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Jordan Cousins - Please Explain?

CafcSteve
CafcSteve Posts: 781
in General Charlton
Hamer kicks it out to Cousins who just has to run forward and have a shot.
Instead, he turns around and passes it backwards to Perucci before they score.
Why can't we just have a shot?

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  • mistrollingin
    mistrollingin Posts: 3,868
    CafcSteve said:

    Hamer kicks it out to Cousins who just has to run forward and have a shot.
    Instead, he turns around and passes it backwards to Perucci before they score.


    Why can't we just have a shot?

    It's The Charlton way, silly.

  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,343
    Incorrect, he passes it to Reza who could shoot and dosen't he passed it to Petrucci who could shoot and doesn't and we then concede possession, you get what you deserve if you don't shoot you can't win simple.
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,365
    The real crime was Petrucci not having the balls just to take the man down at the centre circle to take a yellow. Pathetic.
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,979
    Athletico Charlton said:

    The real crime was Petrucci not having the balls just to take the man down at the centre circle to take a yellow. Pathetic.

    Bit harsh IMO. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but on this occasion there were plenty of other opportunities to get a block in

  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,211
    Athletico Charlton said:

    The real crime was Petrucci not having the balls just to take the man down at the centre circle to take a yellow. Pathetic.

    100% this. I was disgusted. I had time to turn to my mate and say, "This guy's got to take one for the team, don't you think?" but despite having an age to do something about it, he did nothing.

    I'm usually fairly objective about Charlton, and rarely get super-angry. But Church, Petrucci and Harriott really wound me up today. I accept Harriott was trying (but was utterly atrocious), but Church... Jesus. The offside thing, when he couldn't be bothered to jog back and allow us our best opening of the game... furious.
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,365
    Not hindsight. I was shouting at him to take the player down, it was obvious he was going to get a chance. JJ would have taken the guys feet.
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,211
    Swisdom said:

    Athletico Charlton said:

    The real crime was Petrucci not having the balls just to take the man down at the centre circle to take a yellow. Pathetic.

    Bit harsh IMO. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but on this occasion there were plenty of other opportunities to get a block in

    Hinsight has nothing to do with it, it was bloody obvious what was required.
  • CafcSteve
    CafcSteve Posts: 781
    He wouldn't have been put into that position though if Cousins would have had actually had a shot.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,907
    Exactly JJ would've taken him out.

    Harriott and church were shocking today
  • legaladdick
    legaladdick Posts: 1,808
    I'm with CafcSteve on this. Jordan escaped the offside trap but instead of looking to take it on himself, he slowed up and played a meaningless ball inside. The chance to score turned into a break from which THEY got the win, not us. But why was Jordan out there anyway? Because he was, yet again, shunted wide. He is as much a right winger as Parker was at Chelsea. I'm not arguing that Petrucci shouldn't have buried their player (the ref wouldn't have booked him bearing in mind the rest of his pathetic display) but the error came earlier.

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  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,071
    Jordan cousins by nature is a defender - or at best a defensive midfielder. I believe he played most of his formative years either at right back or centre half...........so a bit unfair to blame him for not going forward with it. I thought we were a bit unlucky as both Reza & Pettrucci were looking to have a shot but were crowded out.
  • northstandsteve
    northstandsteve Posts: 14,343
    Fuck me who has hacked Golfie's account.
  • Mortimerician
    Mortimerician Posts: 5,222
    The whole team is set up to hang on for a nil nil and maybe sneak a goal. Nobody is detailed to offense.
  • mrbligh
    mrbligh Posts: 3,057
    i got a free crossbars thing today with a free program. there is an interview in it with AA that states we set out to not concede in the first 70 and then nick a winner.

    what a radically different game plan to the former manager
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,705
    Cousins is the least of our problems.

  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,862
    golfaddick said:

    Jordan cousins by nature is a defender - or at best a defensive midfielder. I believe he played most of his formative years either at right back or centre half...........so a bit unfair to blame him for not going forward with it. I thought we were a bit unlucky as both Reza & Pettrucci were looking to have a shot but were crowded out.

    And that is why Cousins should be playing RB and Wilson RM. We'd have more balance and an attacking right side midfielder.

  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,972
    edited April 2014
    Am sure we would have been on his back if he had hit row Z when a player was in a better position. But we will never know.
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,979
    JiMMy 85 said:

    Swisdom said:

    Athletico Charlton said:

    The real crime was Petrucci not having the balls just to take the man down at the centre circle to take a yellow. Pathetic.

    Bit harsh IMO. Hindsight is a wonderful thing but on this occasion there were plenty of other opportunities to get a block in

    Hinsight has nothing to do with it, it was bloody obvious what was required.
    Poyet had the same few weeks ago but wasn't lambasted. Petrucci is clearly rusty and actually looked decent - just unfortunately got dispossessed and didn't have the pace

  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,336
    CafcSteve said:

    He wouldn't have been put into that position though if Cousins would have had actually had a shot.

    We would not have been in that position if Cousins had been playing in his central midfield position and Puttricci had been playing in his right wing position.

    The blokes subs and then the positions they then played in was bizarre.
  • jblockmatt
    jblockmatt Posts: 369
    The whole set up today looked to me like we were playing for the draw.we were the home team ffs.got what we deserved.

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  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    so many fickle football fans oh my god...
  • JonnyK
    JonnyK Posts: 830
    Tbf to young Jordan he's been tutored in the arts of defensive or holding positions and is very much learning his trade in the final third!
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,243
    mrbligh said:

    i got a free crossbars thing today with a free program. there is an interview in it with AA that states we set out to not concede in the first 70 and then nick a winner.

    what a radically different game plan to the former manager

    Wiggins says the same in his.
  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,869
    Petrucci was always two yards behind when chasing him, so could not have "taken one for the team" as he couldn't have fouled him. Personally, I thought Cousins had a fine game (and was completely overshadowing goal-scorer Danny Williams) until the round of substitutions which pushed him wider. Do I blame Riga - no. Just the way it was... That said, Jordan does need to sort out his shooting boots!

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