Southend v Charlton - Post Match Views

Boughtonaddicks said:

I'd swap ajose and Fox for the Southend physio.

That would be swapping 2 people for 9.

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bromleyjohn said:

Everyone else including Fox had a half decent game; its just that Fox has a habit of playing the ball in the wrong direction

Lolololololololol.

seth plum said:

Everybody was a decent average except dear old Morgan and Ajose who I thought were poor along with Crofts.

It's the same 3 dragging us down nearly every week, plus Foley in midfield, Novak & JJ, when they play.

Replace these guys with someone better & we'll start challenging.

Good point and decent response from what was ultimately a young and relatively inexperienced group of players. Thought Southend were better than MK, Milwall, Peterborough, although that's not saying much. Thought the regular abuse of Fox was over the top and mindless. Roots Hall itself is (still) a disgrace, but when full makes for a better atmosphere than modern but soulless MK, where the crowd was allegedly the same (I don't think so). Decent Charlton turnout.

Three home games for Robinson to keep the season alive. Needs to start with a win on Monday, because we know what comes next.

Tex mom, followed by Phillips, then Aribo. Fox needs a rest, poor lad. Just very harsh the abuse he gets, even though he had a mare at times today.

Ajose did lots of runs off the ball, but the midfield never found him. Never had any time on the ball.

No pattern first half, better second.

Overall, much better than Mill performance, but only due to Phillips keeping them in it.

se9addick said:

If Robinson persists with this formation (4-2-3-1) then I genuinely worry that our season will fade out, we need to pick the best formation for the players we have, not the other way round. Ajose's only quality is (possibly) scoring goals, if we aren't going to play him through the middle then we just shouldn't play him and start with Botaka instead.

The beginning of the end for Slade was the supporters chanting "4-4-2" at Oxford away, if Robinson doesn't drop this ridiculous formation he'll find himself in similar circumstances.

Shout outs to Aribo & Chickeson who had great games and look like exciting prospects. Phillips is starting to look very assured at this level and I doubt a centre back in this league will play as well as Tex this entire Christmas period.

No problem
Rd email in the morning will explain the 4-4-2 to karl

Lincsaddick said:

blackpool72 said:

The trouble is that by the time we get our better players fit and bring in any new signings we will be so far behind that we won't be able to catch up.
Yet another season wasted by meire's total incompetence

we're just 6 point off a play off spot .. admittedly we are dependant on the teams above us dropping points .. BUT .. 6 points is not insurmountable .. I maintain that our squad, even before any reinforcements, is one of the strongest in this division .. ALL (admittedly a big all) it needs is good management and a pattern so that it can play to its strengths

That's the spirit lincs you can now get 7/1 top 6 and 25/1 for promotion

What is it with booing and slagging players off.

Decent game which each sides had their periods on top. Thought their goal was a bit against the run of play but then they did dominate for long periods in both halves. They will be kicking themselves for not winning but we had our spells as well; particularly the spell when we had a few corners, Aribo hit the bar and Fox pulled off a great save for their keeper.

Overall a fair result; the fact they gave MoM to their Goalkeeper must say something.

JiMMy 85 said:

Maybe it's because I was in the Southend crowd at the other end so had a better view, but the two chances they had to finish us off were absolutely golden. Especially the second one, where the striker had two or three touches to ready himself. Their keeper made a couple of saves, sure, but they absolutely should have won this game comfortably.

I don't mean to be negative, but a good finish can't gloss over that we were fortunate to be in with a chance of taking a point. We did well to get it when we went for it, the substitutions especially worked. But there were long stints of this game where we were shockingly poor, and Southend must be kicking themselves.

You sure you were there

Completely agree Fox doesn't deserve the booing. I didn't see anything which deserved it and if anybody, then aim it at Ajose. Ulvestad positioning for set pieces was poor and Aribo also struggled with this early on and that's poor management. We at least deserved a draw. Happy new year.

Fanny Fanackapan said:

Had tickets but decided to give it a miss around 9am this morning.

Sums up how I'm starting to feel about things at our club & very worrying.

Will be at The Valley on Monday to see whether this upsurge in attacking football continues.

Saddest moment of the day reading this post. Your one of the things Charlton stand for Fanny. This is something they don't get. We WILL get our club back, then we will all look forward to going again.
Happy New Year.

My favourite moment this afternoon was when our lad turned to me when he he heard the chant "She said no Ranger, she said no..." and he said, "Eh Dad, did Nile Ranger propose to his girlfriend at half time or something and she said no?". I said "not quite the full story I think son". God bless his little Addick cottons.

Thought we deserved a point at least... First 15 minutes we were pretty much in control. After they scored, they finished the half the stronger side. It was a well placed shot but can't help but think Phillips will be disappointed with his effort. 2nd half we regained control and but for a string of saves and some bad luck we were unlucky not to score before we did.

As for the treatment of Fox, he is far too inconsistent and for me, is lucky to have started games ahead of Chicksen (when we have had better team availability that is). I can't help but get frustrated by his poor decision making and mis-directed passes. He also doesn't show, to me, a real "to die for the cause/attitude" and hence I am not surprised he gets the reactions that he does. At the end of the day, football divides opinions and if you have made the effort, especially away, to go and support the team, I can't blame people for venting their anger or frustration. Add in a dose of the toxic atmosphere that our careless/stubborn owner and his side kick have created, then the resulting anger is easily triggered. If we can get money for him, let him go and do a Simon Francis and prove all his critics wrong, me included.