own manager for their dreadful "style" of football.
We live in a society where people pre-emptively plan doom and make fun of people for enjoying themselves. "Why are they celebrating like they've won the final" "haha, their Manager knows the cameras are on him" "pitch invasion for making Wembley league1, tinpot"
They simply just don't get it. Fuck em'
Or in video form
https://x.com/BigBadBraz/status/1923302747912212817?t=htkTTWDrnpme7ZtGkeKYrQ&s=1910 -
Immense performance, but just wait until next Sunday. He'll be special at Wembley.peterreeves said:I thought Karoys performance was like watching a man possessed.... Probably the best 10 minutes he will ever play..
I also enjoyed the game, we at least tried to play football by passing but Wycombe were so typical of a park the bus team.
Yes Orient will not be easy but with TC and Small using the width of Wembley it could be the difference.
I really want to get promoted now but if it wasn't to be I'd still be pleased to get this far after such a difficult first half of the season but either way the Board will have to step up in oder to stay up or get us up as quality players are not cheap.2 -
he would have fell over screaming, clutching his throat....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 face
...and probably shat his pants!0 -
Didn’t get home until 2.30 - road closures all over the shop and ended up in the centre of Wycombe! Diversion signs were very unclear at 1am and my sat nav kept trying to direct me back to roads that were closed!Northern_Monkey said:Just got home to bed. Brilliant! All roads north seemed to be closed for roadworks, nearly had to go through Wycombe. UTA0 -
On the atmosphere. I've supported Charlton for 35 years or so. Last night felt different.
That could be because of the many years of utter dross we've suffered in the recent past, but the air crackled with something I haven't felt personally before.
I think there's a togetherness about the manager, players and fans that hasn't been around for a while, and that might be what feels different. It feels to me like the old Charlton with something extra that reflects the end of the fractious period of mis management and fan protests maybe?13 -
Just well done boys and let’s finish the job at Wembley ! Jones - love your passion !1
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I think it is different mate. After years of struggling and having to put up with either mental or crooked owners fans now feel we might be starting to get our club back and that sense of relief and optimism generates excitement that can be felt.TheHerminator said:On the atmosphere. I've supported Charlton for 35 years or so. Last night felt different.
That could be because of the many years of utter dross we've suffered in the recent past, but the air crackled with something I haven't felt personally before.
I think there's a togetherness about the manager, players and fans that hasn't been around for a while, and that might be what feels different. It feels to me like the old Charlton with something extra that reflects the end of the fractious period of mis management and fan protests maybe?
hopefully the owners saw last night what this club can be and regardless of what happens at Wembley they invest to build and get the fans back in numbers
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Small was clearly surprised and gutted to be hooked but he got a great send off from the Covered End as he walked his way past them!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.5 -
I think the difference is that there is such a large majority of Charlton fans now who are of an age who have never seen the "good" times. They've become battle hardened to the dross, they've got their own identity and this feels like its "their" time.TheHerminator said:On the atmosphere. I've supported Charlton for 35 years or so. Last night felt different.
That could be because of the many years of utter dross we've suffered in the recent past, but the air crackled with something I haven't felt personally before.
I think there's a togetherness about the manager, players and fans that hasn't been around for a while, and that might be what feels different. It feels to me like the old Charlton with something extra that reflects the end of the fractious period of mis management and fan protests maybe?
Ultimately we're all together in this but there are clear generations and groups of fans who have experienced different Charlton chapters. I think the biggest "attending" group now are the League One chapter.4 -
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Terry Smith wasn’t there?!!KBslittlesis said:I got to my Bruvs comms seat early as I didn't want to be a nuisance.
I'd already been to see Fanny in the Fans Bar and left a disgusting pint of what pretended to be IPA behind me.
It was a magnificent view and looking around I saw familiar faces from Selhurst & Upton Park.
Greg assured me that there had to be a Smith sitting in that seat and that made me very emotional (coincidentally my Bruv watched the game in a bar in Tenerife with Dohertys parents......small world or what?).
The atmosphere was amazing. There was a fella beside me controlling all the stuff going on around the pitch, he earned his money I can tell you.
