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The Hughes for Church Sub

CafcSteve
CafcSteve Posts: 779
in General Charlton
Couldn't believe it when I saw a 36 year old defensive midfielder come on for a striker when we desperately needed some quality to get a goal.
What kind of message does this send out to players like PP, Piggot and the rest of the strikers in/from our academy?
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  • chester_conrad
    chester_conrad Posts: 738
    Hughes is fucking brilliant. Any bloke who comes on to the pitch wearing winkle pickers is good enough for me.
  • paulsturgess
    paulsturgess Posts: 3,936
    I think it's more about the message it sends to that tosser Roly Poly. A 36 year old defensive midfielder who has played about 180 minutes for us all season is more likely to get us a goal than our best striker.
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,546
    As I said on the match thread, a like for like change
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,540
    JR knew we wouldnt score so went for the next best thing. Sad but true.
  • ct_addick
    ct_addick Posts: 4,375
    to protect a possibly invaluable point?
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 95,617
    ct_addick said:

    to protect a possibly invaluable point?

    This without doubt.. We're not at the stage now where throwing away a point whilst we go for three and ending up with none is an option.
  • CafcSteve
    CafcSteve Posts: 779
    ct_addick said:

    to protect a possibly invaluable point?

    He's clearly not up for Championship football and is a liability on the pitch, as he showed earlier in the season against Yeovil Away I think.
    That pass he attempted summed it up.
    He's a cracking bloke to have around the squad though don't get me wrong.

  • DRAddick
    DRAddick Posts: 3,594

    We haven't got any quality to get a goal.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,243
    0-0 at home with less than ten minutes left against a team with nothing to play for who were there for the taking. I love Hughesy but to bring him on for a forward in those circumstances is ridiculous. Dress it up or try to spin it as much as you like there's no excuse for that from Riga. We need to be bolder and win these home games or we are down.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 95,617
    Did we have another Forward player that could be bought on.. Petrucci maybe (I was having an argument in my head over bringing him on seeing his last performance was in another similar match against Reading), then you had Wood.. Nego.. Thuram as the others

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  • CafcSteve
    CafcSteve Posts: 779
    PP or Piggot should have been on the bench, as we didn't need all of Hughes/Nego & Wood on there.
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,880
    If Powell made that substitution....charlton life - World War III
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,364
    Hughes should not be on the bench. Nor should Nego. Piggot and Harriot would have been better options.
  • Clem_Snide
    Clem_Snide Posts: 11,782
    paulsturgess said:

    I think it's more about the message it sends to that tosser Roly Poly. A 36 year old defensive midfielder who has played about 180 minutes for us all season is more likely to get us a goal than our best striker.

    Is this the same tosser whose own money (circa 14m) saved us from nailed on administration and a ten point deduction? The same tosser who is financing the training ground rebuild, the pitch revamp and the players wages?
  • Heisenberg
    Heisenberg Posts: 183
    JR was just settling for a valuable point at that stage. I question more the bringing on of Danny Green for AA after the shocker Cousin's was clearly having.
  • Bagpuss
    Bagpuss Posts: 334
    Upset me when the change was made, but on reflection Bolton were on top at the time and we needed shoring up to ensure what has turned out to be a valuable point.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,705
    I can understand the rationale to be fair and honest but if it had been Powell (or Curbs even) this site would be in absolute meltdown and Looky's hamsters would have heart attacks.
  • meldrew66
    meldrew66 Posts: 2,572
    Upset me too at the time but, on reflection, now seems sensible to protect what ,ay prove to be a very, very important point.
  • Blucher
    Blucher Posts: 4,172
    He might be a japester around the place but I have barely recovered from witnessing Hughes' performances at Bournemouth and Yeovil.

    The one shining light in this most trying of seasons has been the reduction in the aggregate age of our two central midfielders from 70 odd at Bournemouth to just over half that, via two of the best teenagers in the country.

    As to the substitution, Riga clearly doesn't fancy Petrucci.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,809
    We should have had a pen - we didn't - Bolton were starting to look dangerous so Riga decided that the point was important - I took us above a Blackpool team who can't win and within a point of Doncster (with a game in hand). It wasn't ideal but I make Riga right in the circumstances. Church had an excellent game - should have won us a pen - not his fault ref was crap!

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  • dizzee
    dizzee Posts: 5,616
    Do we actually have a thread about a substitution being made... Oh I love charltonlife
  • C_A_F_C
    C_A_F_C Posts: 3,874
    Dave2l said:

    If Powell made that substitution....charlton life - World War III

    Atleast JR doesn't play Cousins on the wing......oh.......
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,809
    dizzee said:

    Do we actually have a thread about a substitution being made... Oh I love charltonlife

    Well it is worthy of discussion - It was interesting in the context of the match - isn't this the sort of thing a forum should discuss/debate?
  • Nug
    Nug Posts: 4,630
    Clem_Snide said:

    paulsturgess said:

    I think it's more about the message it sends to that tosser Roly Poly. A 36 year old defensive midfielder who has played about 180 minutes for us all season is more likely to get us a goal than our best striker.

    Is this the same tosser whose own money (circa 14m) saved us from nailed on administration and a ten point deduction? The same tosser who is financing the training ground rebuild, the pitch revamp and the players wages?
    That's the fella!
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,490
    When the board went up for this sub I forgot for a second that Powell had been sacked!
  • Saga Lout
    Saga Lout Posts: 6,845
    sam3110 said:

    When the board went up for this sub I forgot for a second that Powell had been sacked!

    I disagree - with a lot of his subs, when Powell made a sub and you thought "why the hell?", but this was obvious - Riga thought we wouldn't win and brought on a defensive sub to secure the draw.
  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,308
    Riga thinks we can stay up without scoring another goal all season. Looking at the fixtures he could be right!
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,240
    If we stay up by a point, Riga's a genius. If we go down by a point he's a w*nker!
  • Neil_Heaney
    Neil_Heaney Posts: 371
    Saga Lout said:

    sam3110 said:

    When the board went up for this sub I forgot for a second that Powell had been sacked!

    I disagree - with a lot of his subs, when Powell made a sub and you thought "why the hell?", but this was obvious - Riga thought we wouldn't win and brought on a defensive sub to secure the draw.
    And everyone would've been totally happy with Powell making a defensive sub to secure the draw... Football fans are so fickle. Got nothing against Riga at all but this constant undercurrent that Riga has proven himself to be a superior manager to Powell is absolutely laughable.
  • Southendaddick
    Southendaddick Posts: 5,339
    Powell used to get dogs abuse for doing that when we were 1-0 up

    But he did we wait till we were 1-0 up

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