Dagenham away tonight 23/07

Harriott Green Evina Kerm Cousins Hollands Stephens off

Morro switched to right

Charlton now passing it around better since Gower and Jacko came on

Norfolk_Addick said:

Hughes, Jackson, Gower and Pritchard (4 first team midfieders) are on the bench and we are playing well and winning. Some people just love to moan and complain.</
agree well said

Mike said:

Hollands, Stephens, Green and Evina don't particularly inspire me, no. Others, yes.

Those four have now left the field, can we feel inspired yet? After all they did contribute to a 2-0 winning position :0)

2-0 FT

We're doomed!

Cheers for the updates.

my report from D&R tonight.

decent first half, although it looked at times that we were playing rush striker (instead of rush goalie) with Harriott/Hollands/ Green all trying to get on the end of Kermy's flick-ons. Evina had a solid game as did Wood. 1st half MOTM is a toss up between Kermy and Jordan Cousins, who played some lovely 40-50 yard passes and always looked comfortable on the ball.

2nd half we went back into our shell & looked worse when 4 or 5 subs were made. Very disjointed and kept giving the ball away. Last 15-20 mins consisted of a front 2 of Piggott & Smith and although they tried hard they had no real service, apart from a couple of crosses that their keeper caught easily.

I know a lot of you on here think I'm a moaner, but I dread to think how this team is going to fare this season without adding another 3 or 4 bodies - mainly strikers. I think we have a decent back 5 and with Jacko, Harriott& Pritch in midfield we have some energy and oomph. We rely SO much on Kermy and god knows what would happen if he got a long term injury as he alone is holding the top end together. It seems to me that CP now realises he ain't going to get the 2 or 3 strikers that he really needs (certainly not before Aug 31st) and is trying out this 4-5-1 formation with various players making the spare man to come up with the goals. To date this has worked, but we not played anyone of note and I can see it falling apart very quickly unless we sign someone soon.

I thought we looked better than the previous posters have suggested, moving the ball quickly and crisply, and keeping possession. The damage was done in the first half-hour with two neatly taken moves, the second from a long sweeping play down the right. Yes, we stepped off the gas a bit in the second period - the substitution of Green and Kermorgant left us without a cutting edge - but the Daggers looked a poor team, weaker than AFC Wimbledon last week. Job done efficiently and without fuss. Bring on the men from Inverness.

Covered End said:

stonewallpenalty said:

First half good.

second half bad.

players look really, really slim.

Agreed, I thought that at Wimbledon. (Probably because we can't afford to feed them :-)

If I remember rightly the fitness coach said at the fun day training session that the players have come back this pre season fitter then last pre season.

Cousins played well when he was in midfield but after he got moved to RB he was shocking.

golfaddick said:

my report from D&R tonight.

decent first half, although it looked at times that we were playing rush striker (instead of rush goalie) with Harriott/Hollands/ Green all trying to get on the end of Kermy's flick-ons. Evina had a solid game as did Wood. 1st half MOTM is a toss up between Kermy and Jordan Cousins, who played some lovely 40-50 yard passes and always looked comfortable on the ball.

2nd half we went back into our shell & looked worse when 4 or 5 subs were made. Very disjointed and kept giving the ball away. Last 15-20 mins consisted of a front 2 of Piggott & Smith and although they tried hard they had no real service, apart from a couple of crosses that their keeper caught easily.

I know a lot of you on here think I'm a moaner, but I dread to think how this team is going to fare this season without adding another 3 or 4 bodies - mainly strikers. I think we have a decent back 5 and with Jacko, Harriott& Pritch in midfield we have some energy and oomph. We rely SO much on Kermy and god knows what would happen if he got a long term injury as he alone is holding the top end together. It seems to me that CP now realises he ain't going to get the 2 or 3 strikers that he really needs (certainly not before Aug 31st) and is trying out this 4-5-1 formation with various players making the spare man to come up with the goals. To date this has worked, but we not played anyone of note and I can see it falling apart very quickly unless we sign someone soon.

I don't think there are too many that disagree with you Golfie. I feel for CP who is not at this point being given the resources, still there are a few days left for someone to come in and I recall that Murphy and Jeffers only joined two days before the season started.

Mike said:

ValleyGary said:

Mike said:

Charlton Athletic FC ‏@CAFCofficial 9m
Charlton: Hamer, Solly, Evina, Cort, Wood, Green, Harriott, Cousins, Hollands, Stephens, Kermorgant. (IL) #cafc
Charlton Athletic FC ‏@CAFCofficial 8m
Charlton (subs): Button, Hughes, Jackson, Gower, Cook, Morrison, Dervite, Pigott, Fox, Pritchard. (IL) #cafc

rather uninspiring.

Yeah the squad that finished 9th last year and worked their bollocks off. Very uninspiring.

Glad you agree. Green, Hollands, Stephens, Cousins and Evina did play a huge part in us getting 9th.

Actually they did bar Cousins.