I loved being able to watch Jones on the sidelines. From the chest pumping Aneke sub to the absolute arse being ripped out of the fan who threw the ball back in play too quickly, brilliant and a marked contrast to my last game which was also Micky Apples last.
I was just so grateful to be there and witness that goal and those celebrations.
Great thanks to @Curb_It and @Tavern for letting me accompany them to the Oak after and my minders for the train journey back to Woolwich Arsenal which was bouncing!
Went to breakfast this morning and there were two sets of Dad/Daughters who had been to the game. Chatting to them I got emotional.
Miss you Dad.
COYR ❤️Wtf!!!!3 -
Would love to see gilbert start the final, his passing ability on the large wembley pitch could be perfect, same 11 for me for the final7
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I didn't make the Doncaster play off game so can't compare the atmosphere but last night was the best I have experienced. Never seen the whole ground singing like that in unison, even in sell out games in our Premier League days. Must be a proper spine tingler for Godden when 25k people are singing about you non-stop.
As to the game itself, it was a attritional but when we played the ball on the deck we were much the better side and deserved winners. All defenders were excellent. Ramsay was Ramsay and running out of superlatives for him. Jones a colossus.
We can play much better and hoping Orient's more attractive style will allow us to do that in the final.5 -
EveshamAddick said:
He was up there for the free kick we had just before which got cleared straight back to Gillesphy for another go.fenaddick said:Still not fully sure why Lloyd was up there as my nerves were too distracting but my god I'm glad he was
Thanks for that Evesham, as when you are at the ground even with a good view near the half way just 9 rows back in the East/AC I couldn't recall how Macca was in a defensive position and Jones was the false Number 9 🤔
Lovely show but being 9 rows back with a flame machine in front does anyone know if my eyebrows will grow back 🤨1 -
The flame machines had a bit of a kick!
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I can’t stop singing “Godden again” in my head. Sung it all the way home. Got up for a wee in the middle of the night singing it. Singing it since I got up. I should be bored with it by now, but I’m not I’m loving it with a big cheese on my boat.7
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I think I lost my eyebrowsEveshamAddick said:The flame machines had a bit of a kick!0 -
Future son on laws stag was booked by his Charlton supporting best man 🤣🤣dickad1 said:
Terry Smith wasn’t there?!!KBslittlesis said:I got to my Bruvs comms seat early as I didn't want to be a nuisance.
I'd already been to see Fanny in the Fans Bar and left a disgusting pint of what pretended to be IPA behind me.
It was a magnificent view and looking around I saw familiar faces from Selhurst & Upton Park.
Greg assured me that there had to be a Smith sitting in that seat and that made me very emotional (coincidentally my Bruv watched the game in a bar in Tenerife with Dohertys parents......small world or what?).
The atmosphere was amazing. There was a fella beside me controlling all the stuff going on around the pitch, he earned his money I can tell you.
I loved being able to watch Jones on the sidelines. From the chest pumping Aneke sub to the absolute arse being ripped out of the fan who threw the ball back in play too quickly, brilliant and a marked contrast to my last game which was also Micky Apples last.
I was just so grateful to be there and witness that goal and those celebrations.
Great thanks to @Curb_It and @Tavern for letting me accompany them to the Oak after and my minders for the train journey back to Woolwich Arsenal which was bouncing!
Went to breakfast this morning and there were two sets of Dad/Daughters who had been to the game. Chatting to them I got emotional.
Miss you Dad.
COYR ❤️Wtf!!!!5 -
EveshamAddick said:The flame machines had a bit of a kick!
I saw some red faces in the front two rows but not sure if that was from the flame machine 🔥🥵or they had been on a booze up since mid day. 🍻0 -
It says so much about the tactical know-how and bravery of Jones to make that Aneke sub.
A player who (often quite rightly) has been considered by fans to be well past his best and our standard this season, on for a player who almost scored a few minutes earlier and looked consitently dangerous. But it worked - he spotted the need to draw the big Wycombe CBs to an aerial threat, and for Chucks to keep knocking it down to free up Godden in behind. A brave, brave decision that shows how an ambitious manager can help change results.
A fantastic day, deserved by a fantastic fan base and club.17
